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KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship

### Longest reign

LiLiCo-gun (Ken Ohka, Ladybeard, LiLiCo, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango Machine) (1245 days)

### Heaviest winner

Super Sasadango Machine (177 kg (258 lb))

### Other Name(s)

KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship

The **KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship** is a one of the tag team championships in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. Meant for teams of five wrestlers, the title is believed to be the first of its kind in professional wrestling. The title was first announced on April 30, 2017, with the inaugural champions crowned on August 20, 2017.

The championship consists of five different color title belts: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Pink. Each belt is assigned to a different member of the champion team. DDT quickly discovered how difficult it is to gather together all five members of the champion team on a regular basis. So to ensure the titles get defended regularly a rule was established to allow temporary replacements within the team. As long as the Team Captain and at least two other team members are available, the titles can put on the line. The absent wrestlers are substituted with temporary replacements. However, the replacements do not get recognized as champions nor are they credited for successful defenses (retired for the 8-man version).

## Gallery

* Champions

Ken Ohka, Ladybeard, LiLiCo, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango MachineShinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda and Kazuki HirataChikara, Sanshiro Takagi, Yakan Nabe and Yukio NayaAkito, Hiroshi Yamato, Keigo Nakamura and Yoshiaki YatsuKazuki Hirata, Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda and YoshihikoMIKAMI, Tanomusaku Toba, GENTARO, Poison Sawada Julie and Takashi SasakiMAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima, Yuki Ueno and Shinya Aoki
Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship

The **Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship** was a six-person tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dramatic Dream Team. The title was established in October 11, 2003 along with the Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Championship. The first champions were Sanshiro Takagi, HERO! and Etsuko Mita who defeated Shoichi Ichimiya, Futoshi Miwa and Kaori Yoneyama to become the first champions. The title was unified the UWA World Trios Championship. It has since been essentially replaced by the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

## Gallery

* Champions

Yasu Urano, Kudo and Antonio HondaThe Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and RihoHikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Ladybeard

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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

**Richard Magarey** is an Australian stunt actor, and under his bearded crossdressing persona named **Ladybeard** is also a professional wrestler and metal vocalist of the band Deadlift Lolita.

## Early career

According to GirlsWalker, Magarey first started crossdressing when he was 14 years old using his sister’s school uniform. Ever since then, cute outfits have been part of his eventual wrestling gimmick.

Magarey graduated from the Flinders University of South Australia Drama Centre in 2004 with a Bachelor of Creative Arts before moving to Melbourne to train in Hong Kong-style martial arts and cinematic stunt work with Paul Andreovski of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.[*citation needed*]

## Wrestling and acting career

Richard Magarey, originally from Adelaide, moved to China in 2006 to kickstart his martial arts stunt career in films, later becoming a hit in Hong Kong as a cross-dressing pro wrestler. He held roles in two Michael Gleissner movies: Irreversi, shot in 2010 in Hong Kong (where Magarey was also the stand-in for lead actor Ian Bohen), and Deep Gold, shot in 2011 in the Philippines. He also starred as the main foreign villain in The Fortune Buddies. In October 2013 he moved to Tokyo in Japan to attempt a similar career there. In 1 January 2015 Ladybeard released the DVD+CD "LadyBeard Justice Fight - Ai to Yuki to Bikini to Hige to -", the best image DVD to convey the charm of Via Action, drama, special effects, variety, document mixed with each other. In 2017 Ladybeard was part of the Australian documentary "Big in Japan".

## Championships and accomplishments

* **DDT Pro-Wrestling**
	+ Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (3 times)
	+ KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ken Ohka, LiLiCo, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango Machine
* **Union Pro Wrestling**
	+ Union Pro Fly to Everywhere World Championship

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ladybeard . Cagematch. Retrieved on 2017-08-04.
2. ↑ 話題沸騰中☆ヒゲ女装レディビアードに迫る！  (2011-08-11). Retrieved on 2016-11-17.
3. ↑ Meet Ladybeard, the Bearded Crossdressing Australian Man Taking Japan by Storm  (2015-07-16). Retrieved on 2016-01-23.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sing, dance, DESTROY!!! Meet the Aussie wrestler named Ladybeard who is taking Japan (and the Internet) by storm by dressing in pigtails, polka-dot miniskirts and knee-high socks to sing death-metal versions of pop songs  (2015-07-16). Retrieved on 2016-01-23.
5. ↑ Ladybeard is in a movie called Justice Fight check out the trailer  (2015-07-12). Retrieved on 2017-05-17.
6. ↑ Big in Japan Documentary: An Outrageous Diy Fame Journey . pozible.com (2016-10-28). Retrieved on 2017-05-17.
7. ↑ *ja:ＬｉＬｉＣｏが初代ＫＯ―Ｄ１０人タッグ王座奪取　股間握らせ投げ技発射* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2017-08-20). Retrieved on 2017-08-20.
8. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. Union Pro Fly To Everywhere World Championship " Titles Database . cagematch.net.
Last Gate (2012)

**Last Gate (2012)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Dragon Gate. It took place in the Prefectural Gym in Kobe, Japan on December 28, 2012. It was the first annual Last Gate event.

