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{{Short description|Japanese manga writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox writer
| name             = Kaiu Shirai
| native_name      = 白井カイウ (Shirai Kaiu)
| native_name_lang = jp
| occupation       = {{flatlist|
*Author
*artist}}
| birth_place      = [[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]], Japan
| genre            = Manga
| years_active     = 2015–present
| signature        = Irai Kaiu sign.svg
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kaiu Shirai'''|白井 カイウ|Shirai Kaiu}} is the pen name of a Japanese [[manga artist]] and writer whose [[Legal name|real name]] and date of birth are unknown. He is best known for his manga series ''[[The Promised Neverland]]''.

==Early life==
Kaiu Shirai was doing [[Kabuki]] at a young age and then after graduating from university, Shirai gained employment at a normal company, but later resigned. Aiming to become a professional manga artist, he began to submit manuscripts to editors and magazines.<ref name="SYUPRE">{{Cite web|date=4 February 2017|title=話題の異色作『約束のネバーランド』著者が語る 「３００ページの持込みからデビューまで」|url=https://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/news/entertainment/2017/02/04/79445/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420224632/http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2017/02/04/79445|archive-date=20 April 2017|access-date=3 September 2022|website=Weekly pre-news|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 August 2018|title="On a tout fait pour que la série soit un succès, et on a réussi" : entretien avec les auteurs du manga "The Promised Neverland"|url=https://blog.francetvinfo.fr/popup/2018/08/21/on-a-tout-fait-pour-que-la-serie-soit-un-succes-et-on-a-reussi-entretien-avec-les-auteurs-du-manga-the-promised-neverland.html|access-date=1 October 2022|website=[[France Info]]|language=fr|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929071510/https://blog.francetvinfo.fr/popup/2018/08/21/on-a-tout-fait-pour-que-la-serie-soit-un-succes-et-on-a-reussi-entretien-avec-les-auteurs-du-manga-the-promised-neverland.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career history==
On 21 June 2015, Kaiu Shirai published his first professional work, a [[One-shot (comics)|standalone piece]] called, ''The Location of Ashley-Gate'', in ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'', a digital imprint of [[Shueisha]], with art by Kyousuke Maruyama.<ref name="Ashley">{{Cite web|title=アシュリー＝ゲートの行方|url=https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/10833497643049549911|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020155705/https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/10833497643049549911|archive-date=20 October 2017|access-date=6 February 2018|publisher=[[Shōnen Jump+]]|language=ja}}</ref> Again, in the same magazine, he published his second work, another standalone piece called, ''Poppy's Wish'', in collaboration with artist [[Posuka Demizu]] on 18 February 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ポピィの願い|url=https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/10833497643049550006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205135111/https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/10833497643049550006|archive-date=5 February 2017|access-date=6 February 2018|publisher=[[Shōnen Jump+]]|language=ja}}</ref>

After that, Shirai created a serialized work based on drafts written while he was still an amateur.{{R|SYUPRE}} This work, ''[[The Promised Neverland]]'', (with art by Posuka Demizu) started its run in the 35th issue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' on 1 August 2016 and finished in the 28th issue of the magazine on 15 June 2020.<ref name="mangabegin">{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=25 July 2016|title=Mononofu Manga Ends in Shonen Jump, 3 New Series to Launch|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-25/mononofu-manga-ends-in-shonen-jump-3-new-series-to-launch/.104663|url-status=live|access-date=3 September 2021|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=26 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326204000/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-25/mononofu-manga-ends-in-shonen-jump-3-new-series-to-launch/.104663}}</ref><ref name="mangaends">{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=The Promised Neverland Manga Ends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-14/the-promised-neverland-manga-ends/.160238|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=14 June 2020|date=14 June 2020|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122105218/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-14/the-promised-neverland-manga-ends/.160238 |url-status=live}}</ref> Along with manga artist Posuka Demizu, Shirai published two one-shots