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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
Statistics
First champion(s)Masao Orihara
Most reignsHarashima (10 reigns)
Longest reignKonosuke Takeshita (405 days)
Shortest reignDaisuke Sasaki, Ken Ohka and Sanshiro Takagi (<1 day)
Heaviest championShuji Ishikawa (286 lb (130 kg))

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.

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 Days Defenses
1 Masao Orihara April 19, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 98 0 Defeated Sanshiro Takagi to become the first champion.
2 Koichiro Kimura July 26, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 77 1
3 Poison Sawada Julie October 11, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 64 1
4 Sanshiro Takagi December 14, 2000 Never Mind 2000 Tokyo, Japan 1 104 2 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 93 2
6 Nosawa June 29, 2001 No Reason, No Future Tokyo, Japan 1 146 0 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 57 1 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 11 1 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 86 0
10 Sanshiro Takagi May 3, 2002 Turning Point Tokyo, Japan 2 28 0 This match was also for Takagi's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.
11 Kintaro Kanemura May 31, 2002 Max Bump 2002 Tokyo, Japan 1 99 1
12 Sanshiro Takagi September 7, 2002 The Ring Chiba, Japan 3 83 1
13 Gentaro November 29, 2002 God Bless DDT 2002 Tokyo, Japan 1 23 0
14 Mikami December 22, 2002 Never Mind 2002 Tokyo, Japan 2 207 2 Defeated Gentaro, Tomohiko Hashimoto and Sanshiro Takagi in a four-way match.
15 Takashi Sasaki July 17, 2003 Audience 2003 Tokyo, Japan 1 101 2
16 Shoichi Ichimiya October 26, 2003 Dead or Alive 2003 Tokyo, Japan 1 108 0 Defeated Takashi Sasaki in a Chain Death Match.
17 Poison Sawada Julie February 11, 2004 Future Port Tokyo, Japan 2 265 4 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 89 1
19 Francesco Togo January 30, 2005 Into the Fight 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 94 2
20 Sanshiro Takagi May 4, 2005 Max Bump 2005 Tokyo, Japan 4 172 1
21 Danshoku Dino October 23, 2005 Day Dream Believer 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 161 1
22 Toru Owashi April 2, 2006 After Aprilfool 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 271 2
23 Harashima December 29, 2006 Never Mind 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 156 3
24 Koo June 3, 2007 King of DDT 2007 Tokyo, Japan 1 140 2
25 Harashima October 21, 2007 Day Dream Believer 2007 Tokyo, Japan 2 198 2
26 Dick Togo May 6, 2008 Max Bump 2008 Tokyo, Japan 2 145 2 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 5 218 5 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 3 111 2 [2]
29 Kota Ibushi August 23, 2009 Ryōgoku Peter Pan Tokyo, Japan 1 98 2 [3]
30 Shuji Ishikawa November 29, 2009 DDT Special 2009 Tokyo, Japan 2 91 2 Ishikawa previously held the title under the name Koo. [4]
31 Daisuke Sekimoto February 28, 2010 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 147 4
32 Harashima July 25, 2010 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010 Tokyo, Japan 4 112 2
33 Hikaru Sato November 14, 2010 Osaka Bay Blues Special Osaka, Japan 1 14 0
34 Dick Togo November 28, 2010 God Bless DDT 2010 Tokyo, Japan 3 28 0
† Antonio Honda December 26, 2010 Never Mind 2010 Tokyo, Japan — 35 0 Antonio Honda defeated Gentaro to become interim KO-D Openweight Champion.
35 Dick Togo January 30, 2011 Sweet Dreams! 2011 Tokyo, Japan 4 94 2 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 81 2
37 Kudo July 24, 2011 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 Tokyo, Japan 1 189 5
38 Danshoku Dino January 29, 2012 Sweet Dreams! 2012 Tokyo, Japan 2 63 2
39 Sanshiro Takagi April 1, 2012 Aprilfool 2012 Tokyo, Japan 6 <1 0
40 Masa Takanashi April 1, 2012 Aprilfool 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 33 0 Takanashi cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere" contract.
41 Yuji Hino May 4, 2012 Max Bump 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 51 1
42 Kota Ibushi June 24, 2012 What Are You Doing!? 2012 Tokyo, Japan 2 98 2
43 El Generico September 30, 2012 Who's Gonna Top? 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 84 3
44 Kenny Omega December 23, 2012 Never Mind 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 87 3
45 Shigehiro Irie March 20, 2013 Judgement 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 151 8
46 Harashima August 18, 2013 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 Tokyo, Japan 5 215 5
47 Kudo March 21, 2014 Judgement 2014 Tokyo, Japan 2 65 2
48 Harashima May 25, 2014 Yūjō, Doryoku, Shōri! in Nagoya 2014 Nagoya, Japan 6 266 7
49 Kota Ibushi February 15, 2015 Saitama Super DDT 2015 Saitama, Japan 3 73 1
50 Harashima April 29, 2015 Max Bump 2015 Tokyo, Japan 7 32 1
51 Kudo May 31, 2015 Audience 2015 Tokyo, Japan 3 28 0
52 Ken Ohka June 28, 2015 King of DDT 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 <1 0 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 56 0
54 Yukio Sakaguchi August 23, 2015 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 97 2
55 Isami Kodaka November 28, 2015 Osaka Octopus 2015 Osaka, Japan 1 114 3
56 Harashima March 21, 2016 Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 8 34 2
57 Daisuke Sasaki April 24, 2016 Max Bump 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 35 1 Sasaki cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere" contract.
58 Konosuke Takeshita May 29, 2016 Audience 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 91 3
59 Shuji Ishikawa August 28, 2016 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 Tokyo, Japan 4 98 2
60 Harashima December 4, 2016 Osaka Octopus 2016 Osaka, Japan 9 106 3
61 Konosuke Takeshita March 20, 2017 Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary Saitama, Japan 2 405 11
62 Shigehiro Irie April 29, 2018 Max Bump 2018 Tokyo, Japan 2 94 2
63 Sami Callihan August 1, 2018 Rockstar Pro Wrestling Amped Dayton, Ohio 1 7 0 This was a three-way match also involving Trey Miguel.
64 Shigehiro Irie August 8, 2018 Rockstar Pro Wrestling Amped Dayton, Ohio 3 6 0
65 Danshoku Dino August 14, 2018 MajiManji Tokyo, Japan 3 14 0 Dino cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anywhere, Anytime" contract.
66 Meiko Satomura August 28, 2018 MajiManji Tokyo, Japan 1 26 0 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 28 0 This was a Three–way elimination match also involving Shigehiro Irie.
68 Daisuke Sasaki October 21, 2018 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 Tokyo, Japan 2 119 1
69 Konosuke Takeshita February 17, 2019 Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 3 46 1
70 Daisuke Sasaki April 4, 2019 DDT Coming to America Queens, New York 3 <1 0
71 Tetsuya Endo April 4, 2019 DDT Coming to America Queens, New York 1 102 4 Endo cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anywhere, Anytime" contract.
72 Konosuke Takeshita July 15, 2019 Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 Tokyo, Japan 4 111 2 [5]
73 Harashima November 3, 2019 Ultimate Party 2019 Tokyo, Japan 10 84 1 This match was also for Harashima's DDT Extreme Division Championship. [6]
74 Masato Tanaka January 26, 2020 Sweet Dreams! 2020 Tokyo, Japan 1 133 4 [7]
75 Tetsuya Endo June 7, 2020 Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 Tokyo, Japan 2 1,468+ 3 [8]

