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Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship Promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling Date established April 29, 2008 Current champion(s) Shiro Kuma Date won July 31, 2016 First champion(s) Kanjyuro Matsuyama Most reigns Kanjyuro Matsuyama Kuishinbo Kamen (3 times)Longest reign Kanjyuro Matsuyama (406 days) Shortest reign Otoko Sakari (3 days)
The Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship is a title contested in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling . It was created 2008 when Kanjyuro Matsuyama declared himself the first Owarai Champion upon vacating the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship .
Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There have been eighteen reigns by twelve wrestlers with two vacancies. The first vacancy came when Miracle Man vacated the title to defend the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship and the second when Tigers Mask left Osaka Pro. The current champion is Shiro Kuma, who is in his first reign as champion.
Title history
#
Order in reign history
Reign
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
—
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A
The information is not available or is unknown
+
Indicates the current reign is changing daily
#
Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days held
Location
Notes
1
Kanjyuro Matsuyama
1
April 29, 2008
333
Tokyo, Japan
Matsuyama defeated Miracle Man for the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship , retires the title immediately after the match and declares himself as the first Owarai Champion.
2
Kikutaro
1
March 28, 2009
397
Osaka, Japan
3
Kuishinbo Kamen
1
April 29, 2010
59
Osaka, Japan
Also wins the reinstated Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship .
4
Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru
1
June 27, 2010
22
Osaka, Japan
Ranmaru wins both Owarai Championship and Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship.
5
Kuishinbo Kamen
2
July 19, 2010
40
Osaka, Japan
6
Miracle Man
1
August 28, 2010
7
Osaka, Japan
Miracle Man wins the Owarai Championship only.
—
Vacant
—
September 4, 2010
N/A
—
Miracle Man vacates the Owarai Championship in order to concentrate on defending the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship .
7
Kanjyuro Matsuyama
2
September 18, 2010
23
Osaka, Japan
Matsuyama defeated Kuishinbo Kamen, Takaku Fuke and Takoyakida in a four-way match to win the vacant title.
8
Takoyakida
1
October 11, 2010
40
Osaka, Japan
Takoyakida defeated Kanjyuro Matsuyama, Kuishinbo Kamen, Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru, and Miracle Man in a five-way match to win the title.
9
Otoko Sakari
1
November 20, 2010
3
Osaka, Japan
Sakari defeated Takoyakeeder and Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a three-way match to win the title.
10
Kanjyuro Matsuyama
3
November 23, 2010
406
Nagoya , Japan
11
Ebessan III
1
January 3, 2012
403
Osaka, Japan
12
Orochi
1
February 9, 2013
15
Osaka, Japan
13
Ebessan III
2
February 24, 2013
147
Osaka, Japan
14
Mr. #6
1
July 21, 2013
35
Osaka, Japan
15
Tigers Mask
1
August 25, 2013
69
Osaka, Japan
Tigers Mask defeated Mr. #6 and Nise Grandpa Mask in a three-way match to win the title.
16
Hof Senyo Zeong
1
November 2, 2013
14
Osaka, Japan
17
Tigers Mask
2
November 16, 2013
155
Osaka, Japan
—
Vacant
—
April 20, 2014
—
Osaka, Japan
Title vacated due to Tigers Mask leaving Osaka Pro
18
Ebessan III
3
July 12, 2014
657
Osaka, Japan
19
Kuishinbo Kamen
3
April 29, 2016
92
Osaka, Japan
20
Shiro Kuma
1
July 31, 2016
2,945+
Osaka, Japan
List of combined reigns
†
Indicates the current champions
¤
The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
<1
Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
+
Indicates the current reign is changing daily
Rank
Team
# Of Reigns
Combined Days
1.
Ebessan III
3
1,209
2.
Kanjyuro Matsuyama
3
762
3.
Shiro Kuma
1
2,945+
4.
Kikutaro
1
397
5.
Tigers Mask
2
224
6.
Kuishinbo Kamen
2
192
7.
Takoyakida
1
40
8.
Mr. #6
1
35
9.
Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru
1
22
10.
Orochi
1
15
11.
Hof Senyo Zeong
1
14
12.
Miracle Man
1
7
13.
Otoko Sakari
1
3
References
External links
2000s 2010s 2020s
Other champions
Unrecognized