# Japan Indie Awards

The Japan Indie Awards (Japanese: 日本インディー大賞, Hepburn: Nihon Indī Taishō) are Japanese professional wrestling, or puroresu, awards that have been handed out annually since 2007 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 focus on the independent circuit and the smaller promotions.
The awards are voted by fans who can vote online on the Samurai TV website. The winners are announced before the start of the New Year's Pro-Wrestling event in Korakuen Hall.
There are currently five active awards given out by Samurai TV.

## Active awards
### MVP Award

| 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 | Freelance |
| 2018 | Masashi Takeda | Freelance |
| 2019 | Isami Kodaka | Pro-Wrestling Basara |
| 2020 | Minoru Fujita | Freelance |
| 2021 | Konosuke Takeshita | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2022 | Kazusada Higuchi | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2023 | Kazuki Hirata | DDT Pro-Wrestling |

### Best Bout Award (ベストバウト, Besuto Bauto)

| Year | Winner | Promotion |
| 2007 | Takashi Sasaki vs. Yuko Miyamoto (March 14) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2008 | Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega (August 6) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2009 | Ryuji Ito vs. Jun Kasai (November 20) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2010 | Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Masa Takanashi (April 4) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2011 | Dick Togo vs. Kota Ibushi (March 27) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2012 | Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega (August 18) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2013 | Shuji Ishikawa vs. Isami Kodaka (November 4) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2014 | Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Endo and Konosuke Takeshita (September 28) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2015 | Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi (July 20) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2016 | Ryuji Ito vs. Kankuro Hoshino (July 24) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2017 | Masashi Takeda vs. Masaya Takahashi (December 17) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2018 | Masashi Takeda vs. Isami Kodaka (June 20) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2019 | Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Michael Elgin (August 24) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2020 | Tetsuya Endo vs. Daisuke Sasaki (November 3) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2021 | Takuya Nomura vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (October 18) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2022 | Musashi [ja] vs. Fujita "Jr." Hayato (July 1) | Michinoku Pro Wrestling |
| 2023 | Fujita "Jr." Hayato vs. Hiromu Takahashi (October 15) | Michinoku Pro Wrestling |

### Best Show Award (ベスト興行賞, Besuto Kogyō-shō)

| Year | Winner | Promotion |
| 2007 | Muscle House 4 (May 4) | Muscle [ja] |
| 2008 | Campsite Pro-Wrestling (September 7) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2009 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan (August 23) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2010 | Muscle House 10 (October 6) | Muscle [ja] |
| 2011 | Judgement 2011 (March 27) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2012 | Budokan Peter Pan (August 18) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2013 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 (August 18) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2014 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014 (August 17) | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 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) | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 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 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
| 2010 | Oga Gundan |
| 2011 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
| 2012 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
| 2013 | Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka) |
| 2014 | Mū no Taiyō [ja] (The Great Sasuke, Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei) |
| 2015 | #OhkaEmpire |
| 2016 | Damnation |
| 2017 | Damnation |
| 2018 | #StrongHearts [ja] |
| 2019 | #StrongHearts [ja] |
| 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)

| Year | Winner | Promotion |
| 2008 | Masashi Takeda | Style-E [ja] |
| 2009 | Masashi Takeda | Style-E [ja] |
| 2010 | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | Freelance |
| 2011 | Mio Shirai | Freelance |
| 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 [ja] | New Nemuro Pro Wrestling [ja] |
| 2018 | Shuuoh Fujiwara [ja] | Pro-Wrestling Alive & Majors [ja] |
| 2019 | Keigo Nakamura | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| 2020 | Rina Yamashita | Freelance |
| 2021 | Drew Parker | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 2022 | Daiju Wakamatsu [ja] | Active Advance Pro Wrestling |
| 2023 | Munetatsu Nakamura | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling |

## Inactive awards
### Special Award (特別賞, Tokubetsu-shō)

| Year | Winner | Promotion |
| 2007 | Choun Shiryu | — |
| 2009 | Gentaro | Pro Wrestling Freedoms |
| 2010 | Hikaru Sato | Pancrase Mission |

### Comeback Award (カムバック賞, Kamubakku-shō)

| Year | Winner | Promotion |
| 2007 | Mr. Pogo | World Wing Spirit Pro-Wrestling [ja] |

### Lifetime Achievement Award (特別功労賞, Tokubetsu Kōrō-shō)

| Year | Winner | Promotion |
| 2017 | Mr. Pogo | World Wing Spirit Pro-Wrestling [ja] |