KO-D Openweight Championship

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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.

PromotionCyberFight
BrandDDT Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedApril 19, 2000
Current championYuki Ueno
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KO-D Openweight Championship
The KO-D Openweight Championship belt (2022–present)
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PromotionCyberFight
BrandDDT Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedApril 19, 2000
Current championYuki Ueno
Date wonSeptember 28, 2025
Statistics
First championMasao Orihara
Most reignsHarashima
(10 reigns)
Longest reignKonosuke Takeshita
(405 days)
Shortest reignDaisuke Sasaki, Ken Ohka, Yuki Ueno and Sanshiro Takagi
(<1 day)
Oldest championJun Akiyama
(51 years, 128 days)
Youngest championKonosuke Takeshita
(21 years, 0 days)
Heaviest championShuji Ishikawa
(286 lb (130 kg))
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History

DDT Pro-Wrestling, formerly known as Dramatic Dream Team, was established in 1997.[1] In 2000, the DDT commissioner, Exciting Yoshida, created the promotion's first championship, which was briefly called the DDT Openweight Championship.[2] Later, the King of DDT (KO-D) was established as DDT's governing body and the title was officially named KO-D Openweight Championship.[3] 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.[2][4]

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.[5]

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 2005, 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.[6]

On December 22, 2010, the title was vacated for the second time due to an injury sustained by the reigning champion Dick Togo.[2] Antonio Honda was originally scheduled to face Togo for the championship at Never Mind 2010 on December 26. Instead, Honda faced Gentaro to determine an interim champion.[7] Honda emerged victorious[8] 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.[9]

At CyberFight Festival 2022, on June 12, reigning champion Tetsuya Endo suffered a legitimate concussion after being struck by Katsuhiko Nakajima.[10] 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.[11] The vacant title was won by Kazusada Higuchi after defeating Naomi Yoshimura in the final on July 3.[12]

Belt design

KO-D Openweight Championship belts (left-to-right): first design (2000–2005), second design (2005–2022), and current (2022–present).

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.[13]

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 April 14, 2026, there have been a total of 88 recognized reigns and three vacancies shared between 40 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, Sanshiro Takagi and Yuki Ueno 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 on his 21st birthday, is the youngest.

The current title holder is Yuki Ueno who is in his third reign. He defeated Kazuki Hirata at Dramatic Infinity 2025 on September 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

