The Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer is a prize recognizing an outstanding performance by a newcomer in a Japanese film. It is awarded annually by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists as one of the Blue Ribbon Awards.
List of winners No.YearRecipient(s)Film(s)11950Shin SaburiShikkō YūyoJosei Tai Dansei21951Rentarō MikuniThe Good FairyFireworks Over the Sea31952 N/A N/A41953Yoshitarō NomuraJinanbōGutei KenkeiKurama Tengu Ao Men YashaKinpira Sensei to Ojōsan51954So YamamuraKuroi Shio61955Tsuneo KobayashiShūdensha no ShibijinBōryokugai71956Yoshirō KawazuKodomo no MeNamida81957Yujiro IshiharaShori-sha91958Shohei ImamuraStolen DesireEndless Desire101959N/AN/A111960Nagisa OshimaCruel Story of Youth121961Shima IwashitaWaga Koi no Tabiji131962Kirio UrayamaFoundry Town141963Junya SatoRikugun Zangyaku Monogatari151964Mako MidoriNihiki no Mesu Inu161965Kei KumaiNihon Rettō171966Tetsuya WatariAi to Shi no Kiroku181975Tomokazu Miura Izu no OdorikoShinobu Otake The Gate of Youth191976Mieko HaradaLullaby of the EarthSeishun no Satujinsha201977Nobuhiko ObayashiHouse211978Toshiyuki NagashimaThird Base221979Kenichi KanedaShōgo Nari231980Daisuke RyuKagemusha241981Kōichi SatōThe Gate of YouthManon251982Jun MihoPink no Curtain261983Tomoyo Harada Toki o Kakeru ShōjoShōji Kaneko Ryūji271984Kōji KikkawaSukanpin Walk281985Yuki SaitoLost Chapter of Snow: Passion291986Narimi ArimoriFinal Take301987Masahiro TakashimaTotto ChannelBu Su311988Naoto OgataYūshun Oración321989Ayako KawaharaKitchen331990Riho Makise Tokyo HeavenTugumiJoji Matsuoka Swimming Upstream341991Hikari IshidaChizuko's Younger SisterMy Soul Is SlashedWaiting for the Flood351992Yuki SumidaBokutō Kidan361993Gorō Kishitani All Under the MoonKyōko Tōyama Kou Kou Kyoushi371994Sawa SuzukiAi no Shinsekai381995Makiko EsumiMaborosi391996Ninety-nineBoys Be Ambitious401997Kōki Mitani Welcome Back, Mr. McDonaldHitomi Satō Bounce Ko Gals411998Rena TanakaGive It All421999Ryuhei MatsudaGohatto432000Tatsuya FujiwaraBattle Royale442001Kō ShibasakiGo452002Nakamura Shidō Ping PongManami Konishi Letters from the Mountains462003Satomi IshiharaWatashi no Guranpa472004Anna Tsuchiya Kamikaze GirlsThe Taste of TeaMirai Moriyama Crying Out Love in the Center of the World482005Mikako TabeHinokioAozora no Yukue492006Muga Tsukaji Mamiya kyodaiRei Dan Love and Honor502007Yui AragakiKoisuru MadoriWaruboroKoizora512008Yuriko Yoshitaka Snakes and EarringsLily Franky All Around Us522009Masaki Okada Jūryoku PieroHonokaa BoyDaisaku Kimura Mt. Tsurugidake532010Toma Ikuta No Longer HumanNanami Sakuraba Saigo no Chūsin GuraShodo Girls542011Mana AshidaBunny DropHankyū Densha552012Makita SportsKueki Ressha562013Haru KurokiThe Great PassageA Chair on the PlainsThe Flower of Shanidar572014Fūka KoshibaKiki's Delivery Service582015Anna IshiiSolomon's PerjuryGirls' Step 592016Izumi OkamuraAroused by Gymnopedies602017Shizuka IshibashiThe Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue612018Sara MinamiShino Can't Say Her Name622019Nagisa SekimizuAlmost a Miracle632020Daiken OkudairaMother642021Yuumi KawaiIt's a Summer FilmA Balance652022KōkiOx-Head Village662023Sōya KurokawaMonster672024Ikoi HayaseWorlds ApartSana: Let Me Hear682025Ryuta ShibuyaNight Flower
References
External links Blue Ribbon Awards on IMDb