KO-D Openweight Championship

The KO-D Openweight Championship is the top singles championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. "KO-D" is the acronym of DDT's governing body, the King of DDT. The title was introduced on April 19, 2000, after Masao Orihara defeated Sanshiro Takagi to become the first champion.

Overview
Throughout the history of the championship, the title was vancated twice. The first time was after Nosawa was stripped of the title by the DDT Commissioner for not being appropriate as a champion. The second time was when Dick Togo suffered a tailbone injury. Antonio Honda then became the provisional champion. Togo then defeated Hondo in a unification match to become the undisputed champion. When the title was first created, all title matches had no time limit established but DDT eventually changed the rule over to a more traditional 60 minute time limit.

Overall, there have been 60 reigns shared among 31 wrestlers. Title changes happen at DDT-promoted events. Two non-Japanese wrestlers have held the title. The inaugural champion was Masao Orihara winning the title on April 19, 2000. Over his 9 reigns, HARASHIMA successfully defended the title 28 times, the most of any champion. The youngest champion is Konosuke Takeshita with 22 years old and he his the only champion with most successfull title defense that are 9 and he his the longest reigning champion with + days.

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