is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Zero1 to determine the top junior heavyweight wrestler in the promotion, typically contested in late November/December. In addition to Zero1 members, it has frequently included outside stars, mainly freelancers performing in the Japanese independent scene.
The tournament has lately been presented as featuring two blocks, each with five participants, with the two block winners facing off in the final to determine the overall champion. In 2002, from 2006 to 2016, and between 2018 and 2019, the tournament featured only knock-out stages.
Results List of winners YearWinnerTotal wonRef 2002 Wataru Sakata 1 2004 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 2005 Yoshihito Sasaki 1 2006 Minoru Fujita 1 2007 Masato Tanaka 1 2008 Tatsuhiro Takaiwa 2 2009 Ikuto Hidaka 1 2010 Ikuto Hidaka 2 2011 Munenori Sawa 1 2012 Jonathan Gresham 1 2013 Hub 1 2015 Ikuto Hidaka 3 2016 Takuya Sugawara 1 2017 Sean Guinness 1 2018 Sugi 1 2019 Hub 2 2020 Shoki Kitamura 1 2021 Fuminori Abe 1 2022 Shoki Kitamura 2 2023 Ryo Hoshino 1 2025 Veny 1
2002 The inaugural edition of the tournament was held between November 15 and December 15, 2002.
2004 The 2004 edition of the tournament took place between April 8 and April 30. +Final standings Block A Block B Tatsuhito Takaiwa 8 Tomohiro Ishii 6 Low Ki 6 Wataru Sakata 5 Ikuto Hidaka 4 Jun Kasai 5 Naohiro Hoshikawa 2 Leonardo Spanky 4 Osamu Namiguchi 0 Zebraman 0
Block A Takaiwa Low Ki Hidaka Hoshikawa Namiguchi Takaiwa Takaiwa(15:38) Takaiwa(17:19) Takaiwa(15:40) Takaiwa(11:00) Low Ki Takaiwa(15:38) Low Ki(12:33) Low Ki(15:04) Low Ki(3:49) Hidaka Takaiwa(17:19) Low Ki(12:33) Hidaka(10:12) Hidaka(10:40) Hoshikawa Takaiwa(15:40) Low Ki(15:04) Hidaka(10:12) Hoshikawa(7:28) Namiguchi Takaiwa(11:00) Low Ki(3:49) Hidaka(10:40) Hoshikawa(7:28) Block B Ishii Sakata Kasai Spanky Zebraman Ishii Sakata(11:29) Ishii(14:01) Ishii(10:59) Ishii(7:00) Sakata Sakata(11:29) Draw(9:03) Spanky(8:59) Sakata(7:52) Kasai Ishii(14:01) Draw(9:03) Kasai(10:31) Kasai(9:49) Spanky Ishii(10:59) Spanky(8:59) Kasai(10:31) Spanky(3:58) Zebraman Ishii(7:00) Sakata(7:52) Kasai(9:49) Spanky(3:58)
2005 The 2005 edition of the tournament took place between May 20 and May 29. +Final standings Block A Block B Yoshihito Sasaki 5 Takehiro Murahama 8 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 5 Ikuto Hidaka 6 Minoru Fujita 4 Alex Shelley 4 Gamma 3 Psycho 4 Danshoku Dino 3 Osamu Namiguchi 0
Block A Sasaki Takaiwa Fujita Gamma Dino Sasaki Takaiwa(16:34) Sasaki(18:47) Sasaki(13:54) Draw(13:37) Takaiwa Takaiwa(16:34) Fujita(18:13) Draw(12:34) Fujita Sasaki(18:47) Fujita(18:13) Gamma(11:52) Fujita(9:41) Gamma Sasaki(13:54) Gamma(11:52) Draw(8:44) Dino Draw(13:37) Draw(12:34) Fujita(9:41) Draw(8:44) Block B Murahama Hidaka Shelley Psycho Namiguchi Murahama Murahama(9:01) Murahama(7:11) Murahama(9:38) Murahama(9:51) Hidaka Murahama(9:01) Shelley(13:58) Hidaka(9:21) Hidaka(12:12) Shelley Murahama(7:11) Shelley(13:58) Psycho(9:52) Shelley(8:45) Psycho Murahama(9:38) Hidaka(9:21) Psycho(9:52) Psycho(8:48) Namiguchi Murahama(9:51) Hidaka(12:12) Shelley(8:45) Psycho(8:48)
2006 The 2006 edition of the tournament took place between August 24 and 26. The finals of the edition were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship.
2007 The 2007 edition of the tournament took place between September 25 and September 30.
2008 The 2008 edition of the tournament took place between October 28 and November 8. The tournament was divided in two separate competitions, the Tenkaichi Primary which took place on the very first date of the event, and the greater tournament which followed the normal schedule of the competition
Tenkaichi Primary
Tenkaichi
2009 The 2009 edition of the tournament took place between November 19 and 29. The finals of the edition were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship.