in 2020 and 2021. The first one, ''Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono'' was published in the combined issue No. 36 – No. 37, 2020 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''; the second one is titled ''DC3'', published in the same magazine in issue No. 35 of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael|date=18 August 2020|title=Viz, Shueisha Publish The Promised Neverland Creators' 1-Shot in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-17/viz-shueisha-publish-the-promised-neverland-creators-1-shot-in-english/.163002|url-status=live|access-date=16 July 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113101337/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-17/viz-shueisha-publish-the-promised-neverland-creators-1-shot-in-english/.163002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=17 July 2021|title=Promised Neverland Creators, My Hero Academia Each Get 1-Shot in Shonen Jump|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-18/promised-neverland-creators-my-hero-academia-each-get-1-shot-in-shonen-jump/.175240|url-status=live|access-date=16 July 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113101340/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-18/promised-neverland-creators-my-hero-academia-each-get-1-shot-in-shonen-jump/.175240}}</ref> On 3 September 2021, ''[[Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland]]'' was published, which included works and one-shots in combination with Posuka Demizu.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=「白井カイウ×出水ぽすか短編集」発売、「約ネバ」完結後描いた番外編も収録|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/443642|access-date=3 September 2021|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127133325/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/443642|url-status=live}}</ref>

A collaborative exhibition titled ''Miroirs manga meets Chanel'' by Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu and [[Chanel]] was held at Chanel Nexus Hall Ginza, [[Chūō, Tokyo]], from 28 April to 4 June 2021. The manga ''Miroirs'', written and illustrated by the duo, was inspired by the Chanel brand. In this exhibition, scenes from ''Miroirs'' are exhibited alongside precious works from Chanel. The manga was published by Shueisha on 30 April 2021.<ref name="Miroirs">{{cite web|script-title=ja:「MIROIRS – Manga meets CHANEL」展|url=https://numero.jp/20210428-miroirs-manga-meets-chanel/|website={{ill|Numéro Tokyo|ja|Numéro TOKYO}}|publisher=[[Fusosha Publishing]]|access-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210428055544/https://numero.jp/news-20210418-sergei-polunin/p2|archive-date=28 April 2021|language=ja|date=28 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, Shirai participated as a judge at ''Shōnen Jump+'''s 7th Stokin Pro Garyokin 2022, to discover new talented manga artists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ストキンPro＆ガリョキンPro – 集英社『少年ジャンプ漫画賞ポータル』|url=https://www.jump-mangasho.com/award/stokin-garyokin/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331120711/https://www.jump-mangasho.com/award/stokin-garyokin/|archive-date=31 March 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja}}</ref>

On 6 January 2024, Kaiu Shirai along with illustrator Shiki Hamada launched a standalone one-shot, titled ''Kubigeshō'', in the combined Issue #6–#7 2024 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref name="Kubigeshō">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-12-25/promised-neverland-writer-kaiu-shirai-pens-new-1-shot-manga-with-shiki-hamada/.205854|title=Promised Neverland Writer Kaiu Shirai Pens New 1-Shot Manga With Shiki Hamada|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=25 December 2023|access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> Within the same year, on 9 December, Kaiu Shirai along with illustrator [[Yōichi Amano]] launched a standalone one-shot, titled ''Apple'', in Issue #2 2025 of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref name="Apple">{{Cite web|title=白井カイウ×天野洋一のノワールアクション読切「APPLE」がジャンプに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|access-date=17 December 2024|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|archive-date=17 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217052720/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/602822|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Influences==
Kaiu Shirai commented that he was influenced by manga artists [[Osamu Tezuka]], [[Naoki Urasawa]], [[Yoshihiro Togashi]] and [[Eiichiro Oda]]; as well as directors [[Akira Kurosawa]], [[Kōki Mitani]], [[Kentaro Kobayashi]] and [[Hayao Miyazaki]]. He has also mentioned the Kabuki actor [[Kanzaburo Nakamura XVIII]] as a source of influence for his works.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Urian|date=21 July 2021|title=VIZ Blog / The Promised Neverland Writer Interview!|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/the-promised-neverland-writer-interview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520102314/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/the-promised-neverland-writer-interview|archive-date=20 May 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|website=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref>

