Medalist (manga)

Medalist
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tsukasa Akeuraji (left) and Inori Yuitsuka (right)
メダリスト (Medarisuto)
Genre	Drama[1] Sports[1]
Manga
Written by	Tsurumaikada
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA
Imprint	Afternoon KC
Magazine	Monthly Afternoon
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 25, 2020 – present
Volumes	12
Anime television series
Directed by	Yasutaka Yamamoto
Written by	Jukki Hanada
Music by	Yuki Hayashi
Studio	ENGI
Licensed by	Disney Platform Distribution
Original network	ANN (TV Asahi)
Original run	January 5, 2025 – present
Episodes	6
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Medalist (Japanese: メダリスト, Hepburn: Medarisuto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsurumaikada. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since May 2020, with its chapters collected in twelve tankōbon volumes as of January 2025. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by ENGI premiered in January 2025.

Medalist won the Next Manga Award in the print category in 2022, the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category in 2023, and the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in the same category in 2024.