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Open the Brave Gate Championship
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Current Champion(s) Dragon Kid
Date Won March 6th, 2018
Promotion(s) Dragon Gate
Date Established March 13, 2005


The Open the Brave Gate Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate; it has a weight limit of 83kg, though it has been defended against heavier wrestlers in the past. It can be considered the secondary singles title in Dragon Gate and is more of a light heavyweight championship. It was created on March 13, 2005 when Naruki Doi defeated YOSSINO in a tournament final. The faceplate logo on the belt is divided into eight pieces, each piece representing the eight wrestlers who fought in the tournament to determine the inaugural champion. During Gamma's reign, he threw away all eight pieces of the faceplate and replaced it with his own plate, renaming it Open the Gamma Gate, dictating and often changing the rules of his title defenses. This ended when Masato Yoshino, wrestling as the masked Dr. Muscle, defeated Gamma and restored it to the Brave Gate title, vacating it soon afterwards. There have been a total of 18 recognized champions who have had a combined 27 official reigns.

Title history[]

# Wrestlers Event Date Reign
In Days
Successful defenses
1
Naruki Doi The Brave Gate Tour
Nagoya, Japan
March 13, 2005 245 0. defeated YOSSINO in a tournament final for the vacant title
1. defeated Super Shisa on April 3, 2005
2. defeated K-ness on May 1, 2005
3. defeated Makoto Oishi on June 12, 2005
4. defeated Dragon Kid on September 11, 2005
5. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on October 30, 2005
2
Dragon Kid Crown Gate tour
Nagoya, Japan
November 13, 2005 84 1. defeated Masato Yoshino on January 22, 2006
x. vs Masato Yoshino ended in a no contest on February 5, 2006
The championship was vacated on February 5, 2006 after Dragon Kids second defense ended in a no contest after both mens units interfered.
3
Masato Yoshino Brave Gate Tour tour
Kawagoe, Japan
March 19, 2006 330 0. defeated Dragon Kid and Naoki Tanizaki in tournament finals decision match
1. defeated Jack Evans on April 23, 2006
2. defeated Genki Horiguchi on June 11, 2006
3. defeated Takayuki Mori on September 26, 2006
4. defeated Takayuki Mori on October 1, 2006
4
Matt Sydal Live Gate
Kobe, Japan
February 12, 2007 41 1. defeated Austin Aries on February 23, 2007
5
Genki Horiguchi Memorial Gate tour
Tsu, Japan
March 25, 2007 98 1. defeated Dragon Kid on April 15, 2007
2. defeated Dragon Kid on May 6, 2007
6
Yasushi Kanda Kobe Puroresu Festival 2007
Kobe, Japan
July 1, 2007 83 1. defeated Jorge Rivera on August 13, 2007
2. defeated Genki Horiguchi on September 8, 2007
7
Masato Yoshino Storm Gate tour
Tokyo, Japan
September 22, 2007 205 1. defeated K-ness on November 18, 2007
2. defeated Susumu Yokosuka on December 23, 2007
3. defeated El Generico on January 19, 2008
4. defeated Dragon Kid on February 3, 2008
5. defeated Ryo Saito on February 17, 2008
6. defeated CIMA on March 1, 2008
8
Anthony W. Mori Gate of Passion tour
Nagoya, Japan
April 13, 2008 0
The championship was vacated on April 13, 2008 when Mori volenteered to vacate the title after Yusushi Kanda interfered in his title victory.
9
Gamma [Note 1] Gate of Passion tour
Fukuoka, Japan
April 27, 2008 63 0. defeated Anthony W. Mori in tournament finals decision match
x. defeated Super Shelong on May 5, 2008
x. vs Super Shelong ended in a no contest on May 25, 2008
x. defeated Super Shelong on May 25, 2008
x. defeated by Super Shelong by count out on June 1, 2008
x. defeated Dr. Muscle on June 8, 2008
x. defeated by Naoshi Sano on June 20, 2008
x. defeated Naoshi Sano on June 20, 2008
x. defeated Dr. Muscle on June 21, 2008
10
Dr. Muscle [Note 2] The Gate of Maximum tour
Osaka, Japan
June 29, 2008 0
The championship was vacated on June 29th, 2008 when Dr. Muscle unmasked himself as Masato Yoshino who volentarily vacated the title afterwards.