## Background

Last Gate'12 featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on the Dragon Gate's television program. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches

## References

* http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=89656

## External links

* http://www.iheartdg.com/results/fantastic12/
Karl Gotch Cup

The **Karl Gotch Cup** is an in-frequent tournament promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as a means of showcasing the younger talent on their roster. It would later be promoted by Inoki Genome Federation (IGF). The tournament was promoted in NJPW at the 1970s. It would be later succeeded and replaced by NJPW in the Young Lion Cup. The tournament was named Karl Gotch Cup to honor Karl Gotch.

The Karl Gotch Cup was a round-robin tournament in the same style as NJPW's annual G1 Climax tournament. NJPW hold the tournament three times since 1974 until 1976. But the tournament would return in 2017 in at Antonio Inoki's IGF as single elimination tournament. Wrestlers traditionally earn 1 points for a victory, 0,5 point for any sort of draw and 0 points for a loss. The two wrestlers with the most points at the end of the round-robin tournament will then face off in a singles match.

## List of winners

 03 Karl Gotch Cup | 2017 | Ryuta Sakurai | 1

## 1974

The 1974 Karl Gotch Cup was a round-robin tournament held from October 25 until December 8. The tournament featured 8 participants. The tournament was held during the Toukon Series II tour. The winner of the tournament was Tatsumi Fujinami, who defeated Masashi Ozawa to win the tournament. Fujinami would later become a japanese legend having success in both the junior heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He would later become a six times IWGP Heavyweight Champion and also won the G1 Climax. Later he was abroad, to Mexico's Universal Wrestling Association and to Jim Crockett Promotions in the U.S.

Block structure
 Daigoro Oshiro | 0

## 1975

The 1975 Karl Gotch Cup was a round-robin tournament held from October 21 until December 7. The only two confirmed participants were Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Takashi Kimura. Fujiwara would defeat Kimura to win the Karl Goth Cup tournament.

## 1976

The 1976 Karl Gotch Cup was a round-robin tournament held from October 29 until December 7. The only two confirmed participants were Shunji Kosugi and Seiei Kimura. Kosugi would defeat Kimura to win the Karl Goth Cup tournament.

## 2017

The 2017 Karl Gotch Cup returned as singles tournament held on the course of one night on October 21. The tournament featured 4 participants. Yoshiaki Fujiwara presented the cup to the winner Ryuta Sakurai.
Kouki Iwasaki

Iwasaki in 2019

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Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan

**Kouki Iwasaki** (岩崎孝樹, *Iwasaki Kouki*, born April 30, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he wrestles in their sub-band Ganbare☆Wrestling.

## Professional wrestling career

After training under Kenichi Yamamoto in the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) dojo where he assigned to DDT New Attitude (DNA) brand, Iwasaki made his televised in-ring debut on November 28, 2014, losing to Suguru Miyatake. The following year, Iwasaki took part in Kaientai Dojo's K-Metal League, finishing with two wins and four points. Iwasaki remained winless in all matches until January 8, 2016, when he defeated Mizuki Watase. Two days later, he took part in the biggest match of his career to date, losing to Dontonbori Pro Wrestling's Billyken Kid. On February 28, Iwasaki won his first title teaming with Shunma Katsumata and Kazusada Higuchi to defeat T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi) to win KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships. They would lose the titles Soma Takao, Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie on May 15. In October, he took part of DNA Grand Prix tournament, where he finished in third place of his block with six points with three wins and two losses.

On June 11, 2018 it was announced that DNA would be suspended, leading to Iwasaki being transferred to the DDT main roster. During the DNA draft it was announced that Iwasaki would join Ganbare☆Wrestling.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Brainbuster
	+ Fisherman buster
	+ Triangle choke
* **Signature moves**
	+ Abdominal stretch
	+ Butterfly suplex
	+ High-speed roundhouse kick to a seated opponent's head
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "WRESTLING PLANT"
	+ **"Wonderful Life"** by Eikichi Yazawa

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Dramatic Dream Team**
	+ King of Dark Championship (1 time)
	+ KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kazusada Higuchi and Shunma Katsumata (1) and Kazusada Higuchi and Mizuki Watase (1)
	+ UWA Asia Pacific Championship (1 time)
* **Ganbare☆Wrestling**
	+ GWC Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with HARUKAZE and Keisuke Ishii
Kokichi Endo

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Yamagata, Japan

**Kokichi Endo** (遠藤幸吉, *Endo Kokichi*) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and former judoka best known by his work Japanese Wrestling Association where he won the All Japan Tag Team Chmpionship with Yoshinosato and during his time in US he won the NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) and NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship with Rikidozan. He worked New Japan Pro Wrestling as commentor

## In wrestling

* **Finishing** **Moves**
	+ Dropkick

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Japan Wrestling Association**

* NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (1 time) – with Rikidozan
* NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rikidozan
* All Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yoshinosato
Jonathan Gresham

Gresham in March 2019

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Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

**Jonathan Gresham** (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), he also works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Gresham has worked for many promotions, such as Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) where he is a former a International Junior Heavyweight Championship and a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship as well as the winner of 2012 Tenkaichi Jr..

