Changes: Toryumon Japan

**Toryumon Japan**
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Founder(s)	Ultimo Dragon
Owner(s)	Ultimo Dragon
Defunct	July 4, 2004
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Sister	Toryumon Mexico

Revision as of 20:05, 5 February 2020

Toryumon Japan was the primary promotion the Ultimo Dragon Gym would run in Japan. Originally conceived as merely a means for the Ultimo Dragon Gym students to gain in-ring experience, it developed a major following and grew into becoming one of the hottest independent promotions in the country. The promotion would run for five years until folding due to Ultimo Dragon leaving the promotion and taking the Toryumon name with him as he owned the rights. The promotion would immediately be reborn as Dragon Gate.

History

As the Ultimo Dragon Gym students were developing their own reputations within Mexico, Japan, and to an extent the United States, it was decided for a promotion to be developed in Japan. Through it, the students would be able to gain some more in-ring experience. The Japan-based Toryumon promotion ran its first show on January 31, 1999 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The names of the shows for Toryumon Japan remained true to its Mexican origins. This included pay-per-view shows being called "Vamonos Amigos" and "Revolucion." In addition, the promotion held an annual Numero Uno League tournament and later Rey De Parejas League tournament and recognized two championships that originated from Mexico, the NWA World Welterweight Championship and the UWA World Trios Championship.

In the beginning, Toryumon Japan comprised of the first class of Ultimo Dragon Gym graduates and a number of journeymen wrestlers such as Masaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Okamura, and Yoshikazu Taru. In 2002, they would begin a feud with the Toryumon 2000 Project wrestlers, or second class graduates. This led to a highly acclaimed and successful pay-per-view on September 8, 2002, which also saw the in-ring return of Ultimo Dragon. After T2P closed on January 27, 2003, all of its talent was absorbed into Toryumon Japan. That same year, Ultimo Dragon stepped down as President and Director of the Toryumon promotion, handing the reigns over to business partner Okamura and then leaving Japan to sign with World Wrestling Entertainment.

After his one-year stint in the WWE, Ultimo Dragon returned to Japan in mid-2004. However, in early June, a press conference was held in which it was announced that Ultimo Dragon was pulling out of the promotion all together and take the Toryumon name with him since he owned the rights. The last show to be promoted under the Toryumon name would be at the fifth anniversary show "Vo Aniversario" at Kobe World Hall in Hyogo on July 4, 2004. Immediately afterward, the promotion would continue on independently as Dragon Gate.

Unit History

The unit history since the start of Toryumon Japan until the Dragon Gate split the unit were formed until the split. The others unit are since thier formation until their disbanding.

■ Founding member
▲ Left the unit
▼ joined the unit
● rejoined the unit

Start 1999	Crazy MAX （January 31, 1999 - July 4, 2004) ★■ CIMA ▼ TARU ■ SUWA ■ Don Fujii ▼▲ Chocoball KOBE ▼▲ Stalker Ichikawa ▼▲MAKOTO ▼▲TARUcito ▼▲JUN
End 1999
Start 2000		M2K （April 25, 2000 -October 28, 2002） ■★▲ Masaaki Mochizuki ■ Susumu Mochizuki/Susumu Yokosuka ■ Yasushi Kanda ▼▲ Darkness Dragon ▼▲ Chocoflake K-ICHI ▼ Genki Horiguchi ★▼ Magnum TOKYO
End 2000
Start 2001
End 2001
Start 2002			Italian Connection （March 2, 2002 - July 4, 2004） ★■ Milano Collection AT ■ YOSSINO ▲■ "brother" YASSINI ▲■ Condotti Shuji ▲■ Pescatore Yagi ▼▲ Berlinetta Boxer ▲ Anthony W. Mori
End 2002				Do FIXER （October 22, 2002 - July 4, 2004） ■★▼Magnum TOKYO ■▲● Dragon Kid ■▲ K-ness ■▲Susumu Yokosuka ▼ Ryo Saito ■ Genki Horiguchi
Start 2003		Shin M2K （January 23, 2003 - December 16, 2003） ★■ Masaaki Mochizuki ★■ Kenichiro Arai ▼ Dragon Kid ▼ Second Doi ▼▲ Raimu Mishima			Florida Express （August 24, 2003 - July 4, 2004） ★■ Michael Iwasa ■▲● Daniel Mishima ▼ Johnson Florida ▼ Kenskee Sasaki	Hagure Gundam （September 2003 - January 31, 2004） ■★ Dotti Shuji ■ "brother" YASSHI ■ Toru Owashi ■▲● Shogo Takagi
End 2003
Start 2004		Final M2K （July 4, 2004) ★■ Masaaki Mochizuki ■ Susumu Yokosuka ■ K-ness ■ Kenichiro Arai ◆ Second Doi				Aagan Iisou （January 31, 2004 - July 4, 2004） ★▲Masaaki Mochizuki ★■ Shuji Kondo ■ "brother" YASSHI ■ Toru Owashi ■ Shogo Takagi ▼Takuya Sugawara

Championships Promoted

Toryumon Japan recognized a number of championships with origins primarily from Mexico and Japan. Only one championship was originated specifically for the promotion, the Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship. Following the split in 2004, a number of the championships would become inactive while others would be adopted by other promotions.

