Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize

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Shinzo Abe awarding Shohei Ohtani the Prime Minister Trophy at the 2018 Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize Award Ceremony

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From 2019 to 2021, the awards was discontinued due to problems within the Japan Professional Sports Association.^[1]

List of winners

Year	Winner	Sport
1968	Shozo Saijo	Boxing
1969	Yomiuri Giants	Baseball
1970	Taihō Kōki	Sumo
1971	Shigeo Nagashima	Baseball
1972	Katsuaki Matsumoto	Bicycle racing
1973	Tadashi Sawamura	Kickboxing
1974	Template:Flagicon Sadaharu Oh	Baseball
1975	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	Baseball
1976	Template:Flagicon Sadaharu Oh	Baseball
1977	Template:Flagicon Sadaharu Oh	Baseball
1978	Yakult Swallows	Baseball
1979	Yoko Gushiken	Boxing
1980	Yoko Gushiken	Boxing
1981	Koichi Nakano	Bicycle racing
1982	Hiromitsu Ochiai	Baseball
1983	Tatsuro Hirooka	Baseball
1984	Sachio Kinugasa	Baseball
1985	Template:Flagicon Randy Bass	Baseball
1986	Hiromitsu Ochiai	Baseball
1987	Ayako Okamoto	Golf
1988	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	Sumo
1989	Chiyonofuji Mitsugu	Sumo
1990	Hideo Nomo	Baseball
1991	Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	Boxing
1992	Takanohana Kōji	Sumo
1993	Kazuyoshi Miura	Football
1994	Ichiro Suzuki	Baseball
1995	Ichiro Suzuki	Baseball
1996	Masashi Ozaki	Golf
1997	Hidetoshi Nakata	Football
1998	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Baseball
1999	Daisuke Matsuzaka	Baseball
2000	Hideki Matsui	Baseball
2001	Ichiro Suzuki	Baseball
2002	Japan national football team	Football
2003	Hideki Matsui	Baseball
2004	Template:Flagicon Asashōryū Akinori	Sumo
2005	Template:Flagicon Asashōryū Akinori	Sumo
2006	Japan national baseball team	Baseball
2007	Urawa Red Diamonds	Football
2008	Ryo Ishikawa	Golf
2009	Ryo Ishikawa	Golf
2010	Template:Flagicon Hakuhō Shō	Sumo
2011	Japan women's national football team	Football
2012	Shinnosuke Abe	Baseball
2013	Masahiro Tanaka	Baseball
2014	Kei Nishikori	Tennis
2015	Japan national rugby union team	Rugby union
2016	Shohei Ohtani	Baseball
2017	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Baseball
2018	Shohei Ohtani	Baseball
Not Awarded
2022	Naoya Inoue	Boxing
2023	Japan national baseball team	Baseball
2024	Haruka Kitaguchi	Javelin throw

Wins by sports

Sport	# of Awards
Baseball	27 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Sumo	7 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Football	5 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Boxing	5 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Golf	4 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Bicycle racing	2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Kickboxing	1 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Tennis	1 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Rugby union	1 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Javelin throw	1 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

↑ プロスポーツ大賞、主催者の組織運営に問題で表彰延期サンケイスポーツ 2019年11月19日

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[1] プロスポーツ大賞、主催者の組織運営に問題で表彰延期サンケイスポーツ 2019年11月19日

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Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize

List of winners

Wins by sports

References

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