Nikkan Battle Awards

The Nikkan Battle Awards (日刊バトル大賞, Nikkan Batoru Taishō) are combat sports specific awards that have been handed out by Japanese daily sports newspaper Nikkan Sports annually since 1996. The awards are voted by the readers of the publication and divided by four categories which is Pro Wrestling, Joshi Professional Wrestling, Boxing and Combat Sports (MMA and Kick Boxing).
== Pro Wrestling Category ==
=== MVP Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
1996	Kenta Kobashi 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1997	Masahiro Chono 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
1998	Kenta Kobashi 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1999	Keiji Mutoh 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2000	Kazushi Sakuraba 	Pride Fighting Championships
2001	Keiji Mutoh 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2002	Bob Sapp 	K-1
New Japan Pro Wrestling
2003	Yoshihiro Takayama	Pro Wrestling Noah
2004	Kenta Kobashi 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2005	Kenta Kobashi 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2006	Naomichi Marufuji 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2007	Mitsuharu Misawa 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2008	Keiji Mutoh 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2009	Mitsuharu Misawa 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2010	Takashi Sugiura 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2011	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2012	Kazuchika Okada 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2013	Kazuchika Okada 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2014	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2015	Kazuchika Okada 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2016	Tetsuya Naito 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2017	Kazuchika Okada 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2019	Tetsuya Naito 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
=== Match of the Year Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
1996	Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shinya Hashimoto (April 29) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
1997	Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (October 21) 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1998	Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (October 31) 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1999	Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiji Mutoh (May 3) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2000	Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada (October 9) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2001	Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase vs. Yuji Nagata and Jun Akiyama (October 8) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2002	Bob Sapp vs. Ernesto Hoost (December 7) 	K-1
2003	Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (March 1) 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2004	Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi (July 10) 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2005	Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kenta Kobashi (July 18) 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2006	Kenta vs. Naomichi Marufuji (October 29) 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2007	Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi and Yoshihiro Takayama (December 2)	Pro Wrestling Noah
2008	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kenta (October 25) 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2009	Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (November 8) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2010	Masakatsu Funaki vs. Minoru Suzuki (March 21) 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2011	Suwama vs. Jun Akiyama (October 23) 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2012	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (February 12) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2013	Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (January 4) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2014	Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (August 10) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2015	Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi (January 4) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2016	Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega (August 13) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2017	Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (January 4) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2018	Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (June 9) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2019	Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (January 5, 2020) 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
=== Outstanding Performance Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
1996	Kenta Kobashi 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1997	Kensuke Sasaki 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
1998	Keiji Mutoh 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
1999	Kazushi Sakuraba 	Pride Fighting Championships
2000	Jun Akiyama 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Noah
2001	Jun Akiyama 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2002	Bob Sapp 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
K-1
2003	Shinsuke Nakamura	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2004	Kensuke Sasaki 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2005	Takeshi Rikio 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2006	Naomichi Marufuji	Pro Wrestling Noah
2007	Takeshi Morishima	Pro Wrestling Noah
2008	Kensuke Sasaki 	Kensuke Office
2009	Go Shiozaki 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2010	Prince Devitt 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2011	Minoru Suzuki 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2012	Kazuchika Okada
Karl Anderson	New Japan Pro Wrestling
=== Fighting Spirit Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
1996	The Great Sasuke 	Michinoku Pro Wrestling
1997	Kenta Kobashi 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1998	Jun Akiyama 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1999	Manabu Nakanishi 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2000	Kazuyuki Fujita 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2001	Taiyo Kea 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2002	Shinjiro Ohtani 	Pro Wrestling Zero1
