On this page, you find the full Title History for the Open the Owarai Gate Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.
The Open the Owarai Gate Championship is contested in Dragon Gate, by men wrestlers.
The championship was first established on May 25, 2007.
This is a "owarai" championship and in Japan this word means for comedy, this championship is not always contested in traditional wrestling matches but may involve comedic or unconventional challenges.
The current champion is Kuishinbo Kamen, who won the title on March 1, 2025, and has been reigning for 128 days.
Open the Owarai Gate Championship: Title History
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion 
DGMay 25, 2007 Present
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Championship Names & Belt Designs
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- Open the Owarai Gate Championship May 25, 2007
Open the Owarai Gate Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign 35 Kuishinbo Kamen
- March 1, 2025
- Osaka, Japan | Truth Gate 2025
- 128+ days
128+- days
34 Takashi Yoshida
- January 16, 2025
- Tokyo, Japan | Open The New Year Gate 2025
- 44 days
44- days
33 Lingerie Muto
- October 5, 2023
- Tokyo, Japan | DG/Masaaki Mochizuki Produce Buyuden Rei ~ Zero ~ Vol. 3
- 469 days
Match ended in a double knockout but was ruled as a win for Muto.469- days
32 Kikutaro
- July 8, 2023
- Tokyo, Japan | DG/Masaaki Mochizuki Produce Buyuden Rei ~ Zero ~ Vol. 2
- 89 days
Defeated Kono Mama Ichikawa to win the reactivated title.89- days
Deactivated
- May 6, 2018
- 1889 days
31 
Shingo Takagi 1
- March 6, 2018
- Tokyo, Japan | Kotoka Road To Final - The Ending
- 61 days
61- days
30 Ryo Saito
- November 26, 2017
- Sendai, Japan | Memorial Gate in Sendai 2017
- 100 days
Defeated "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa for the vacant title.100- days
Vacant
- November 26, 2017
- Sendai, Japan | Memorial Gate in Sendai 2017
- 0 days
0- days
29 
CIMA 3
- November 19, 2017
- Nobeoka, Japan | The Gate of Evolution 2017 – Day 10
- 7 days
7- days
28 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa
- July 16, 2016
- Tsu, Japan | Rainbow Gate 2016
- 491 days
Mochizuki returned the title immediately after.491- days
27 Masaaki Mochizuki
- July 16, 2016
- Tsu, Japan | Rainbow Gate 2016
- 0 days
0- days
26 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa
- April 10, 2016
- Tsu, Japan | The Gate of Passion 2016
- 97 days
Since CIMA did not want the title, his opponent Ichikawa was awarded the championship.97- days
25 CIMA 2
- April 10, 2016
- Tsu, Japan | The Gate of Passion 2016
- 0 days
Defeated "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa for the vacated title.0- days
Vacant
- April 3, 2016
- Kobe, Japan
- 7 days
Yoshino was stripped of the title after failing to defend it within the previous three months.7- days
24 Masato Yoshino
- November 23, 2015
- Okayama, Japan | Crown Gate 2015
- 132 days
Yoshino became the 23rd champion via fan support.132- days
23 Mr. Nakagawa
- November 14, 2015
- Fukuoka, Japan | Crown Gate 2015
- 9 days
The title match was between "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa and Akira Tozawa, the reigning champion, but Nakagawa - the referee - received more fan support than either of them, so he became champion.9- days
22 
Akira Tozawa 1
- March 29, 2015
- Saga, Japan | Glorious Gate 2015
- 230 days
Tozawa became the 22nd Champion via fan support.230- days
21 Yosuke ♥ Santa Maria
- February 4, 2015
- Kasukabe, Japan | Truth Gate 2015
- 53 days
Santa Maria became the 21st Champion via fan support.53- days
20 Jimmy Kanda
- November 23, 2014
- Saga, Japan | Crown Gate 2014
- 73 days
Kanda became the 20th Champion via fan support.73- days
19 Ryo "Jimmy" Saito
- March 7, 2013
- Tokyo, Japan | Glorious Gate 2013
- 626 days
Saito became the 19th Champion via fan support.626- days
18 Kikutaro
- December 20, 2012
- Tokyo, Japan | Fantastic Gate 2012
- 77 days
Kikutaro became the 18th Champion via fan support.77- days
17 Kenichiro Arai
- August 2, 2012
- Tokyo, Japan | Summer Adventure Tag League 2012
- 140 days
Arai defeated "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa via fan support to become the 17th Champion.140- days
Vacant
- December 25, 2011
- Fukuoka, Japan
- 221 days
Vacated after Naoki Tanizaki stole the title belt from Swann.221- days
16 
Rich Swann 1
- November 5, 2011
- Gifu, Japan | Crown Gate 2011
- 50 days
Swann became the 16th Champion via fan support.50- days
15 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa
- August 21, 2011
- Hakata, Japan | Storm Gate 2011
- 76 days
"Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa becomes 15th Champion via fan support. CIMA refuses the title on September 24, 2011, despite getting fan support.76- days
14 Don Fujii
- April 10, 2011
- Tsu, Japan | Don Fujii Triumphant Hometown Return
- 133 days
Don Fujii becomes 14th Champion via fan support133- days
13 Kikutaro
- May 15, 2009
- Tokyo, Japan | Aggressive Gate
- 695 days
Kikutaro becomes 13th Champion via fan support695- days
12 Anthony W. Mori
- April 4, 2009
- Nagoya, Japan | Yokozuna Impact!
