KO-D Openweight Championship
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The DDT KO-D Openweight Championship is the top singles title
in the Japanese professional wrestling
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Dramatic Dream Team
. The title was established in 2000.
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in the Japanese professional wrestling
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Dramatic Dream Team
Dramatic Dream Team
Dramatic Dream Team, better known by its initials DDT or its logo reading D2T, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 1997 by Sanshiro Takagi...
. The title was established in 2000.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Masao Orihara | 1 | April 19, 2000 | Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
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| Koichiro Kimura | 1 | July 26, 2000 | Tokyo | |
| Poison Sawada Julie Tokuo Sawada Takuo Sawada is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is a 2 time KO-D Openweight Champion and 6 time DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion... |
1 | October 11, 2000 | Tokyo | |
| Sanshiro Takagi Sanshiro Takagi is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi plays a parody of Stone Cold Steve Austin of World Wrestling Federation fame.He is known in DDT and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charisma as well as his extensive use of comedy in his matches.-Career:Sanshiro Takagi was... |
1 | December 14, 2000 | Tokyo | |
| Exciting Yoshida | 1 | March 28, 2001 | Tokyo | |
| NOSAWA Kazushige Nosawa , better known by his ring names NOSAWA and NOSAWA Rongai, is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.-Career:... |
1 | June 29, 2001 | Tokyo | |
| NOSAWA was stripped of the title on November 22, 2001 by the DDT Commissioner for "not being appropriate as a champion". | ||||
| Super Uchuu Power | 1 | November 30, 2001 | Tokyo | |
| Mikami Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... |
1 | January 26, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Super Uchuu Power | 2 | February 6, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 2 | May 3, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Kintaro Kanemura Kouhiro Kanemura is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura.He is best known for his death matches in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He has also wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling... |
1 | May 31, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 3 | September 7, 2002 | Chiba Chiba, Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000.... |
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| GENTARO | 1 | November 29, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Mikami | 2 | December 22, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Takashi Sasaki | 1 | July 18, 2003 | Tokyo | |
| Shoichi Ichimiya | 1 | October 26, 2003 | Tokyo | |
| Poison Sawada Julie | 2 | February 11, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Mikami | 3 | November 2, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Dick Togo | 1 | January 30, 2005 | Tokyo | |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 4 | May 4, 2005 | Tokyo | |
| Danshoku Dino Danshoku Dino ' is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character similar to the likes of Adrian Street.His ring name comes from the character Baron Dino from the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku.-Career:... |
1 | October 23, 2005 | Tokyo | |
| Toru Owashi Touru Ito , better known with the alias , is a Japanese wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Harashima. He has also been in El Dorado Wrestling as leader of the faction Animal planet... |
1 | May 2, 2006 | Tokyo | |
| HARASHIMA Harashima Harashima is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi. He is a 4-time KO-D Openweight Champion and five time KO-D Tag Team Champion, currently holding the latter with Minoru Fujita, who is performing under his old Hero! gimmick.-Career:Harashima... |
1 | December 29, 2006 | Tokyo | |
| Koo | 1 | July 3, 2007 | Tokyo | |
| HARASHIMA | 2 | October 21, 2007 | Tokyo | |
| Dick Togo | 2 | May 6, 2008 | Tokyo | |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 5 | September 28, 2008 | Tokyo | |
| HARASHIMA | 3 | May 4, 2009 | Tokyo | |
| Kota Ibushi | 1 | August 23, 2009 | Tokyo | |
| Shuji Ishikawa | 2 | November 29, 2009 | Tokyo | |
| Daisuke Sekimoto Daisuke Sekimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He is a former six-time BJW Tag Team Champion, as well as a former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion in ZERO1-MAX... |
1 | February 28, 2010 | Shin-Kiba | |
| HARASHIMA | 4 | July 25, 2010 | Tokyo | |
| Hikaru Sato | 1 | November 14, 2010 | Osaka | |
| Dick Togo | 3 | November 28, 2010 | Tokyo | |
| Shuji Ishikawa | 3 | May 4, 2011 | Tokyo | |
| KUDO | 1 | July 24, 2011 | Tokyo | |
List of reigns by length
As of , .| Wrestler | Days Held | Date Won | Date Lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Sawada Julie Tokuo Sawada Takuo Sawada is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is a 2 time KO-D Openweight Champion and 6 time DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion... |
