Japan Indie Awards
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The Japan Indie Awards (Japanese: 日本インディー大賞, Hepburn: Nihon Indī Taishō) were Japanese professional wrestling, or puroresu, awards that were handed out annually between 2007 and 2023 by the program Indie no Oshigoto, broadcast on the Fighting TV Samurai TV channel. Unlike the more widely publicized and recognized Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards that are awarded to all Japanese promotions,[1] the Japan Indie Awards focused on the independent circuit and the smaller promotions.
The awards were voted by fans who could vote online on the Samurai TV website. The winners were announced before the start of the New Year's Pro-Wrestling event in Korakuen Hall.[2][3]
MVP Award
Kota Ibushi and Isami Kodaka are both two-time winners of the category
| Year | Winner | Promotion |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kota Ibushi | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2008 | The Great Sasuke | Michinoku Pro Wrestling |
| 2009 | Kota Ibushi | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2010 | Daisuke Sekimoto | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2011 | Munenori Sawa | Battlarts |
| 2012 | Abdullah Kobayashi | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2013 | Isami Kodaka | Union Pro Wrestling |
| 2014 | Harashima | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2015 | Yuji Okabayashi | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2016 | Shuji Ishikawa | Freelance |
| 2017 | Hideki Suzuki | |
| 2018 | Masashi Takeda | |
| 2019 | Isami Kodaka | Pro-Wrestling Basara |
| 2020 | Minoru Fujita | Freelance |
| 2021 | Konosuke Takeshita | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2022 | Kazusada Higuchi | |
| 2023 | Kazuki Hirata |
Best Bout Award (ベストバウト, Besuto Bauto)
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Kota Ibushi and Daisuke Sekimoto are both four-time winners of the category
Best Show Award (ベスト興行賞, Besuto Kogyō-shō)
| Year | Winner | Promotion |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Muscle House 4 (May 4) | Muscle |
| 2008 | Campsite Pro-Wrestling (September 7) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2009 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan (August 23) | |
| 2010 | Muscle House 10 (October 6) | Muscle |
| 2011 | Judgement 2011 (March 27) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2012 | Budokan Peter Pan (August 18) | |
| 2013 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 (August 18) | |
| 2014 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014 (August 17) | |
| 2015 | Ryōgokutan 2015 (July 20) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2016 | Bad Communication 2016 (October 2) | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling |
| 2017 | Autumn Ueno Pro-Wrestling Festival (November 17) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2018 | Ryōgokutan 2018 (November 11) | |
| 2019 | Ultimate Party 2019 (November 3) Ryōgokutan 2019 (November 4) |
DDT Pro-Wrestling Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2020 | Last Buntai at BJW (August 29) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2021 | Hiragana Muscle 5 (September 1) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2022 | Big Japan Welcome Back (May 5) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2023 | Ultimate Party 2023 (November 12) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
Best Unit Award (ベストユニット賞, Besuto Yunitto-shō)
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2007 | New Men's Club |
| 2008 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | Oga Gundan |
| 2011 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka) |
| 2014 | Mū no Taiyō (The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
| 2015 | #OhkaEmpire |
| 2016 | Damnation |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | #StrongHearts |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | Astronauts (Takuya Nomura and Fuminori Abe) |
| 2021 | Pheromones (Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Himanari) |
| 2022 | Pheromones (Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Yuki "Sexy" Iino, Yumehito "Fantastic" Himanari and Koju "Shining Ball" Takeda) |
| 2023 | Astronauts (Takuya Nomura and Fuminori Abe) |
Newcomer Award (ニューカマー賞, Nyūkamā-shō)
Mio Shirai was the first female wrestler to win this category in 2011
Drew Parker was the first non-Japanese to win this category in 2021
| Year | Winner | Promotion |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Masashi Takeda | Style-E |
| 2009 | ||
| 2010 | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | Freelance |
| 2011 | Mio Shirai | |
| 2012 | Takumi Tsukamoto | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2013 | Masaya Takahashi | Wrestling New Classic |
| 2014 | Takayuki Ueki | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2015 | Kazusada Higuchi | DDT New Attitude |
| 2016 | Takuya Nomura | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2017 | Andreza Giant Panda | New Nemuro Pro Wrestling |
| 2018 | Shuuoh Fujiwara | Pro-Wrestling Alive & Majors |
| 2019 | Keigo Nakamura | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2020 | Rina Yamashita | Freelance |
| 2021 | Drew Parker | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2022 | Daiju Wakamatsu | Active Advance Pro Wrestling |
| 2023 | Munetatsu Nakamura | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling |
