KO-D Openweight Championship

The DDT KO-D (King of DDT) Openweight Championship (KO-D無差別級王座, KO-D musabetsu-kyū ōza) is a professional wrestling openweight championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2000.[1] There have been a total of 75 reigns and one vacacy shared between 34 different champions. Ken Ohka's reign is not officially recognized by the promotion, this making only 33 official champions. The current holder is Tetsuya Endo who is in his second reign.

KO-D Openweight Championship
Konosuke Takeshita with the title belt in May 2016
Details
PromotionDDT Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedApril 19, 2000
Current champion(s)Tetsuya Endo
Date wonJune 7, 2020

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Masao Orihara April 19, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 980 Defeated Sanshiro Takagi to become the first champion.
2 Koichiro Kimura July 26, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 771
3 Poison Sawada Julie October 11, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 641
4 Sanshiro Takagi December 14, 2000 Never Mind 2000 Tokyo, Japan 1 1042 Defeated Poison Sawada Julie, Tomohiko Hashimoto and Super Uchuu Power in a four-way match.
5 Exciting Yoshida March 28, 2001 Judgement 5 Tokyo, Japan 1 932
6 Nosawa June 29, 2001 No Reason, No Future Tokyo, Japan 1 1460 Defeated Exciting Yoshida and Super Uchuu Power in a three-way match.
Vacated November 22, 2001 Live event Tokyo, Japan Nosawa was stripped of the title on November 22, 2001, by the DDT Commissioner for "not being appropriate as a champion".
7 Super Uchuu Power November 30, 2001 My Love Tokyo, Japan 2 571 Koichiro Kimura under a mask. Defeated Poison Sawada Julie and Sanshiro Takagi in a three-way match.
8 Mikami January 26, 2002 Dark Horse Tokyo, Japan 1 111 Won a tag team match with Takashi Sasaki while Tag Team Champions, defeating Openweight Champion Super Uchuu Power and Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Asian Cougar, with all titles on the line.
9 Super Uchuu Power February 6, 2002 Live event Tokyo, Japan 3 860
10 Sanshiro Takagi May 3, 2002 Turning Point Tokyo, Japan 2 280 This match was also for Takagi's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.
11 Kintaro Kanemura May 31, 2002 Max Bump 2002 Tokyo, Japan 1 991
12 Sanshiro Takagi September 7, 2002 The Ring Chiba, Japan 3 831
13 Gentaro November 29, 2002 God Bless DDT 2002 Tokyo, Japan 1 230
14 Mikami December 22, 2002 Never Mind 2002 Tokyo, Japan 2 2072 Defeated Gentaro, Tomohiko Hashimoto and Sanshiro Takagi in a four-way match.
15 Takashi Sasaki July 17, 2003 Audience 2003 Tokyo, Japan 1 1012
16 Shoichi Ichimiya October 26, 2003 Dead or Alive 2003 Tokyo, Japan 1 1080 Defeated Takashi Sasaki in a Chain Death Match.
17 Poison Sawada Julie February 11, 2004 Future Port Tokyo, Japan 2 2654 Defeated Ichimiya, Sanshiro Takagi, and Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dino in a four-way match to win both titles.
18 Mikami November 2, 2004 Day Dream Believer 2004 Tokyo, Japan 3 891
19 Francesco Togo January 30, 2005 Into the Fight 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 942
20 Sanshiro Takagi May 4, 2005 Max Bump 2005 Tokyo, Japan 4 1721
21 Danshoku Dino October 23, 2005 Day Dream Believer 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 1611
22 Toru Owashi April 2, 2006 After Aprilfool 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 2712
23 Harashima December 29, 2006 Never Mind 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 1563
24 Koo June 3, 2007 King of DDT 2007 Tokyo, Japan 1 1402
25 Harashima October 21, 2007 Day Dream Believer 2007 Tokyo, Japan 2 1982
26 Dick Togo May 6, 2008 Max Bump 2008 Tokyo, Japan 2 1452 Defeated Harashima, Seiya Morohashi, Sanshiro Takagi and Yoshiaki Yago in a five-way elimination match.
27 Sanshiro Takagi September 28, 2008 Who's Gonna Top? 2008 Tokyo, Japan 5 2185 Defeated Dick Togo in a Steel Cage Death Match, this match was also a defense of the DDT Extreme Title.
28 Harashima May 4, 2009 Max Bump 2009 Tokyo, Japan 3 1112 [2]
29 Kota Ibushi August 23, 2009 Ryōgoku Peter Pan Tokyo, Japan 1 982 [3]
30 Shuji Ishikawa November 29, 2009 DDT Special 2009 Tokyo, Japan 2 912 Ishikawa previously held the title under the name Koo. [4]
31 Daisuke Sekimoto February 28, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 1474
32 Harashima July 25, 2010 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010 Tokyo, Japan 4 1122
33 Hikaru Sato November 14, 2010 Osaka Bay Blues Special Osaka, Japan 1 140
34 Dick Togo November 28, 2010 God Bless DDT 2010 Tokyo, Japan 3 280
Antonio Honda December 26, 2010 Never Mind 2010 Tokyo, Japan 350 Antonio Honda defeated Gentaro to become interim KO-D Openweight Champion.
35 Dick Togo January 30, 2011 Sweet Dreams! 2011 Tokyo, Japan 4 942 This was a championship unification match for Togo's KO-D Openweight Title and Honda's interim KO-D Openweight Title.
36 Shuji Ishikawa May 4, 2011 Max Bump 2011 Tokyo, Japan 3 812
37 Kudo July 24, 2011 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 Tokyo, Japan 1 1895
38 Danshoku Dino January 29, 2012 Sweet Dreams! 2012 Tokyo, Japan 2 632
39 Sanshiro Takagi April 1, 2012 Aprilfool 2012 Tokyo, Japan 6 <10
40 Masa Takanashi April 1, 2012 Aprilfool 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 330 Takanashi cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere" contract.
41 Yuji Hino May 4, 2012 Max Bump 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 511
42 Kota Ibushi June 24, 2012 What Are You Doing!? 2012 Tokyo, Japan 2 982
43 El Generico September 30, 2012 Who's Gonna Top? 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 843
44 Kenny Omega December 23, 2012 Never Mind 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 873
45 Shigehiro Irie March 20, 2013 Judgement 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 1518
46 Harashima August 18, 2013 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 Tokyo, Japan 5 2155
47 Kudo March 21, 2014 Judgement 2014 Tokyo, Japan 2 652
48 Harashima May 25, 2014 Yūjō, Doryoku, Shōri! in Nagoya 2014 Nagoya, Japan 6 2667
49 Kota Ibushi February 15, 2015 Saitama Super DDT 2015 Saitama, Japan 3 731
50 Harashima April 29, 2015 Max Bump 2015 Tokyo, Japan 7 321
51 Kudo May 31, 2015 Audience 2015 Tokyo, Japan 3 280
52 Ken Ohka June 28, 2015 King of DDT 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 <10 This was a three-way match, also involving Yasu Urano. Both Ohka and Urano cashed in their "Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere" contracts.
53 Kudo June 28, 2015 King of DDT 2015 Tokyo, Japan 4 560
54 Yukio Sakaguchi August 23, 2015 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 972
55 Isami Kodaka November 28, 2015 Osaka Octopus 2015 Osaka, Japan 1 1143
56 Harashima March 21, 2016 Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 8 342
57 Daisuke Sasaki April 24, 2016 Max Bump 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 351 Sasaki cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere" contract.
58 Konosuke Takeshita May 29, 2016 Audience 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 913
59 Shuji Ishikawa August 28, 2016 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 Tokyo, Japan 4 982
60 Harashima December 4, 2016 Osaka Octopus 2016 Osaka, Japan 9 1063
61 Konosuke Takeshita March 20, 2017 Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary Saitama, Japan 2 40511
62 Shigehiro Irie April 29, 2018 Max Bump 2018 Tokyo, Japan 2 942
63 Sami Callihan August 1, 2018 Rockstar Pro Wrestling Amped Dayton, Ohio 1 70 This was a three-way match also involving Trey Miguel.
64 Shigehiro Irie August 8, 2018 Rockstar Pro Wrestling Amped Dayton, Ohio 3 60
65 Danshoku Dino August 14, 2018 MajiManji Tokyo, Japan 3 140 Dino cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anywhere, Anytime" contract.
66 Meiko Satomura August 28, 2018 MajiManji Tokyo, Japan 1 260 Satomura cashed in her "Right to Challenge Anywhere, Anytime" contract. Satomura was the first woman to win the KO-D Openweight Championship.
67 Danshoku Dino September 23, 2018 Road To Ryōgoku 2018 Tokyo, Japan 4 280 This was a Three–way elimination match also involving Shigehiro Irie.
68 Daisuke Sasaki October 21, 2018 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 Tokyo, Japan 2 1191
69 Konosuke Takeshita February 17, 2019 Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 3 461
70 Daisuke Sasaki April 4, 2019 DDT Coming to America Queens, New York 3 <10
71 Tetsuya Endo April 4, 2019 DDT Coming to America Queens, New York 1 1024 Endo cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anywhere, Anytime" contract.
72 Konosuke Takeshita July 15, 2019 Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 Tokyo, Japan 4 1112 [5]
73 Harashima November 3, 2019 Ultimate Party 2019 Tokyo, Japan 10 841 This match was also for Harashima's DDT Extreme Division Championship. [6]
74 Masato Tanaka January 26, 2020 Sweet Dreams! 2020 Tokyo, Japan 1 1334 [7]
75 Tetsuya Endo June 7, 2020 Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 Tokyo, Japan 2 241+3 [8]

