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King of Gate
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Standard King of Gate logo
Information
Current Winner(s) Kota Minoura (1st win)
Most Victories Masato Yoshino (2 wins)
Promotion(s) Dragon Gate (DG)
First event 2005
Last event 2023
Tournament gimmick Round-robin tournament to determine the strongest wrestler

The King of Gate (キング・オブ・ゲート, Kingu obu Gēto) is an annual tournament held in Dragon Gate. It's designed to determine the strongest wrestler of the year. It is the successor of El Numero Uno from Toryumon Japan. Where El Numero Uno was a round-robin tournament, King of Gate used the single-elimination format and it was originally used at the end of the year, that took place at the December shows following a hiatus in 2009 due to the Generation Warfare, the tournament was moved to Spring in 2010.

In 2016 Dragon Gate adopted a new system and it is a Round Robin tournament that is consisted of four blocks, with two points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a double count-out, and none for a loss. The wrestler finishing atop the points standings in the four blocks advance to the knockout stage, where the winner is determined in a head-to-head match. Matches in the King of Gate have a 20-minute time limit.

In the below results, (C) signifies the Open The Dream Gate Champion at the time of each tournament. Usually, the winners of the tournament earn a shot at the title, assuming they are not already the champions.

For the round-robin tournaments in the King of Gate:

     – winners of each block;
     – losers of each block.

List of Winners[]

Year Winner Total Won
2005 Ryo Saito 1
2006 Masaaki Mochizuki
2007 Gamma
2008 Naruki Doi
2010 Shingo Takagi
2011 BxB Hulk
2012 Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!
2013 Ricochet
2014 Jimmy Susumu
2015 Masato Yoshino
2016 YAMATO
2017 T-Hawk
2018 Masato Yoshino 2
2019 Ben-K 1
2020 Eita
2021 Kzy
2022 Yuki Yoshioka
2023 Kota Minoura

History[]

The tournament was formed in 2005 by Dragon Gate, following the Toryumon Japan split from Dragon Gate. It is the successor of El Numero Uno from Toryumon Japan. Where El Numero Uno was a round-robin tournament, King of Gate used the single-elimination format and it was originally used at the end of the year, that took place at the December shows. The winner, assuming they are not already the champion, receives an opportunity to wrestle for the Open The Dream Gate Championship not long after the tournament is over.

The King of Gate tournament had often been used as a platform for Dragon Gate to push their rising stars. Past winners include Ryo Saito, Naruki Doi, Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk and YAMATO and others who have gone on to become wrestling superstars. Dick Togo became the first outsider to participate in the tournament and Austin Aries became the first gaijin to participate in the tournament. The 2007 tournament ended in controversy when Gamma was declared the winner by default due to CIMA's inability to continue after taking numerous kicks to the groin. Dragon Kid, who himself lost to Gamma by less than honorable means, demanded a rematch with Gamma and won, though he is not recognized as the winner of the tournament. In the 2008 tournament, Shingo Takagi was scheduled to participate but decided to pull out as he was the reigning Open The Dream Gate Champion at the time. His spot would be filled by outsider Madoka, who won a battle royal. Following a hiatus in 2009 due to the Generation Warfare, the tournament was moved to Spring in 2010. In the 2012 edition of the tournament, CIMA was scheduled to participate but agreed to pull out and be replaced by Eita Kobayashi, who wanted to enter the tournament as his prize for winning the King of Chop tournament.

The only wrestlers who won the Open The Dream Gate Championship after winning the King of Gate were Ryo Saito, Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, YAMATO, Ben-K and Eita. Most of the times, the winners of the King of Gate after winning the tournament failed to win the Open The Dream Gate Championship.

Since 2012 the winners of the King of Gate would receive their Open The Dream Gate Championship title shot at the Champion Gate In Hakata until 2015. In 2016 it was moved for the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival PPV. In 2016 Dragon Gate adopted a new system and it is a Round Robin tournament that is consisted of four blocks, covering twenty shows. During the round-robin portion, a win is worth two points, a draw is worth one, and a loss zero; all matches have a 20-minute time limit, if the matches ended in a double count-out none of the wrestlers receive any points. In the 2018 edition of the tournament, Masaaki Mochizuki was scheduled to participate but instead decided to pull out of the tournament due to being the Open the Dream Gate Champion and instead decided a Young Generation wrestler to participate in his place, and decided to defend the title on the June 10. The Young Generation wrestler who replaced Mochizuki ended up being Shun Skywalker. On June 9, Masato Yoshino defeated YAMATO in the finals to become the first wrestler to win the King of Gate for a second time.

In the 2019 edition of the tournament, PAC was pulled out of the tournament due to being the reigning Open The Dream Gate Champion. In 2019, it was announced that the winner would be to determine the strongest wrestler in the promotion.

In the 2020 edition of the tournament, Dragon Gate changed the system from a round-robin tournament to a singles elimination tournament, with the final semifinal spot being decided in a battle royal from a wrestler that was eliminated in the tournament. It was also announced that the reigning Open The Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi would participate in the tournament. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan, the tournament would be held in an empty arena, with the tournament also being aired in tape delay.

Results[]

2005[]

The first King of Gate tournament took place over the course of five days from December 23-25, 2005. Virtually every member of the Dragon Gate roster participated, so a select few were given byes into the second round.

  First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                               
 Dragon Kid Pin  
 Daniel Mishima 8:49  
   Dragon Kid Pin  
   Naruki Doi 9:56  
 Naruki Doi Pin
 Johnson Florida 6:48  
   Dragon Kid Pin  
   Susumu Yokosuka 22:00  
 K-ness Pin  
 Susumu Yokosuka 25:20  
   Susumu Yokosuka Pin
   Don Fujii 20:11  
 Don Fujii Bye
 - -  
   Sususmu Yokosuka Pin  
   CIMA 14:45  
 Magnitude Kishiwada (C) Pin  
 Anthony W. Mori 8:11  
   Anthony W. Mori Forf
   Kenichiro Arai  
 Kenichiro Arai Bye
 - -  
   Kenichiro Arai Sub
   CIMA 10:56  
 CIMA Sub  
 Naoki Tanizaki 13:02  
   CIMA Sub
   Michael Iwasa 8:02  
 Michael Iwasa Bye
 - -  
 Susumu Yokosuka Pin
 Ryo Saito 30:00
 Shingo Takagi Pin  
 Masato Yoshino 16:21  
   Shingo Takagi Pin  
   Super Shisa 6:14  
 Super Shisa Bye
 - -  
   Shingo Takagi Pin  
   BxB Hulk 12:30  
 Stalker Ichikawa NC  
 Shachihoko Machine 2:34  
   - -
   BxB Hulk Bye  
 BxB Hulk Bye
 - -  
   Shingo Takagi Pin
   Ryo Saito 9:36  
 Masaaki Mochizuki Pin  
 Magnum Tokyo 16:56  
   Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
   Katsuo 3:53  
 Katsuo Bye
 - -  
   Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
   Ryo Saito 19:30  
 Genki Horiguchi Pin  
 Tozawa 4:31  
   Genki Horiguchi Pin
   Ryo Saito 1:10  
 Jackson Florida Sub
 Ryo Saito 7:34  

