Internet Buzzword Award

The Internet Buzzword Award (ネット流行語大賞, Internet Buzzword Award) is a Japanese award that determines the most popular buzzwords on the Internet during a year.[1][2]

Internet Buzzword Award
ネット流行語大賞
Awarded forInternet buzzword
Country Japan
First awarded2007
Websitegetnews.jp/tag/ネット流行語大賞

This article also deals with the Anime Buzzword Award, which has been held in conjunction with the awards since 2013.[3]

Overview

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The Internet Buzzword of the Year Award is selected annually by the online media company Gadget Tsushin[4] Launched in 2007, candidates are solicited from the members of 2channel search, and the popular words are decided by the votes of those members. Since 2013, the "Anime Buzzword Awards" have been held only for words related to anime that aired that year.[5]

Since the Grand Prize is held at the end of the year, words that were popular at the end of the year have a comparative advantage. Also, due to the selection method, words that were popular on 2channel and Nico Nico Douga tend to be selected. Many people may be more familiar with this award than the "New Word and Popular Word Awards" sponsored by You Can.[5][citation needed]

Award-winning terms

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Year Award Type Award Buzzword Award Winner / Recipient
2007[5][6] Grand Prize fabricate The Asahi Shimbun
Silver Prize Sweets N/A
Bronze Prize leeway Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
2008[5] Grand Prize I'm not like you. Yasuo Fukuda
Silver Prize ~Yes, I understand. The Idolmaster
Bronze Prize Go ahead and take your time! Touhou Project
2009[5][7] Grand Prize But only if you are good looking All good looking women
Silver Prize How did this happen? Mr. Manjero
Bronze Prize What's wrong with being naked? Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
2010[5][8][9] Grand Prize Are you sure you're equipped for this? Takeyasu Sawaki
Silver Prize Outflow (sengoku38) Yoshito Sengoku
Bronze Prize ~Squid? ~Squid. Masahiro Anbe
2011[5][10] Grand Prize Pop-pop-pop! AC Japan
Silver Prize Nadeshiko Japan Japan Women's National Soccer Team
Bronze Prize Make a contract with me and become a XX! Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
2012[5] Grand Prize stealth marketing N/A
Silver Prize (」・ω・)」/Woo! (」・ω・)」/nya! Nyaruko: Crawling with Love
Bronze Prize ┌(┌ ^o^)┐ I'm going backwards... Nyaruko: Crawling with Love
2013[5] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize When do we do it? Now! Osamu Hayashi
Silver Prize Gekiko Pun Pun Maru N/A
Bronze Prize Double back! Naoki Hanzawa
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize Nyanpasuu Non Non Biyori
Silver Prize I'll destroy Attack on Titan
Bronze Prize I can only swim free Free!
2014[5][11] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize There are STAP cells Haruko Obokata
Silver Prize Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Ryutaro Nonomura
Bronze Prize No ~ No Nippon Elekitel Rengo
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize Lick Lick Lick Lick JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
Silver Prize Monge Yo-kai Watch
Bronze Prize It's because of youkai. Yo-kai Watch
2015[5] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize Goromaru Goromaru Ayumu
Silver Prize Payopayochin Former F-Secure employee
Bronze Prize ISIS / Islamic State N/A
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize Ah ... I'll tell you what happened right now! JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusade
Silver Prize Example string / string god Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Bronze Prize Tuna bowl Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
2016[5] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize PPAP / Pen-Pineapple Appo Pen Pico Taro
Silver Prize Pokemon GO Pokémon Go
Bronze Prize The nursery school fell in Japan Hatena Anonymous Diary'
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize I just loved it Sound! Euphonium 2
Silver Prize Garupan is good Girls und Panzer der Film
Bronze Prize I'll do my best today as well New Game!
2017[5] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
Silver Prize 72 hours Honne TV Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori
Bronze Prize This hugger! Mayuko Toyota
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize Dawn! The Laughing Salesman
Silver Prize Yay! / Ta-no-shi! / great! Kemono Friends
Bronze Prize It won't stop ... Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
2018[5][12][4] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize Virtual YouTuber / VTuber VTuber
Silver Prize The last ○○ in Heisei N/A
Bronze Prize It 's not odd Takigawa Daini High School
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize Toru Amuro Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
Silver Prize Amuro woman Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
Bronze Prize Well, it's anti. Pop Team Epic
2019[5][2] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize Destroy NHK Takashi Tachibana
Silver Prize N country party / Party that protects the people from NHK N/A
Bronze Prize Senior citizen / Senior innocence
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize Sesame pickpocket fucking bird Kemono Friends 2
Silver Prize Shamiko is bad The Demon Girl Next Door
Bronze Prize Ikiri Sabataro Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
2020[5] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Silver Prize It's dense! - Atsumi / Atsumare Animal Crossing Yuriko Koike - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Bronze Prize Corona / New Coronavirus / COVID-19 Coronavirus
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize breathing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Silver Prize Total concentration Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Bronze Prize Mr.Kyojuro Rengoku, the 20 billion man. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2023[5] Internet Buzzword Award Grand Prize Oshi no Ko Oshi no Ko
Silver Prize "Kimi wa Kanpeki de Kyuukyoku no Getter" Oshi no Ko
Bronze Prize Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
Anime Buzzword Award Grand Prize breathing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Silver Prize Total concentration Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Bronze Prize Mr.Kyojuro Rengoku, the 20 billion man. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

References

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  11. ^ "Anime's Top Catchphrases of 2014 Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  12. ^ "Pop Team Epic's 'Hellshake Yano' Makes Top 3 Buzzwords for 2018 (1st Half)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-02-27.