2003	Hiroshi Tanahashi	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2004	Kensuke Sasaki 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2005	Akira Taue 	Pro Wrestling NOAH
2006	Minoru Suzuki 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2007	Kenta Kobashi 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2008	Kenta Kobashi 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2009	Takashi Sugiura 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2010	Togi Makabe 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2011	Takashi Sugiura 	Pro Wrestling Noah
2012	Yuji Nagata 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
=== Technique Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
1996	Mitsuharu Misawa 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1997	The Great Muta 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
1998	Yoshinari Ogawa 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
1999	Kendo Kashin 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2000	Takashi Iizuka 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2001	Osamu Nishimura 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2002	Osamu Nishimura 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2003	Osamu Nishimura 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2004	Minoru Suzuki 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2005	Minoru Suzuki 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2006	Kenta 	Pro Wrestling NOAH
2007	Kenta 	Pro Wrestling NOAH
2008	Naomichi Marufuji	Pro Wrestling NOAH
2009	Kota Ibushi 	Dramatic Dream Team
2010	Kota Ibushi 	Dramatic Dream Team
2011	Masato Tanaka 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2012	Shinsuke Nakamura	New Japan Pro Wrestling
=== Best Tag Team Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2006	Takeshi Morishima and Mohammed Yone	Pro Wrestling Noah
2007	Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2008	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2009	Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2010	Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega 	Dramatic Dream Team
2011	Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2012	Manabu Soya and Takao Omori 	All Japan Pro Wrestling
2014	Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura 	Pro Wrestling Noah
Pro Wrestling Zero1
=== Most Supported Promotion ===
Year	Winner
2001	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2002	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2003	Pro Wrestling Noah
2004	Pro Wrestling Noah
2005	Pro Wrestling Noah
2006	Pro Wrestling Noah
2007	Pro Wrestling Noah
== Joshi Pro Wrestling Category ==
=== Joshi Puroresu MVP ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2001	Joanie Laurer 	New Japan Pro Wrestling
2005	Mariko Yoshida 	IBUKI
2006	Yoshiko Tamura 	NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling
2007	Shinobu Kandori	JWP
2008	Kayoko Haruyama	JWP
2009	Emi Sakura 	Ice Ribbon
2010	Nanae Takahashi	NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling
2011	Yuzuki Aikawa 	World Wonder Ring Stardom
2012	Yuzuki Aikawa 	World Wonder Ring Stardom
=== Joshi Best Bout Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2005	Mirai vs. Yumi Ohka (July 17) 	JDStar
2006	Azumi Hyuga vs. Yoshiko Tamura (December 24)	JWP
2007	Yoshiko Tamura vs. Emi Sakura (May 3) 	NEO
2008	Kyoko Inoue vs. Nanae Takahashi (October 4) 	NEO
2009	Yoshiko Tamura vs. Emi Sakura (May 5) 	NEO
2010	Nanae Takahashi vs. Fuka (March 28) 	Fuka Matsuri
=== Joshi Tag Team Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2006	Toshie Uematsu & Ran Yu-Yu 	JWP
2007	Yoshiko Tamura & Emi Sakura 	NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling
2008	Toshie Uematsu & Ran Yu-Yu 	JWP
2009	Emi Sakura & Kaori Yoneyama 	Ice Ribbon
2010	Yoshiko Tamura & Ayumi Kurihara	NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling
2011	Yuzuki Aikawa & Yoko Bito 	World Wonder Ring Stardom
=== Joshi Fighting Spirit Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2005	Fuka 	JDStar
2005	Haruka Matsuo	JWP
2009	Makoto 	Ice Ribbon
2011	Yuzuki Aikawa	World Wonder Ring Stardom
=== Joshi Technique Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2005	Toshie Uematsu	GAEA Japan
2006	Toshie Uematsu	JWP
2008	Toshie Uematsu	JWP
=== Most Supported Promotion ===
Year	Winner
2007	NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling
2008	NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling
=== Joshi Newcomer Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2005	Ayumi Kurihara	M's Style
2006	Arisa Nakajima	JWP
Major Girl's Fighting AtoZ
2007	Francoise 	Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
2009	Hamuko Hoshi 	Ice Ribbon
2010	Yuzuki Aikawa 	World Wonder Ring Stardom
2011	Yoshiko 	World Wonder Ring Stardom
== Boxing Category ==
=== MVP Award ===
Year	Winner
2007	Daisuke Naito
2008	Hozumi Hasegawa
2009	Hozumi Hasegawa
2010	Hozumi Hasegawa
2011	Kazuto Ioka
2012	Kazuto Ioka
2013	Shinsuke Yamanaka
2014	Naoya Inoue
2015	Takashi Uchiyama
2016	Shinsuke Yamanaka
2017	Ryota Murata
2018	Naoya Inoue
2019	Naoya Inoue
=== Match of the Year Award ===
Year	Winner
2007	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs. Daisuke Naito (July 18)
2008	Daisuke Naito vs. Shingo Yamaguchi (December 23)
2009	Daisuke Naito vs. Koki Kameda (November 29)
2010	Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Hozumi Hasegawa (November 26)
2011	Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Rafael Marquez (October 1)
2012	Kazuto Ioka vs. Akira Yaegashi (June 20)
2013	Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Jose Nieves (August 12)
2014	Akira Yaegashi vs. Roman Gonzalez (September 5)
2016	Shinsuke Yamanaka vs Anselmo Moreno (September 16)
2017	Hassan N’Dam vs. Ryota Murata (October 22)
2018	Naoya Inoue vs. Juan Carlos Payano (October 7)
2019	Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire (November 7)
=== Fighting Spirit Award ===
Year	Winner
2008	Daisuke Naito
2009	Daisuke Naito
2010	Ao Takahiro
2011	Kazuto Ioka
== Combat Sports Category ==
=== MVP Award ===
Year	Winner
2007	Semmy Schilt
2008	Masato
2009	Masato
2010	Alistair Overeem
2011	Alistair Overeem
2012	Fedor Emelianenko
2013	John Jones
=== Match of the Year Award ===
Year	Winner 	Promotion
2007	Masato vs. Buakaw Banchamek (October 3)	K-1
2008	Masato vs. Yoshihiro Sato (October 1) 	K-1
2009	Masato vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (July 13) 	K-1
=== Fighting Spirit Award ===
Year	Winner
2007	Junichi Sawayashiki
2008	Badr Hari
2009	Yuya Yamamoto
==External Links==
* Nikkan Battle Awards 2016 Winners (Japanese)
* Nikkan Battle Awards 2017 Winners (Japanese)
*Nikkan Battle Awards 2018 Winners (Japanese)
* Nikkan Battle Awards 2019 Winners (Japanese)
Category:Professional wrestling awards
Category:Nikkan Sports