2006[]

The second King of Gate tournament took place over the course of four days from December 10-22, 2006. Dragon Kid and Shingo Takagi were scheduled to participate in the tournament but Kid was hospitalized for appendicitis and Takagi was in an excursion in the United States. The number of participants was diminished with only Ryo Saito, last year's winner, receiving an automatic bye into the second round. Dick Togo became the first outsider to participate in the tournament. Kouji Shishido won a fan vote to be included in the tournament.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
   BxB Hulk Pin  
   Yasushi Kanda 6:10  
     BxB Hulk Pin  
 
     Gamma 10:45  
   CIMA Pin
   Gamma 11:14  
     Gamma Pin  
     Ryo Saito 11:15  
   Genki Horiguchi Pin  
   Masato Yoshino 8:07  
     Masato Yoshino Pin
 
     Ryo Saito 12:07  
   Ryo Saito Bye
   -    
     Ryo Saito Pin
     Masaaki Mochizuki 17:21
   Naruki Doi Pin  
   Kouji Shishido 6:39  
     Naruki Doi Pin
 
     Masaaki Mochizuki 13:02  
   Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
   Susumu Yokosuka 18:49  
     Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
     Dick Togo 15:00  
   Anthony W. Mori Pin  
   Dick Togo 7:49  
     Dick Togo Pin
 
     Don Fujii (C) 17:10  
   Don Fujii (C) Pin
   Magnitude Kishiwada 13:33  

2007[]

The third King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of seven days from December 1-9, 2007. The previous year's winner, Masaaki Mochizuki, no longer received an automatic bye into the second round. Austin Aries became the first gaijin to participate in the tournament. The tournament ended in controversy when Gamma was declared the winner by default due to CIMA's inability to continue after taking numerous kicks to the groin. Dragon Kid, who himself lost to Gamma by less than honorable means, demanded a rematch with Gamma and won, though he is not recognized as the winner of the tournament.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
   Masato Yoshino Pin  
   Susumu Yokosuka 19:55  
     Susumu Yokosuka Pin  
 
     Dragon Kid 18:24  
   Shingo Takagi Pin
   Dragon Kid 17:35  
     Dragon Kid Pin  
     Gamma 3:46  
   Gamma Pin  
   Anthony W. Mori 5:39  
     Gamma Pin
 
     BxB Hulk 11:06  
   BxB Hulk Pin
   Ryo Saito 14:28  
     Gamma Stop
     CIMA (C) 10:58
   CIMA (C) Pin  
   Don Fujii 20:19  
     CIMA (C) Pin
 
     Austin Aries 14:56  
   Naruki Doi Sub
   Austin Aries 19:17  
     CIMA (C) Sub
     Masaaki Mochizuki 16:01  
   Masaaki Mochizuki Pin  
   Yasushi Kanda 8:46  
     Masaaki Mochizuki Sub
 
     Cyber Kong 12:27  
   Keni'chiro Arai Pin
   Cyber Kong 10:35  

2008[]

The fourth King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of six days from December 2-19, 2008. Shingo Takagi was scheduled to participate, but decided to pull out as he was the reigning Open The Dream Gate Champion at the time. His spot would be filled by outsider Madoka, who won a battle royal on November 29 to earn an entry. Masato Yoshino was scheduled to participate in the tournament. However, a match was made before the tournament even started between Veteran-gun (Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii and Magnitude Kishiwada) against Real Hazard (Gamma, Genki Horiguchi and Yasushi Kanda). If Veteran-gun won, Kishiwada would participate in the tournament and if Real Hazard won Kanda was going to participate in the tournament. Kishiwada won so he got Yoshino´s place. Naruki Doi the winner of the tournament went on defeating Shingo Takagi to win the Open The Dream Gate Championship, becoming the first wrestler to doing so. Ryo Saito was legitimately injured his right arm during his first round match with BxB Hulk. It was severe enough for the referee to call the match. Naoki Tanizaki's ring out loss to Don Fujii in the second round was caused by an intrusion from Cyber Kong.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
   Cyber Kong Pin  
   Madoka 6:35  
     Madoka Pin  
 
     Magnitude Kishiwada 10:38  
   Susumu Yokosuka Pin
   Magnitude Kishiwada 13:02  
     Magnitude Kishiwada Pin  
     Masaaki Mochizuki 9:39  
   Taku Iwasa Pin  
   Anthony W. Mori 13:47  
     Taku Iwasa Pin
 
     Masaaki Mochizuki 14:24  
   Masaaki Mochizuki Sub
   Gamma 7:52  
     Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
     Naruki Doi 16:30
   Dragon Kid Pin  
   Naruki Doi 20:57  
     Naruki Doi Pin
 
     BxB Hulk 20:29  
   Ryo Saito Stop
   BxB Hulk 11:05  
     Naruki Doi Sub
     Don Fujii 9:59  
   YAMATO Sub  
   Don Fujii 9:56  
     Don Fujii Ringout
 
     Naoki Tanizaki 3:45  
   Naoki Tanizaki Sub
   Genki Horiguchi 11:11  

2010[]

The fifth King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of five days from April 3-14, 2010. While he was a part-time member of the Dragon Gate roster at the time, Takuya Sugawara was still listed as an outsider.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
   KAGETORA Pin  
   Dragon Kid 10:29  
     Dragon Kid Pin  
 
     Gamma 12:42  
   Naruki Doi Pin
   Gamma 13:26  
     Dragon Kid Pin  
     Masato Yoshino 10:25  
   CIMA Sub  
   Masato Yoshino 18:25  
     Masato Yoshino Pin
 
     Masaaki Mochizuki 18:29  
   YAMATO (C) Pin
   Masaaki Mochizuki 20:19  
     Dragon Kid Pin
     Shingo Takagi 15:52
   Don Fujii Pin  
   Genki Horiguchi 9:23  
     Genki Horiguchi Pin
 
     Shingo Takagi 8:31  
   Shingo Takagi Pin
   Takuya Sugawara 10:05  
     Shingo Takagi Pin
     BxB Hulk 16:06  
   BxB Hulk Pin  
   Cyber Kong 5:46  
     BxB Hulk Pin
 
     K-ness. 12:32  
   K-ness Pin
   Susumu Yokosuka 21:49  

2011[]

The sixth King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of six days from May 12-21, 2011. The winner of this year King of Gate BxB Hulk didn't immediately received his opportunity for the Open The Dream Gate Championship due to the champion Masaaki Mochizuki giving his opportunity to Yasushi Kanda (who Hulk defeated in the finals to win the tournament). Hulk would receive his championship shot at the Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival after joining Blood Warriors. Hulk would fail to beat Mochizuki for the title.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
   Masato Yoshino Pin  
   Yasushi Kanda 11:54  
     Yasuhi Kanda Pin  
 
