Japan Indie Awards

The ​Japan Indie Awards (日本インディー大賞, Nihon indī-shō)​ are Japanese professional wrestling, or puroresu, awards that have been handed out annually since 2007. Instead of the Tokyo Sports Awards that are awarded to all promotions in Japan, the Japan Indie Awards are exclusive to the independent promotions in Japan including Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro-Wrestling and Michinoku Pro Wrestling. The awards are usually broadcasted and awarded by Fighting TV Samurai.

The awards are voted for by a committee made up of people involved with Japanese professional wrestling. After the winners are announced in the New Year Shuffle Tag Tournament, an award ceremony is held before the start of the tournament. The awards sections are divided in MVP Award, Best Bout Award, Best Show Award (renamed in 2014 to Best Box Award but returned to Best Show Award the following year), Best Unit Award and Newcomer Award.

Voting takes place in rounds. In landslide cases, the winner can be determined in a single round of voting, however, if no wrestler gets enough votes, the award can be left blank and not given out that year. Most notably, the Special Award of the year was not given out on 2008 and again between 2010 and 2016.

​Best Show Award (ベスト興行賞, Besuto kōgyō-shō)​
The award was renamed in 2014 to renamed in 2014 to ​Best Box Award (ベストボックス賞, Besuto bokkusu-shō)​, but returned to Best Show Award the following year.