## Professional wrestling career

### Early Career (2005)

Gresham trained under Mr. Hughes, Jay Fury and the WWA4 wrestling school in Atlanta. His first match was in Douglasville, Georgia against Heath Miller. At the time he was only 16 years old. Gresham made his NWA debut in 2006 as **Jonathan Davis** in a four-way tag team match losing to Darin Childs and Seth Shai. In 2007, he defeated Amien Rios in his debut match for Great Championship Wrestling in Alabama.

### Pro Wrestling Zero1 and affiliates (2012–2017)

Gresham debuted for Pro Wrestling Zero1 at Beach Pro Wrestling ~ Chapter 5. Gresham defeated Oliver Cain for the Zero1 USA Midwest X-Division Championship in a cage match at Zero1 USA Supreme in 2013.

Gresham made his return to Zero1 USA Supreme in 2017 to take part in the Zero1 USA Tenkaichi Junior Tournament. Gresham made it to the finals only to lose to Joey O'Riley.

### New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2019-Present)

As part of the relationship between New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor, Gresham participated at the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors. Gresham ended with a record of four wins and five losses. On August 8, it was announced that Gresham would be part of the 2019 Super J-Cup, being eliminated in the first round match by Ryusuke Taguchi on August 24.

## Personal life

Gresham amateur wrestled until he was 17. Some of Gresham's influences were Rey Mysterio Jr., Hayabusa, Bam Bam Bigelow, Dean Malenko, Jushin Thunder Liger, Low Ki, The Hardy Boyz, Ikuto Hidaka and Alex Shelley among others. Gresham is engaged to fellow professional wrestler, Jordynne Grace, in 2018.

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Pro Wrestling Zero1**
	+ International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ Zero1 USA Midwest X Division Championship/World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ Tenkaichi Jr. (2012)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ PWI ranked him #**338** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017

## External links

* Jonathan Gresham's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile
Kaito Nagano

Nagano in January 2023

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Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan

**Kaito Nagano** (永野海斗, *Nagano Kaito*, born July 31, 2002), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate (DG).

## Professional Wrestling Career

### Dragon Gate (2022–Present)

After a long series of exhibitions bouts against other people in his class (known as Dragon Gate Future), he made his official debut facing KAI in a losing effort on August 21, 2022. As is customary for most professional wrestlers, Kaito spent most of his matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give him some in-ring experience. On January 11, 2022, Nagano was repackaged with a soccer player gimmick. On December 25 at Final Gate, Nagano won his first professional wrestling match, teaming with fellow rookie Yoshiki Kato in a winning effort against Mondai Ryu and Takashi Yoshida. In February 2023, Nagano and Kato took part in the 2023 Rey de Parejas, finishing the tournament with a record of one win and three losses, failing to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.

## In wrestling

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **"Future Dreams"** by Yatsuka Nakagawa
King of Dragon

**King of Dragon** is the very first tour of Toryumon Japan shows. It would mark the official debut of the Toryumon promotion in Japan and introduced a number of Ultimo Dragon Gym graduates who had not already landed earlier in Michinoku Pro Wrestling. The tour ran over the course of five nights from January 31, 1999 to February 7, 1999. Matches from these shows would be featured in the first two episodes of Toryumon TV on Gaora Network.

## King of Dragon I

**Date:** January 31, 1999
**Venue:** Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan
**Attendance:** 2,131

The very first Toryumon Japan show.

All matches, expect for the Bombero Infernal and Dr. Cerebro vs. Kendo and Super Nova match, would be featured on the first episode of Toryumon TV, which would be broadcast on February 3, 1999.

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## King of Dragon II

**Date:** February 3, 1999
**Venue:** Kobe Sambo Hall - Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
**Attendance:** 2,100

The very first Toryumon Japan show to take place in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, the location of the promotion headquarters.

The Keiichi Kono and Takashi Okamura vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Yoshikazu Taru match would be featured on the first episode of Toryumon TV that was broadcast that same evening.

After having been associated with the group for months, Taru officially joined Crazy MAX following his match.

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## King of Dragon III

**Date:** February 5, 1999
**Venue:** Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 - Osaka, Japan
**Attendance:** 1,525

The IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship match would be featured on the second episode of Toryumon TV that was broadcast on February 17, 1999.

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## King of Dragon IV

**Date:** February 6, 1999
**Venue:** Chikusa Sports Center - Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan
**Attendance:** 2,469

The NWA World Weightweight Championship decision matches would be featured on the second episode of Toryumon TV that was broadcast on February 17, 1999.

## King of Dragon V

**Date:** February 7, 1999
**Venue:** Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
**Attendance:** 4,986

Shiima Nobunaga was injured during his tournament match against Sasuke The Great and had to pull out of the final match, which was previously scheduled to be a Three-Way Match.