11
Genki Horiguchi Kobe Puroresu Festival 2008
Kobe, Japan
July 27, 2008 77 0. defeated m.c.KZ in a decision match for the vacant title.
1. defeated Shinobu on August, 31 2008
2. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on September, 8 2008
12
Masato Yoshino The Gate of Victory tour
Nagoya, Japan
October 12, 2008 161 1. defeated Dragon Kid on November, 16 2008
2. defeated KAGETORA on February 12, 2009
13
CIMA "The Gate of Anniversary" tour.
Tokyo, Japan
March 22, 2009 119 1. defeated Dragon Kid on May, 5 2009
2. defeated Akira Tozawa on May 31, 2009
x. vs Kenichiro Arai ended in a no contest on July 21, 2009
3. defeated Kenichiro Arai on July 21, 2009
14
Naruki Doi "The Gate of Anniversary" tour.
Tokyo, Japan
July 19, 2009 9 0. This was also for the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
The championship was vacated on July 28th, 2009 so Naruki Doi can focus on defending the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
15
Naoki Tanizaki Summer Adventure Tag League III tour
Fukuoka, Japan
August 30, 2009 134 0. defeated KAGETORA in a tournament final for the vacant title.
1. defeated Genki Horiguchi on October 4, 2009
2. defeated Akira Tozawa November 8, 2009
3. defeated Akira Tozawa and KAGETORA on November 23, 2009
4. defeated by Super Shisa on December 10, 2009
5. defeated Anthony W. Mori on December 20, 2009
6. defeated Kzy on December 27, 2009
16
K-ness Primal Gate tour
Nagoya, Japan
January 11, 2010 47 1. defeated PAC on February, 7 2010
17
Super Shisa Truth Gate tour
Nagoya, Japan
February 27, 2010 50 1. defeated Genki Horiguchi and Munenori Sawa on March, 18 2010
18
Tigers Mask Gate of Passion tour.
Osaka, Japan
April 18, 2010 118 1. defeated Dragon Kid on May 5, 2010
2. defeated Super Shisa May 8, 2010
3. defeated Genki Horiguchi on July 3, 2010
19
Masato Yoshino Summer Adventure Tag League IV tour.
Kobe, Japan
August 14, 2010 0
The championship was vacated on August 14th, 2010 so Masato Yoshino can focus on defending the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
20
PAC [Note 3] Storm Gate 2010 tour.
Fukuoka, Japan
August 29, 2010 447 0. defeated Susumu Yokosuka in a tournament final to win the vacant title
1. defeated K-ness on October 24, 2010
2. defeated Dragon Kid October 11, 2010
3. defeated YAMATO on December 12, 2010
4. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on February 6, 2011
5. defeated Ricochet on March 1, 2011
6. defeated Akira Tozawa on April 2, 2011
7. defeated Naruki Doi on May 5, 2011
8. defeated Ricochet on June 18, 2011
9. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on September 16, 2011
10. defeated Genki Horiguchi on October 16, 2011
11. defeated Dragon Kid on October 22, 2011
21
Ricochet Crown Gate tour
Osaka, Japan
November 19, 2011 169 1. defeated Masato Yoshino on December 25, 2011
2. defeated Naruki Doi on March 3, 2012
3. defeated Kzy on March 25, 2012
22
Dragon Kid Dead or Alive 2012
Aichi, Japan
May 6, 2012 364 1. defeated Super Shisa on June 16, 2012
2. defeated Ricochet on July 22, 2012
3. defeated Masamune on September 23, 2012
4. defeated Eita on October 21, 2012
5. defeated Shachihoko BOY on October 27, 2012
6. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on December 23, 2012
7. defeated Mr. Kyu Kyu Toyonaka Dolphin on January 25, 2013
8. defeated HUB on January 25, 2013
8. defeated Kzy on April 12, 2013
23
Masato Yoshino Dead or Alive 2013
Aichi, Japan
May 5, 2013 117 1. defeated Rich Swann on June 1, 2013
2. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on June 15, 2013
3. defeated K-ness on July 27, 2013
4. defeated Naruki Doi on August 1, 2013
The championship was vacated on August 8th, 2013 when Masato Yoshino felt the title belonged to the younger generation.