     Dragon Kid 10:41  
   PAC Pin
   Dragon Kid 11:54  
     Yasushi Kanda Pin  
     Masaaki Mochizuki (C) 10:37  
   Gamma Pin  
   Cyber Kong 12:17  
     Cyber Kong Pin
 
     Masaaki Mochizuki (C) 15:22  
   Shingo Takagi KO
   Masaaki Mochizuki (C) 18:16  
     Yasushi Kanda Pin
     BxB Hulk 14:04
   Don Fujii Pin  
   YAMATO 7:36  
     YAMATO Pin
 
     CIMA 18:53  
   CIMA Pin
   Susumu Yokosuka 14:53  
     CIMA Pin
     BxB Hulk 7:10  
   Ryo Saito Pin  
   Genki Horiguchi 16:33  
     Ryo Saito Pin
 
     BxB Hulk 11:27  
   Naruki Doi Pin
   BxB Hulk 18:31  

2012[]

The seventh King of Gate Tournament will take place over the course of six days from May 10-19, 2012. CIMA was scheduled to participate but agreed to pull out and be replaced by Eita Kobayashi, who wanted to enter the tournament as his prize for winning the King of Chop tournament on April 19, 2012.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
   Jimmy Susumu Pin  
   Dragon Kid 13:26  
     Dragon Kid Pin  
 
     YAMATO 14:47  
   YAMATO Sub
   Shingo Takagi 13:01  
     Dragon Kid Pin  
     Akira Tozawa 13:23  
   Akira Tozawa Pin  
   Naruki Doi 15:30  
     Akira Tozawa Pin
 
     Masato Yoshino 14:45  
   Masato Yoshino Sub
   BxB Hulk 18:40  
     Akira Tozawa Pin
     Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 18:08
   Eita Kobayashi Pin  
   Kzy 8:13  
     Eita Kobayashi Pin
 
     Masaaki Mochizuki 11:11  
   Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
   Jimmy Kanda 11:18  
     Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
     Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 11:02  
   Don Fujii Pin  
   Mondai Ryu 3:43  
     Don Fujii Pin
 
     Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 10:49  
   Cyber Kong Pin
   Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 9:43  

2013[]

The 2013 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen man tournament, took take place from May 10 to May 25, covering seven shows. Ricochet was the first wrestler to win the tournament in his first attempt. He would then unsuccessfully challenge CIMA for the Open The Dream Gate Championship.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
 Don Fujii Pin  
 Kotoka 6:23  
   Don Fujii 14:40  
 
   YAMATO Pin  
 Masaaki Mochizuki 15:48
 YAMATO Pin  
   YAMATO 14:44  
   Shingo Takagi Pin  
 BxB Hulk 24:23  
 Shingo Takagi Pin  
   Shingo Takagi Pin
 
   Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 11:25  
 Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Pin
 Rich Swann 7:29  
   Shingo Takagi 18:42
   Ricochet Pin
 Dragon Kid Pin  
 Naruki Doi 15:11  
   Dragon Kid 21:24
 
   Jimmy Susumu Pin  
 Jimmy Susumu Pin
 Uhaa Nation 8:45  
   Jimmy Susumu 10:55
   Ricochet Pin  
 Akira Tozawa 12:39  
 Masato Yoshino Pin  
   Masato Yoshino 15:18
 
   Ricochet Pin  
 Ricochet Pin
 Ryo "Jimmy" Saito 10:48  

2014[]

The 2014 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen man tournament, took take place from May 9 to May 31, covering nine shows. Five days before the tournament started Ryotsu Shimizu defeated U-T and Chihiro Tominaga to have the right to participate in the tournament. The winner of the tournament Jimmy Susumu would fail to defeat the Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO in the Champion Gate in Hataka.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
 BxB Hulk Pin  
 Naruki Doi 9:04  
   BxB Hulk Pin  
 
   Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 7:58  
 Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Pin
 YAMATO (C) 14:13  
   BxB Hulk 15:46  
   T-Hawk Pin  
 T-Hawk Pin  
 Akira Tozawa 17:35  
   T-Hawk Pin
 
   Masato Yoshino 13:48  
 Eita 12:38
 Masato Yoshino Sub  
   T-Hawk 20:14
   Jimmy Susumu Pin
 Jimmy Susumu Pin  
 Cyber Kong 3:56  
   Jimmy Susumu Pin
 
   Masaaki Mochizuki 18:37  
 Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
 Jimmy Kagetora 14:25  
   Jimmy Susumu Pin
   Shingo Takagi 16:20  
 Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin Pin  
 Jimmy Kanda 6:31  
   Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin 13:41
 
   Shingo Takagi Pin  
 Shingo Takagi Pin
 Ryotsu Shimizu 9:46  

2015[]

The 2015 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen man tournament, took take place from May 8 to May 30, covering seven shows. T-Hawk was the only wrestler to get into the finals of the King of Gate tournament. Masato Yoshino defeated the Open The Dream Gate Champion BxB Hulk to get into to the finals and then defeated T-Hawk to win the tournament. Yoshino would then defeat Hulk to win the Open The Dream Gate Championship ending Hulk's reign for almost a year that Hulk won the title. Yoshino would then defend Open The Dream Gate Champion against T-Hawk at the Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival.

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                     
 T-Hawk Pin  
 YAMATO 24:38  
   T-Hawk Pin  
 
   Naruki Doi 12:29  
 Naruki Doi Pin
 CIMA 10:03  
   T-Hawk Pin  
   BxB Hulk (c) 21:26  
 BxB Hulk (C) Pin  
 Ryo "Jimmy" Saito 15:03  
   BxB Hulk (C) Pin
 
   Akira Tozawa 17:32  
 Akira Tozawa Pin
 Shingo Takagi 18:38  
   T-Hawk 25:15
   Masato Yoshino Pin
 Masato Yoshino Pin  
 Dragon Kid 13:43  
   Masato Yoshino Pin
 
   Big R Shimizu 8:58  
 Big R Shimizu 14:36
 Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Pin  
   Masato Yoshino Pin
   Masaaki Mochizuki 12:20  
 Jimmy Susumu 9:38  
 Masaaki Mochizuki Pin  
   Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
 
   Shachihoko BOY 9:22  
 Cyber Kong 9:04
 Shachihoko BOY Pin  


2016[]

The 2016 King of Gate tournament was a round-robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and took place from May 8 to June 12, covering twenty shows. On block A the match between Shingo Takagi and Punch Tominaga ended in a time limit draw due to a double count out so neither Takagi or Tominaga received points. On block B Eita and Akira Tozawa were tied with 7 points and on June 11 Tozawa defeated Eita to pass to the semifinals. The winner of the tournament YAMATO went on defeating Shingo Takagi at the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival to win the Open The Dream Gate Championship for the fourth time.