Combined reigns

As of June 14, 2024.

Record ten-time champion Harashima
Former champion, Masato Tanaka
† Indicates the current champions
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Harashima 10 27 1,314
2 Konosuke Takeshita 4 17 653
3 Sanshiro Takagi 6 9 605
4 Shuji Ishikawa/Koo 4 8 410
5 Dick Togo/Francesco Togo 4 9 361
6 Tetsuya Endo † 2 7 1,570+
7 Kudo 4 7 338
8 Poison Sawada Julie 2 5 329
9 Mikami 3 4 307
10 Toru Owashi 1 2 271
11 Kota Ibushi 3 5 269
12 Danshoku Dino 4 3 266
13 Shigehiro Irie 3 10 253
14 Koichiro Kimura/Super Uchuu Power 3 2 220
15 Daisuke Sasaki 3 2 159
16 Daisuke Sekimoto 1 4 147
17 Nosawa 1 0 146
18 Masato Tanaka 1 4 133
19 Isami Kodaka 1 3 114
20 Shoichi Ichimiya 1 0 108
21 Takashi Sasaki 1 2 101
22 Kintaro Kanemura 1 1 99
23 Masao Orihara 1 0 98
24 Yukio Sakaguchi 1 2 97
25 Exciting Yoshida 1 2 93
26 Kenny Omega 1 3 87
27 El Generico 1 3 84
28 Yuji Hino 1 1 51
— Antonio Honda — 1 35
29 Masa Takanashi 1 0 33
30 Meiko Satomura 1 0 26
31 Gentaro 1 0 23
32 Hikaru Sato 1 0 14
33 Sami Callihan 1 0 7
34 Ken Ohka 1 0 <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

External links

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