==Works==
===Manga===
* {{Nihongo|''[[The Promised Neverland]]''|約束のネバーランド|Yakusoku no Nebārando}} (art by [[Posuka Demizu]], serialized in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'', 2016–2020).<ref name="mangabegin"/><ref name="mangaends"/>
* ''Miroirs'' (art by Posuka Demizu, 2021).<ref name="Miroirs"/>

===One-shots===
* ''The Location of Ashley-Gate'' (art by Kyousuke Maruyama, ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'', 2015).<ref name="Ashley"/>
* ''[[Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland]]'' (白井カイウ×出水ぽすか短編集, Shirai kaiu × Demizu posuka Tanhenshū) (2021) — Collected volume of Shirai's one-shots published by [[Shueisha]].<ref name=":1"/>
** ''Poppy's Wish'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Shōnen Jump+'', 2016).<ref name=":1"/>
** ''Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue No. 36, 2020–Issue No. 37, 2020).<ref name=":1"/>
** ''Dreams Come True'' (art by Posuka Demizu).<ref name=":1"/>
** ''We Were Born'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue #5–#6, 2021).<ref name=":1"/>
** ''DC3'' (art by Posuka Demizu, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue No. 35, 2021).<ref name=":1"/>
* ''Kubigeshō'' (art by Shiki Hamada, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue #6–#7, 2024).<ref name="Kubigeshō"/>
* ''APPLE'' (art by Yōichi Amano, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', Issue #2, 2025).<ref name="Apple"/>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Nominee 
!Result
!{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 2016
| rowspan="2"| Mandō Kobayashi Manga Award
| New Serialization Award 
| rowspan="37"|''[[The Promised Neverland]]'' 
| rowspan="4" {{Won}}
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ケンコバが選ぶマンガ大賞は「あさひなぐ」、「一番心を揺さぶられ涙した」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/211221|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=16 February 2021|language=ja|date=29 November 2016|archive-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406122714/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/211221|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"|2017
| Manga Grand Prix
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ケンコバが選ぶマンガ大賞に「約束のネバーランド」出水ぽすかが番組出演|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266410|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=16 February 2021|language=ja|date=24 January 2018|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108181021/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266410|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1st Annual [[Tsutaya Comic Award]]
| Next Break Division
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:みんなが選ぶTSUTAYAコミック大賞2017 結果発表！|url=https://tsutaya.tsite.jp/feature/book/campaign/comic-awards/2017/index|website=Tsutaya|publisher=[[Culture Convenience Club]]|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201102085313/https://tsutaya.tsite.jp/feature/book/campaign/comic-awards/2017/index|archive-date=2 November 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Manga Shimbun Taishō
| Grand Prix
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「マンガ新聞大賞2017」本日発表、大賞は「約束のネバーランド」|url=https://mediado.jp/group/2128/|website=mediado.jp|publisher={{ill|Media Do Co., Ltd.|ja|メディアドゥ}}|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005843/https://mediado.jp/group/2128/|archive-date=3 February 2018|language=ja|date=28 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 10th [[Manga Taishō]]
| Manga Taishō
| {{Nom}}
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-23/10th-manga-taisho-awards-nominates-13-titles/.111362|title=10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=23 January 2017|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731004444/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-23/10th-manga-taisho-awards-nominates-13-titles/.111362|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-28/mitsuharu-yanamoto-hibiki-shosetsuka-ni-naru-hoho-wins-10th-manga-taisho-awards/.114009|title=Mitsuharu Yanamoto's Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō Wins 10th Manga Taisho Awards|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=28 March 2017|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625121257/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-28/mitsuharu-yanamoto-hibiki-shosetsuka-ni-naru-hoho-wins-10th-manga-taisho-awards/.114009|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 3rd [[Next Manga Award]]s
| Comics Division
| {{draw|2nd place}}
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Gaku Kuze's Uramichi Oniisan, Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-08-27/gaku-kuze-uramichi-oniisan-aka-akasaka-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-win-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-awards/.120469|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=19 September 2020|date=27 August 2017|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125022910/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-08-27/gaku-kuze-uramichi-oniisan-aka-akasaka-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-win-tsugi-ni-kuru-manga-awards/.120469|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="11"|2018
| 63rd [[Shogakukan Manga Award]]
| Best Shōnen Manga
| {{Won}}
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-22/the-promised-neverland-after-the-rain-more-win-63rd-shogakukan-manga-awards/.126788|title=The Promised Neverland, After the Rain, More Win 63rd Shogakukan Manga Awards|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=22 January 2018|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712114618/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-22/the-promised-neverland-after-the-rain-more-win-63rd-shogakukan-manga-awards/.126788|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 22nd [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]]
| Cultural Prize
| rowspan="3" {{Nom}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=25 February 2018|title=22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-25/22nd-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.128258|access-date=22 March 2021|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205124901/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-25/22nd-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.128258|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 11th Manga Taishō
| Manga Taishō
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|last2=Hodgkins|first2=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-22/paru-itagaki-beastars-wins-11th-manga-taisho-awards/.129344|title=Paru Itagaki's BEASTARS Wins 11th Manga Taisho Awards|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=22 March 2018|access-date=16 November 2018|archive-date=14 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514225347/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-22/paru-itagaki-beastars-wins-11th-manga-taisho-awards/.129344|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 24th [[Salón del Manga de Barcelona]]
| Best Shōnen Manga
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Todos los nominados y ganadores de los XXIV Salón del manga de Barcelona (2018)|url=https://enjoycomics.com/award-edition.php?edition-id=506273|access-date=20 October 2021|website=Enjoy Comics|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022193942/https://enjoycomics.com/award-edition.php?edition-id=506273|url-status=live|language=es}}</ref>
|-
| 2nd Annual Tsutaya Comic Award
| All-Time Best 
| {{draw|3rd place}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018|title=みんなが選ぶTSUTAYAコミック大賞2018 結果発表！|url=https://tsutaya.tsite.jp/feature/book/campaign/comic-awards/2018/index|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211208061520/https://tsutaya.tsite.jp/feature/book/campaign/comic-awards/2018/index|archive-date=8 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021|website=Tsutaya (in Japanese)|publisher=[[Culture Convenience Club]]}}</ref>
|-
| 21st [[Japan Media Arts Festival]]
| Manga Division
| rowspan="2" {{shortlisted|Jury Selections}}
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-16/in-this-corner-of-the-world-lu-over-the-wall-nee-mama-win-media-arts-awards/.129080|title=In This Corner of the World, Lu over the wall, 'Nee, Mama' Win Media Arts Awards|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=16 March 2018|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=4 August 2023|archive-date=12 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512193210/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-16/in-this-corner-of-the-world-lu-over-the-wall-nee-mama-win-media-arts-awards/.129080|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| French 12th [[Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée|ACBD]]'s Prix Asie de la Critique 2018
| Manga Category
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Briot|first1=Jérôme|last2=Pigeat|first2=Aurélien|date=25 June 2018|title=Les 5 titres en compétition pour le Prix Asie de la Critique ACBD 2018|url=https://www.acbd.fr/3177/actualites/les-cinq-titres-en-competition-pour-le-prix-asie-de-la-critique-acbd-2018/|access-date=13 August 2022|website=[[Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée]]|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729100538/https://www.acbd.fr/3177/actualites/les-cinq-titres-en-competition-pour-le-prix-asie-de-la-critique-acbd-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]