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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
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No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Masao Orihara April 19, 2000 KO-D vol. 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 980 Defeated Sanshiro Takagi to win the inaugural title. [14]
2 Koichiro Kimura July 26, 2000 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 771 [15]
3 Poison Sawada Julie October 11, 2000 How About DDT? Tokyo, Japan 1 641 [16]
4 Sanshiro Takagi December 14, 2000 Never Mind Tokyo, Japan 1 1042 This was a four-way match also involving Tomohiko Hashimoto and Super Uchuu Power. [17]
5 Exciting Yoshida March 28, 2001 Judgement 5 Tokyo, Japan 1 932 [18]
6 Nosawa June 29, 2001 No Reason, No Future Tokyo, Japan 1 1460 This was a three-way match also involving Super Uchuu Power. [19]
— 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". [2][5]
7 Super Uchuu Power November 30, 2001 DDT My Love Tokyo, Japan 2 571 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. [20]
8 Mikami January 26, 2002 Dark Horse 2002 Tokyo, Japan 1 111 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. [21]
9 Super Uchuu Power February 6, 2002 Live event Tokyo, Japan 3 860 [22]
10 Sanshiro Takagi May 3, 2002 Turning Point Tokyo, Japan 2 280 This match was also for Takagi's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. [23]
11 Kintaro Kanemura May 31, 2002 Max Bump 2002 Tokyo, Japan 1 991 [24]
12 Sanshiro Takagi September 7, 2002 The Ring 9.7 Chiba, Japan 3 831 [25]
13 Gentaro November 29, 2002 God Bless DDT Tokyo, Japan 1 230 [26]
14 Mikami December 22, 2002 Never Mind 2002 Tokyo, Japan 2 2072 This was a four-way match also involving Tomohiko Hashimoto and Sanshiro Takagi. [27]
15 Takashi Sasaki July 17, 2003 Audience 2003 Tokyo, Japan 1 1012 [28]
16 Shoichi Ichimiya October 26, 2003 Dead or Alive 2003 Tokyo, Japan 1 1080 This was a Chain Death Match. [29]
17 Poison Sawada Julie February 11, 2004 Future Port Tokyo, Japan 2 2654 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. [30]
18 Mikami November 2, 2004 Day Dream Believer 2004 Tokyo, Japan 3 891 [31]
19 Dick Togo January 30, 2005 Into The Fight 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 942 [32]
20 Sanshiro Takagi May 4, 2005 Max Bump 2005 Tokyo, Japan 4 1721 [33]
21 Danshoku Dino October 23, 2005 Day Dream Believer 2005 Tokyo, Japan 1 1611 [34]
22 Toru Owashi April 2, 2006 After Aprilfool 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 2712 [35]
23 Harashima December 29, 2006 Never Mind 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 1563 [36]
24 Koo June 3, 2007 King of DDT 2007 Tokyo, Japan 1 1402 [37]
25 Harashima October 21, 2007 Day Dream Believer 2007 Tokyo, Japan 2 1982 [38]
26 Dick Togo May 6, 2008 Max Bump 2008 Tokyo, Japan 2 1452 This was a five-way elimination match also involving Seiya Morohashi, Sanshiro Takagi and Yoshiaki Yago. [39]
27 Sanshiro Takagi September 28, 2008 Who's Gonna Top? 2008 Tokyo, Japan 5 2185 This was a Title vs. Title Steel Cage Death Match, also for Dick Togo's DDT Extreme Championship. [40]
28 Harashima May 4, 2009 Max Bump 2009 Tokyo, Japan 3 1112 [41][42]
29 Kota Ibushi August 23, 2009 Ryōgoku Peter Pan Tokyo, Japan 1 982 [43][44]
30 Shuji Ishikawa November 29, 2009 DDT Special 2009 Tokyo, Japan 2 912 Ishikawa previously held the title under the name Koo. [45][46]
31 Daisuke Sekimoto February 28, 2010 Yuki Konkon Arare ya Union Tokyo, Japan 1 1474 This was a Union Pro Wrestling branded event. [47]
32 Harashima July 25, 2010 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010 Tokyo, Japan 4 1122 [48]
33 Hikaru Sato November 14, 2010 Osaka Bay Blues Special Osaka, Japan 1 140 [49]
34 Dick Togo November 28, 2010 God Bless DDT 2010 Tokyo, Japan 3 240 [50]
— Vacated December 22, 2010 — — — —— Title vacated due to Togo suffering an injury. [2][7]
— Antonio Honda December 26, 2010 Never Mind 2010 Tokyo, Japan — 350 Antonio Honda defeated Gentaro to become interim KO-D Openweight Champion. [51]
35 Dick Togo January 30, 2011 Sweet Dreams! 2011 Tokyo, Japan 4 942 This was a title unification match for Togo's KO-D Openweight Title and Honda's interim title. [52]
36 Shuji Ishikawa May 4, 2011 Max Bump 2011 Tokyo, Japan 3 812 [53]
37 Kudo July 24, 2011 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 Tokyo, Japan 1 1895 [54]
38 Danshoku Dino January 29, 2012 Sweet Dreams! 2012 Tokyo, Japan 2 632 [55]
39 Sanshiro Takagi April 1, 2012 Aprilfool 2012 Tokyo, Japan 6 <10 [56]
40 Masa Takanashi April 1, 2012 Aprilfool 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 330 Takanashi cashed in his Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. [56]
41 Yuji Hino May 4, 2012 Max Bump 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 511 [57]
42 Kota Ibushi June 24, 2012 What Are You Doing!? 2012 Tokyo, Japan 2 982 [58]
43 El Generico September 30, 2012 Who's Gonna Top? 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 843 [59]
44 Kenny Omega December 23, 2012 Never Mind 2012 Tokyo, Japan 1 873 [60]
45 Shigehiro Irie March 20, 2013 Judgement 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 1518 [61]
46 Harashima August 18, 2013 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 Tokyo, Japan 5 2155 [62]
47 Kudo March 21, 2014 Judgement 2014 Tokyo, Japan 2 652 [63]
48 Harashima May 25, 2014 Friendship, Effort, Victory! in Nagoya 2014 Nagoya, Japan 6 2667 [64]
49 Kota Ibushi February 15, 2015 Saitama Super DDT 2015 Saitama, Japan 3 731 [65]
50 Harashima April 29, 2015 Max Bump 2015 Tokyo, Japan 7 321 [66]
51 Kudo May 31, 2015 Audience 2015 Tokyo, Japan 3 280 [67]
52 Ken Ohka June 28, 2015 King of DDT 2015 Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1 <10 This was a three-way match, also involving Yasu Urano. Both Ohka and Urano cashed in their Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contracts. [68]
53 Kudo June 28, 2015 King of DDT 2015 Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 4 560 [68]
54 Yukio Sakaguchi August 23, 2015 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 972 [69]
55 Isami Kodaka November 28, 2015 Osaka Octopus 2015 Osaka, Japan 1 1143 [70]
56 Harashima March 21, 2016 Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 8 342 [71]
57 Daisuke Sasaki April 24, 2016 Max Bump 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 351 Sasaki cashed in his Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. [72]
58 Konosuke Takeshita May 29, 2016 Audience 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 913 [73]
59 Shuji Ishikawa August 28, 2016 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 Tokyo, Japan 4 982 [74]
60 Harashima December 4, 2016 Osaka Octopus 2016 Osaka, Japan 9 1063 [75]
61 Konosuke Takeshita March 20, 2017 Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary Saitama, Japan 2 40511 [76]
62 Shigehiro Irie April 29, 2018 Max Bump 2018 Tokyo, Japan 2 944 [77]
63 Sami Callihan August 1, 2018 Rockstar Pro Wrestling Amped Dayton, Ohio 1 70 This was a three-way match also involving Trey Miguel. [78]
64 Shigehiro Irie August 8, 2018 Rockstar Pro Wrestling Amped Dayton, Ohio 3 60 [79]
65 Danshoku Dino August 14, 2018 MajiManji Tokyo, Japan 3 140 Dino cashed in his Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. [80]
66 Meiko Satomura August 28, 2018 MajiManji Tokyo, Japan 1 260 Satomura cashed in her Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. Satomura was the first woman to win the KO-D Openweight Championship. [81]
67 Danshoku Dino September 23, 2018 Road to Ryōgoku 2018 Tokyo, Japan 4 280 This was a three–way elimination match also involving Shigehiro Irie. [82]
68 Daisuke Sasaki October 21, 2018 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 Tokyo, Japan 2 1191 [83]
69 Konosuke Takeshita February 17, 2019 Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 3 461 [84]
70 Daisuke Sasaki April 4, 2019 DDT Is Coming to America Queens, New York 3 <10 [85]
71 Tetsuya Endo April 4, 2019 DDT Is Coming to America Queens, New York 1 1024 Endo cashed in his Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. [85]
72 Konosuke Takeshita July 15, 2019 Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 Tokyo, Japan 4 1112 [86][87]
73 Harashima November 3, 2019 Ultimate Party 2019 Tokyo, Japan 10 841 This match was also for Harashima's DDT Extreme Championship. [88][89]
74 Masato Tanaka January 26, 2020 Sweet Dreams! 2020 Tokyo, Japan 1 1334 [90][91]
75 Tetsuya Endo June 7, 2020 Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 Tokyo, Japan 2 2523 [92][93]
76 Jun Akiyama February 14, 2021 Kawasaki Strong 2021 Tokyo, Japan 1 1883 [94]
77 Konosuke Takeshita August 21, 2021 Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 Kawasaki, Japan 5 2112 [95]
78 Tetsuya Endo March 20, 2022 Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 3 861 [96]
— Vacated June 14, 2022 — — — —— Endo vacated the title after having suffered a concussion on June 12, at CyberFight Festival 2022. [2][11]
79 Kazusada Higuchi July 3, 2022 King of DDT 2022 Final Tokyo, Japan 1 2105 Defeated Naomi Yoshimura in the finals of the 2022 King of DDT Tournament to win the vacant title. [97]
80 Yuji Hino January 29, 2023 Sweet Dreams! 2023 Tokyo, Japan 2 1752 [98]
81 Chris Brookes July 23, 2023 Wrestle Peter Pan 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1 1122 [99]
82 Yuki Ueno November 12, 2023 Ultimate Party 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1 2877 [100]
83 Shinya Aoki August 25, 2024 Summer Vacation Memories 2024 Tokyo, Japan 1 713 [101]
84 Chris Brookes November 4, 2024 Sumida Dramatic Dream! Tokyo, Japan 2 2374 [102]
85 Kazusada Higuchi June 29, 2025 King of Kings Tokyo, Japan 2 632 [103]
86 Yuki Ueno August 31, 2025 Wrestle Peter Pan 2025 Tokyo, Japan 2 <10 [104]
87 Kazuki Hirata August 31, 2025 Wrestle Peter Pan 2025 Tokyo, Japan 1 282 Hirata cashed in his Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. [105]
88 Yuki Ueno September 28, 2025 Dramatic Infinity 2025 Tokyo, Japan 3 198+6 Ueno cashed in his Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract. [106]
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Combined reigns