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C Block D
YAMATO 6 Akira Tozawa 7 Masaaki Mochizuki 7 Big R Shimizu 8
Jimmy Kanda 5 Eita 7 T-Hawk 6 Masato Yoshino 7
Kzy 5 CIMA 6 Dragon Kid 6 Gamma 6
Shingo Takagi (C) 5 Jimmy Susumu 6 Ryo "Jimmy" Saito 5 Naruki Doi 4
Don Fujii 4 Yosuke♥Santa Maria 4 Kotoka 4 Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 4
Punch Tominaga 2 Mondai Ryu 0 Cyber Kong 2 El Lindaman 1
Block A Shingo Takagi YAMATO Don Fujii Jimmy Kanda Kzy Punch Tominaga
Shingo Takagi X Takagi
(17:11)
Draw
(20:00)
Takagi
(13:22)
Kzy
(15:28)
Double Countout
(14:26)
YAMATO Takagi
(17:11)
X Fujii
(12:11)
YAMATO
(10:06)
YAMATO
(13:28)
YAMATO
(6:55)
Don Fujii Draw
(20:00)
Fujii
(12:11)
X Kanda
(8:50)
Kzy
(10:26)
Fujii
(13:24)
Jimmy Kanda Takagi
(13:22)
YAMATO
(10:06)
Kanda
(8:50)
X Kanda
(9:09)
Draw
(20:00)
Kzy Kzy
(15:28)
YAMATO
(13:28)
Kzy
(10:26)
Kanda
(9:09)
X Draw
(20:00)
Punch Tominaga Double Countout
(14:26)
YAMATO
(6:55)
Fujii
(13:24)
Draw
(20:00)
Draw
(20:00)
X
Block B CIMA Jimmy Susumu Akira Tozawa Eita Yosuke♥Santa Maria Mondai Ryu
CIMA X Susumu
(16:39)
CIMA
(16:03)
Eita
(11:39)
CIMA
(13:08)
CIMA
(0:14)
Jimmy Susumu Susumu
(16:39)
X Tozawa
(19:03)
Eita
(17:38)
Susumu
(13:56)
Susumu
(8:28)
Akira Tozawa CIMA
(16:03)
Tozawa
(19:03)
X Draw
(20:00)
Tozawa
(9:52)
Tozawa
(6:50)
Eita Eita
(11:39)
Eita
(17:38)
Draw
(20:00)
X Santa Maria
(10:19)
Eita
(2:31)
Yosuke♥Santa Maria CIMA
(13:08)
Susumu
(13:56)
Tozawa
(9:52)
Santa Maria
(10:19)
X Santa Maria
(6:18)
Mondai Ryu CIMA
(0:14)
Susumu
(8:28)
Tozawa
(6:50)
Eita
(2:31)
Santa Maria
(6:18)
X
Block C T-Hawk Ryo "Jimmy" Saito Masaaki Mochizuki Dragon Kid Cyber Kong Kotoka
T-Hawk X T-Hawk
(15:45)
Mochizuki
(10:43)
T-Hawk
(9:18)
T-Hawk
(12:34)
Kotoka
(8:05)
Ryo "Jimmy" Saito T-Hawk
(15:45)
X Draw
(20:00)
Saito
(15:00)
Kong
(6:28)
Saito
(3:45)
Masaaki Mochizuki Mochizuki
(10:43)
Draw
(20:00)
X Kid
(11:33)
Mochizuki
(12:33)
Mochizuki
(8:12)
Dragon Kid T-Hawk
(9:18)
Saito
(15:00)
Kid
(11:33)
X Kid
(9:20)
Kid
(10:49)
Cyber Kong T-Hawk
(12:34)
Kong
(6:28)
Mochizuki
(12:33)
Kid
(9:20)
X Kotoka
(5:30)
Kotoka Kotoka
(8:05)
Saito
(3:45)
Mochizuki
(8:12)
Kid
(10:49)
Kotoka
(5:30)
X
Block D Masato Yoshino Naruki Doi Gamma Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Big R Shimizu El Lindaman
Masato Yoshino X Yoshino (16:45) Yoshino (8:43) H.A.Gee.Mee!!
(8:20)
Yoshino
(10:46)
Draw
(20:00)
Naruki Doi Yoshino
(16:45)
X Gamma
(7:54)
Doi
(11:21)
Shimizu
(15:20)
Doi
(9:44)
Gamma Yoshino
(8:43)
Gamma
(7:54)
X Gamma
(6:13)
Shimizu
(4:34)
Gamma
(7:49)
Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! H.A.Gee.Mee
(8:20)
Doi
(11:21)
Gamma
(6:13)
X Shimizu
(8:29)
H.A.Gee.Mee
(7:21)
Big R Shimizu Yoshino
(10:46)
Shimizu
(15:20)
Shimizu
(4:34)
Shimizu
(8:29)
X Shimizu
(4:43)
El Lindaman Draw
(20:00)
Doi
(9:44)
Gamma
(7:49)
H.A.Gee.Mee!!
(7:21)
Shimizu
(4:43)
X
  Playoff Semifinals Final
                           
     
   
  A1  YAMATO Pin  
    B1  Akira Tozawa 18:53  
B1  Akira Tozawa Pin
  B1  Eita 14:44  
    A1  YAMATO Sub
  D1  Big R Shimizu 24:15
     
   
C1  Masaaki Mochizuki Pin
    D1  Big R Shimizu 14:25  
 
 


2017[]

The 2017 King of Gate tournament, a round-robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and will take place from May 9 to June 11, covering twenty shows. On May 5 Cyber Kong was forced to revert to his real name Takashi Yoshida. Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. was forced to forfeit his match against Don Fujii on June 3 due to pulling the calf muscle in his right leg.

