Golden Spirit Award

The Golden Spirit Award is given annually to the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", as voted on by members of the media.

Award winners
Year Links to the corresponding Nippon Professional Baseball season
1B First baseman
2B Second baseman
3B Third baseman
C Catcher
DH Designated hitter
OF Outfielder
P Pitcher
SS Shortstop
YearPlayerTeamLeaguePosition
1999Hideki MatsuiYomiuri GiantsCentralOF
2000Atsushi KataokaNippon-Ham FightersPacificIF
2001Norihiro NakamuraOsaka Kintetsu BuffaloesPacific3B
2002Tetsuya IidaYakult SwallowsCentralOF
2003Kazuki InoueChunichi DragonsCentralOF
2004Norihiro AkahoshiHanshin TigersCentralOF
2005Bobby ValentineChiba Lotte MarinesPacificCoach
2006Tsuyoshi WadaFukuoka SoftBank HawksPacificP
2007Daisuke MiuraYokohama BayStarsCentralP
2008Hisashi IwakumaTohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesPacificP
2009Michihiro OgasawaraYomiuri GiantsCentralIF
2010Yu DarvishHokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersPacificP
2011Takeshi YamasakiTohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesPacific1B, OF
2012Kyuji FujikawaHanshin TigersCentralP
2013Shinya MiyamotoTokyo Yakult SwallowsCentralSS
2014Takumi KuriyamaSaitama Seibu LionsPacificOF
2015Toshiaki ImaeChiba Lotte MarinesPacificIF
2016Tetsuya UtsumiYomiuri GiantsCentralP
2017 Minoru Iwata Hanshin Tigers Central P
2018 Tadahito Iguchi Chiba Lotte Marines Pacific Manager
Sadaharu Oh Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Pacific Executive
Sadaaki Yoshimura Yomiuri Giants Central Coach
2019 Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions Pacific OF
2021 Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers Central Manager
2022 Masataka Yoshida Orix Buffaloes Pacific OF
2023 Naoki Miyanishi Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Pacific P

See also
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