Tenryu Project

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Tenryu Project
Founded
  • 2010
  • (re-established) November 15, 2020
StylePuroresu
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Founder(s)Genichiro Tenryu
Owner(s)Genichiro Tenryu
PredecessorWrestle Association R
Websitehttps://tenryuproject2010.com

Tenryu Project (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto)[1] is an independent Japanese professional wrestling promotion. The promotion was founded by and is owned by puroresu legend Genichiro Tenryu, who has owned and operated it since its creation in 2010.[2] The Tenryu project is the successor to Tenryu's WAR promotion that ran from 1992 until 2000 as well as Tenryu's Super World of Sports (SWS) that existed from 1990 until 1992. The Tenryu Project have very few wrestlers under full-time contract and acts as a booking office for those under contract. For their shows they work with other Japanese wrestling promotions or hire freelance wrestlers to compete. After Tenryu's in-ring retirement match, Tenryu Project stopped running shows. After 5 years since Tenryu's retirement, a special Anniversary show was held in 2020 titled "Kakumei Densho".[3]

Tenryu Project was re-established with a tour in 2021 titled "Survive the Revolution".[4]

Roster[edit]

Regular roster[edit]

Ring name[5] Real name Notes
Keita Yano[6] Keita Yano Signed to Professional Wrestling Wallabee
Kengo [ja][7] Kengo Nishimura Freelancer
Kenichiro Arai[8] Kenichiro Arai Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Signed to Dragon Gate
Kohei Sato[9] Kohei Sato Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Masayuki Kono[10] Masayuki Kono Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer

Sporadic appearances[edit]

Ring name[5] Real name Notes
Fujita[11] Minoru Fujita Freelancer
Hideyoshi Kamitani[12] Hideyoshi Kamitani Signed to BJW
Hikaru Sato[13] Hiroaki Sato International Junior Heavyweight Champion
Signed to Pancrase Mission
Hub[14] Yuto Kigawa Freelancer
Jun Saito[15] Jun Saito Signed to AJPW
Kamikaze[16] Shoichi Maruyama Freelancer
Kazuki Hashimoto[17] Kazuki Hashimoto Signed to BJW
Kazumasa Yoshida[18] Kazumasa Yoshida Signed to BJW
Kikutaro[19] Mitsunobu Kikuzawa Freelancer
Kengo Mashimo[20] Kengo Mashimo Signed to 2AW
Mammoth Sasaki[21] Yoshinori Sasaki Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms
Mazada[22] Kazuhiro Masada Freelancer
Minoru Suzuki[23] Minoru Suzuki Signed to Pancrase Mission
Mizuki Watase[24] Mizuki Watase Signed to CyberFight (Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling)
Leona [ja][25] Reona Fujinami Signed to Dradition
Rei Saito[26] Rei Saito Signed to AJPW
Rey Paloma [ja][27] Jiro Kumagae Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Ricky Fuji[28] Masanori Morimura Signed to 2AW
Ryuki Honda[29] Ryuki Honda Signed to AJPW
Shigehiro Irie[30] Shigehiro Irie Freelancer
Shota[31] Shota Suzuki Signed to CyberFight (Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling)
Sushi[32] Akira Kawabata Freelancer
Takuro Niki [ja][33] Unknown International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Signed to 2AW
Tatsuhito Takaiwa[34] Tatsuhito Takaiwa Freelancer
Tatsuya Hanami [ja][35] Unknown Signed to 2AW
Toru [ja][36] Toru Matsunaga Signed to Total Triumph Team Pro-Wrestling
Towa Iwasaki[37] Towa Iwasaki Signed to Pro-Wrestling Burst
Yuya Susumu[38] Yuya Susumu Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms

Notable guests/alumni[edit]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

Current championships[edit]

As of August 16, 2023, Tenryu Project has four recognized championships, the first three revived from WAR.[39]

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Location Notes Ref.
International Junior Heavyweight Championship Yuya Susumu 1 September 21, 2023 213 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Hikaru Sato at Still Revolution Vol. 6. [40]
International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama 2
(2, 2) 		February 19, 2024 62 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Keita Yano and Yuya Susumu at Still Revolution Vol. 10. [41]
WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship

