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| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Professional wrestling Streaming media |
| Founder(s) | Susumu Fujita |
| Headquarters | Shirotori Building, 1F, 2-1-2 Shinjuku-ku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Yasuo Okamoto (Representative director and President) Sanshiro Takagi (Director and Vice-president) Naomichi Marufuji (Director and Vice-president) Airhiro Takeda (Director) Akito (Director) |
| Products | Television
Publishing Merchandise Home Video Video-on-Demand Streaming network service |
| Services | Licensing |
| Net income |  ¥104 million (2023)
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| Total assets |  ¥291 million (2023)
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| Total equity | ¥1.542 billion (2023)
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| Parent | CyberAgent |
| Divisions | Pro Wrestling NOAH DDT Pro-Wrestling Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Wrestle Universe |
| Website | Official Japanese Website |
CyberFight Co. Ltd, known simply as CyberFight (CF), is an Japanese professional wrestling conglomerate based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of the CyberAgent internet advertising company.
Following the surge in the popularity of professional wrestling in Japan in 2017, Japanese Internet advertising company CyberAgent acquired all shares of DDT Pro-Wrestling in September 2017, which was followed by Pro Wrestling NOAH in January 2020. In May, CyberAgent launched the Wrestle Universe streaming service, which included DDT and Noah's on-demand programming from both promotion's archives.
The conglomerate itself was founded on July 26, 2020, by CyberAgent as part of a merge between DDT Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH alongside DDT's sub-brands Ganbare☆Wrestling and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling as result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both DDT and Noah operating as separate brands within CyberFight.
History[]
Foundation and acquisitions of DDT Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH (2017–2020)[]
Following the surge in the popularity of professional wrestling in Japan in 2017, on September 1, 2017, internet advertising company CyberAgent purchased all shares of DDT Pro-Wrestling from Sanshiro Takagi. Afterwards, CyberAgent increased focus on production and advertising to increase the popularity of the promotion through their social networks such as Abema TV.
On January 28, 2020, Tokyo Sports reported that LIDET Entertainment had sold all shares of Pro Wrestling NOAH to CyberAgent Inc., becoming one of its subsidiaries alongside DDT Pro-Wrestling. Negotiations between Noah Global Entertainment's President Narihiro Takeda, and CyberAgent, began in November 2019, due to Noah's financial struggles, with the deal taking took one month to complete the deal. The following day, Noah alongside DDT's president Sanshiro Takagi formally announced the acquisition. In March, Noah began streaming their events on DDT's internet streaming service DDT Universe, leading to the creation of the Wrestle Universe in May, which included Noah becoming CyberAgent's new streaming service. During this time, both DDT and its sub-brands and Noah began canceling events due to restrictions made by the Japanese government regarding the 2019-20 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Afterwards, both DDT and Noah began holding shows behind closed doors and relocated all of their programmings to an empty TV studio, with the shows being streamed in the Wrestle Universe.
Establishment (2020–Present)[]
On July 27, during a press conference, it was announced that Noah and DDT alongside DDT's sub-brands Ganbare☆Wrestling and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling would be merging into a new company, "CyberFight", which would go into effect on September 1. Despite the merging, it was announced that both would continue to operate as separate brands within CyberFight similar to WWE's brand extension, while the management of both promotions also remained unchanged. Noah and DDT's president Sanshiro Takagi revealed that the merging of both promotions was a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to streamline costs. Takagi also established a plan to overtake New Japan Pro-Wrestling as the largest promotion in Japan, which would include holding a show at the Tokyo Dome. As part of the plan, CyberFight lanuched a campaign to expand Pro Wrestling NOAH's social networks such as Twitter and YouTube, with an expect of growth 100,000 followers by the end of June 2021.
On February 25, 2021, CyberFight president Sanshiro Takagi, CyberFight's executive vice-presidents Akito and Naomichi Marufuji, Ganbare☆Puroresu representitive Ken Ohka and Tokyo Joshi-Pro Wrestling representive Tetsuya Koda held a press conference, announcing that the four brands would be coming together to promote a event the CyberFight Festival on June 6 at the Saitama Super Arena, with the tree main championships of CyberFight, DDT's KO-D Openweight Championship, NOAH's GHC Heavyweight Championship, Tokyo Joshi's Princess of Princess Championship being defended at the event.
