# Tenryu Project

Tenryu Project (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto) is an independent Japanese professional wrestling promotion. The promotion was founded by and is owned by puroresu legend Genichiro Tenryu, who has owned and operated it since its creation in 2010. The Tenryu project is the successor to Tenryu's WAR promotion that ran from 1992 until 2000 as well as Tenryu's Super World of Sports (SWS) that existed from 1990 until 1992. The Tenryu Project have very few wrestlers under full-time contract and acts as a booking office for those under contract. For their shows they work with other Japanese wrestling promotions or hire freelance wrestlers to compete. After Tenryu's in-ring retirement match, Tenryu Project stopped running shows. After 5 years since Tenryu's retirement, a special Anniversary show was held in 2020 titled "Kakumei Densho".
Tenryu Project was re-established with a tour in 2021 titled "Survive the Revolution".

## Roster
### Regular roster

| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
| Keita Yano | Keita Yano | Signed to Professional Wrestling Wallabee |
| Kengo [ja] | Kengo Nishimura | Freelancer |
| Kenichiro Arai | Kenichiro Arai | Signed to Dragon Gate |
| Kohei Sato | Kohei Sato | Freelancer |
| Masayuki Kono | Masayuki Kono | Freelancer |

### Sporadic appearances

| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
| Daichi Hashimoto | Daichi Hashimoto | Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to BJW |
| Fujita | Minoru Fujita | Freelancer |
| Hideyoshi Kamitani | Hideyoshi Kamitani | Signed to BJW |
| Hikaru Sato | Hiroaki Sato | International Junior Heavyweight Champion Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to Pancrase Mission |
| Hub | Yuto Kigawa | Freelancer |
| Jun Saito | Jun Saito | Signed to AJPW |
| Kamikaze | Shoichi Maruyama | Freelancer |
| Kazuki Hashimoto | Kazuki Hashimoto | Signed to BJW |
| Kazumasa Yoshida | Kazumasa Yoshida | Signed to BJW |
| Kikutaro | Mitsunobu Kikuzawa | Freelancer |
| Kengo Mashimo | Kengo Mashimo | Signed to 2AW |
| Mammoth Sasaki | Yoshinori Sasaki | Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms |
| Mazada | Kazuhiro Masada | Freelancer |
| Minoru Suzuki | Minoru Suzuki | Signed to Pancrase Mission |
| Mizuki Watase | Mizuki Watase | Signed to CyberFight (Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling) |
| Leona [ja] | Reona Fujinami | Signed to Dradition |
| Rei Saito | Rei Saito | Signed to AJPW |
| Rey Paloma [ja] | Jiro Kumagae | Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling |
| Ricky Fuji | Masanori Morimura | Signed to 2AW |
| Ryuki Honda | Ryuki Honda | Signed to AJPW |
| Shigehiro Irie | Shigehiro Irie | Freelancer |
| Shota | Shota Suzuki | Signed to CyberFight (Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling) |
| Sushi | Akira Kawabata | Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion Freelancer |
| Takuro Niki | Unknown | International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Signed to 2AW |
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Freelancer |
| Tatsuya Hanami [ja] | Unknown | Signed to 2AW |
| Toru [ja] | Toru Matsunaga | Signed to Total Triumph Team Pro-Wrestling |
| Towa Iwasaki | Towa Iwasaki | Signed to Pro-Wrestling Burst |
| Yuya Susumu | Yuya Susumu | Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms |

### Notable guests/alumni

* Genichiro Tenryu
* Kuuga
* Mitsunobu Kikuzawa
* Nosawa Rongai
* Ryuichi Kawakami
* Taru

## Championships and accomplishments
### Current championships

As of February 22, 2025, Tenryu Project has four recognized championships, the first three revived from WAR.
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes |
| International Junior Heavyweight Championship | Yusuke Kodama | 1 | August 22, 2024 | 184 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Yuya Susumu at Light My Fire Vol. 5. |
| International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | Yuya Susumu and Kengo | 1 (2, 1) | October 15, 2024 | 130 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama at Light My Fire Vol. 7. |
| WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship | Daichi Hashimoto, Hikaru Sato and Sushi | 1 (2, 1, 1) | February 20, 2025 | 2 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Shigehiro Irie, Koji Iwamoto and Kouki Iwasaki at Light My Fire Vol. 10. |
| United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono | 1 | October 15, 2024 | 130 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Hideki Suzuki and Hikaru Sato at Light My Fire Vol. 7. |

### Tournaments

| Accomplishment | Last winner(s) | Date won | Location | Notes |
| Ryūkon Cup | Kengo | November 19, 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Keita Yano in the tournament final. |

