# KO-D Openweight Championship

The KO-D (King of DDT) Openweight Championship (Japanese: KO-D無差別級王座, Hepburn: KO-D Musabetsu-kyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship and the highest singles achievement in the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand division of the Japanese promotion CyberFight. It is one of CyberFight's major titles, alongside the GHC Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah. The title was established in 2000, and Masao Orihara was the inaugural champion.

## History

DDT Pro-Wrestling, formerly known as Dramatic Dream Team, was established in 1997. In 2000, the DDT commissioner, Exciting Yoshida, created the promotion's first championship, which was briefly called the DDT Openweight Championship. Later, the King of DDT (KO-D) was established as DDT's governing body and the title was officially named KO-D Openweight Championship. The inaugural championship match took place at the Kitazawa Town Hall, on April 19, where Masao Orihara defeated DDT founder Sanshiro Takagi in the final bout to become the first-ever champion.
On November 22, 2001, Nosawa was stripped of the championship by Exciting Yoshida for "not being appropriate as a champion", which led to the first vacancy of the title.
In December 2005, DDT announced the unveiling of a new belt to replace the worn-out original design. The new belt was put up for grabs on December 28, at Never Mind, in a five-way ladder match. Danshoku Dino successfully defended his title against Sanshiro Takagi, Super Uchuu Power, Francesco Togo and Toru Owashi, ultimately winning the match and the new belt.
On December 22, 2010, the title was vacated for the second time due to an injury sustained by the reigning champion Dick Togo. Antonio Honda was originally scheduled to face Togo for the championship at Never Mind on December 26. Instead, Honda faced Gentaro to determine an interim champion. Honda emerged victorious and held the interim championship until the January 30 event, Sweet Dreams!, where he faced Togo in a unification match. Togo ultimately won the match and became the unified champion.
At CyberFight Festival 2022, on June 12, reigning champion Tetsuya Endo suffered a legitimate concussion after being struck by Katsuhiko Nakajima. Two days later, DDT held a press conference to discuss the upcoming King of DDT tournament, which was scheduled to begin on June 16. It was announced that the tournament would crown a new champion as Endo relinquished the title and forfeited his first-round match due to the injury. The vacant title was won by Kazusada Higuchi after defeating Naomi Yoshimura in the final on July 3.

## Belt design

The original KO-D Openweight Championship belt had five plates on a black leather strap. The center plate was rounded and featured a globe centered on the Greenwich meridian. Three banners above the globe read, from top to bottom, 'Professional Wrestling', 'D²T' and 'Dramatic Dream Team'. The lower banner at the bottom of the globe read 'Wrestling Champion'. Each side plate featured the name and flag of a country with a rich tradition in professional wrestling. From left to right, the countries were Mexico, the United States, Japan and Canada. This belt was of low quality and deteriorated quickly, leading to the introduction of a new belt in December 2005.
The second belt featured a central plate with a globe centered on the International Date Line and the second 'D²T' logo on top in red enamel. The banner above the globe read 'Professional Wrestling', and two wrestlers were depicted grappling above the banner. The two banners below the globe read 'Dramatic Dream Team' and 'KOD Open-Weight Champion'. The belt had four side plates, similar to the previous version, but with Canada and Mexico having swapped places. On March 27, 2022, at Day Dream Believer, this belt was retired and a third belt was unveiled. The new belt was given to the then champion, Tetsuya Endo.
The current belt has a central plate that features the current DDT logo. A banner above the logo reads 'Dramatic-Dream Team'. The central plate displays the words 'KO-D Open-Weight Champion' along its bottom edge. The two inner side plates depict globes, with the left plate centered on America and the right plate centered on Japan. The two outer side plates bear the DDT logo. Each plate is adorned with red gems in its corners, while the central plate also features white gems along its vertical edges.

