Golden Spirit Award

The Golden Spirit Award is given annually to the Nippon [Professional Baseball] player recognizing outstanding contributions to one's community, as voted on by members of the media.

Award winners

Year	Player	Team	League	Position
1999 [Nippon Professional Baseball season\|1999]		Yomiuri Giants	Central	OF
2000 Nippon [Professional Baseball season\|2000]		Nippon-Ham Fighters	Pacific	IF
2001		Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pacific	3B
2002		Yakult Swallows	Central	OF
2003		Chunichi Dragons	Central	OF
2004		Hanshin Tigers	Central	OF
2005		Chiba [Lotte Marines]	Pacific	Coach
2006		Fukuoka [SoftBank Hawks]	Pacific	P
2007		Yokohama BayStars	Central	P
2008		Tohoku [Rakuten Golden Eagles]	Pacific	P
2009		Yomiuri Giants	Central	IF
2010		Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	Pacific	P
2011		Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	Pacific	1B, OF
2012		Hanshin Tigers	Central	P
2013		Tokyo Yakult Swallows	Central	SS
2014		Saitama Seibu Lions	Pacific	OF
2015		Chiba Lotte Marines	Pacific	IF
2016		Yomiuri Giants	Central	P
2017	Minoru Iwata	Hanshin Tigers	Central	P
2018	Tadahito Iguchi	Chiba Lotte Marines	Pacific	Manager
2018	Sadaharu Oh	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	Pacific	Executive
2018	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
2024	Tomoyuki Sugano	Yomiuri Giants	Central	P