Medalist (manga)
| Medalist | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tsukasa Akeuraji (left) and Inori Yuitsuka (right) | |
| メダリスト (Medarisuto) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tsurumaikada |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Afternoon KC |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Original run | May 25, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 14 |
| 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 | 21 |
| Anime film | |
| Released | 2027 |
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 fourteen tankōbon volumes as of January 2026. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by ENGI aired from January to March 2025. A second season premiered in January 2026. An anime film is set to premiere in Japan in 2027.
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.