Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (日本プロスポーツ大賞, Nippon Puro Supōtsu Taisyō) is given to one sportsperson or sports team every year since 1968 by the Japan Professional Sports Association. The award is one of the most prestigious all-sport awards in Japanese sport. The recordholders are the baseball players Ichiro Suzuki and Sadaharu Oh (three awards). A committee of representatives from Tokyo newspapers, wire services, television and radio for sports media are responsible for making the selections. The winner is given the Prime Minister Trophy.
From 2019 to 2021, the awards was discontinued due to problems within the Japan Professional Sports Association.[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