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C Block D
Eita 7 T-Hawk 8 Naruki Doi 7 Shingo Takagi 8
YAMATO (C) 6 Jimmy Susumu 7 CIMA 6 BxB Hulk 6
Dragon Kid 6 Kzy 7 Jimmy Kagetora 5 Masaaki Mochizuki 6
Don Fujii 6 Gamma 4 Ryo "Jimmy" Saito 5 Jimmy Kanda 4
Big R Shimizu 5 Ben-K 2 Takehiro Yamamura 3 Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! 4
Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. 0 Yosuke♥Santa Maria 2 Takashi Yoshida 2 El Lindaman 2
Block A Big R Shimizu Dragon Kid Don Fujii Eita Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. YAMATO
Big R Shimizu X Kid
(10:03)
Fujii
(9:40)
Draw
(20:00)
Shimizu
(8:14)
Shimizu
(3:34)
Dragon Kid Kid
(10:03)
X Kid
(9:57)
Eita
(14:40)
Kid
(6:19)
YAMATO
(14:13)
Don Fujii Fujii
(9:40)
Kid
(9:57)
X Eita
(12:13)
Fujii
(forfeit)
Fujii
(8:43)
Eita Draw
(20:00)
Eita
(14:40)
Eita
(12:13)
X Eita
(6:06)
YAMATO
(18:19)
Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. Shimizu
(8:14)
Kid
(6:19)
Fujii
(forfeit)
Eita
(6:06)
X YAMATO
(14:10)
YAMATO Shimizu
(3:34)
YAMATO
(14:13)
Fujii
(8:43)
YAMATO
(18:19)
YAMATO
(14:10)
X
Block B Ben-K Gamma Jimmy Susumu Kzy T-Hawk Yosuke♥Santa Maria
Ben-K X Gamma
(8:53)
Susumu
(6:30)
Kzy
(7:56)
T-Hawk
(11:49)
Ben-K
(8:27)
Gamma Gamma
(8:53)
X Susumu
(16:19)
Kzy
(7:57)
T-Hawk
(9:14)
Gamma
(7:39)
Jimmy Susumu Susumu
(6:30)
Susumu
(16:19)
X Draw
(20:00)
Susumu
(13:14)
Santa Maria
(12:26)
Kzy Kzy
(7:56)
Kzy
(7:57)
Draw
(20:00)
X T-Hawk
(11:49)
Kzy
(11:33)
T-Hawk T-Hawk
(11:49)
T-Hawk
(9:14)
Susumu
(13:14)
T-Hawk
(11:49)
X T-Hawk
(11:15)
Yosuke♥Santa Maria Ben-K
(8:27)
Gamma
(7:39)
Santa Maria
(12:26)
Kzy
(11:33)
T-Hawk
(11:15)
X
Block C CIMA Takashi Yoshida Jimmy Kagetora Naruki Doi Ryo "Jimmy" Saito Takehiro Yamamura
CIMA X Double Countout
(7:45)
CIMA
(13:07)
CIMA
(16:25)
CIMA
(16:22)
Yamamura
(6:00)
Takashi Yoshida Double Countout
(7:45)
X Kagetora
(12:48)
Doi
(11:20)
Saito
(13:15)
Yoshida
(7:51)
Jimmy Kagetora CIMA
(13:07)
Kagetora
(12:48)
X Doi
(13:06)
Kagetora
(8:10)
Draw
(20:00)
Naruki Doi CIMA
(16:25)
Doi
(11:20)
Doi
(13:06)
X Draw
(20:00)
Doi
(15:25)
Ryo "Jimmy" Saito CIMA
(16:22)
Saito
(13:15)
Kagetora
(8:10)
Draw
(20:00)
X Saito
(10:33)
Takehiro Yamamura Yamamura
(6:00)
Yoshida
(7:51)
Draw
(20:00)
Doi
(15:25)
Saito
(10:33)
X
Block D BxB Hulk El Lindaman Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Jimmy Kanda Masaaki Mochizuki Shingo Takagi
BxB Hulk X Hulk
(12:58)
H.A.Gee.Mee
(8:23)
Hulk
(9:03)
Hulk
(13:28)
Takagi
(19:41)
El Lindaman Hulk
(12:58)
X H.A.Gee.Mee!!
(8:47)
Lindaman
(8:28)
Mochizuki
(10:49)
Takagi
(12:35)
Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! H.A.Gee.Mee
(8:23)
H.A.Gee.Mee
(8:47)
X Kanda
(6:11)
Mochizuki
(8:36)
Takagi
(10:22)
Jimmy Kanda Hulk
(9:03)
Lindaman
(8:28)
Kanda
(6:11)
X Kanda
(11:21)
Takagi
(13:47)
Masaaki Mochizuki Hulk
(13:28)
Mochizuki
(10:49)
Mochizuki
(8:36)
Kanda
(11:21)
X Mochizuki
(13:11)
Shingo Takagi Takagi
(19:41)
Takagi
(12:35)
Takagi
(10:22)
Takagi
(13:47)
Mochizuki
(13:11)
X
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Eita Pin
B1 T-Hawk 14:13
B1 T-Hawk Pin
C1 Naruki Doi 23:50
C1 Naruki Doi Pin
D1 Shingo Takagi 19:03

2018[]

The 2018 King of Gate, a round-robin tournament, featured 4 blocks and took place from May 8 to June 9, covering sixteen shows. Reigning Open The Dream Gate Champion Masaaki Mochizuki was scheduled to participate in the tournament but instead decided to pull out of the tournament due to being the Open the Dream Gate Champion and instead decided a Young Generation wrestler to participate in his place, and decided to defend the title on the June 10.

It was later announced that the wrestler with the lowest punctuation in each block, would take part of a mini-tournament to decide the last placed wrestler in the tournament, between June 2 and June 3. On April 6, it was announced that the winner of the King of Gate would receive his Open The Dream Gate Championship title opportunity at the following day on June 10.

On April 22 Shun Skywalker took part of a six-man tag team match, where the wrestler who got the win would fill the spot of the Young Generation wrestler, which he filled after pinning Oji Shiiba to win the match and to take part of the tournament. During the tournament, Dragon Kid suffered an ankle injury, which led him to forfeit all of his matches. Thus, the next lowest ranked wrestler in Block C (Eita) replaced Kid in the Losers' Tournament. On June 9, Masato Yoshino defeated YAMATO in the finals to become the first wrestler to win the King of Gate for a second time.

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C Block D
YAMATO 6 Takashi Yoshida 6 Naruki Doi 8 Masato Yoshino 5
Ben-K 5 Jason Lee 4 Punch Tominaga 5 Susumu Yokosuka 4
Kzy 5 Genki Horiguchi 4 Yosuke♥Santa Maria 4 Shingo Takagi 4
Shun Skywalker 2 BxB Hulk 4 Eita 3 Kagetora 3
Yasushi Kanda 2 Big R Shimizu 2 Dragon Kid 0 Ryo Saito 0
Block A Ben-K Kzy YAMATO Yasushi Kanda Skywalker
Ben-K X Draw
(20:00)
YAMATO
(17:29)
Ben-K
(10:09)
Ben-K
(9:15)
Kzy Draw
(20:00)
X YAMATO
(19:42)
Kzy
(9:15)
Kzy
(11:09)
YAMATO YAMATO
(17:29)
YAMATO
(19:42)
X Kanda
(5:44)
YAMATO
(8:26)
Yasushi Kanda Ben-K
(10:09)
Kzy
(9:15)
Kanda
(5:44)
X Skywalker
(8:28)
Skywalker Ben-K
(9:15)
Kzy
(11:09)
YAMATO
(8:26)
Skywalker
(8:28)
X
Block B Big R Shimizu BxB Hulk Genki Horiguchi Jason Lee Takashi Yoshida
Big R Shimizu X Hulk
(14:29)
Horiguchi
(10:15)
Shimizu
(10:11)
Yoshida
(2:17)
BxB Hulk Hulk
(14:29)
X Hulk
(9:30)
Lee
(11:11)
Yoshida
(15:10)
Genki Horiguchi Horiguchi
(10:15)
Hulk
(9:30)
X Lee
(7:33)
Horiguchi
(12:09)
Jason Lee Shimizu
(10:11)
Lee
(11:11)
Lee
(7:33)
X Yoshida
(5:17)
Takashi Yoshida Yoshida
(2:17)
Yoshida
(15:10)
Horiguchi
(12:09)
Yoshida
(5:17)
X
Block C Naruki Doi Dragon Kid Eita Yosuke♥Santa Maria Punch Tominaga
Naruki Doi X Doi
(forfeit)
Doi
(16:27)
Doi
(12:02)
Doi
(13:16)
Dragon Kid Doi
(forfeit)
X Eita
(7:48)
Maria
(forfeit)
Tominaga
(forfeit)
Eita Doi
(16:27)
Eita
(7:48)
X Maria
(4:37)
Draw
(20:00)
Yosuke♥Santa Maria Doi
(12:02)
Maria
(forfeit)
Maria
(4:37)
X Tominaga
(11:20)
Punch Tominaga Doi
(13:16)
Tominaga
(forfeit)
Draw
(20:00)
Tominaga
(11:20)
X
Block D Masato Yoshino Shingo Takagi Susumu Yokosuka Ryo Saito Kagetora
Masato Yoshino X Takagi
(18:38)
Yoshino
(11:44)
Yoshino
(9:41)
Double
Pinfall
(13:22)
Shingo Takagi Takagi
(18:38)
X Yokosuka
(17:38)
Double
Countout
(16:22)
Takagi
(15:13)
Susumu Yokosuka Yoshino
(11:44)
Yokosuka
(17:38)
X Yokosuka
(9:55)
Kagetora
(10:10)
Ryo Saito Yoshino
(9:41)
Double
Countout
(16:22)
Yokosuka
(9:55)
X Double
Countout
(11:40)
Kagetora Double
Pinfall
(13:22)
Takagi
(15:13)
Kagetora
(10:10)
Double
Countout
(11:40)
X
Losers round
Semifinals
(June 2)
Finals
(June 3)
      
