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Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards

The Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards (東京スポーツプロレス大賞, Tōkyō Supōtsu Puroresu Taishō) are Japanese professional wrestling, or puroresu, awards that have been handed out by the Tokyo Sports magazine annually since 1974. The most publicized awards in Japanese professional wrestling,[1] they are recognized by all the major promotions in the country, including All Japan Pro Wrestling,[2] New Japan Pro-Wrestling,[3] and Pro Wrestling Noah.[4]

The awards are voted for by a committee made up of people involved with Japanese professional wrestling, including reporters and photographers. After the winners are announced in the middle of December, an award ceremony is held in Tokyo in January.[5] Voting takes place in rounds.[6] In landslide cases, the winner can be determined in a single round of voting,[7] however, if no wrestler gets enough votes, the award can be left blank and not given out that year.[8] Most notably, the award for female wrestler of the year was not given out between 2004 and 2008 and again in 2014, when the committee felt that no wrestler had the necessary qualifications.[9]

The awards have been described as "legit to a degree", but also to spread them among different major promotions. For example, the award for the best technical wrestler may not be given to someone considered the best technical wrestler in puroresu, but to a top wrestler from a promotion that has not gotten any of the other awards.[10] There are currently ten active awards given out by Tokyo Sports, including one dedicated to sport wrestling.

Active awards

MVP Award

Rebranded in 2010. Originally known as Best Wrestler Award (最優秀選手賞, Saiyūshū senshu-shō), which has since become a secondary name.
Antonio Inoki is a record six-time winner of the category

Best Bout Award (ベストバウト, Besutobauto)

Rebranded in 2010. Originally known as Match of the Year Award (年間最高試合賞, Nenkan saikō shiai-shō), which has since become a secondary name.
Genichiro Tenryu is a nine-time winner of the category

Outstanding Performance Award (殊勲賞, Shukun-shō)

Tatsumi Fujinami is a four-time winner of the category

Fighting Spirit Award (敢闘賞, Kantō-shō)

Riki Choshu is a record four-time winner of the category

Technique Award (技能賞, Ginō-shō)

Yuji Nagata is a two-time winner of the category

Best Tag Team Award (最優秀タッグチーム賞, Saiyūshū taggu chīmu-shō)

Sometimes this award is given to teams larger than two wrestlers. Four members of the Voodoo Murders won it in 2006.

Newcomer Award (新人賞, Shinjin-shō)

Saki Akai was the first female wrestler to win this category in 2014

Women's Wrestling Grand Prize (女子プロレス大賞, Joshi puroresu taishō)

Io Shirai is a record three-time winner of the category, having additionally won all awards consecutively

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

Mitsuharu Misawa was awarded the category following his death in 2009

Inactive awards

Wrestling Special Award (レスリング特別賞, Resuringu tokubetsu-shō)

A special award, this award is typically given to Japanese champions in United World Wrestling World Wrestling Championships, or in the Olympic Games.

Kaori Icho is a record eleven-time winner of the category

Best Foreigner Award (最優秀外人賞, Saiyūshū gaijin-shō)

Hulk Hogan is a one-time winner of the category

Best Referee Award (優秀レフェリー賞, Yūshū referī-shō)

Effort Award (努力賞, Doryoku-shō)

Popularity Award (大衆賞, Taishū-shō)

The Destroyer is a one-time winner of the category

Service Award (功労賞, Kōrō-shō)

Special Award (特別賞, Tokubetsu-shō)

Animal Hamaguchi won the category for his training in 1997

Special Grand Prize (特別大賞, Tokubetsu taishō)

Topic Award (話題賞, Wadai-shō)

The Great Sasuke and his Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion won the category in 1993

See also

References

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  1. ^ Meltzer, Dave (December 20, 2004). "Wrestling Observer Newsletter". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 3. ISSN 1083-9593.
  2. ^ 諏訪魔選手、石川修司選手が2017年度 東京スポーツ新聞社制定「プロレス大賞」最優秀タッグチーム賞 受賞!!. All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  3. ^ 「2017年も、我々が様々な話題を提供します！」“MVP”内藤哲也が東京スポーツ『プロレス大賞』受賞式で、さらなるL・I・J旋風を宣言！【報告】. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). January 19, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  4. ^ 東京スポーツ新聞社制定　2011年「プロレス大賞」受賞に際し各選手コメント. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). December 14, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  5. ^ 東京スポーツ　プロレス大賞. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  6. ^ 【プロレス大賞】創設以来初の「新人賞該当者なし」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  7. ^ 【プロレス大賞】ＭＶＰ内藤　ベストバウト級の好試合を連発した“新日プロの救世主”. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  8. ^ Meltzer, Dave (December 15, 2014). "Dec. 15, 2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: CM Punk to UFC 181, Tokyo Sports Awards, Jimmy Del Ray bio and much more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 18. ISSN 1083-9593.
  9. ^ 女子プロレス大賞 ６年ぶり該当者なし. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  10. ^ Meltzer, Dave (December 18, 2017). "December 18, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: The metamorphosis of Chris Jericho, GSP vacates title, more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 10. ISSN 1083-9593.