The Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship (Japanese: スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座, Hepburn: Supiritto obu Ganbare Sekai Musabetsu-kyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) promotion. The title is the first to be created specifically for GanPro.[1] The current champion is Mizuki Watase who is in his second reign.
| Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship title belt | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 25, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Mizuki Watase | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | February 22, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History
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Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) was founded in 2013 by Ken Ohka as a brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling. The brand was created to capture the spirit of small independent promotions in Japan, regularly bringing in wrestlers from outside the promotion.
On March 18, 2017, Ohka defeated Shiori Asahi at a Kaientai Dojo event to win the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[2][3] The title remained with GanPro, where it served as the main singles title until January 2021, when it moved to Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO).[2] Without a singles title to promote, GanPro, now part of the CyberFight umbrella promotion, revived the Ganbare☆Climax tournament in September 2021 and created the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship as the prize for the winner of the tournament.[4] On November 23, Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Yumehito Imanari in the final to win the inaugural title.[5]
On April 1, 2024, GanPro officially branched off from CyberFight and became an independent promotion.[6]
Inaugural tournament
edit| Round 1 October 24 | Round 2 November 7 | Semifinals November 23 | Final November 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | 14:21[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shota | 15:24[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | 10:57[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keisuke Ishii | 2:31[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | 19:06[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baliyan Akki | 8:56[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | 12:37[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kouki Iwasaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nobuhiro Shimatani | 11:40[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kouki Iwasaki | 13:47[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seiya Morohashi | 15:18[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 13:36[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tyson Maeguchi | 7:50[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mizuki Watase | 9:38[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
Reigns
editAs of June 16, 2026, there have been a total of ten reigns shared among eight different wrestlers. The current champion is Mizuki Watase who is in his second reign.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| CyberFight: Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | November 23, 2021 | Ganbare☆Climax 2021 Final Round | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 161 | 3 | Defeated Yumehito Imanari in the final of a 14-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [5] | |
| 2 | Yumehito Imanari | May 3, 2022 | Love Phantom 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 123 | 2 | [10] | ||
| 3 | Hartley Jackson | September 3, 2022 | Punch Drunk Love 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 115 | 2 | [11] | ||
| 4 | Mizuki Watase | December 27, 2022 | Giri Giri Chop! 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 194 | 4 | [12] | ||
| 5 | Isami Kodaka | July 9, 2023 | Wrestle Sekigahara II | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 171 | 4 | [13] | ||
| 6 | Shuichiro Katsumura | December 27, 2023 | Bad Communication 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 122 | 2 | [14] | ||
| Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
| 7 | Keisuke Ishii | April 27, 2024 | Spring Breakers 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 244 | 4 | [15] | ||
| 8 | Yumehito Imanari | December 27, 2024 | Itsuka Giragira Suru Hi 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 242 | 5 | [16] | ||
| 9 | Masaaki Mochizuki | August 26, 2025 | Mizuki Watase 10th Anniversary: It's a Summer Film 2025 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 180 | 5 | [17] | ||
| 10 | Mizuki Watase | February 22, 2026 | A Scanner Darkly 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 114+ | 1 | [18] | ||
Combined reigns
editAs of June 16, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champions |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Yumehito Imanari | 2 | 7 | 365 |
| 2 | Keisuke Ishii | 1 | 4 | 244 |
| 3 | Mizuki Watase † | 2 | 5 | 308+ |
| 4 | Masaaki Mochizuki | 1 | 5 | 180 |
| 5 | Isami Kodaka | 1 | 4 | 171 |
| 6 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 1 | 3 | 161 |
| 7 | Shuichiro Katsumura | 1 | 2 | 122 |
| 8 | Hartley Jackson | 1 | 2 | 115 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ DDT Pro-Wrestling (September 25, 2021). ガンバレ☆プロレスに初のタイトル！ 「スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座」創設！ (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- 1 2 "Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ↑ Kaientai Dojo (March 18, 2017). "CLUB-K SUPER in Blue Field" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 19, 2017.
- ↑ 【ガンプロ】初代スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座決定トーナメント組み合わせ決定！. Proresu Today (in Japanese). September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- 1 2 LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 FINAL ROUND. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ↑ ガンプロが3月いっぱいで株式会社CyberFightからの独立を発表 / 翔太、長谷川美子、リアラが3月末で退団 [GanPro announces independence from CyberFight Inc. at the end of March / Shota, Yoshiko Hasegawa, and Riara will leave at the end of March.]. proresu-today.com (in Japanese). January 31, 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 2nd ROUND. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 1st ROUND [Ganbare☆Climax 2021 1st Round]. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- 1 2 3 DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 23, 2021). LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 FINAL ROUND. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ↑ "LOVE PHANTOM 2022". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
- ↑ "Punch Drunk Love 2022" パンチドランク・ラブ2022. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ↑ GIRI GIRI CHOP！2022. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ↑ Xavi (July 7, 2023). "Ganbare Pro: WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2 / Preview". fivestarnetwork.co. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ↑ BAD COMMUNICATION 2023. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ↑ スプリング・ブレイカーズ2024. genpro.net (in Japanese). Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ↑ いつかギラギラする日2024. Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. December 27, 2024. Archived from the original on December 29, 2024.
- ↑ "Watase Mizuki Debyū Jū Shūnen Kinen Taikai: Samā Firumu ni Notte 2025" 渡瀬瑞基デビュー10周年記念大会～サマーフィルムにのって2025 [Mizuki Watase 10th Anniversary: It's a Summer Film 2025]. Weekly Pro-Wrestling. Baseball Magazine Sha. August 26, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "[GanPuro] Watase Mizuki ga Mochizuki Masaaki to no shitō o seishi, ni-nen hachi-kagetsu buri ni SOG ōza dakkan! "Sekaichū o kakemegutte, omoshiroi beruto ni shiteyaru"" 【ガンプロ】渡瀬瑞基が望月成晃との死闘を制し、2年8ヵ月ぶりにSOG王座奪還！「世界中を駆け巡って、面白いベルトにしてやる」 [Mizuki Watase defeated Masaaki Mochizuki in a grueling battle to reclaim the SOG Championship for the first time in two years and eight months! "I'm going to travel the world and turn this into a really interesting belt."]. proresu-today.com (in Japanese). February 23, 2026. Archived from the original on March 11, 2026.