The NWA World Weightweight Championship match and all four NWA World Middleweight Championship Tournament matches would be featured on the second episode of Toryumon TV that was broadcast on February 17, 1999.
Lion's Break Crown

The **Lion's Break Crown** was a professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling's sub-brand New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA) as a means of showcasing the younger talent on their roster, featuring the young lions from the L.A Dojo. The tournament was similar to NJPW's Young Lion Cup, which showcased the young lions from the Japanese dojo. The tournament matches were part of NJoA's weekly TV show *NJPW Strong*, which aired between September 25, 2020 and October 9, 2020.

## 2020

The 2020 version of the G1 Climax tournament took place between September 25 and October 9 with the tournament matches were part of NJoA's television program NJPW Strong series. On October 9, Clark Connors defeated Danny Limelight in the finals to win the tournament.

## Gallery

* Winners

Clark Connors

## See also

* Karl Gotch Cup
* Young Lion Cup
* Young Drama Cup
Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2009)

Promotional poster for the event, featuring various Dragon Gate wrestlers

The **Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2009)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). The event took place on July 19, 2009, in Kobe at World Memorial Hall. The main event was a double title match for the Open The Dream and Brave Gate Championship where Naruki Doi faced CIMA. All in all, the event featured eight matches, three of which were contested for a championship. The event was the fifth event under the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival name and the fifth in a row to take place at the World Memorial Hall. The event is available in their streaming service Dragon Gate Network.

## Storylines

On July 6 CIMA challenge Naruki Doi to a double title match for the Open The Brave Gate Championship and the Open The Dream Gate Championship. Real Hazard (Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi) made their first title defense of the Open The Twin Gate Championship against Shingo Takagi and Dragon Kid after the match Takagi challenge Saito and Horiguchi to a rematch but at the next time, his partner would be YAMATO. It was later announced that Shingo Takagi and YAMATO would be against Real Hazard (Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi) for the Open the Twin Gate Champions and the double title match for the Open the Brave Gate Champion and the Open the Dream Gate Champion would be happening when Cima would face Naruki Doi and the winner would be the both titles and World-1 BxB Hulk, Masato Yoshino, and PAC would defend the Open The Triangle Gate Championship against Akira Tozawa, Dragon Kid, and Taku Iwasa. Also, it was announced that Abdullah the Butcher would appear for the event and the event also featured the "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa Bosou 10 Match Series.

Match results
Kai Fujimura

Fujimura in December 2021

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Fukuoka, Japan

**Kai Fujimura** (藤村加偉, *Fujimura Kai*, born March 29, 1995) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH).

## Professional Wrestling Career

### Wrestle-1 (2018–2020)

On August 12, 2018, Fujimura passed the introductory test to enter in the Wrestle-1 dojo, as part of the promotion's "2nd Golden Rookie Project", before starting training at the Wrestle-1 dojo. After eleven months, in the Wrestle-1 dojo, Fujimura made his official debut against Yusuke Kodama on July 2, 2019 in a losing effort. As is customary for most professional wrestlers, Inamura spent most of his matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give Fujimura some in-ring, televised, experience. On August 1, Fujimura injured his left arm, sideling him for three months. He made his return from injury on December 12, defeating fellow rookie Takuro Niki in a match to decide the final spot for the 2020 Wrestle-1 Cruiser Festival, marking his first professional wrestling victory. At the tournament, on January 18, 2020, Fujimura was defeated by Alejandro in the first round. On March 31, Fujimura was released by Wrestle-1, after the promotion suspended its activities on the following day.

### Pro Wrestling NOAH (2020–present)

Following the closure of Wrestle-1, Fujimura began working for Pro Wrestling Noah, making his debut for the promotion on November 28 at New Hope, facing Atsushi Kotoge in a losing effort. He won his first match in the promotion on December 29, defeating Yasutaka Yano. On January 2, 2024 at NOAH The New Year, Fujimura fractured his forearm*.*

## Personal life

Fujimura also as a brother named Kohei Fujimura, who also works for Pro Wrestling Noah under the ring name "Alejandro".

## In wrestling

* **Signature moves**
	+ Boston crab
	+ Cradle suplex
	+ Dropkick
	+ Jumping forearm smash
	+ Missile dropkick
	+ Springboard forearm smash
Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2013)

Promotional poster for the event, featuring various Dragon Gate wrestlers

The **Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2013)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). The event took place on July 17, 2013, in Kobe at Kobe World Memorial Hall. The main event was CIMA against Shingo Takagi for the Open The Dream Gate Championship. All in all, the event featured nine matches, four of which were contested for a championship. The event was the ninth event under the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival name and the nine in a row to take place at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. The event is available in their streaming service Dragon Gate Network.

## Storylines

On June 16 M2K (Masaaki Mochizuki, K-ness and Jimmy Susumu) lost the Open the Triangle Gate Championship to Jimmyz (Jimmy Kanda, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Ryo “Jimmy” Saito) after the match Kzy challenged Jimmyz for the Open the Triangle Gate Champions saying that Mad Blankey wanted a chance for the titles and Mochizuki started to feud with YAMATO and the two agreed to a match at the Kobe World Hall Pro Wrestling Festival.