Kengo, Minoru Suzuki and "brother" Yasshi 1
(2, 1, 1) 		February 19, 2024 62 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani) and Kazuki Hashimoto at Still Revolution Vol. 10. [41]
United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Hideki Suzuki and Hikaru Sato 1
(1, 1) 		November 19, 2023 154 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Evolution (Suwama and Dan Tamura) at Ryūkon Cup III: Live For Today. [42]

Tournaments[edit]

Accomplishment Last winner(s) Date won Location Notes
Ryūkon Cup Kengo November 19, 2023 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Keita Yano in the tournament final.

Notable shows[edit]

First Show[edit]

The first show ever held under the "Tenryu Project" banner took place on April 19, 2010 in the Shinjuku Face arena in Tokyo, Japan.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Mitsuo Momota defeated Masao OriharaSingles match09:15
2Bear Fukuda defeated ChangoSingles match08:54
3Kyoko Inoue and Munenori Sawa defeated Keita Yano and Manami ToyotaTag team match14:33
4Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Susumu YokosukaThree-way match for the vacant WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship22:13
5Genichiro Tenryu and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Arashi and Dick TogoTag team match20:03

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour[edit]

Genichiro Tenryu started his retirement tour with a show at the Shin-Kiba 1st Ring arena on March 6, 2015.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Shota defeated Mitsunobu KikuzawaSingles match09:20
2Buki defeated Dragon JokerSingles match07:40
3Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Ryuji HijikataSingles match10:18
4Great Kojika and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Nosawa Rongai and Ricky FujiTag team match12:22
5Kengo (c) defeated Choden Senshi Battle RangerSingles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship12:11
6Arashi and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Kotaro Nasu and Toru SugiuraTag team match10:11
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Shinjuku[edit]

This event took place on April 3, 2015.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Ricky Fuji defeated Mitsunobu KikuzawaSingles match08:11
2Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Gamelas and Nosawa RongaiTag team match12:40
3Kengo (c) defeated KazeSingles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship11:33
4Arashi and Great Kojika defeated the Great Kabuki and Masao InoueTag team match11:51
5Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Dragon JokerSingles match16:15
6Buki, Heddi French and Ryuichi Kawakami (c) defeated Kotaro Nasu, Shota and Toru SugiuraSix-man tag team match for the Tenryu Project World Six Man Tag Team Championship17:14
7Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Sanshiro TakagiTag team match08:35
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Korakuen[edit]

This event took place at the Korakuen Hall on September 2, 2015.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Ricky Fuji and Great Kabuki defeated Great Kojika and KikutaroTag team match09:02
2Kotaru Nasu defeated Dragon JokerSingles match for the vacant UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship10:08
3Kendo Kashin and Kenichiro Arai defeated Nosawa Rongai and Yoshinari OgawaTag team match10:52
4Arashi, Kazunari Murakami and Koki Kitahara defeated Buki, Hikaru Sato and Manabu SoyaSix-man tag team match16:49
5Kuuga and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Fujita and Yuji HinoTag team match16:55
6Genichiro Tenryu and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka)Tag team match20:26

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final[edit]

November 15, 2015 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo. Last card of the promotion before the 2020 revival.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Ricky Fuji and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kikutaro and The WingerTag team match08:41
2Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko defeated Cassandra Miyagi and Meiko SatomuraTag team match09:29
3Fujita, Kuuga, Onryo, Taru and Yasu Kubota defeated Dragon Joker, Gurukun Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Ryota Chikuzen and Shigeno ShimaTen-man tag team match11:16
4Buki, Great Kabuki and Kai defeated Great Kojika, Jun Kasai and Toru SugiuraSix-man tag team match08:57
5Kendo Kashin and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Kenichiro Arai and Nosawa RongaiTag team match12:47
6Hikaru Sato, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Koki Kitahara, Kotaro Nasu and Ryuji HijikataSix-man tag team match13:08
7Arashi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Taiyo Kea and Yuto AijimaTag team match09:54
8Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Minoru Suzuki and Kazunari MurakamiTag team match13:10
9Riki Choshu and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Akitoshi Saito and Ryuichi KawakamiTag team match13:46
10Suwama and Yuji Okabayashi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Daisuke SekimotoTag team match18:54
11Kazuchika Okada defeated Genichiro TenryuSingles match (Tenryu's retirement match)17:27