2010 The 2010 edition of the event took place between September 14 and 19.
2011 The 2011 edition of the tournament took place between September 13 and 17.
2012 The 2012 edition of the tournament took place between September 12 and 17.
2013 The 2013 edition of the tournament took place between September 9 and 16. The finals of the edition were also disputed for Mineo Fujita's Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
2015 The 2015 edition took place between June 29 and July 16.
2016 The 2016 edition of the tournament took place between September 20 and 29. First rounds (September 20) Ikuto Hidaka defeated Takuya Nomura (10:32) Isami Kodaka defeated Shinya Ishida (9:52) Takuya Sugawara defeated Último Dragón (12:10) Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Masashi Takeda (12:02) Second rounds (September 20) Kotaro Suzuki defeated Ikuto Hidaka (17:11) Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Hayato Fujita (12:30) Semifinals (September 29) Kotaro Suzuki defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa (11:15) Takuya Sugawara defeated Isami Kodaka (9:15) Finals (September 29) Takuya Sugawara defeated Kotaro Suzuki (15:21)
2017 The 2017 edition took place between April 4 and 26. +Final standings Block A Block B Sean Guinness 5 Kotaro Suzuki 6 Shinjiro Otani 5 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 4 Hayato Fujita 4 Koji Kanemoto 4 Takuya Sugawara 3 Takumi Tsukamoto 3 Minoru Tanaka 3 Ikuto Hidaka 2
Block A Guinness Otani Fujita Sugawara Tanaka Guinness Guinness(12:12) N/A Draw(20:00) Guinness(12:41) Otani Guinness(12:12) Otani(16:02) Otani(4:12) Tanaka(11:24) Fujita N/A Otani(16:02) Fujita(8:05) Draw(20:00) Sugawara Draw(20:00) Otani(4:12) Fujita(8:05) N/A Tanaka Guinness(12:41) Tanaka(11:24) Draw(20:00) N/A Block B Takaiwa Suzuki Kanemoto Tsukamoto Hidaka Takaiwa Suzuki(4:10) Takaiwa(11:40) N/A Takaiwa(12:46) Suzuki Suzuki(4:10) Kanemoto(3:53) Suzuki(7:12) Suzuki(5:38) Kanemoto Takaiwa(11:40) Kanemoto(3:53) Tsukamoto(3:33) Kanemoto(11:31) Tsukamoto N/A Suzuki(7:12) Tsukamoto(3:33) Hidaka(10:07) Hidaka Takaiwa(12:46) Suzuki(5:38) Kanemoto(11:31) Hidaka(10:07)
2018 The 2018 edition of the tournament took place between November 17 and 24. The finals were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship and International Junior Heavyweight Championship.
2019 The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between September 1 and 14.
2020 The 2020 edition of the tournament took place between July 5 and August 2. First rounds (July 5) Yumehito Imanari defeated Shinjiro Otani (0:22) Shoki Kitamura defeated Drew Parker (13:02) Shinjiro Otani vs. Yumehito Imanari ended in a time-limit draw (20:00) Second rounds (July 19–25) Shoki Kitamura defeated Hide Kubota (12:57) El Lindaman defeated Ganseki Tanaka (11:34) Raicho defeated Sugi (10:54) Hub defeated Yumehito Imanari (15:28) Semifinals (July 16) Shoki Kitamura defeated Raicho (11:58) El Lindaman defeated Hub (11:14) Finals (July 26) Shoki Kitamura defeated El Lindaman (18:57)
2021 The 2021 edition of the tournament took place between August 24 and September 9. The finals were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship and International Junior Heavyweight Championship. First rounds (August 24) Junta Miyawaki defeated Takumi Baba (11:57) Fuminori Abe defeated Ricky Fuji (9:56) Leo Isaka defeated Genta Hiriki (10:41) Shoki Kitamura defeated Arata (10:58) Second rounds (September 4) Junta Miyawaki defeated Andy Wu (12:50) Hide Kubota defeated Leo Isaka (15:09) Semifinals (September 9) Shoki Kitamura defeated Junta Miyawaki (12:10) Fuminori Abe defeated Hide Kubota (8:17) Finals (September 9) Fuminori Abe defeated Shoki Kitamura (15:00)
2022 The 2022 edition of the tournament took place between September 9 and October 19. +Final standings Block A Block B Shoki Kitamura 15 Tatsuhito Takaiwa 15 Jun Masaoka 10 Takumi Baba 10 Leo Isaka 10 Takuro Niki 10 Yoshikazu Yokoyama 8 Andy Wu 10 Astroman 8 Yasu Kubota 5
Block A Kitamura Masaoka Isaka Yokoyama Astroman Kitamura Kitamura(10:15) Isaka(15:39) Kitamura(13:52) Kitamura(15:59) Masaoka Kitamura(10:15) N/A Yokoyama(11:29) Masaoka(11:41) Isaka Isaka(15:39) N/A Isaka(3:30) Astroman(10:25) Yokoyama Kitamura(13:52) Yokoyama(11:29) Isaka(3:30) Draw(9:46) Astroman Kitamura(15:59) Masaoka(11:41) Astroman(10:25) Draw(9:46) Block B Takaiwa Baba Niki Wu Kubota Takaiwa Takaiwa(16:41) Takaiwa(8:47) Takaiwa(11:01) Kubota(11:30) Baba Takaiwa(16:41) Niki(12:52) N/A Baba(12:28) Niki Takaiwa(8:47) Niki(12:52) Wu N/A Wu Takaiwa(11:01) N/A Wu Wu(8:43) Kubota Kubota(11:30) Baba(12:28) N/A Wu(8:43)
2023 The 2023 edition of the tournament took place between September 22 and October 27.
2025 The 2025 edition of the tournament took place between October 10 and 17.
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See also
Jr. Battle of Glory Best of the Super Juniors Global Junior Heavyweight League
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