24
Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Summer Adventure Tag League 2013
Kobe, Japan
September 29, 2013 168 0. defeated Kzy in a tournament final for the vacant title
1. defeated CIBA on December 22, 2013
2. defeated Super Shisa on January 12, 2014
3. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on March 1, 2014
25
Flamita [Note 4] Memorial Gate 2014 in Wakayama.
Wakayama, Japan
March 16, 2014 290 1. defeated Jimmy Susumu on May 5, 2014
x. defeated Draztik Boy and Kaleth and Shane Strickland on May 20, 2014
2. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on June 14, 2014
3. defeated Dragon Kid on July 20, 2014
x. defeated Makabre and Tony Rodriguez on August 2, 2014
4. defeated Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin on August 17, 2014
5. defeated Kzy on September 9, 2014
6. defeated Jimmy Kanda on November 2, 2014
7. defeated Ryo "Jimmy" Saito on December 7, 2014
8. defeated Punch Tominaga by disqualification on December 28, 2014
The championship was vacated on December 31st, 2014 when Flamita refused to keep the title after his match with Punch Tominaga ended in disqualification.
26
Kzy [Note 5] Open the New Year Gate 2015
Kobe, Japan
January 12, 2015 47 0. defeated Eita in a tournament final for the vacant championship
1. defeated Mondai Ryu on February 2, 2015
27
Akira Tozawa Champion Gate 2015 in Osaka
Osaka, Japan
February 28, 2015 246 1. defeated Flamita on March 23, 2015
2. defeated Kotoka on April 19, 2015
3. defeated Dragon Kid on May 5, 2015
4. defeated K-ness on June 13, 2015
5. defeated Eita on July 20, 2015
6. defeated Punch Tominaga and Super Shisa on August 16, 2015
28
Kotoka The Gate of Destiny 2015
Osaka, Japan
November 1, 2015 125 0. This was a 3-Way match also featuring Naoki Tanizaki
1. defeated Eita on December 27, 2015
29
Yosuke♥Santa Maria Champion Gate 2016 in Osaka
Osaka, Japan
March 5, 2016 141 1. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on March 21, 2016
2. defeated Mondai Ryu on May 5, 2016
30
Eita Kobe Puroresu Festival 2016
Kobe, Japan
July 24, 2016 223 1. defeated "brother" YASSHI on October 29, 2016
2. defeated El Lindaman on October 12, 2016
3. defeated Flamita on November 3, 2016
4. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on December 25, 2016
X. vs El Lindaman ended in a no contest on March 4, 2017
The championship was vacated on March 4th, 2017 due to massive interference form both Over Generation and VerserK during Eita's last defense against El Lindaman.
31
Kagetora[Note 6] Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2017
Wakayama, Japan
March 20, 2017 278 0. defeated El Lindaman in a tournament final for the vacant championship
1. defeated Takehiro Yamamura on May 5, 2017
2. defeated Flamita on July 23, 2017
3. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on September 18th, 2017
4. defeated Genki Horiguchi on November 3rd, 2017
5. defeated K-ness on November 19th, 2017
32
Yasushi Kanda Final Gate 2017
Fukuoka, Japan
December 23, 2017 70
33 Punch Tominaga Champion Gate in Osaka 2018
Osaka, Japan
March 3, 2018 18 X. vs Yasushi Kanda ended in a no contest on March 21, 2018
The championship was vacated on March 21st, 2017 after Tominaga's title defense against Yasushi Kanda ended in a no contest.