A5 Yasushi Kanda 11:18
B5 Big R Shimizu Pin
B5 Yasushi Kanda 13:16
C5 Ryo Saito Pin
C5 Eita Pin
D5 Ryo Saito 11:06
Knockout round
Semifinals
(June 1)
Finals
(June 9)
      
A1 YAMATO Pin
C1 Naruki Doi 23:16
A1 YAMATO Pin
D1 Masato Yoshino 23:16
B1 Takashi Yoshida Pin
D1 Masato Yoshino 16:40

2019[]

The 2019 King of Gate tournament, a round-robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and took place from May 9 to June 8, covering nineteen shows. On May 26, Dragon Gate announced that U-T would forfeit the rest of his matches due to a fractured collarbone. 

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C Block D
Kazma Sakamoto 8 Eita 10 Ben-K 10 KAI  7
Kzy 8 Susumu Yokosuka 8 YAMATO 6 Shun Skywalker 6
Naruki Doi 7 Masato Yoshino 6 Takashi Yoshida 4 Big R Shimizu 5
Ryo Saito 5 Yuki Yoshioka 2 Genki Horiguchi 4 Masaaki Mochizuki 4
U-T 2 Yosuke♥Santa Maria 2 Kaito Ishida 4 Dragon Kid 4
Punch Tominaga 0 Yasushi Kanda 2 Kagetora 2 Jason Lee 4
Block A Doi Kzy Tominaga U-T Sakamoto Saito
Doi X Kzy
(14:05)
Doi
(09:11)
Doi
(forfeit)
Doi
(11:14)
Draw
(20:00)
Kzy Kzy
(14:05)
X Kzy
(10:01)
Kzy
(10:55)
Sakamoto
(14:52)
Kzy
(15:38)
Tominaga Doi
(09:11)
Kzy
(10:01)
X U-T
(08:39)
Sakamoto
(07:33)
Saito
(09:49)
U-T Doi
(forfeit)
Kzy
(10:55)
U-T
(08:39)
X Sakamoto
(forfeit)
Saito
(forfeit)
Sakamoto Doi
(11:14)
Sakamoto
(14:52)
Sakamoto
(07:33)
Sakamoto
(forfeit)
X Sakamoto
(10:45)
Saito Draw
(20:00)
Kzy
(15:38)
Saito
(09:49)
Saito
(forfeit)
Sakamoto
(10:45)
X
Block B Yoshino Yokosuka Maria Yoshioka Eita Kanda
Yoshino X Yokosuka
(14:30)
Yoshino
(04:51)
Yoshino
(09:56)
Eita
(04:08)
Yoshino
(08:52)
Yokosuka Yokosuka
(14:30)
X Yokosuka
(12:13)
Yokosuka
(11:22)
Eita
(18:13)
Yokosuka
(10:26)
Maria Yoshino
(04:51)
Yokosuka
(12:13)
X Yoshioka
(09:52)
Eita
(07:46)
Maria
(09:52)
Yoshioka Yoshino
(09:56)
Yokosuka
(11:22)
Yoshioka
(09:52)
X Eita
(09:16)
Kanda
(10:05)
Eita Eita
(04:08)
Eita
(18:13)
Eita
(09:16)
Eita
(07:46)
X Eita
(06:52)
Kanda Yoshino
(08:52)
Yokosuka
(10:26)
Maria
(09:52)
Kanda
(10:05)
Eita
(06:52)
X
Block C YAMATO Kagetora Horiguchi Ishida Ben-K Yoshida
YAMATO X YAMATO
(09:43)
Horiguchi
(10:25)
YAMATO
(15:08)
Ben-K
(17:01)
YAMATO
(15:34)
Kagetora YAMATO
(09:43)
X Kagetora
(07:54)
Ishida
(10:03)
Ben-K
(10:31)
Yoshida
(09:12)
Horiguchi Horiguchi
(10:25)
Kagetora
(07:54)
X Horiguchi
(07:08)
Ben-K
(10:56)
Yoshida
(10:14)
Ishida YAMATO
(15:08)
Ishida
(10:03)
Horiguchi
(07:08)
X Ben-K
(11:56)
Ishida
(01:54)
Ben-K Ben-K
(17:01)
Ben-K
(10:31)
Ben-K
(10:56)
Ben-K
(11:56)
X Ben-K
(12:06)
Yoshida YAMATO
(15:34)
Yoshida
(09:12)
Yoshida
(10:14)
Ishida
(01:54)
Ben-K
(12:06)
X
Block D Kid Lee Mochizuki Skywalker KAI Shimizu
Kid X Lee
(11:15)
Kid
(12:19)
Kid
(08:41)
KAI
(10:27)
Shimizu
(12:50)
Lee Lee
(11:15)
X Lee
(17:00)
Skywalker
(10:15)
KAI
(11:01)
Shimizu
(10:21)
Mochizuki Kid
(12:19)
Lee
(17:00)
X Skywalker
(11:28)
Mochizuki
(11:49)
Mochizuki
(11:24)
Skywalker Kid
(08:41)
Skywalker
(10:15)
Skywalker
(11:28)
X KAI
(13:06)
Skywalker
(12:29)
KAI KAI
(10:27)
KAI
(11:01)
Mochizuki
(11:49)
KAI
(13:06)
X Draw
(20:00)
Shimizu Shimizu
(12:50)
Shimizu
(10:21)
Mochizuki
(11:24)
Skywalker
(12:29)
Draw
(20:00)
X
  Playoff
(June 6)
Semifinals
(June 6)
Final
(June 8)
                           
  A1  Kazma Sakamoto Pin  
A1  Kzy 3:28  
  A1  Kzy Pin  
    C1  Ben-K 17:43  
      
          
    C1  Ben-K Pin
  B1  Eita 20:13
          
        
B1  Eita Pin
    D1  KAI 12:25  
      
      

2020[]

The 2020 King of Gate tournament took place from May 15 to June 7, covering ten shows. Unlike the previous year, the tournament featured a singles elimination tournament contested by 24 wrestlers. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan, the tournament was held in an empty arena, with the tournament also being aired on tape delay.