On June 23 Naruki Doi and Ricochet challenge Mad Blankey (Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) for the Open the Twin Gate Championship at the Kobe World Hall Pro Wrestling Festival later that night Shingo Takagi won the Cima Royale to become the #1 Contender for the Open The Dream Gate Championship and Takagi's match against CIMA was going to be at the Kobe World Hall Pro Wrestling Festival also it was announced that "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa would face Yoshiaki Fujiwara at the Kobe World Hall Pro Wrestling Festival.

On June 28 K-ness defeated Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin to become the #1 Contender of the Open The Brave Gate Championship and K-ness match against Masato Yoshino was announced to be at the Kobe World Hall Pro Wrestling Festival.

On July 7 Gamma challenge Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! for the Open the Triangle Gate Champions but Mad Blankey had the first chance and Gamma asked the Dragon Gate fans to be part of the match and they accepted and it was announced that it would be a Nine Man Three Way Tag Team Elimination Match for the Open The Triangle Gate Champions.
Jumping Bomb Angels

**The Jumping Bomb Angels** were a female Japanese professional wrestling tag team. The members were Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki.

## History

Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki formed one of the most well-known teams on the Japanese Woman's Wrestling circuit. On January 5, 1986, The Angels defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito to win the vacant WWWA World Tag Team Championship. Then on March 20, 1986, Lioness Asuka and Chigusa Nagayo, the Crush Gals, defeated The Angels to capture the WWWA Tag Team titles.

Tateno and Yamazaki entered the World Wrestling Federation in mid-1987 known as "The Jumping Bomb Angels". At the Survivor Series 1987, The Jumping Bomb Angels were the survivors in a women's Survivor Series match. On January 24, 1988 at the Royal Rumble, The Angels beat The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin in a two-out-of-three falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. On June 8, 1988, The Glamour Girls defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.

Itzuki retired in 1991, Noriyo retired in 2010.

They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling**
	+ WWWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* **World Wrestling Federation**
	+ WWF Women's World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	+ WWE Hall Of Fame Class 2018
Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2007)

The **Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2007)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). The event took place on July 1, 2007, in Kobe at World Memorial Hall. The main event was CIMA against NJPW wrestler Jushin Thunder Liger for the Open The Dream Gate Championship. All in all, the event featured ten matches, four of which was contested for a championship. The event was the third event under the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival name and the third in a row to take place at the World Memorial Hall. The event is available in their streaming service Dragon Gate Network.

## Storylines

On May 10, 2007 Genki Horiguchi pinned Yasushi Kanda in a prelude match afterwards Kanda challenge Horiguchi in a rematch for the Open The Brave Gate Championship later that night Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong and BxB Hulk won the Open The Triangle Gate Championship it was later announced that Takagi, Kong and Hulk would defend the Open the Triangle Gate Champions against Magnitude Kishiwada, Masato Yoshino, and Naruki Doi. It was announced that Jushin Thunder Liger would defend the Open The Dream Gate Championship against CIMA and also it was announced an appearance of two NJPW's representatives Yuji Nagata and Koji Kanemoto and they also announced a special single match between Don Fujii and Tetsuhiro Kuroda and it was announced that Gedo and Jado would defend the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Susumu Yokosuka and Ryo Saito.
Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2011)

Promotional poster featuring the Dragon Gate roster

The **Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2011)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). The event took place on July 17, 2011, in Kobe at Kobe World Memorial Hall. Most of the matches in the Kobe World were multiple matches between the units Blood Warriors and Junction Three. The main event was Masaaki Mochizuki against the winner of the 2011 King of Gate BxB Hulk for the Open The Dream Gate Championship. All in all, the event featured eight matches, three of which were contested for a championship. The event was the seventh event under the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival name and the seventh in a row to take place at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. The event is available in their streaming service Dragon Gate Network.

## Storylines

On May 21, 2011, BxB Hulk won the 2011 King of Gate after winning the King of Gate Hulk challenge Masaaki Mochizuki for the Open The Dream Gate Championship but Mochizuki refused. On June 8 Shingo Takagi accidentally attacked Hulk and Hulk attacked Takagi and joined to Blood Warriors and after that also Akira Tozawa joined Blood Warriors attacking Takagi and YAMATO and Tozawa mocked his former Kamikaze stablemates and YAMATO challenge Tozawa to a match but later Takagi would be against Takagi at the Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival. On June 19 Dragon Kid and PAC won the Open The Twin Gate Championship after the match CIMA stole the belts and Kid said to CIMA to return the titles and Cima refused and Kid said if Cima return the titles he and Ricochet would get a chance for the titles and the match was set to the Kobe World Hall Pro Wrestling Festival after the match Mochizuki moved on to the Triangle Gate and Naruki Doi, Yasushi Kanda and Cyber Kong nominated themselves to be the next challengers for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship later that night Mochizuki asked who wanted to come for the Open the Dream Gate Champion and Hulk challenge Mochizuki for the Open the Dream Gate Champion. On July 3 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa and Don Fujii lost to Kzy and Naoki Tanizaki Ichikawa informed Tanizaki and Kzy and Tomahawk TT that they would face him and Fujii and Yoshihiro Takayama at the Kobe World Hall Pro Wrestling Festival. It was later announced that Tozawa would instead face Takagi.

