Kazuchika Okada won Tokyo Sports 2015 MVP Award
Tokyo Sports announced its 2015 pro wrestling awards:
The MVP was Kazuchika Okada who won on the first ballot, and became only the fifth wrestler in history to be a three-time winner.
Okada vs. Genichiro Tenryu on 11/15 was named Match of the Year.
In a weird one, Atsushi Onita & Chigusa Nagayo were named tag team of the year.
Minoru Suzuki was award the Most Outstanding Wrestler award.
Tomoaki Honma was named Best Technical Wrestler.
Io Shirai was named Woman’s wrestling MVP.
Genichiro Tenryu got the Distinguished Service Award.
Also honored were Eri Tosaka, Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho, who captured world championships in amateur wrestling.
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