## Reigns

As of March 1, 2025, there have been a total of 84 recognized reigns and three vacancies shared between 39 recognized champions and one interim champion. Masao Orihara was the first champion. Harashima holds the record for the most reigns with 10, the most combined defenses with 27, and the most combined days as champion at 1,314. Konosuke Takeshita's second reign is the longest at 405 days, while the reigns of Daisuke Sasaki, Ken Ohka and Sanshiro Takagi are the shortest at less than a day. Jun Akiyama, who won the championship at 51 years old, is the oldest champion, while Konosuke Takeshita, who won it at 21 years old, is the youngest.
The current title holder is Chris Brookes who is in his second reign. He defeated Shinya Aoki at Sumida Dramatic Dream! on November 4, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.
Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Masao Orihara | April 19, 2000 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 98 | 0 | Defeated Sanshiro Takagi to win the inaugural title. | |
| 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 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 104 | 2 | This was a four-way match also involving Tomohiko Hashimoto and Super Uchuu Power. | |
| 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 | This was a three-way match also involving Super Uchuu Power. | |
| — | Vacated | November 22, 2001 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | — | Nosawa was stripped of the title 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 | Defeated Poison Sawada Julie and Sanshiro Takagi in a three-way match to win the vacant title. Previously held the title under his real name of Koichiro Kimura. | |
| 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 9.7 | 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 | This was a four-way match also involving Tomohiko Hashimoto and Sanshiro Takagi. | |
| 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 | This was a Chain Death Match. | |
| 17 | Poison Sawada Julie | February 11, 2004 | Future Port | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 265 | 4 | This was a four-way match also involving Sanshiro Takagi and Danshoku Dino in which Dino's Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion was also on the line. | |
| 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 | This was a five-way elimination match also involving Seiya Morohashi, Sanshiro Takagi and Yoshiaki Yago. | |
| 27 | Sanshiro Takagi | September 28, 2008 | Who's Gonna Top? 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 | 218 | 5 | This was a Title vs. Title Steel Cage Death Match, also for Dick Togo's DDT Extreme Championship. | |
| 28 | Harashima | May 4, 2009 | Max Bump 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 111 | 2 | | |
| 29 | Kota Ibushi | August 23, 2009 | Ryōgoku Peter Pan | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 98 | 2 | | |
| 30 | Shuji Ishikawa | November 29, 2009 | DDT Special 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 91 | 2 | Ishikawa previously held the title under the name Koo. | |
| 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 | 24 | 0 | | |
| — | Vacated | December 22, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Togo suffering an injury. | |
| — | 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 title unification match for Togo's KO-D Openweight Title and Honda's interim 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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | | |
| 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 Anytime Anywhere contract. | |
| 66 | Meiko Satomura | August 28, 2018 | MajiManji | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 26 | 0 | Satomura cashed in her Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere 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 Is Coming to America | Queens, New York | 3 | <1 | 0 | | |
| 71 | Tetsuya Endo | April 4, 2019 | DDT Is Coming to America | Queens, New York | 1 | 102 | 4 | Endo cashed in his Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. | |
| 72 | Konosuke Takeshita | July 15, 2019 | Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 111 | 2 | | |
| 73 | Harashima | November 3, 2019 | Ultimate Party 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 10 | 84 | 1 | This match was also for Harashima's DDT Extreme Championship. | |
| 74 | Masato Tanaka | January 26, 2020 | Sweet Dreams! 2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 133 | 4 | | |
| 75 | Tetsuya Endo | June 7, 2020 | Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 252 | 3 | | |
| 76 | Jun Akiyama | February 14, 2021 | Kawasaki Strong 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 188 | 3 | | |
| 77 | Konosuke Takeshita | August 21, 2021 | Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 | Kawasaki, Japan | 5 | 211 | 2 | | |
| 78 | Tetsuya Endo | March 20, 2022 | Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 86 | 1 | | |
| — | Vacated | June 14, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Endo vacated the title after having suffered a concussion on June 12, at CyberFight Festival 2022. | |
| 79 | Kazusada Higuchi | July 3, 2022 | King of DDT 2022 Final | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 210 | 5 | Defeated Naomi Yoshimura in the finals of the 2022 King of DDT Tournament to win the vacant title. | |
| 80 | Yuji Hino | January 29, 2023 | Sweet Dreams! 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 175 | 2 | | |
| 81 | Chris Brookes | July 23, 2023 | Wrestle Peter Pan 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 112 | 2 | | |
| 82 | Yuki Ueno | November 12, 2023 | Ultimate Party 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 287 | 7 | | |
| 83 | Shinya Aoki | August 25, 2024 | Summer Vacation Memories 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 71 | 3 | | |
| 84 | Chris Brookes | November 4, 2024 | Sumida Dramatic Dream! | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 117+ | 2 | | |

## Combined reigns

As of March 1, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
| 1 | Harashima | 10 | 27 | 1,314 |
| 2 | Konosuke Takeshita | 5 | 19 | 864 |
| 3 | Sanshiro Takagi | 6 | 9 | 605 |
| 4 | Tetsuya Endo | 3 | 8 | 440 |
| 5 | Shuji Ishikawa/Koo | 4 | 8 | 410 |
| 6 | Dick Togo/Francesco Togo | 4 | 9 | 357 |
| 7 | Kudo | 4 | 7 | 338 |
| 8 | Poison Sawada Julie | 2 | 5 | 329 |
| 9 | Mikami | 3 | 4 | 307 |
| 10 | Yuki Ueno | 1 | 7 | 287 |
| 11 | Toru Owashi | 1 | 2 | 271 |
| 12 | Kota Ibushi | 3 | 5 | 269 |
| 13 | Danshoku Dino | 4 | 3 | 266 |
| 14 | Shigehiro Irie | 3 | 12 | 253 |
| 15 | Chris Brookes † | 2 | 4 | 229+ |
| 16 | Yuji Hino | 2 | 3 | 226 |
| 17 | Koichiro Kimura/Super Uchuu Power | 3 | 2 | 220 |
| 18 | Kazusada Higuchi | 1 | 5 | 210 |
| 19 | Jun Akiyama | 1 | 3 | 188 |
| 20 | Daisuke Sasaki | 3 | 2 | 159 |
| 21 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 4 | 147 |
| 22 | Nosawa | 1 | 0 | 146 |
| 23 | Masato Tanaka | 1 | 4 | 133 |
| 24 | Isami Kodaka | 1 | 3 | 114 |
| 25 | Shoichi Ichimiya | 1 | 0 | 108 |
| 26 | Takashi Sasaki | 1 | 2 | 101 |
| 27 | Kintaro Kanemura | 1 | 1 | 99 |
| 28 | Masao Orihara | 1 | 0 | 98 |
| 29 | Yukio Sakaguchi | 1 | 2 | 97 |
| 30 | Exciting Yoshida | 1 | 2 | 93 |
| 31 | Kenny Omega | 1 | 3 | 87 |
| 32 | El Generico | 1 | 3 | 84 |
| 33 | Shinya Aoki | 1 | 3 | 71 |
| — | Antonio Honda | — | 0 | 35 |
| 34 | Masa Takanashi | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| 35 | Meiko Satomura | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 36 | Gentaro | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 37 | Hikaru Sato | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 38 | Sami Callihan | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 39 | Ken Ohka | 1 | 0 | <1 |