Combined reigns

As of February 3, 2021.

Record ten-time champion Harashima
Former champion, Masato Tanaka
Indicates the current champions
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined days
1 Harashima10271,314
2 Konosuke Takeshita417653
3 Sanshiro Takagi69605
4 Shuji Ishikawa/Koo48410
5 Dick Togo/Francesco Togo49361
6 Tetsuya Endo27343+
7 Kudo47338
8 Poison Sawada Julie25329
9 Mikami34307
10 Toru Owashi12271
11 Kota Ibushi35269
12 Danshoku Dino43266
13 Shigehiro Irie310253
14 Koichiro Kimura/Super Uchuu Power32220
15 Daisuke Sasaki32159
16 Daisuke Sekimoto14147
17 Nosawa10146
18 Masato Tanaka14133
19 Isami Kodaka13114
20 Shoichi Ichimiya10108
21 Takashi Sasaki12101
22 Kintaro Kanemura1199
23 Masao Orihara1098
24 Yukio Sakaguchi1297
25 Exciting Yoshida1293
26 Kenny Omega1387
27 El Generico1384
28 Yuji Hino1151
Antonio Honda 1 35
29 Masa Takanashi1033
30 Meiko Satomura1026
31 Gentaro1023
32 Hikaru Sato1014
33 Sami Callihan107
34 Ken Ohka10<1

See also

References

  1. "KO-D (King Of DDT) Open-weight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  2. MAX BUMP 2009. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  3. 両国ピーターパン ~大人になんてなれないよ~. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  4. DDT Special 2009. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  5. "Wrestle Peter Pan 2019". DDT Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  6. "Ultimate Party 2019~DDTグループ大集合!~". DDT Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  7. "Sweet Dreams!2020". DDT Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  8. https://www.ddtpro.com/universe/videos/8660
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