## Aftermath

The Dragon Gate President Takashi Okamura reaffirmed is position at the company and announced the next PPV the Gate of Destiny. After Pac and Dragon Kid lost the Open the Twin Gate titles to Cima and Ricochet both teams shook hands and Pac and Kid returned the favor and put the belts around CIMA & Ricochets’ waist After that Blood Warriors attacked Kid and Pac and Naoki Tanizaki stole the Open the Brave Gate Championship from PAC and Tanizaki and said since PAC was heading home for August, he would be the champion in his place.
Katsumi Takashima

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Takamatsu City, Kagawa, Japan

**Katsumi Takashima** (高嶋喝己, *Takashima Katsumi*, born October 5, 1994 in Takamatsu City, Kagawa, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler known by working for Dragon Gate where he was trained by their Dojo. He was proposed to work as **Takao Takashima** (高嶋高男 *Takashima Takao*), but he quickly dropped the name.

## Professional Wrestling Career

Takashima trained for his professional wrestling career in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate's wrestling school called "Dragon Gate Nex". Takashima made his debut at Dragon Gate when he and his fellow classmate Yuki Yoshioka where attacked by Mondai Ryu and they would be saved by the veteran CIMA. Then CIMA advised Takashima, Yoshioka, Ben-K, Shun Skywalker and Hyou Watanabe and Welcome them to Dragon Gate then he challenged them to a 10-Man Tag Team Match where his partners would be the veterans Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Gamma and Dragon Kid and the match was later officialized by Dragon Gate at December 1 at the Korakuen Hall. On December 1 Yoshioka, Katsumi Takashima, Ben-K, Shun Skywalker and Hyou Watanabe ended up losing to the veterans CIMA, Mochizuki, Kid, Fujii and Gamma, this would be Takashima's official debut. Takashima's would then be sent back to the Dragon Gate NEX to finish his trial matches. Takashima would then return to the Dragon Gate main roster on April 7 teaming with Yuki Yoshioka and Kzy losing to Jimmyz (Jimmy K-ness J.K.S., Jimmy Kanda and Jimmy Kagetora), ultimately being his last match. On September 5, 2018, he announced that he would be changing his name to **Takao Takashima**, and that he would be out with an injury for six months. He would never debut with this name, however, as his profile would later be deleted, indicating his departure from the company.

## In wrestling

* **Signature moves**
	+ Backslide transitioned into a floatover bridge pin
	+ Dropkick
	+ Matrix evasion
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Dragon Storm 2007 (Insturumental Version)" by JAM Project
Koriki Choshu

**Koriki Choshu** (長州小力, *Chōshū Koriki*) (born **Kazuteru Kubota** (久保田和輝, *Kubota Kazuteru*), February 5, 1972 in the city of Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo) is a Japanese comedian. He is most famous for his act in which he mocks a famous Japanese professional wrestler Riki Choshu due to his resemblance. *Koriki* is a play on Riki's name, meaning something like "little Riki".

Unlike many Japanese comedians, he is not associated with any entertainment agency, though he belongs to a comedian "pro-wrestling" organization, West Gate Wrestling Federation (西口プロレス, *Nishiguchi Puroresu*).

On television, he is always seen wearing the same outfit, short bicycle shorts and a far too short T-shirt showing off his protruding belly. He speaks with a very strong lisp (much less so when not in character) and is prone to treating mundane objects (such as his microphone) as wrestling opponents.

As an acting pro wrestler, he uses appropriately strong language, though it is never taken seriously due to his strong lisp.

More recently, he has added Para Para (a Japanese dancing style) to his comedy routine, always to the tune of "Night of Fire", a popular Eurobeat track by Bratt Sinclaire. In 2005, riding the popularity of his act, Koriki was featured in a cover version of Niko's track with Para Para oriented Japanese idol group Hinoi Team, accompanying a video and CD release.

He also tried to add a partner that looked similar to Antonio Inoki, aptly named Antonio Koinoki, but the gimmick failed and his partner faded into obscurity.

He is said to enjoy surfing and billiards, and is known to have sent a resume to Johnny & Associates.

He has also performed as a competitor on *Sasuke*, having entered five tournaments (15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 24th), but has never made it past the First Stage. Only in the 18th tournament did he ever manage to clear the first obstacle.

In the anime *School Rumble*, Choshu makes a cameo appearance in episode 17 doing the Para Para dance with Tsukamoto Tenma who is trying to scare away Harima Kenji.

On December 12, 2010, Choshu made an appearance for All Japan Pro Wrestling and teamed with Ryota Hama in a match, where they defeated Keiji Mutoh and comedian Kannazaki to win the F–1 (Fake–1 Gran Prix) Tag Team Championship. The title is a comedy title and is not officially recognized by the promotion. They lost the title to Manabu Soya and RG on December 11, 2011.

