50th HBF Prize Winners (2024)
The HBF PRIZE annually recognizes outstanding broadcast programs and digital media content 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 Broadcasting Culture and Broadcasting Technology. In addition, this year, the foundation has decided to present the HBF 50th Anniversary Prize to five individuals and groups in total. The awards ceremony of the 50th HBF PRIZE will be held on July 9, 2024.
| Documentary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | ＥＴＶ特集「膨張と忘却 ～理の人が見た日本の原子力政策～」 | NHK Fukuoka Station |
| Excellence Award | The Falconer's Legacy | TEMJIN CO., LTD NHK EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION NHK |
| Incentive Award | NHK Documentary 〜Mystery Man of the A-Bomb〜 | NHK Hiroshima Station |
| fighting, and dying | NHK Okinawa Station | |
| OTV 報道スペシャル 続・水どぅ宝 PFAS 汚染と闘う！Fight For Life |
Okinawa Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. | |
| Drama | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Whispers of a Child of God | NHK ENTERPRISES, INC. NHK |
| Excellence Award | My First Love, Zarari | TV TOKYO Corporation |
| Incentive Award | House of Ninjas | Netflix |
| Extremely Inappropriate! | TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM TELEVISION,Inc. TBS SPARKLE, Inc. |
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| Entertainment | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Close Encounters of the Road | CBC TELEVISION CO.,LTD. |
| Excellence Award | Rutennonteru | Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation |
| Incentive Award | ななまるテレビ 「今日、解決はしないけど。 ―熊本で生きるわたしたちのテレビ―」 |
Kumamoto Broadcasting Co., Ltd. |
| Talking about the best Radio episode on TV | Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation | |
| Radio | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Radio for Hikikomori | NHK |
| Excellence Award | SALARYMAN | RKB MAINICHI BROADCASTING CORPORATION |
| Incentive Award | HOSHINO GEN’s ALL NIGHT NIPPON | Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. |
| Award for Excellence in: | Winner | TV Program |
|---|---|---|
| Lead Acting | Yuumi Kawai | Whispers of a Child of God |
| Lead Acting | Sadawo Abe | Extremely Inappropriate! |
| Planning | Tenji Takakura | The Falconer's Legacy |
| Planning | Kento Kaku | House of Ninjas |
| Writing & Directing | Nozomi Matsuda | ななまるテレビ 「今日、解決はしないけど。 ―熊本で生きるわたしたちのテレビ―」 |
| Radio Personality | Nozomu Kurihara | Radio for Hikikomori |
| Broadcasting Culture | |
|---|---|
| Winner | Accomplishment |
| Yohei Omori (NHK) |
Outstanding performance in historical background research for drama programs |
| Information Accessibility Promotion Department, Okayama Broadcasting Co., Ltd. |
Thirty-years of efforts to create an “Information Barrier-free environment” through sign language |
| “Radio Ainu Language Course” Production Team （STVradio Broadcasting Co., Ltd.） |
Contribution to understanding of and passing on the Ainu language through radio course |
| “Emi-chan Weather Forecast” Production Members （RSK Sanyo Broadcasting Co., Ltd.） |
Ten-year track record in encouraging the local agriculture sector and farming households through TV program |
| Broadcasting Technology | |
| Winner | Accomplishment |
| Satellite IP transmission System development team Kume Sayaka (NHK) |
Development and promoting of satellite IP transmission system ( SKYip: SKY IP system) |
| Development and implementation group of 4K wireless camera system using millimeter wave Yoshifumi Matsusaki (NHK) |
Development and implementation of 4K wireless camera system using millimeter wave that enables dynamic camera work in live production |
| Professional Baseball Broadcast Innovation Team (Nippon Television Network Corporation, Canon Inc., THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN ) Takayuki Shinoda (Nippon Television Network Corporation) |
Professional Baseball Broadcast Using Volumetric Video |
| Lighting operations support system development team (Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, MORIHEI BUTAI KIKO CO., LTD.) Takashi Takimoto (Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation) |
Development of lighting operations support system |
| the HBF 50th Anniversary Prize | |
|---|---|
| Winner | Accomplishment |
| Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (Actress/UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador) | Embodying broadcasting culture as a TV performer from the early days of television to this day |
| Yutaka Aida (Documentary Producer) | Planning and producing excellent TV documentaries for many years |
| Yutaka Shigenobu (Chairman and General Director, TV Man Union, Inc.) | Theoretically leading the TV program production industry, Producing a TV show “Discovery of the World’s Mysteries” for 38 years |
| NHK Morning Drama Series Production Team | Since inception of broadcast, producing 110 “Morning Dramas (Asa-Dora)” that have invigorated mornings in Japan |
| KAGUYA’s Onboard HDTV Development Group and TV Program Production Group | Realization of the first “Earth-Rise” broadcast |
＊As for the 50th 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://www.hbf.or.jp/awards/article/50_hbfprize
＊Awards for Broadcasting Culture/Broadcasting Technology: in chronological order of entry