The 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, 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.
Annual awards MVP Award
YearWinnerPromotion2007Kota IbushiDDT Pro-Wrestling2008The Great SasukeMichinoku Pro Wrestling2009Kota IbushiDDT Pro-Wrestling2010Daisuke SekimotoBig Japan Pro Wrestling2011Munenori SawaBattlarts2012Abdullah KobayashiBig Japan Pro Wrestling2013Isami KodakaUnion Pro Wrestling2014HarashimaDDT Pro-Wrestling2015Yuji OkabayashiBig Japan Pro Wrestling2016Shuji IshikawaFreelance2017Hideki Suzuki2018Masashi Takeda2019Isami KodakaPro-Wrestling Basara2020Minoru FujitaFreelance2021Konosuke TakeshitaDDT Pro-Wrestling2022Kazusada Higuchi2023Kazuki Hirata
YearWinnerPromotion2007Takashi Sasaki vs. Yuko Miyamoto (March 14)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2008Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega (August 6)DDT Pro-Wrestling2009Ryuji Ito vs. Jun Kasai (November 20)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2010Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Masa Takanashi (April 4)DDT Pro-Wrestling2011Dick Togo vs. Kota Ibushi (March 27)2012Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega (August 18)2013Shuji Ishikawa vs. Isami Kodaka (November 4)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2014Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Endo and Konosuke Takeshita (September 28)DDT Pro-Wrestling2015Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi (July 20)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2016Ryuji Ito vs. Kankuro Hoshino (July 24)2017Masashi Takeda vs. Masaya Takahashi (December 17)2018Masashi Takeda vs. Isami Kodaka (June 20)2019Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Michael Elgin (August 24)2020Tetsuya Endo vs. Daisuke Sasaki (November 3)DDT Pro-Wrestling2021Takuya Nomura vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (October 18)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2022Musashi vs. Fujita "Jr." Hayato (July 1)Michinoku Pro Wrestling2023Fujita "Jr." Hayato vs. Hiromu Takahashi (October 15)
YearWinnerPromotion2007Muscle House 4 (May 4)2008Campsite Pro-Wrestling (September 7)DDT Pro-Wrestling2009Ryōgoku Peter Pan (August 23)2010Muscle House 10 (October 6)2011Judgement 2011 (March 27)DDT Pro-Wrestling2012Budokan Peter Pan (August 18)2013Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 (August 18)2014Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014 (August 17)2015Ryōgokutan 2015 (July 20)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2016Bad Communication 2016 (October 2)Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling2017Autumn Ueno Pro-Wrestling Festival (November 17)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2018Ryōgokutan 2018 (November 11)2019Ultimate Party 2019 (November 3)Ryōgokutan 2019 (November 4)DDT Pro-WrestlingBig Japan Pro Wrestling2020Last Buntai at BJW (August 29)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2021Hiragana Muscle 5 (September 1)DDT Pro-Wrestling2022Big Japan Welcome Back (May 5)Big Japan Pro Wrestling2023Ultimate Party 2023 (November 12)DDT Pro-Wrestling
YearWinner2007New Men's Club2008The Brahman Brothers20092010Oga Gundan2011The Brahman Brothers20122013Yankee Nichōkenjū20142015#OhkaEmpire2016Damnation2017201820192020Astronauts2021Pheromones2022Pheromones2023Astronauts
YearWinnerPromotion2008Masashi Takeda20092010Tsuyoshi KikuchiFreelance2011Mio Shirai2012Takumi TsukamotoBig Japan Pro Wrestling2013Masaya TakahashiWrestling New Classic2014Takayuki UekiBig Japan Pro Wrestling2015Kazusada HiguchiDDT New Attitude2016Takuya NomuraBig Japan Pro Wrestling201720182019Keigo NakamuraDDT Pro-Wrestling2020Rina YamashitaFreelance2021Drew ParkerBig Japan Pro Wrestling2022Daiju WakamatsuActive Advance Pro Wrestling2023Munetatsu NakamuraGanbare☆Pro-Wrestling
Nonsequential awards
YearWinnerPromotion2007Choun Shiryu2009GentaroPro Wrestling Freedoms2010Hikaru SatoPancrase Mission
YearWinnerPromotion2007Mr. Pogo
YearWinnerPromotion2017Mr. Pogo
See also Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards List of professional wrestling awards
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