| Male Readers
|rowspan="7" {{Won}}
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-08/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking-for-male-readers/.125015|title=Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2018's Series Ranking for Male Readers|date=8 December 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=27 May 2018|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308000911/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-08/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-reveals-2018-series-ranking-for-male-readers/.125015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Manga News Awards
| Shōnen Tournament 2018
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 April 2019|title=The Promised Neverland remporte le Tournoi Shônen 2018.|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2019/04/08/The-Promised-Neverland-remporte-le-Tournoi-Shonen-2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205155659/https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2019/04/08/The-Promised-Neverland-remporte-le-Tournoi-Shonen-2018|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021|website=Manga-News|language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 [[Google Play]] Awards
| User Voting Excellence Award
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:『ドラゴンボール超』『約束のネバーランド』Google Play Best of 2018を受賞|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/info/comics/168.html|access-date=22 April 2021|website=books.shueisha.co.jp|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|date=25 December 2018|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806193751/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/info/comics/168.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Ridibooks Comic Award
| Next Trending Manga Award
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:2018 RIDIBOOKS COMIC AWARD 대상 발표|url=https://ridibooks.com/event/13105|access-date=5 December 2021|website=Ridibooks|language=ko|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205091259/https://ridibooks.com/event/13105|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1113037295915917312|user=yakuneba_staff|author=''The Promised Neverland'' Official|script-title=ja:フランスでのダルマ受賞に続き、韓国のマンガ配信ストアRIDIBOOKSで発表された｢2018 RIDIBOOKS Comic Award｣で『#約束のネバーランド』が"2018年次期大ブレーク漫画賞"をいただきました！写真はそのトロフィーです！|language=ja|date=2 April 2019}}</ref>
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| rowspan="11"|2019
| French [[Babelio]] Readers' Awards
| Best Manga Series
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Simonienko|first=Maxim|title=Olivier Norek, Franck Bouysse... Les lauréats du prix Babelio 2019|url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/culture-arts-lettres/olivier-norek-franck-bouysse-les-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2019/95416|access-date=16 November 2020|website=ActuaLitté|language=French|date=20 June 2019|archive-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001817/https://www.actualitte.com/article/culture-arts-lettres/olivier-norek-franck-bouysse-les-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2019/95416|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2019 Mangawa Awards
| Best Shōnen Manga
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|title=Mangawa : découvrez les lauréats 2019 de notre concours !|url=https://gpseo.fr/vivre-et-habiter/culture-sport-et-tourisme/culture/mangawa-decouvrez-les-laureats-2019-de-notre|publisher=[[Grand Paris Seine et Oise]]|access-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322151040/https://gpseo.fr/vivre-et-habiter/culture-sport-et-tourisme/culture/mangawa-decouvrez-les-laureats-2019-de-notre|archive-date=22 March 2022|language=fr|date=16 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lauréats – Prix Mangawa|url=https://www.prixmangawa.com/laureats/|access-date=14 April 2021|publisher=Prix Mangawa|language=fr|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401121544/https://www.prixmangawa.com/laureats/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| French Manga Prix
| Best Manga Series 
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Galtier|first=Stéphanie|date=17 June 2019|title=Prix Manga'titude 2019 : journée finale – LYCEE PIERRE BOURDAN|url=http://www.lyc-pierre-bourdan.ac-limoges.fr/spip.php?article1444|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011094104/http://www.lyc-pierre-bourdan.ac-limoges.fr/spip.php?article1444|archive-date=11 October 2022|access-date=11 October 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
| Cultural Prize