34 Dragon Kid The Gate of Passion 2018 - Day 3
Tokyo, Japan
April 6, 2018 172 0. defeated Kagetora in a tournament final.
1. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on April 6, 2019
35 Eita Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2018
Kobe, Japan
July 22, 2018 64 1. defeated Punch Tominaga on September 9, 2018
36 Dragon Kid Dangerous Gate 2018
Tokyo, Japan
September 25, 2018 178 1. defeated Bandido on November 4, 2019
2. defeated K-ness. on March 3, 2019
37 Susumu Yokosuka Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2019
Wakayama, Japan
March 21, 2019 228 1. defeated U-T on May 6, 2019.
2. defeated Jason Lee on June 9, 2019
3. defeated Flamita on July 21, 2019
4. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on September 11, 2019
38 Kaito Ishida Gate of Destiny 2019
Osaka, Japan
November 4, 2019 1597+ 1. defeated Jason Lee on December 15, 2019
  1. When Gamma won the title, he discarded the 8 Pieces on the belt, replacing it with his own plate. He changed the name to the “Open the Gamma Gate”. He is still recognized as the 9th Brave Gate champion, but these defenses are not a part of the official Brave lineage.
  2. Dragon Gate recognizes the reign as a Dr. Muscle reign instead of a Masato Yoshino reign.
  3. The Brave Gate title belt was stolen by Naoki Tanizaki on July 17th, 2011. He made several unrecognized defenses as the “Blood Warriors Authorized Brave Gate Champion” until September 16th. PACs’ reign is considered uninterrupted.
  4. Flamita made two unofficial defenses of the title in DTU.
  5. Kzy won the championship under the Dr. Muscle mask and unmasked himself during his reign.
  6. Kagetora won the championship under the name of Jimmy Kagetora before having to revert to simply Kagetora following the Jimmyz unit disbanding.

List of combined reigns[]

Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler # of
Reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Masato Yoshino / Dr. Muscle 6 16 813
2 Dragon Kid 4 12 733
3 PAC 1 11 447
4 Eita 2 4 354
5 Genki Horiguchi / Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 3 8 343
6 Flamita 1 9 290
7 Jimmy Kagetora/Kagetora 1 4 278
8 Naruki Doi 2 5 254
9 Akira Tozawa 1 6 246
10 Susumu Yokosuka 1 4 228
11 Ricochet 1 3 169
12 Yasushi Kanda 1 2 154
13 Yosuke♥Santa Maria 1 2 141
14 Naoki Tanizaki 1 6 134
15 Kotoka 1 1 125
16 CIMA 1 3 119
17 Tigers Mask 1 3 118
18 Gamma 1 0 63
19 Super Shisa 1 1 50
20 Kzy 1 1 47
K-ness. 1 1 47
22 Kaito Ishida 1 1 1597+
23 Matt Sydal 1 1 41
24 Punch Tominaga 1 0 18
25 Anthony W. Mori 1 0 <1
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Jimmy Logo v1 Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! · Jimmy Kagetora · Jimmy Kanda · Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. · Jimmy Susumu · Ryo "Jimmy" Saito
MaxiMuM Ben-K · Big R Shimizu · Kotoka · Masato Yoshino · Naruki Doi
Over Generation CIMA · Dragon Kid · Eita · Gamma · Kaito Ishida · Mondai Ryu · Takehiro Yamamura
Tribe Vanguard BxB Hulk · Flamita · Kzy · YAMATO · Yosuke♥Santa Maria
VERZERK "brother" YASSHI · El Lindaman · Punch Tominaga · Shingo Takagi · T-Hawk · Takashi Yoshida
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Don Fujii · "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa · Hyou Watanabe · Katsumi Takashima · Keni'chiro Arai · Masaaki Mochizuki · Shachihoko BOY · Shun Skywalker · Super Shisa · U-T · Yuki Yoshioka
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