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ F-1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ryota Hama1

1Championship not officially recognized by All Japan Pro Wrestling.

## References

1. ↑ RG、ビーグル38らが生放送ネタバトル、特別審査員にハチミツ二郎も  (in Japanese) (2010-08-09). Retrieved on 2010-08-31.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2010 results . *Purolove*. Retrieved on 2010-12-16.
LIDET UWF Championship

The **LIDET UWF Championship** is the top singles championship in the GLEAT promotion. The title is only contested in GLEAT's LIDET UWF brand, which also does not feature the word "Heavyweight" or any other weight class, indicating an openweight status. The title is contested only in UWF Rules.

## Overview

### Championship tournament

Following the creation of GLEAT in August 2020 by Kiyoshi Tamura and LIDET Entertainment, on July 1, 2022, within three years after the start of the promotion, GLEAT announced the creation of its third own title, the LIDET UWF Championship for its LIDET UWF brand. It was announced that the inaugural champion would be determined in a eight-man single-elimination tournament taking place between between March 7 and June 7.

## Gallery

* Champions

Takanori ItoFujita Jr. Hayato
Kazumi Kikuta

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Hiranai, Aomori, Japan

**Kazumi Kikuta** (野村 卓矢, *Kikuta, Kazumi*, born March 1, 1986) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

## Personal life

On July 29, 2021, Kikuta tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Japan.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Fisherman's Suplex
	+ Dropkick

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ryuichi Kawakami
* **Big Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ BJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ryuichi Kawakami
Lion's Break Contender

Official logo of the event

**Lion's Break Contender** was a two-day professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling's sub-brand New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA). The events took place on January 22, and January 29, 2021 at the Oceanview Pavilion in California, United States, with the event being held behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States. The shows were also part of the *NJPW Strong* televisions series.

## Production

### Background

On November 24, 2020, NJPW the event with two nights being held at the Oceanview Pavilion in California, United States. The shows were also part of the *NJPW Strong* televisions series and were held behind closed doors without a live audience due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.

### Storylines

Lion's Break Contender featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Results

### Night 1

 2
 3

* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
* – refers to the video of that match

### Night 2

 2
 3

* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
* – refers to the video of that match

## References

1. ↑ NJPW STRONG preview: Road to Detonation begins 【NJoA】 . *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2020-11-24). Retrieved on 2020-11-24.
2. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved on 2017-06-12.

## Notes

1. ↑ The event was held without a live audience due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.
Footloose

**Footloose** was a tag team consisting of Toshiaki Kawada and Ricky/Samson Fuyuki.

## Career

Toshiaki Kawada and Samson Fuyuki started teaming up in 1985, while on an excursion in San Antonio, wrestling for Texas All-Star Wrestling. Kawada and Fuyuki, who by then went under the name Ricky Fuyuki, went under the team name **Japanese Force** and they feuded with American Force (Paul Diamond and Shawn Michaels).

In 1987, Kawada and Fuyuki, now going by the name Samson Fuyuki, joined Genichiro Tenryu's Revolution. In January 1988, they began wearing matching ring attire and named their team **Footloose**.

On March 9, 1988, Footloose won the All Asia Tag Team Championship, defeating Mighty Inoue and Takashi Ishikawa. They would hold the titles for exactly six months before losing the belts to Shinichi Nakano and Shunji Takano on September 9, 1988. However, Footloose rebounded by defeating Nakano and Takano to reclaim the titles six days later, on September 15, 1988.

After the feud with Nakano and Takano died down, Footloose went into a heated rivalry with **The Can-Am Express** (Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat). On June 5, 1989, Furnas and Kroffat defeated them for the All Asia Tag Team titles. Four months later, on October 20, 1989, Footloose defeated the Express to win back the titles for the third time. Their third reign would be their last, before losing the titles back to the Express on March 2, 1990.

Soon after the title loss in April 1990, Footloose disbanded, as Kawada would form a team with friend Tiger Mask II, who would later unmask, revealing himself as Mitsuharu Misawa. Fuyuki followed Tenryu into the new Super World of Sports promotion.

On October 27, 2001, Kawada defeated Fuyuki in a singles match in AJPW.

## The New Footloose

In 1998, Samson (now Kodo) Fuyuki formed **The New Footloose** with Yukihiro Kanemura in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.