Title	Period Used	Last Champion	Date won
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship	2001–2003	Jun Ogawauchi	November 10, 2003
NWA World Welterweight Championship	1999–2004	YOSSINO	March 22, 2003
NWA World Middleweight Championship	1994–2003	Último Dragón	March 5, 2003
Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship	2003–2004	CIMA	July 4, 2004
UWA World Trios Championship	2001–2004	Dragon Kid, Kenichiro Arai and Second Doi	May 9, 2004

Toryumon Japan Graduates

Term	Name	Currently working
1st Term	CIMA	Dragon Gate
1st Term	Don Fujii	Dragon Gate
1st Term	Dragon Kid	Dragon Gate
1st Term	Magnum Tokyo	Retired
1st Term	SUWA	Retired
2nd Term	Genki Horiguchi	Dragon Gate
2nd Term	Kenichiro Arai	Dragon Gate
2nd Term	Stalker Ichikawa	Dragon Gate
2nd Term	Yasushi Kanda	Dragon Gate
3rd Term	Susumu Yokosuka	Dragon Gate
3rd Term	Mototsugu Shimizu	SECRET BASE
4th Term	Ryo Saito	Dragon Gate
4th Term	Kinta Tamaoka	Did not graduate – Dragon Gate

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 <small>★■ [[CIMA]]<br />▼ [[TARU]]<br /> ■ [[SUWA]]<br />■  [[Don Fujii]]</small><br><small>▼▲ [[Chocoball KOBE]]<br />▼▲ [[Stalker Ichikawa]]<br>▼▲[[K-ness|MAKOTO]]</small><br><small>▼▲[[TARUcito]]</small><br><small>▼▲[[Jun Ogawauchi|JUN]]</small>
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 | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color:#ac73cd" |[[M2K#Shin M2K|Shin M2K]]<br />（January 23, 2003 - December 16, 2003）<br /><br /><small>★■ [[Masaaki Mochizuki]]<br />★■ [[Kenichiro Arai]]<br /></small><small>▼</small><small> [[Dragon Kid]]<br /></small><small>▼</small><small> [[Second Doi|Second Doi<br />]]</small><small>▼▲</small><small> </small><small>[[Raimu Mishima]]</small>
 | rowspan="13" style="text-align: center; background-color:#668cff" |[[Florida Express]]<br />（August 24, 2003 - July 4, 2004）<br /><br /><small>★■ [[Taku Iwasa|Michael Iwasa]]<br />■▲● [[Raimu Mishima|Daniel Mishima]]<br /></small><small>▼</small><small> [[Takayuki Yagi|Johnson Florida]]<br /></small><small>▼</small><small> [[Kensuke Sasaki|Kenskee Sasaki]]</small>
-| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color:#f22" |[[Aagan Iisou|Hagure Gundam]]<br />（September 2003 - January 31, 2004）<br /><br /><small>■★ [[Shuji Kondo]]<br />■ [["brother" YASSHI]]<br />■ [[Toru Owashi]]<br /> ■▲● [[Shogo Takagi]]
+| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color:#f22" |[[Aagan Iisou#Hagure Gundam|Hagure Gundam]]<br />（September 2003 - January 31, 2004）<br /><br /><small>■★ [[Shuji Kondo|Dotti Shuji]]<br />■ [["brother" YASSHI]]<br />■ [[Toru Owashi]]<br /> ■▲● [[Shogo Takagi]]
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 | rowspan="1" style="text-align: center; background-color:#6ff" |[[M2K|Final M2K]]<br />（July 4, 2004)<br><small>★■ [[Masaaki Mochizuki]]<br />■ [[Susumu Yokosuka]]<br />■ [[K-ness]]<br />■ [[Kenichiro Arai]]<br />◆ [[Naruki Doi|Second Doi]]</small>
-| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color:#f22" |[[Aagan Iisou]]<br />（January 31, 2004 - July 4, 2004）<br /><br /><small>★▲[[Masaaki Mochizuki]]<br />■ [[Shuji Kondo]]<br />■ [["brother" YASSHI]]<br />■ [[Toru Owashi]]<br />■ [[Shogo Takagi]]<br /></small>▼<small>[[Takuya Sugawara]]</small>
+| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color:#f22" |[[Aagan Iisou]]<br />（January 31, 2004 - July 4, 2004）<br /><br /><small>★▲[[Masaaki Mochizuki]]<br />★■ [[Shuji Kondo]]<br />■ [["brother" YASSHI]]<br />■ [[Toru Owashi]]<br />■ [[Shogo Takagi]]<br /></small>▼<small>[[Takuya Sugawara]]</small>
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 |[[British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship]]
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 |[[Jun Ogawauchi]]
 |November 10, 2003
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 |[[NWA World Welterweight Championship]]
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 |[[Masato Yoshino|YOSSINO]]
 |March 22, 2003
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 |[[NWA World Middleweight Championship]]
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 |[[Último Dragón]]
 |March 5, 2003
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 |[[Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship]]
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 |CIMA
 |July 4, 2004
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 |[[UWA World Trios Championship]]
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 |[[Dragon Kid]], [[Kenichiro Arai]] and [[Naruki Doi|Second Doi]]
 |May 9, 2004
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 * [[King of Dragon]]
 * [[El Numero Uno]]
+* [[Rey De Parejas]]
 [[Category:Promotions]]
 [[Category:Toryumon Promotions]]
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