47th HBF Prize Winners (2021)
The HBF PRIZE annually recognizes television/radio programs in Japan that have made a deep impression on the audience, and that have contributed to the development and improvement of broadcasting culture. The prize also honors excellence in individual/group accomplishments in the fields of TV Programming, Broadcasting Culture and Broadcasting Technology. The winners were honored at an award ceremony on June 30, 2021.
The 2021 HBF PRIZE winners are as follows.
Awards for Outstanding Broadcasting Program
| TV Documentary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Small Actions, Big Results | Nagoya Broadcasting Network Co., Ltd. |
| Excellence Award | ＢＳ１スペシャル レバノンからのＳＯＳ～コロナ禍 追いつめられるシリア難民～ |
Tsubaki Production Co., Ltd. NHK EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION Japan Broadcasting Corporation |
| Incentive Award | Dream On a Tandem Bike | Ehime Broadcasting Co,. Ltd. |
| 見た目と見る目 | Kitanihon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. | |
| Bears and Democracy ～1 year and 10 months of a small village～ |
Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd | |
| TV Drama | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Peperoncino | Japan Broadcasting Corporation Sendai Station |
| Excellence Award | MIU404 | TBS SPARKLE,Inc. TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM TELEVISION, INC. |
| Incentive Award | OLD JACK&ROSE | TOKAI TELEVISION BROADCASTING CO., LTD. TELEPACK CO., LTD. |
| Ann's Lyrics-Ann Sakuragi's Haiku lesson | WOWOW INC. CREATIVE ASSOCIATES LTD. <C. A. L.> |
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| TV Entertainment | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | ウマい！安い！おもしろい！全日本びっくり仰店グランプリ | CHUKYO TV. BROADCASTING CO., LTD. |
| Excellence Award | Ａ comedian we can't see on TV | KAGOSHIMA TELEVISION BROADCASTING CO., LTD |
| Incentive Award | GanriserTV | Television Iwate Corp. |
| Samurai Mitsuhide's Smartphone | Japan Broadcasthing Corporation | |
| Radio | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Radio Program Behind the Walls of Okayama Prison ～Expiation and Rehabilitation～ |
RSK Sanyo Broadcasting Company, Ltd. |
| Excellence Award | サンドウィッチマンのオールナイトニッポン | Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. |
| Encouragement Award | 南海放送ラジオ報道特別番組「感染」ー正義とは何かー | Nankai Broadcasting Co., ltd. |
Awards for Outstanding Individual/Group Performance
| Award for Excellence in: | Winner | TV Program |
|---|---|---|
| Lead Acting | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi | Peperoncino |
| Lead Acting | Chizuru Ikewaki | OLD JACK&ROSE |
| Project Planning | Nao Ikushima | Bears and Democracy ～1 year and 10 months of a small village～ |
| Writing | Nobuyuki Isshiki | Peperoncino |
| Art (Smartphone Web Design) |
Mikiko Matsuda | Samurai Mitsuhide's Smartphone |
| Planning & Production | Ryuichi Ueda | 南海放送ラジオ報道特別番組「感染」ー正義とは何かー |
| Broadcasting Culture | |
|---|---|
| Winner | Accomplishment |
| Hajime Ichimua (Producer, “The Age of Regionalism Video Festival”; Visiting Professor, Kansai University) | Making longtime contributions to broadcasting culture through various activities such as supporting the “Age of Regionalism Video Festival” as Producer |
| Akira Kishimoto (General Producer, TOHO TV; Representative Director, PRISM Co., Ltd. ） | While implementing his own idea of program production by “Resident Directors” for the past 25 years in local Kyushu region, he has spread a new broadcasting culture of “regional revitalization by way of TV” throughout the nation. |
| Fumihiko Imamura (Director, IRIDeS: International Research Institute of Disaster Science) | Keeping in mind the principle that “knowledge saves lives,” he has made great contributions to disseminating disaster reduction and mitigation knowledge and awareness through longtime broadcasting service. |
| The FACES Project (NHK) | Calling on public media worldwide for co-production on one of the world’s common issues of bullying, and promoting international projects. |
| Broadcasting Technology | |
| Winner | Accomplishment |
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Development Group of Closed Caption Synchronizing Service for NHK Plus |
Development of Closed Caption Synchronizing Service for VOD of NHK Plus |
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Niji-Chro Development Team |
Development of New Chroma Key Technology “Niji -Chro” |
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NHK Hayabusa2 Real-time Visualization System Development Team Yoshiyuki Ito |
Development and realization of the Hayabusa2 Real-time Visualization System |
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Nippon Television live streaming system development team Gaku Matsumoto |
Development of a Cloud Playout System for simultaneous broadcast live streaming |
＊As for the 47th HBF Prize, the winning programs/organizations that don’t have an official English title/name are kept in Japanese.
＊Full list of winners in Japanese https://hbf-files.info/47_hbfprize/
＊Awards for Individual/Group Performance: in chronological order of entry