As of April 14, 2026.

Three-time champion Tetsuya Endo was the first recipient of the third belt.
Harashima, who holds the record for the most reigns (10), combined defenses (27), and combined days as champion (1,314).
Konosuke Takeshita, five-time champion and longest reign record holder at 405 days.
† Indicates the current champions
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Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Harashima10271,314
2 Konosuke Takeshita519864
3 Sanshiro Takagi69605
4 Yuki Ueno †313485+
5 Tetsuya Endo38440
6 Shuji Ishikawa/Koo48410
7 Dick Togo49357
8 Chris Brookes26349
9 Kudo47338
10 Poison Sawada Julie25329
11 Mikami34307
12 Kazusada Higuchi27273
13 Toru Owashi12271
14 Kota Ibushi35269
15 Danshoku Dino43266
16 Shigehiro Irie312253
17 Yuji Hino23226
18 Koichiro Kimura/Super Uchuu Power32220
19 Jun Akiyama13188
20 Daisuke Sasaki32159
21 Daisuke Sekimoto14147
22 Nosawa10146
23 Masato Tanaka14133
24 Isami Kodaka13114
25 Shoichi Ichimiya10108
26 Takashi Sasaki12101
27 Kintaro Kanemura1199
28 Masao Orihara1098
29 Yukio Sakaguchi1297
30 Exciting Yoshida1293
31 Kenny Omega1387
32 El Generico1384
33 Shinya Aoki1371
— Antonio Honda—035
34 Masa Takanashi1033
35 Kazuki Hirata1228
36 Meiko Satomura1026
37 Gentaro1023
38 Hikaru Sato1014
39 Sami Callihan107
40 Ken Ohka10<1
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