## In wrestling

* **Entrance music**
	+ "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ All Asia Tag Team Championship (3 times)
Katsushi Takemura

**Katsushi Takemura** (正田 和彦, *Takemura Katsushi*) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, mostly known for his ring name **Takemura** (written in all capitals). Having worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling for most of his career, he was an occasional member of the renowned stable Tokyo Gurentai.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Dragon sleeper
	+ *M9* (Spin-out fireman's carry facebuster)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Arm wrench inside cradle
	+ Boston crab
	+ Cross chop
	+ Death Valley driver
	+ Half nelson suplex
	+ Hurricanrana
	+ Moonsault
	+ *Muga Clutch* (Gedo clutch)
	+ Over the top rope suicide dive
	+ Rolling wheel kick, sometimes jumping off from a chair

## Championship and accomplishments

* **Dradition Pro Wrestling**
	+ CAW Central United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kazuhiko Shoda
* **International Wrestling Revolution Group**
	+ IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship (1 time) - with Nosawa and Masada
* **Mobius**
	+ Apex of Triangle Six–Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nosawa Rongai and Masada
* **Toryumon X**
	+ UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Gedo and Jado

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Profile at Puroresu Central . Puroresu Central. Retrieved on 2014-10-01.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Katsushi Takemura profile .
3. ↑ Muga World Pro Wrestling - "Muga 2007 M-Time"  (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved on 2014-09-28.
4. ↑ U.W.A. World Trios Title . Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
Jun Tonsho

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Saitama, Japan

**Jun Tonsho** (頓所隼, *Tonsho Jun*, born March 27, 1999), is a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for Wrestle-1.

## Professional wrestling career

After Tonsho graduated from his high school days, he successfully passed his entrance exam to get into the Wrestle-1 dojo, and made his debut on March 30, 2016 losing to Yasufumi Nakanoue. In November, he got his first singles victory defeating Seigo Tachibana, and was subsequently announced that Tonsho will be joining his rookie mates to Pro Wrestling A.C.E., a subdivision of Wrestle-1. In 2017 he participated in the tournament to crown the first Wrestle-1 Result Championship, but lost to Hiroki Murase in the first round.

Later in October, Tonsho challenged Seiki Yoshioka for his Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. During a preview match Tonsho pinned Yoshioka with a new finisher; a dragon suplex. Tonsho's attempt at the belt was unsuccessful, losing to Yoshioka later that month. On July 12, it was announced that Tonsho had graduated from Pro-Wrestling ACE to being a full-time member of main roster. He would later changed his name **Jun Tondokoro** and joinforces with the Enfants Terribles to take out Strong Hearts, but in the end, Ashino turned on Tondokoro, leading him to join Wrestle-1 against the Strong Hearts. On March 31, 2020, Tondokoro was released by Wrestle-1, after the promotion suspended its activities on the following day. In May 2022, Tonsho would later sign for GLEAT.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Bridging dragon suplex
* **Signature moves**
	+ Dropkick
	+ Enzuigiri
	+ Tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a single arm DDT
	+ Tornado DDT
	+ Various moonsault variations
		- Corkscrew
		- Diving
		- Springboard, sometimes to the outside
* **Nicknames**
* **Entrance themes**
	+ **"The Beginning"** by ONE OK ROCK
Kenichi Yamamoto

**Kenichi Yamamoto** (山本 喧一, *Yamamoto Ken'ichi*) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. Known for his career in UWF International, Yamamoto competed against some of the best fighters in his era with RINGS, Pride and the UFC, taking on Kevin Randleman, Genki Sudo and Pat Miletich, among others.

He returned to the ring against former Pancrase Light Heavyweight titlist Keiichiro Yamamiya on Oct. 27, 2012. He lost via unanimous decision.

## Career

A fan of Akira Maeda, Yamamoto started to train in karate since his chilhood, entering the Seidokaikan school before turning his attention to professional wrestling. In 1993, he was accepted in Union of Wrestling Forces International and debuted on October 14 in a match against Kazushi Sakuraba. After two years on the mid card, he joined Yoji Anjo and Yoshihiro Takayama to form the Golden Cups stable, in which he gained fame. In 1996, UWF International closed and Yamamoto moved to Kingdom, before eventually joining Fighting Network Rings in 1998. While in Rings, he had to skipe several months of action due to a surgery to remove a benign tumor, and ended leaving the company in 1999.

In November 1999 Yamamoto had his Ultimate Fighting Championship at the UFC 23 event, taking part on the night's tournament. His first opponent was Wajutsu Keishukai representative Daiju Takase. The fight was slow, with Yamamoto being the superior striker and Takase constantly pulling guard to stop the action, so Kenichi resorted to headbutts to the midsecion to damage him and even performed a cartwheel guard pass inspired on his training partner Sakuraba. Takase tried some high kicks and a triangle choke, but Yamamoto blocked them and landed punches and elbow strikes to the body, winning the decision. The final fight was against Katsuhisa Fujii, which proved to be a tougher bout. Fujii took Yamamoto down several times and attacked with ground and pound, consistently endangering the former Rings wrestler. At the end, however, Kenichi surprised Fujii with a kneebar from the guard and made him tap, winning the fight and the tournament.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Cross armbar
	+ Capture suplex
* **Signature moves**
	+ Kneebar
	+ Rear naked choke
	+ Roundhouse kick

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Ultimate Fighting Championship**
	+ UFC 23 Middleweight Tournament Champion
* **Wrestle Association "R"**
	+ WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yoji Anjo & Yoshihiro Takayama

## Mixed martial arts record

 **By submission** | 2
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 2

## Kickboxing record

**1 win (1 KO), 0 losses**

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