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
Pro Wrestling Category MVP Award 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)
1999
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiji Mutoh (May 3)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
2000
Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada (October 9)
2001
Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase vs. Yuji Nagata and Jun Akiyama (October 8)
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)
2005
Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kenta Kobashi (July 18)
2006
Kenta vs. Naomichi Marufuji (October 29)
2007
Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi and Yoshihiro Takayama (December 2)
2008
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kenta (October 25)
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)
2012
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (February 12)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
2013
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (January 4)
2014
Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (August 10)
2015
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi (January 4)
2016
Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega (August 13)
2017
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (January 4)
2018
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (June 9)
2019
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (January 5, 2020)
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
Pro Wrestling Noah
2002
Bob Sapp
New Japan Pro Wrestling
K-1
2003
Shinsuke Nakamura
New Japan Pro Wrestling
2004
Kensuke Sasaki
2005
Takeshi Rikio
Pro Wrestling Noah
2006
Naomichi Marufuji
2007
Takeshi Morishima
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
Fighting Spirit Award 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
2001
Osamu Nishimura
2002
2003
2004
Minoru Suzuki
All Japan Pro Wrestling
2005
2006
Kenta
Pro Wrestling NOAH
2007
2008
Naomichi Marufuji
2009
Kota Ibushi
Dramatic Dream Team
2010
2011
Masato Tanaka
New Japan Pro Wrestling
2012
Shinsuke Nakamura
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
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
2003
Pro Wrestling Noah
2004
2005
2006
2007
Joshi Pro Wrestling Category Joshi Puroresu MVP 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)
2009
Yoshiko Tamura vs. Emi Sakura (May 5)
2010
Nanae Takahashi vs. Fuka (March 28)
Fuka Matsuri
Joshi Tag Team Award Joshi Fighting Spirit Award
Year
Winner
Promotion
2005
Fuka
JDStar
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
JWP
2008
Most Supported Promotion
Year
Winner
2007
NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling
2008
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
2010
2011
Kazuto Ioka
2012
2013
Shinsuke Yamanaka
2014
Naoya Inoue
2015
Takashi Uchiyama
2016
Shinsuke Yamanaka
2017
Ryota Murata
2018
Naoya Inoue
2019
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
2010
Ao Takahiro
2011
Kazuto Ioka
Combat Sports Category MVP Award
Year
Winner
2007
Semmy Schilt
2008
Masato
2009
2010
Alistair Overeem
2011
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)
2009
Masato vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (July 13)
Fighting Spirit Award
Year
Winner
2007
Junichi Sawayashiki
2008
Badr Hari
2009
Yuya Yamamoto
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