A Block[]

  Round 1
(Taped, aired May 15)
Round 2
(Taped, aired on May 22)
Quarterfinals
(Taped, aired on May 30)
                           
   H.Y.O DQ  
 Kzy 9:08  
   Kzy Pin  
   YAMATO 14:12  
 YAMATO Pin
   Ryo Saito 13:11  
     YAMATO Pin
   Diamante 10:21
   Dragon Kid Pin  
 Diamante 10:53  
   Diamante Pin
   Yosuke♥Santa Maria 8:50  
 Yosuke♥Santa Maria Pin
   Susumu Yokosuka 11:48  


B Block[]

  Round 1
(Taped, aired on May 16)
Round 2
(Taped, aired on May 23)
Quarterfinals
(Taped, aired on May 30)
                           
   Jason Lee Sub  
 Kaito Ishida 10:02  
   Kaito Ishida CO  
   Keisuke Okuda 6:01  
 BxB Hulk Pin
   Keisuke Okuda 11:26  
     Kaito Ishida Pin
   Naruki Doi (c) 14:10
   Genki Horiguchi Pin  
 KAI 10:06  
   KAI Pin
   Naruki Doi (c) 12:39  
 Big R Shimizu Pin
   Naruki Doi (c) 4:38  


C Block[]

  Round 1
(Taped, aired on May 17)
Round 2
(Taped, aired on May 24)
Quarterfinals
(Taped, aired on May 30)
                           
   Ben-K Pin  
 Kagetora 11:04  
   Ben-K Pin  
   Eita 13:14  
 Eita Pin
   Strong Machine J 14:21  
     Eita Pin
   Dragon Dia 9:31
   Kazma Sakamoto Pin  
 Masaaki Mochizuki 15:18  
   Kazma Sakamoto Pin
   Dragon Dia 8:34  
 Dragon Dia Pin
   Takashi Yoshida 8:27  


Second Chance Battle Royal[]

Taped, aired on May 31 (Kobe Lapis Hall - Hyogo, Kobe, Japan)
# Results Stipulations Times
1 Naruki Doi won by last eliminating Yosuke♥Santa Maria[Note1 1] 10-Man Battle Royal for a second chance in the 2020 King of Gate tournament 10:52
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • Videoicon – refers to the video of that match

Semifinals and Finals[]

Semifinals Finals
      
SC[Note2 1] Naruki Doi (c) Pin
B Kaito Ishida 10:04
SC Naruki Doi (c) Pin
C Eita 18:52
C Eita Pin
A YAMATO 15:56
  1. Second Chance Battle Royal Winner

2021[]

The 2021 King of Gate tournament, a round-robin tournament, featured three blocks and took place from May 14 to June 3, covering fifteen shows. Repeating part of the previous year format, the final semifinal spot was decided in a battle royal by a wrestler eliminated from the tournament. On May 7, it was announced that HipHop Kikuta would be forced to withdraw from the tournament, after suffering a shoulder injury, being replaced by his R.E.D stablemate H.Y.O. On May 15, it was announced that Dragon Dia had a registred a a slight fever during an health screening, in addition, Ben-K had also registred a slight fever too, leading them to be pulled from the events until the results of a PCR test. Naruki Doi was scheduled to face Ben-K, however he was also pulled from competition as a precaution until a notice from the results of a PCR test, leading Doi to forfeit his match against Kota Minoura. On May 18, it was announced that Ben-K had tested positive for COVID-19, Doi, who had close contact with Ben-K, decided to withdraw from the tournament, leading them to forfeit their remaining matches.

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C
Kota Minoura 10 SB KENTo 6 YAMATO 7
Takashi Yoshida 6 Dragon Kid 5 Shun Skywalker (c) 6
Diamante 6 Eita 5 Keisuke Okuda 5
BxB Hulk 6 Jason Lee 5 Kaito Ishida 4
Naruki Doi 2 Susumu Yokosuka 5 U-T 4
Ben-K 0 Kzy 4 H.Y.O 0
Block A Doi Ben-K Minoura Yoshida Hulk Diamante
Doi X Doi
(14:39)
Minoura
(Forfeit)
Yoshida
(Forfeit)
Hulk
(Forfeit)
Diamante
(Forfeit)
Ben-K Doi
(14:39)
X Minoura
(Forfeit)
Yoshida
(Forfeit)
Hulk
(Forfeit)
Diamante
(Forfeit)
Minoura Minoura
(Forfeit)
Minoura
(Forfeit)
X Minoura
(13:00)
Minoura
(11:46)
Minoura
(10:00)
Yoshida Yoshida
(Forfeit)
Yoshida
(Forfeit)
Minoura
(13:00)
X Yoshida
(9:36)
Diamante
(9:59)
Hulk Hulk
(Forfeit)
Hulk
(Forfeit)
Minoura
(11:46)
Yoshida
(9:36)
X Hulk
(7:04)
Diamante Diamante
(Forfeit)
Diamante
(Forfeit)
Minoura
(10:00)
Diamante
(9:59)
Hulk
(7:04)
X
Block B Kzy Yokosuka Kid Lee Eita KENTo
Kzy X Yokosuka
(16:25)
Kzy
(15:06)
Lee
(14:52)
Kzy
(18:02)
KENTo
(11:16)
Yokosuka Yokosuka
(16:25)
X Yokosuka
(16:13)
Lee
(18:06)
Draw
(20:00)
KENTo
(14:52)
Kid Kzy
(15:06)
Yokosuka
(16:13)
X Double
Fall
(12:04)
Kid
(17:44)
Kid
(9:23)
Lee Lee
(14:52)
Lee
(18:06)
Double
Fall
(12:04)
X Eita
(10:25)
KENTo
(13:10)
Eita Kzy
(18:02)
Draw
(20:00)
Kid
(17:44)
Eita
(10:25)
X Eita
(12:54)
KENTo KENTo
(11:16)
KENTo
(14:52)
Kid
(9:23)
KENTo
(13:10)
Eita
(12:54)
X
Block C Skywalker YAMATO Okuda U-T Ishida H.Y.O
Skywalker X YAMATO
(16:12)
Skywalker
(13:57)
Skywalker
(9:15)
Skywalker
(14:03)
Double
Countout
(7:15)
YAMATO YAMATO
(16:12)
X Draw
(20:00)
YAMATO
(17:48)
YAMATO
(15:30)
Double
Countout
(5:35)
Okuda Skywalker
(13:57)
Draw
(20:00)
X U-T
(1:58)
Okuda
(8:56)
Okuda
(10:53)
U-T Skywalker
(9:15)
YAMATO
(17:48)
U-T
(1:58)
X Ishida
(10:30)
U-T
(8:12)
Ishida Skywalker
(14:03)
YAMATO
(15:30)
Okuda
(8:56)
Ishida
(10:30)
X Ishida
(7:33)
H.Y.O Double
Countout
(7:15)
Double
Countout
(5:35)
Okuda
(10:53)
U-T
(8:12)
Ishida
(7:33)
X

