TheJapan Indie Awards (Japanese:日本インディー大賞,Hepburn:Nihon Indī Taishō) are Japaneseprofessional wrestling, orpuroresu, awards that have been handed out annually since 2007 by the programIndie no Oshigoto, broadcast on theFighting TV Samurai TV channel. Unlike the more widely publicized and recognizedTokyo Sports Puroresu Awards that are awarded to all Japanesepromotions,[1] the Japan Indie Awards focus on theindependent 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 theNew Year's Pro-Wrestling event inKorakuen Hall.[2][3]
There are currently five active awards given out by Samurai TV.
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| 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) | |
| 2010 | Muscle House 10 (October 6) | Muscle [ja] |
| 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 |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2007 | New Men's Club |
| 2008 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu andBrahman Kei) |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | Oga Gundan |
| 2011 | The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu andBrahman Kei) |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Yankee Nichōkenjū (Yuko Miyamoto andIsami Kodaka) |
| 2014 | Mū no Taiyō [ja] (The Great Sasuke,Brahman Shu andBrahman Kei) |
| 2015 | #OhkaEmpire |
| 2016 | Damnation |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | #StrongHearts [ja] |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | Astronauts (Takuya Nomura andFuminori Abe) |
| 2021 | Pheromones (Danshoku "Dandy" Dino,Yuki "Sexy" Iino andYumehito "Fantastic" Himanari) |
| 2022 | Pheromones (Danshoku "Dandy" Dino,Yuki "Sexy" Iino,Yumehito "Fantastic" Himanari andKoju "Shining Ball" Takeda) |
| 2023 | Astronauts (Takuya Nomura andFuminori Abe) |
| Year | Winner | Promotion |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Masashi Takeda | Style-E [ja] |
| 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 [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 |
| Year | Winner | Promotion |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Choun Shiryu | — |
| 2009 | Gentaro | Pro Wrestling Freedoms |
| 2010 | Hikaru Sato | Pancrase Mission |
| Year | Winner | Promotion |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mr. Pogo | World Wing Spirit Pro-Wrestling [ja] |
| Year | Winner | Promotion |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mr. Pogo | World Wing Spirit Pro-Wrestling [ja] |