Revolutionary Tradition: Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary[edit]

Held on November 15, 2020 at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

No.Results[43]StipulationsTimes[43]
1Great Kojika and Masao Inoue defeated Ricky Fuji and Shota by submissionTag team match11:08
2Onryo defeated Kenichiro Arai by pinfallSingles match8:50
3Ryuji Hijikata and Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Hideyoshi Kamitani and Dash Chisako by technical knockoutTag team match12:50
4Hideki Suzuki and Yuya Susumu defeated Masayuki Kono and Kotaro Nasu by pinfallTag team match11:19
5Hikaru Sato, Yuji Hino and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Minoru Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo and Kengo by submissionSix-man tag team match23:57
6Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kazuchika Okada ended in a drawTalk battle34:43

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tenryu Project - Results
  2. ^ Tenryu Project - Active promotion in the Asia region
  3. ^ "Tenryu Project Kakumei Densho ~ Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary". Cagematch. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Tenryu Project Survive The Revolution Vol. 1". Cagematch. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b 選手紹介 [Team Members List]. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). August 13, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  6. ^ 矢野 啓太 [Keita Yano]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  7. ^ 拳剛 [Kengo]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  8. ^ 新井 健一郎 [Kenichiro Arai]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  9. ^ 佐藤耕平 [Kohei Sato]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  10. ^ 河野真幸 [Masayuki Kono]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  11. ^ FUJITA [Fujita]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  12. ^ 神谷 英慶 [Hideyoshi Kamitani]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  13. ^ 佐藤 光留 [Hikaru Satoh]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  14. ^ HUB [Hub]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  15. ^ 斉藤 ジュン [Jun Saito]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  16. ^ KAMIKAZE [Kamikaze]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  17. ^ 橋本 和樹 [Kazuki Hashimoto]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  18. ^ 吉田 和正 [Kazumasa Yoshida]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  19. ^ 菊タロー [Kikutaro]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  20. ^ 真霜 拳號 [Kengo Mashimo]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  21. ^ マンモス佐々木 [Mammoth Sasaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  22. ^ MAZADA [Mazada]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  23. ^ 鈴木 みのる [Minoru Suzuki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  24. ^ 渡瀬 瑞基 [Mizuki Watase]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  25. ^ LEONA [Leona]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  26. ^ 斉藤 レイ [Rei Saito]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  27. ^ レイパロマ [Rey Paloma]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  28. ^ リッキー・フジ [Ricky Fuji]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  29. ^ 本田 竜輝 [Ryuki Honda]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  30. ^ 入江 茂弘 [Shigehiro Irie]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  31. ^ 翔太 [Shota]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  32. ^ SUSHI [Sushi]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  33. ^ 仁木 琢郎 [Takuro Niki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  34. ^ 高岩 竜一 [Tatsuhito Takaiwa]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  35. ^ 花見 達也 [Tatsuya Hanami]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  36. ^ TORU [Toru]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  37. ^ 岩﨑 永遠 [Towa Iwasaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  38. ^ 進 祐哉 [Yuya Susumu]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  39. ^ 王座遍歴 [Championships History]. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  40. ^ IJシングル（インターナショナルジュニアヘビー級）. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  41. ^ a b Saalbach, Axel. "Tenryu Project Still Revolution Vol. 10". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  42. ^ 「俺たちが合体技をするのはSNSだけだ！」鈴木秀樹＆佐藤光留が諏訪魔との因縁対決を制しUNタッグ王座戴冠！. battle-news.com (in Japanese). November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  43. ^ a b 「天龍プロジェクトpresents革命伝承～天龍源一郎引退5周年記念大会～」試合結果. tenryu-genichiro.jp (in Japanese). November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

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