## Notable shows
### First Show

The first show ever held under the "Tenryu Project" banner took place on April 19, 2010 in the Shinjuku Face arena in Tokyo, Japan.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Mitsuo Momota defeated Masao Orihara | Singles match | 09:15 |
| 2 | Bear Fukuda defeated Chango | Singles match | 08:54 |
| 3 | Kyoko Inoue and Munenori Sawa defeated Keita Yano and Manami Toyota | Tag team match | 14:33 |
| 4 | Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Susumu Yokosuka | Three-way match for the vacant WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship | 22:13 |
| 5 | Genichiro Tenryu and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Arashi and Dick Togo | Tag team match | 20:03 |

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour

Genichiro Tenryu started his retirement tour with a show at the Shin-Kiba 1st Ring arena on March 6, 2015.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Shota defeated Mitsunobu Kikuzawa | Singles match | 09:20 |
| 2 | Buki defeated Dragon Joker | Singles match | 07:40 |
| 3 | Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Ryuji Hijikata | Singles match | 10:18 |
| 4 | Great Kojika and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Nosawa Rongai and Ricky Fuji | Tag team match | 12:22 |
| 5 | Kengo (c) defeated Choden Senshi Battle Ranger | Singles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | 12:11 |
| 6 | Arashi and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Kotaro Nasu and Toru Sugiura | Tag team match | 10:11 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Shinjuku

This event took place on April 3, 2015.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Ricky Fuji defeated Mitsunobu Kikuzawa | Singles match | 08:11 |
| 2 | Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Gamelas and Nosawa Rongai | Tag team match | 12:40 |
| 3 | Kengo (c) defeated Kaze | Singles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | 11:33 |
| 4 | Arashi and Great Kojika defeated the Great Kabuki and Masao Inoue | Tag team match | 11:51 |
| 5 | Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Dragon Joker | Singles match | 16:15 |
| 6 | Buki, Heddi French and Ryuichi Kawakami (c) defeated Kotaro Nasu, Shota and Toru Sugiura | Six-man tag team match for the Tenryu Project World Six Man Tag Team Championship | 17:14 |
| 7 | Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Sanshiro Takagi | Tag team match | 08:35 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Korakuen

This event took place at the Korakuen Hall on September 2, 2015.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Ricky Fuji and Great Kabuki defeated Great Kojika and Kikutaro | Tag team match | 09:02 |
| 2 | Kotaru Nasu defeated Dragon Joker | Singles match for the vacant UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | 10:08 |
| 3 | Kendo Kashin and Kenichiro Arai defeated Nosawa Rongai and Yoshinari Ogawa | Tag team match | 10:52 |
| 4 | Arashi, Kazunari Murakami and Koki Kitahara defeated Buki, Hikaru Sato and Manabu Soya | Six-man tag team match | 16:49 |
| 5 | Kuuga and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Fujita and Yuji Hino | Tag team match | 16:55 |
| 6 | Genichiro Tenryu and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka) | Tag team match | 20:26 |

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final

November 15, 2015 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo. Last card of the promotion before the 2020 revival.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Ricky Fuji and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kikutaro and The Winger | Tag team match | 08:41 |
| 2 | Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko defeated Cassandra Miyagi and Meiko Satomura | Tag team match | 09:29 |
| 3 | Fujita, Kuuga, Onryo, Taru and Yasu Kubota defeated Dragon Joker, Gurukun Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Ryota Chikuzen and Shigeno Shima | Ten-man tag team match | 11:16 |
| 4 | Buki, Great Kabuki and Kai defeated Great Kojika, Jun Kasai and Toru Sugiura | Six-man tag team match | 08:57 |
| 5 | Kendo Kashin and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Kenichiro Arai and Nosawa Rongai | Tag team match | 12:47 |
| 6 | Hikaru Sato, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Koki Kitahara, Kotaro Nasu and Ryuji Hijikata | Six-man tag team match | 13:08 |
| 7 | Arashi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Taiyo Kea and Yuto Aijima | Tag team match | 09:54 |
| 8 | Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Minoru Suzuki and Kazunari Murakami | Tag team match | 13:10 |
| 9 | Riki Choshu and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Akitoshi Saito and Ryuichi Kawakami | Tag team match | 13:46 |
| 10 | Suwama and Yuji Okabayashi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Daisuke Sekimoto | Tag team match | 18:54 |
| 11 | Kazuchika Okada defeated Genichiro Tenryu | Singles match (Tenryu's retirement match) | 17:27 |

### Revolutionary Tradition: Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary

Held on November 15, 2020 at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Great Kojika and Masao Inoue defeated Ricky Fuji and Shota by submission | Tag team match | 11:08 |
| 2 | Onryo defeated Kenichiro Arai by pinfall | Singles match | 8:50 |
| 3 | Ryuji Hijikata and Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Hideyoshi Kamitani and Dash Chisako by technical knockout | Tag team match | 12:50 |
| 4 | Hideki Suzuki and Yuya Susumu defeated Masayuki Kono and Kotaro Nasu by pinfall | Tag team match | 11:19 |
| 5 | Hikaru Sato, Yuji Hino and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Minoru Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo and Kengo by submission | Six-man tag team match | 23:57 |
| 6 | Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kazuchika Okada ended in a draw | Talk battle | 34:43 |