| rowspan="3"{{Nom}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|last2=Hodgkins|first2=Crystalyn|date=25 March 2019|title=23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-25/23rd-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.143854|access-date=22 March 2021|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230706/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-25/23rd-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.143854|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{ill|Geeks d'Ouro|pt}}
| Best Manga Series
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=GEEKS d'OURO|url=https://www.geeksdeouro.com/search/label/Nomeados%20AnimeManga%2018?max-results=87|access-date=2 May 2022|website=GEEKS d'OURO|archive-date=13 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513024736/https://www.geeksdeouro.com/search/label/Nomeados%20AnimeManga%2018?max-results=87|url-status=live|language=pt}}</ref>
|-
| French Konishi Prize
| Best Translated Manga
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edition 2019 – Prix Konishi pour la traduction de manga japonais en français|url=http://konishimanga.fr/contest/edition-2019/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009173334/http://konishimanga.fr/contest/edition-2019/|archive-date=9 October 2022|access-date=11 October 2022|website=Konishi Foundation for International Exchange.|language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| Ridibooks Comic Award
| Grand Prize
| rowspan="10" {{Won}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 RIDIBOOKS COMIC AWARD 대상 발표|url=https://ridibooks.com/event/19136|access-date=5 December 2021|website=Ridibooks|language=ko|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205090923/https://ridibooks.com/event/19136|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Piccoma|Piccoma Award]]
| Luna Prize
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=【ピッコマAWARD 2019】受賞作一覧｜イベント｜ピッコマ|url=https://piccoma.com/web/event_detail/3287 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208003809/https://piccoma.com/web/event_detail/3287|archive-date=8 February 2022|access-date=17 March 2022|website=[[Piccoma]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 May 2019|title=【ピッコマ】約1000万人の読者データから選出！「ピッコマAWARD 2019」受賞作品決定！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000186.000003707.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220317063709/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000186.000003707.html|archive-date=17 March 2022|access-date=17 March 2022|website=[[PR Times]]|language=Japanese|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Japan Expo Awards]]
| Daruma for Best New Series
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 February 2019|title=Daruma 2019 : le palmarès manga – Japan Expo Paris|url=https://www.japan-expo-paris.com/fr/info/daruma-2019-le-palmares-manga_11301.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128143811/https://www.japan-expo-paris.com/fr/info/daruma-2019-le-palmares-manga_11301.htm|archive-date=28 November 2020|access-date=4 April 2021|website=[[Japan Expo]]|language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| Daruma for Best Screenplay of the Year
|-
| 25th Salón del Manga de Barcelona
| Best Shōnen Manga
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=EL 25 MANGA BARCELONA ENTREGA SUS PREMIOS A LO MEJOR DEL AÑO – 27 Manga Barcelona [2021]|url=https://www.manga-barcelona.com/es/noticias.cfm/id/32750/el-25-manga-barcelona-entrega-sus-premios-lo-mejor-anyo.htm|access-date=20 October 2021|website=[[Manga Barcelona]]|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022185152/https://www.manga-barcelona.com/es/noticias.cfm/id/32750/el-25-manga-barcelona-entrega-sus-premios-lo-mejor-anyo.htm|url-status=live|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Todos los nominados y ganadores de los XXV Salón del manga de Barcelona (2019)|url=https://enjoycomics.com/award-edition.php?edition-id=400158|access-date=20 October 2021|website=Enjoy Comics|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021032215/https://enjoycomics.com/award-edition.php?edition-id=400158|url-status=live|language=es}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6"|2020
| [[Lucca Comics & Games]]
| Amazon Comics Award
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amazon Comics Award|url=https://www.luccachanges.com/it/news/amazon-comics-award|access-date=20 October 2021|website=Lucca Changes|language=it|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022171438/https://www.luccachanges.com/it/news/amazon-comics-award|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Redazione|date=10 November 2020|title=Lucca Changes: Promised Neverland ha vinto l'Amazon Comics Award|url=https://www.badtaste.it/fumetti/articoli/lucca-changes-promised-neverland-ha-vinto-lamazon-comics-award/|access-date=20 October 2021|website=Fumetti – BadTaste.it|language=it|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021001149/https://www.badtaste.it/fumetti/articoli/lucca-changes-promised-neverland-ha-vinto-lamazon-comics-award/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| French "Les Mordus du Manga" Awards
