Haruichi Furudate
Awards & Honours
4
Awards Won
2
Honours
4
Rankings
2
Covers
2
Records
Furudate's Haikyu!! set a Guinness World Record for most copies sold of a sports manga series, with over 50 million copies by 2020. The series won both the Harvey and Eisner Awards in consecutive years, a rare achievement for a manga creator. In 2024, the film Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle became one of Japan's highest-grossing anime films, grossing over ¥10 billion. Furudate received a special commendation from the Iwate Prefectural government for promoting regional sports culture through his work.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Guinness World Record for Most Copies Sold of a Sports Manga Series
Haikyu!! set the record with 50 million copies sold as of 2020, later updated to 60 million.
Special Commendation from Iwate Prefectural Government
Awarded for promoting regional sports culture through Haikyu!!.
Rankings & Lists
The 100 Best Manga of All Time
Top 10 Sports Manga
Best Manga of the 2010s
Greatest Manga Series of All Time
Magazine Covers
Da Vinci
December 2016
Haikyu!! Feature
Brutus
January 2021
Special Haikyu!! Issue
Records & Feats
Most copies sold of a sports manga series
Haikyu!! sold over 50 million copies by 2020, later updated to 60 million, earning a Guinness World Record.
First manga to win both Harvey and Eisner Awards
Haikyu!! won the Harvey Award in 2020 and the Eisner Award in 2021, a rare double for a manga series.