- 41 days
41- days
11 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa
- March 29, 2009
- Fukui, Japan | Glorious Gate
- 6 days
6- days
Vacant
- March 20, 2009
- Kobe, Japan | Glorious Gate
- 9 days
Vacated immediately after winning it.9- days
10 Kinta Tamaoka
- March 20, 2009
- Kobe, Japan | Glorious Gate
- 0 days
The title match was between Stalker and Masaaki Mochizuki, but Kinta - the referee - received more fan support than either of them, so he became champion.0- days
9 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa
- March 16, 2009
- Kumamoto, Japan | Glorious Gate
- 4 days
4- days
8 Jackson Florida
- August 16, 2008
- Toyama, Japan | Summer Adventure Tag League
- 212 days
212- days
7 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa
- July 21, 2008
- Kumamoto, Japan | Rainbow Gate
- 26 days
Ichikawa stole title belt from Johnson after beating him in three way match with K-Ness. Repeated attempts to contact the title belt commissioner were met with only his voicemail, so ICHIKAWA was just named the 7th champion.26- days
6 Johnson Florida
- July 11, 2008
- Tokyo, Japan | Nex 2nd Anniversary Show
- 10 days
10- days
5 Jackson Florida
- February 2, 2008
- Hakata, Japan | Truth Gate
- 160 days
160- days
4 Masaaki Mochizuki
- January 19, 2008
- Nagoya, Japan | Wrestle Jam 3rd Season
- 14 days
Mochizuki won the title by disqualification and fan support.14- days
3 Jackson Florida
- October 17, 2007
- Hyogo, Japan | The Gate of Victory
- 94 days
Cima fails his first defense for various purposes against Stalker Ichikawa. Jackson Florida becomes champion since he was sitting at ring94- days
2 CIMA 1
- October 8, 2007
- Shizuoka, Japan | The Gate of Victory
- 9 days
Defeated Ichikawa and K-Ness in a three-way match. Ichikawa failed to gain approval from the crowd, so CIMA, as the match winner, won the title.9- days
1 "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa
- May 25, 2007
- Burbank, California | The Gate of Maximum
- 136 days
Conceived during a visit to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla; officially defended on June 10 in Fukuoka.136- days
Open the Owarai Gate Championship: Statistics
- Promotion
Dragongate Japan Pro-Wrestling - Gender Male
- Title Type Tertiary Title
- Date Established May 25, 2007
- Current ChampionKuishinbo Kamen
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
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| 1 | "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa | 7 |
| 2 | Kikutaro | 3 |
| 3 | Jackson Florida | 3 |
| 4 | CIMA | 3 |
| 5 | Masaaki Mochizuki | 2 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
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| Kikutaro | 861 | |
| "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa | 836 | |
| Ryo "Jimmy" Saito | 626 | |
| Lingerie Muto | 469 | |
| Jackson Florida | 466 |
Longest Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
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| Kikutaro | May 15, 2009 - April 10, 2011 | 695 | |
| Ryo "Jimmy" Saito | March 7, 2013 - November 23, 2014 | 626 | |
| "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa | July 16, 2016 - November 19, 2017 | 491 | |
| Lingerie Muto | October 5, 2023 - January 16, 2025 | 469 | |
| Akira Tozawa | March 29, 2015 - November 14, 2015 | 230 |