| Grand Prize
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lesmordusdumanga.home.blog/2020/02/13/les-mordus-du-manga-edition-2019-les-gagnants/|title=Les Mordus du Manga édition 2019 : les gagnants!|website=Les Mordus du Manga|date=13 February 2020|access-date=25 November 2023|language=fr|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419132355/https://lesmordusdumanga.home.blog/2020/02/13/les-mordus-du-manga-edition-2019-les-gagnants/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| Anime Click Award 
| Best New Manga 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ziro|first=Alex|date=13 November 2020|title=Anime Click Award 2020 – The Promised Neverland|url=https://www.animeclick.it/news/87993-animeclick-awards-2020-scopriamo-i-vincitori-live-dalle-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124160525/https://www.animeclick.it/news/87993-animeclick-awards-2020-scopriamo-i-vincitori-live-dalle-17|archive-date=24 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022|website=Anime Click|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Slanzard|date=13 February 2019|title=Neko Awards 2020 – The Promised Neverland|url=https://www.animeclick.it/news/79537-nekoawards-manga-the-promised-neverland-e-i-tre-adolf-sono-i-primi-vincitori|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124153124/https://www.animeclick.it/news/79537-nekoawards-manga-the-promised-neverland-e-i-tre-adolf-sono-i-primi-vincitori|archive-date=24 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022|website=Anime Click|language=it}}</ref>
|-
| Most Wanted Manga 
|-
| 20th [[Sense of Gender Awards]]
| Grand Prize
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=大賞 白井カイウ／出水ぽすか『約束のネバーランド』全20巻｜ジェンダーSF研究会|url=https://gender-sf.org/sog/2020/408880872X/|access-date=2 May 2022|website=gender-sf.org|language=Japanese|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109093042/https://gender-sf.org/sog/2020/408880872X/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 3rd [[Saito Takao Award]]
| Grand Prize
| rowspan="4" {{Nom}}
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=〈原作・作画・編集〉に贈られるさいとう・たかを賞、第３回は『レイリ』が受賞!! {{!}} アニメージュプラス – アニメ・声優・特撮・漫画のニュース発信！|url=https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/29928/1/1/1|access-date=30 September 2022|website=Animage Plus|language=ja|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930144954/https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/47012?n=2&e=29928|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2021
| Geeks d'Ouro
| Best Translated Manga
| align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=GEEKS d'OURO|url=https://www.geeksdeouro.com/search/label/Nomeados%20AnimeManga%2020?max-results=87|access-date=2 May 2022|website=GEEKS d'OURO|archive-date=13 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513024736/https://www.geeksdeouro.com/search/label/Nomeados%20AnimeManga%2020?max-results=87|url-status=live|language=pt}}</ref>
|-
| 25th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
| Cultural Prize
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, Promised Neverland Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-25/demon-slayer-jujutsu-kaisen-promised-neverland-nominated-for-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize/.169984|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=26 February 2021|date=25 February 2021|archive-date=18 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318150852/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-25/demon-slayer-jujutsu-kaisen-promised-neverland-nominated-for-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize/.169984|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 52nd [[Seiun Award]]s
| Best Comic
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Demon Slayer, Hozuki's Coolheadedness, Promised Neverland, Hinamatsuri Manga Nominated for Seiun Sci-Fi Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-03/demon-slayer-hozuki-coolheadedness-promised-neverland-hinamatsuri-manga-nominated-for-seiun-sci-fi-awards/.172382|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=3 May 2021|date=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503050518/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-03/demon-slayer-hozuki-coolheadedness-promised-neverland-hinamatsuri-manga-nominated-for-seiun-sci-fi-awards/.172382|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* ''[[Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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