265 | February 11, 2004 | November 2, 2004 |
| Toru Owashi Touru Ito , better known with the alias , is a Japanese wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Harashima. He has also been in El Dorado Wrestling as leader of the faction Animal planet... |
241 | May 2, 2006 | December 29, 2006 |
| Sanshiro Takagi Sanshiro Takagi is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi plays a parody of Stone Cold Steve Austin of World Wrestling Federation fame.He is known in DDT and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charisma as well as his extensive use of comedy in his matches.-Career:Sanshiro Takagi was... |
217 | September 28, 2008 | May 4, 2009 |
| Mikami Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves*Deep Impact... |
198 | December 22, 2002 | July 18, 2003 |
| HARASHIMA Harashima Harashima is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi. He is a 4-time KO-D Openweight Champion and five time KO-D Tag Team Champion, currently holding the latter with Minoru Fujita, who is performing under his old Hero! gimmick.-Career:Harashima... |
198 | October 21, 2007 | May 6, 2008 |
| Danshoku Dino Danshoku Dino ' is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character similar to the likes of Adrian Street.His ring name comes from the character Baron Dino from the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku.-Career:... |
191 | October 23, 2005 | May 2, 2006 |
| HARASHIMA | 186 | December 29, 2006 | July 3, 2007 |
| Dick Togo | 157 | November 28, 2010 | May 4, 2011 |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 152 | May 4, 2005 | October 23, 2005 |
| NOSAWA Kazushige Nosawa , better known by his ring names NOSAWA and NOSAWA Rongai, is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.-Career:... |
146 | June 29, 2001 | November 30, 2001 |
| Dick Togo | 145 | May 6, 2008 | September 28, 2008 |
| Exciting Yoshida | 123 | March 28, 2001 | June 29, 2001 |
| HARASHIMA | 112 | July 25, 2010 | November 14, 2010 |
| HARASHIMA | 110 | May 4, 2009 | August 23, 2009 |
| Shoichi Ichimiya | 108 | October 26, 2003 | February 11, 2004 |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 104 | December 14, 2000 | March 28, 2001 |
| Takashi Sasaki | 100 | July 18, 2003 | October 26, 2003 |
| Koo | 100 | July 3, 2007 | October 21, 2007 |
| Kintaro Kanemura | 99 | May 31, 2002 | September 7, 2002 |
| Masao Orihara | 98 | April 19, 2000 | July 26, 2000 |
| Kota Ibushi | 97 | August 23, 2009 | November 29, 2009 |
| Dick Togo | 94 | January 30, 2005 | May 4, 2005 |
| Daisuke Sekimoto Daisuke Sekimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He is a former six-time BJW Tag Team Champion, as well as a former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion in ZERO1-MAX... |
147 | February 28, 2010 | July 25, 2010 |
| Shuji Ishikawa | 90 | November 29, 2009 | February 28, 2010 |
| Mikami | 89 | November 2, 2004 | January 30, 2005 |
| Super Uchuu Power | 86 | February 6, 2002 | May 3, 2002 |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 83 | September 7, 2002 | November 29, 2002 |
| Shuji Ishikawa | 81 | May 4, 2011 | July 24, 2011 |
| Koichiro Kimura | 77 | July 26, 2000 | October 11, 2000 |
| Poison Sawada Julie | 64 | October 11, 2000 | December 14, 2000 |
| Super Uchuu Power | 57 | November 30, 2001 | January 26, 2002 |
| Sanshiro Takagi | 28 | May 3, 2002 | May 31, 2002 |
| GENTARO | 23 | November 29, 2002 | December 22, 2002 |
| Hikaru Sato | 14 | November 14, 2010 | November 28, 2010 |
| Mikami | 11 | January 26, 2002 | February 6, 2002 |
| KUDO | + | July 24, 2011 | Current champion |
List of top combined reigns length
As of , .| Rank | Wrestler | # Of Reigns | Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | HARASHIMA Harashima Harashima is a wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi. He is a 4-time KO-D Openweight Champion and five time KO-D Tag Team Champion, currently holding the latter with Minoru Fujita, who is performing under his old Hero! gimmick.-Career:Harashima... |
4 | 606 |
| 2. | Sanshiro Takagi Sanshiro Takagi is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi plays a parody of Stone Cold Steve Austin of World Wrestling Federation fame.He is known in DDT and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charisma as well as his extensive use of comedy in his matches.-Career:Sanshiro Takagi was... |
5 | 585 |
| 3. | Dick Togo | 3 | 396 |
| 4. | Poison Sawada Julie | 2 | 329 |
| 5. | Mikami | 3 | 308 |
| 6. | Shuji Ishikawa | 3 | 271 |
| 7. | Toru Owashi | 1 | 241 |
| 8. | Danshoku Dino | 1 | 191 |
| 9. | Daisuke Sekimoto Daisuke Sekimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He is a former six-time BJW Tag Team Champion, as well as a former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion in ZERO1-MAX... |
1 | 147 |
| 10. | NOSAWA | 1 | 146 |
| 11. | Super Uchuu Power | 2 | 143 |
| 12. | Exciting Yoshida | 1 | 123 |
| 13. | Shoichi Ichimiya | 1 | 108 |
| 14. | Takashi Sasaki | 1 | 100 |
| 15. | Kintaro Kanemura | 1 | 99 |
| 16. | Masao Orihara | 1 | 98 |
| 17. | Kota Ibushi | 1 | 97 |
| 18. | Koichiro Kimura | 1 | 77 |
| 19. | GENTARO | 1 | 23 |
| 20. | Hikaru Sato | 1 | 14 |
| 21. | KUDO | 1 | + |