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 for	Internet buzzword
Country	Japan
First award	2007
Website	getnews.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

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

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
2021[13]	Internet Buzzword Award	Grand Prize	Uma musume
		Silver Prize	男の人っていつもそうですね…! 私たちのことなんだと思ってるんですか!?	In a World Full of Zombies I'm the Only One Who Doesn't Get Attacked
		Bronze Prize	The Constitutional Democratic Communist Party	Tarō Asō
	Anime Buzzword Award	Grand Prize	Molcar / Pui Pui	Pui Pui Molcar
			Mafty syntax, "Let's do it, Mafty!" "There will no problem!" "Is it Gumdam!?"	Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash
		Silver Prize	Are there any fence-sitters here?	Tokyo Revengers
			Uma pyoi	Uma Musume Pretty Derby
		Bronze Prize	Dances for making X reflect themselves	KXVO
2022	Internet Buzzword Award[14]	Grand Prize	おとわっか	Final Fantasy X, Puella Magi Madoka Magica
		Silver Prize	X finalized	Shūkan Bunshun
		Bronze Prize	GaaSyy MB / GaaSyy cannon	GaaSyy
	Anime Buzzword Award[15]	Grand Prize	Uta	One Piece Film: Red
		Silver Prize	Fish--	Lycoris Recoil
			Anya knows	Spy × Family
		Bronze Prize	My shitty double standard dad	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
2023[16]	Internet Buzzword Award	Grand Prize	Tax-adding glasses	Fumio Kishida
		Silver Prize	The Colabo problem
			ちょんまげ小僧 / ひき肉です
		Bronze Prize	Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Death Penalty Death Penalty Death Penalty Death Penalty Death Penalty Death Penalty Death Penalty Death Penalty Death Penalty Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education Education	Koichi Kaneshige, former Executive Vice President of WECARS
	Anime Buzzword Award	Grand Prize	"Kimi wa Kanpeki de Kyuukyoku no Getter"	Oshi no Ko / Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo
		Silver Prize	Ash Ketchum resigns	Pokémon Journeys: The Series
		Bronze Prize	Don't do it!	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
2024	Internet Buzzword Award[17]	Grand Prize	まいたけダンス	Juufuutei Raden
		Silver Prize	Yami Baito / White cases
		Bronze Prize	No-buying uncle (at the game)	Yusuf Dikeç
	Anime Buzzword Award[18]	Grand Prize	Tsumugi, I am so happy	Himitsu no AiPri
		Silver Prize	"Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan"	My Deer Friend Nokotan
		Bronze Prize	Himmel theory / Himmel syntax, "It’s what Himmel the hero would have done"	Frieren