On January 11, 2022, CyberFight a second edition of CyberFight Festival event on June 12 at the Saitama Super Arena, which would become an annual pay-per-view (PPV) held by CyberFight.
On December 15, 2023, the four brands of CyberFight were announced as founding members of the United Japan Pro-Wrestling Alliance alliance, a joint effort to further develop and improve the professional wrestling economy in Japan through promotion and organization, with Seiji Sakaguchi being named as the chairman of the project.
On January 31, 2024, a press conference was held to announce Ganbare☆Puroresu would become independent from CyberFight at the end of March, with the final GanPro event under the CyberFight umbrella to be held on March 28. On May 16, in a press conference, it was announced that Yasuo Okamoto would take over as new president of all promotions within CyberFight and Sanshiro Takagi and Naomichi Marufuji would serve, as duo vice-presidents. Okamoto also stated that he was focused on strengthening the relationship between all the promotions and WWE, since they were broadcasted in Japan on "ABEMA", which was owned by CyberAgent, and that he began negotiations to boost CyberFight's exposure. He also sought to acquire new corporate sponsors and further strengthening all live broadcasts on ABEMA.
Broadcasters[]
Domestic:
- Fighting TV Samurai (currently broadcasting live specials, retrospective shows)
- Abema (online linear television service, live-streaming episodes of DDT Pro Wrestling Banzai and NOAH TV matches)
Worldwide:
- Wrestle Universe (streaming service, broadcasting shows live, as well as on-demand classic, from DDT, NOAH, and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling)
- FITE TV (2020–2022, streaming service, broadcasting most NOAH and DDT's big shows live, as well as on-demand classic)
Championships[]
DDT Pro-Wrestling[]
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Days held | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KO-D Openweight Championship | Yuji Hino | January 29, 2023 | 679+ | Tokyo |
| KO-D Tag Team Championship | The37KAMIINA (MAO and Shunma Katsumata) |
January 3, 2022 | 705+ | |
| KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship | Burning (Kotaro Suzuki, Tetsuya Endo and Yusuke Okada) |
December 29, 2022 | 710+ | |
| KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship | MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima, Yuki Ueno and Shinya Aoki | June 25, 2022 | 897+ | Yokohama |
| DDT Extreme Division Championship | Jun Akiyama | December 4, 2022 | 735+ | Tokyo |
| DDT Universal Championship | Naruki Doi | January 13, 2023 | 695+ | |
| Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship | Saki Akai | November 22, 2022 | 747+ | |
| Omori Dream Fair Championship | Soma Takao | November 27 2022 | 1472+ |
Pro Wrestling NOAH[]
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHC Heavyweight Championship | Kaito Kiyomiya | 1 | May 4, 2024 | 218+ |
| GHC National Championship | HAYATA | 1 | April 11, 2024 | 241+ |
| GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | Daga | 1 | November 4, 2023 | 400+ |
| GHC Tag Team Championship | Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura | 3 (9/10) |
June 16, 2024 | 175+ |
| GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | Eita and Shuji Kondo | 1 (3/2) |
June 9, 2024 | 182+ |
| GHC Hardcore Championship | Shuji Ishikawa | 1 | May 4, 2024 | 218+ |
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling[]
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Days held | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess of Princess Championship | Yuka Sakazaki | October 9, 2022 | 791+ | Tokyo |
| International Princess Championship | Miu Watanabe | |||
| Princess Tag Team Championship | Reiwa Ban AA Cannon (Saki Akai and Yuki Arai) |
July 9, 2022 | 883+ |
Brands[]
CyberFight runs several brands and subsidiaries, regularly experimenting with the different ways wrestling can be done and presented.
Current[]
| Brand name | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DDT Pro-Wrestling | 1997–present | The promotion was acquired by CyberAgent in 2017 |
| Pro Wrestling NOAH | 2000–present | The promotion was acquired by CyberAgent in 2020 |
| Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling | 2012–present | The promotion was acquired by CyberAgent in 2017 |
Former[]
| Brand name | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ganbare☆Puroresu | 2013–2024 | The promotion was acquired by CyberAgent in 2017 and became independent in May 2024 |