Second Chance Battle Royal[]

King of Gate - May 30 (Fukuyama Big Rose - Hiroshima, Japan)
# Results Stipulations Times
1 Kzy won by last eliminating Shun Skywalker[3 1] 13-Man Battle Royal for a second chance in the 2021 King of Gate tournament 20:14
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • Videoicon – refers to the video of that match

Semifinals and Finals[]

Semifinals
(June 3)
Final
(June 3)
      
C1 YAMATO Pin
A1 Kota Minoura 11:13
A1 Kota Minoura Sub
SC Kzy 20:05
B1 SB KENTo Pin
SC[4 1] Kzy 4:03
  1. Second Chance Battle Royal Winner

2022[]

The 2022 King of Gate tournament took place from May 11 to June 2, covering twelve shows. Unlike the previous year, the tournament featured a singles elimination tournament contested by 32 wrestlers. On May 16, it was announced that due to a foot injury, Big Boss Shimizu had to forfeit his first-round match against Takashi Yoshida. However, on May 20, Minorita made an appeal to fill in for an injured Shimizu, which Yoshida accepted. On May 29, during the quarterfinals, Jason Lee suffered a concussion during his match against BxB Hulk, leading him to be replaced in a dragon scramble battle royal to decide his replacement.

  Round 1
May 11, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22
Round 2
May 23 24, 25, 26 and 28
Quarterfinals
May 29
Semifinals
June 2
Final
June 2
                                               
   KAI Pin  
   Shuji Kondo 0:39  
     Shuji Kondo Pin  
     Jacky "Funky" Kamei 8:01  
   Jacky "Funky" Kamei Pin
   Yosuke♥Santa Maria 9:50  
     Shuji Kondo Pin  
     Kaito Ishida 12:31  
   Kaito Ishida Pin  
   Susumu Mochizuki 11:30  
     Kaito Ishida Stop
     Keisuke Okuda 12:26  
   Keisuke Okuda Sub
   Mondai Ryu 10:55  
     Shuji Kondo Pin  
     Kota Minoura[4 1] 4:14  
   Madoka Kikuta Pin  
   SB KENTo 7:43  
     Madoka Kikuta Pin
     BxB Hulk 12:52  
   BxB Hulk Pin
   Naruki Doi 13:55  
     BxB Hulk Pin
     Jason Lee 6:22  
   Ben-K Pin  
   Jason Lee 11:20  
     Jason Lee Bye
     N/A  
   H.Y.O DC
   Dragon Dia 14:59  
   Yuki Yoshioka Pin
   Kota Minoura 16:41
   Yuki Yoshioka Pin  
   YAMATO 13:01  
     Yuki Yoshioka Pin  
     U-T 13:17  
   U-T Pin
   Kagetora 8:02  
     Yuki Yoshioka Pin  
     Diamante 11:39  
   Takuma Fujiwara Draw  
   Ishin Iihashi 15:00  
     N/A Bye
     Diamante  
   Dragon Kid Pin
   Diamante 12:12  
     Yuki Yoshioka Pin
     Shun Skywalker 9:48  
   Takashi Yoshida Pin  
   Minorita 5:37  
     Minorita Pin
     Kzy 10:34  
   Kzy Pin
   Kota Minoura 13:30  
     Kzy Pin
     Shun Skywalker 20:40  
   Strong Machine J Pin  
   La Estrella 10:19  
     Strong Machine J Pin
     Shun Skywalker 6:34  
   Eita Pin
   Shun Skywalker 10:00  

Second Chance Battle Royal[]

King of Gate - June 2 (Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan)
# Results Stipulations Times
1 Kota Minoura won by last eliminating Minorita[4 2] 28 Entrant Dragon Scramble Battle Royal for a second chance in the 2022 King of Gate tournament 10:05
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • Videoicon – refers to the video of that match

2023[]

The 2023 King of Gate tournament took place from July 7 until August 3, covering twelve shows. Similar to the previous year, the tournament featured a singles elimination tournament contested by 30 wrestlers.

  Round 1
July 7, 8, 9, and 14
Round 2
July 15, 16 and 17
Quarterfinals
July 22, 23 and 29
Semifinals
August 3
Final
August 3
                                               
 Dragon Dia Pin  
 Jason Lee 11:33  
   Dragon Dia N/A  
   Bye  
 YAMATO Draw
 Don Fujii 15:00  
   Dragon Dia 17:10  
   H.Y.O Pin  
 U-T 13:31  
 H.Y.O Pin  
   H.Y.O Pin
   Kzy 12:04  
 Kzy Pin
 Eita 9:10  
   H.Y.O 11:21  
   Kota Minoura Pin  
 BxB Hulk 2:24  
 Punch Tominaga Pin  
   Punch Tominaga 3:34
   Kota Minoura Pin  
 Kota Minoura Pin
 Naruki Doi 13:05  
   Kota Minoura Pin
   Yuki Yoshioka 21:04  
 Yuki Yoshioka Pin  
 Jacky "Funky" Kamei 9:53  
   Yuki Yoshioka Pin
   Dragon Kid 17:28  
 Kagetora 12:15
 Dragon Kid Pin  
 Kota Minoura 14:34
 Big Boss Shimizu Pin
 Shun Skywalker 13:43  
 Big Boss Shimizu Pin  
   Big Boss Shimizu Pin  
   Yasushi Kanda 3:43  
 Yasushi Kanda Pin
 Strong Machine J 8:26  
   Big Boss Shimizu Pin  
   Susumu Mochizuki 13:54  
 KAI 10:46  
 Ben-K Pin  
   Ben-K
   Susumu Mochizuki Bye  
 Susumu Mochizuki
 Diamante Withdrawn  
   Big Boss Shimizu 16:37
   Madoka Kikuta Pin  
 Shuji Kondo Pin  
 Genki Horiguchi 7:39  
   Shuji Kondo Pin
   Ishin 10:53  
 ISHIN Pin
 Minorita 7:56  
   Shuji Kondo 20:43
   Madoka Kikuta Pin  
 Takashi Yoshida Pin  
 Mondai Ryu 5:24  
   Takashi Yoshida 15:01
   Madoka Kikuta Pin  
 Masaaki Mochizuki 10:34
 Madoka Kikuta Pin  

Gallery[]

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