49th HBF Prize Winners (2023)
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. The awards ceremony of the 49th HBF PRIZE will be held on July 13, 2023.
| Documentary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Hope Compass | Hokkaido Broadcasting Co.,Ltd. |
| Excellence Award | A Hospital Once Stood by the Sea -12 Years since the Tsunami- |
NHK Sendai Station |
| Incentive Award | Discharged by Death Inside a Japanese Mental Hospital |
NHK（Japan Broadcasting Corporation） |
| Children’s Hospices A “Home Away from Home” Pulsing with Life |
Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation | |
| Give Us a Smile | Kochi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. | |
| Drama | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | Elpis | Kansai Television Co. Ltd. |
| Excellence Award | Ooku: The Inner Chambers | NHK（Japan Broadcasting Corporation） |
| Incentive Award | Ultraman and his Bigger-than-life Creators | Tokyo Video Center NHK（Japan Broadcasting Corporation） NHK Global Media Service |
| Rebooting | Nippon Television Network Corporation | |
| Entertainment | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | ～この後どうする？密着ＴＶ～ 終わりが始まり | YOMIURI TELECASTING CORPORATION CHUKYO TV. BROADCASTING CO.,LTD. |
| Excellence Award | TAROMAN | NHK（Japan Broadcasting Corporation） NHK Educational Corporation GOSAY studios |
| Incentive Award | Nature’s Hidden Miracles Episode1 The Secret Life of Plants Episode2 Insects as Super Adapters |
NHK（Japan Broadcasting Corporation） |
| THE Bullfight Hour | Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation | |
| Radio | ||
| Award | Winner | Entering Organization |
| Grand Prix | The Chronicle of Benkei | FM TANABE Co.,Ltd. |
| Excellence Award | Osamu Kitayama "Imjingang" special ～Music transcends time～ |
Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. |
| Incentive Award | 音で綴る復帰50年「民の謡 島に息づく琉球民謡」 「沖縄のお笑い～そこに込められた想いを辿る～」 |
Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation |
| Award for Excellence in: | Winner | TV Program |
|---|---|---|
| Lead Acting | Masami Nagasawa | Elpis |
| Lead Acting | Mitsushima Shinnosuke | Ultraman and his Bigger-than-life Creators |
| Performing Vital Role | Keisuke Aihara | Discharged by Death Inside a Japanese Mental Hospital |
| Writing | Yoshiko Morishita | Ooku: The Inner Chambers |
| Writing & Directing | Ryo Fujii | TAROMAN |
| Planning, Directing and Writing | Kenji Osaki | The Chronicle of Benkei |
| Broadcasting Culture | |
|---|---|
| Winner | Accomplishment |
| Keishi Kandori （Chief Technology Consultant, radiko, Co., Ltd.: Director, CTO and Head of Technology Strategy Department, Media Platform Lab Co., Ltd.） |
Contributing to the development and dissemination of radiko |
| FM IRUKA （Mt. HAKODATE ROPEWAY Co., Ltd.） |
As Japan’s first Community FM broadcaster, leading the way for the Community FM industry for 30 years |
| HTV Production Team Members （Hiroshima Television Corporation） |
Utilizing atomic bomb documentaries as the teaching materials for peace education |
| Production Team Members of “Gaia no Yoake (Dawn of Gaia)” （TV TOKYO Corporation） |
Broadcasting an economic documentary TV program “Gaia no Yoake” in prime-time on the terrestrial channel for 20 years |
| Broadcasting Technology | |
| Winner | Accomplishment |
| Implementation group for automatic news video summarization technology (NHK、NHK Foundation) Takahiro Mochizuki (NHK) |
Development and implementation of automatic news video summarization technology |
| Development group of business improvement DX tool "Alligator" Ataru Koike (Nippon Television Network Corporation) |
Development of business improvement DX tool "Alligator" |
| Team for Practical and Socially Useful AI-based Speech Synthesis Kiyoshi Kurihara (NHK) |
The Development of Practical and Socially Useful AI- based Speech Synthesis |
| BlurOn Development Team (Nippon Television Network Corporation , NTT DATA Corporation) Hiroki Kato (Nippon Television Network Corporation) |
Development of AI blurring editing software "BlurOn" |
＊Awards for Individual/Group Performance: in chronological order of entry
＊As for the 49th 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/49_hbfprize
＊Awards for Individual/Group Performance: in chronological order of entry