KO-D Openweight Championship

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.

KO-D Openweight Championship
Konosuke Takeshita with the title belt in May 2016
Details
Promotion	DDT Pro-Wrestling
Date established	April 19, 2000
Current champion(s)	Tetsuya Endo
Date won	June 7, 2020
Statistics First champion(s) Masao Orihara Most reigns Harashima (10 reigns) Longest reign Konosuke Takeshita (405 days) Shortest reign Daisuke Sasaki, Ken Ohka and Sanshiro Takagi (<1 day) Heaviest champion Shuji Ishikawa (286 lb (130 kg))

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	241+	3		[8]

Combined reigns

As of February 3, 2021.

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	343+
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

• Professional wrestling in Japan

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

• KO-D Openweight Championship