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Osaka Owarai Championship
Professional wrestling championship
The Osaka Owarai Championship (Japanese: 大阪お笑い王座, Hepburn: Ōsaka Owarai Ōza) was the secondary title contested in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. It was established in 2008 as the Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship (before being renamed in 2019) when Kanjyuro Matsuyama declared himself the first Owarai Champion upon vacating the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship.[1]
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| Osaka Owarai Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Osaka Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | April 29, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | January 8, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||||||
Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship (2008-2019) | |||||||||||||
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Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won via direct competition; it was instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle.
Names
More information Name, Years ...
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship | April 29, 2008 – February 16, 2019 |
| Osaka Owarai Championship | February 16, 2019 – January 8, 2023 |
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Reigns
During the championship's existence, there have been 23 recognized reigns shared among 14 wrestlers with three vacancies. Kanjyuro Matsuyama was the inaugural champion. He also has the most reigns with four. Billyken Kid holds the record for the longest in the title's history at 1,050 days during his sole reign, but Kikutaro (who also held the title as the third incarnation of Ebessan) has the longest combined reign at 1,054 days. Billyken Kid was the final recognized champion.[2]
More information No., Reign ...
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| N/A | Unknown information |
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More information No., Champion ...
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | April 29, 2008 | Osaka Pro 9th Anniversary Show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 333 | 7 | Matsuyama declared himself the inaugural champion after having defeated Miracle Man for the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship which he retired immediately afterwards. | [2] |
| 2 | Kikutaro | March 28, 2009 | Saturday Night Story | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 397 | 3 | [2][3] | |
| 3 | Kuishinbo Kamen | April 29, 2010 | Osaka Pro 11th Anniversary Show | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 59 | 1 | This match was also for the vacant Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship. | [2][4] |
| 4 | Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru | June 27, 2010 | Osaka Tag Festival 2010 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 22 | 1 | This match was also for Kuishinbo Kamen's Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship. | [2][5] |
| 5 | Kuishinbo Kamen | July 19, 2010 | Summer Achoo Series | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 40 | 1 | This match was also for Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru's Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship. | [2][6] |
| 6 | Miracle Man | August 28, 2010 | Summer Achoo Series | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 13 | 0 | [2][7] | |
| — | Vacated | September 10, 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Miracle Man vacated the title in order to focus on defending the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship. | [2] |
| 7 | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | September 18, 2010 | Violet September Series | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 23 | 0 | Defeated Kuishinbo Kamen, Takaku Fuke and Takoyakida in a four-way match to win the vacant title. | [2][8] |
| 8 | Takoyakida | October 11, 2010 | Battle Autumn 2010 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 40 | 1 | This was a five-way match also involving Kuishinbo Kamen, Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru and Miracle Man. | [2][9] |
| 9 | Otoko Sakari | November 20, 2010 | Fuyu ga Hajimaru yo Series | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 3 | 0 | This was a three-way match also involving Kanjyuro Matsuyama. | [2][10] |
| 10 | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | November 23, 2010 | Osaka Pro in Nagoya | Nagoya, Japan | 3 | 406 | 5 | Matsuyama won the title by forfeit when Otoko Sakari failed to appear for the match. | [2][11] |
| 11 | Ebessan (III) | January 3, 2012 | New Year Osaka Holiday Paradise | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 403 | 3 | [2][12] | |
| 12 | Orochi | February 9, 2013 | Saturday Night Story | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 15 | 0 | [2][13] | |
| 13 | Ebessan (III) | February 24, 2013 | Osaka Holiday Paradise | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 147 | 0 | [2][14] | |
| 14 | Mr. #6 | July 21, 2013 | Osaka Pro-Wrestling Story | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 35 | 0 | [2][15] | |
| 15 | Tigers Mask | August 25, 2013 | Osaka Tornado | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 69 | 2 | This was a three-way match also involving Nise Grandpa Mask. | [2][16] |
| 16 | Hof Senyo Zeong | November 2, 2013 | Saturday Night Story | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 14 | 0 | [2][17] | |
| 17 | Tigers Mask | November 16, 2013 | Saturday Night Story | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 155 | 0 | [2][18] | |
| — | Vacated | April 20, 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to Tigers Mask leaving Osaka Pro. | [2] |
| 18 | Ebessan (I) | July 12, 2014 | House show | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 657 | 1 | Defeated Kuishinbo Kamen to win the vacant title. Previously held the title under the name Kikutaro. | [2][19] |
| 19 | Kuishinbo Kamen | April 29, 2016 | Osaka Pro Raising an Army 17th Anniversary Show | Osaka, Japan | 3 | 93 | 0 | [2][20] | |
| 20 | Shiro Kuma | July 31, 2016 | Osaka Pro ga Yattekita! in Konohana | Osaka, Japan | 1 | N/A[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | [2][21] | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | Title vacated due to unknown circumstances. The championship was renamed Osaka Owarai Championship on February 16, 2019. | [22] |
| 21 | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | March 31, 2019 | Osaka Pro no Kaika Sengen 2019 | Osaka, Japan | 4 | 31 | 0 | Defeated Miracle Man to win the vacant title. | [2][23] |
| 22 | Miracle Man | May 1, 2019 | Osaka Pro 20th Anniversary Show | Osaka, Japan | 2 | 298 | 0 | [2][24] | |
| 23 | Billyken Kid | February 23, 2020 | Hero Battle Show 2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 1,050 | 0 | This was also for Billyken Kid's Fukumen World Championship. This was an Osaka Style Wrestling event. | [2][25] |
| † | Joichiro Osaka | January 8, 2023 | Osaka Pro New Year Special 2023 | Osaka, Japan | — | <1 | 0 | Won a battle royal to win the championship. The title change was voided when Billyken Kid confessed he had lost the physical title belt prior to the match. | [2][26] |
| — | Deactivated | January 8, 2023 | Osaka Pro New Year Special 2023 | Osaka, Japan | — | — | — | Zeus decided to retire the title and revive the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship instead. | [2][27] |
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| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
More information Rank, Wrestler ...
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Kikutaro/Ebessan (I) | 2 | 4 | 1,054 |
| 2 | Billyken Kid | 1 | 0 | 1,050 |
| 3 | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | 4 | 12 | 793 |
| 4 | Ebessan (III) | 2 | 3 | 550 |
| 5 | Miracle Man | 2 | 0 | 311 |
| 6 | Tigers Mask | 2 | 2 | 224 |
| 7 | Kuishinbo Kamen | 3 | 2 | 192 |
| 8 | Takoyakida | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Mr. #6 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| 10 | Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Orochi | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Hof Senyo Zeong | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Otoko Sakari | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Shiro Kuma | 1 | 3 | N/A¤ |
| — | Joichiro Osaka | — | 0 | <1 |
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