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CyberFight

CyberFight Co., Ltd. (株式会社CyberFight, Kabushiki gaisha Saibāfaito), operating simply as CyberFight (CF), is a Japanese professional wrestling parent company based in Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of the CyberAgent digital advertising company. CyberFight serves as an umbrella brand for three promotions: Pro Wrestling Noah, DDT Pro-Wrestling and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.

CyberFight Co., Ltd.
CyberFight
Native name
株式会社CyberFight
Kabushiki gaisha CyberFight
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
FoundedJuly 27, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-27)
HeadquartersShiratori Building, 1F, 2-1-2 Shinjuku, Shinjuku,
Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Increase ¥−104 million (2023)
Total assets
  • Decrease ¥291 million (2023)
Total equity
  • Decrease ¥−1.542 billion (2023)
ParentCyberAgent
Divisions
Websitecyber-fight.co.jp
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]

History

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DDT Pro-Wrestling

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In April 1997, following the success of the first Judgement event held on March 25, Sanshiro Takagi, Mikami and Nosawa Rongai left the Pro Wrestling Crusaders promotion to start their own promotion called Dramatic Dream Team with Takagi and Shoichi Ichimiya as owners. In June 2000, the promotion was incorporated as Dramatic Dream Team, Co., Ltd. (有限会社ドラマチック・ドリーム・チーム, Yūgen gaisha Doramachikku Dorīmu Chīmu) and Koichiro Kimura was appointed director. In 2003, Ichimiya was appointed representative director. In April 2004, the company changed its name to DDT Pro-Wrestling, Co., Ltd. (有限会社DDTプロレスリング, Yūgen gaisha Dī Dī Tī Puroresuringu). On December 28, 2005, Ichimiya announced his retirement from professional wrestling and stepped down from his position in the company, leaving Takagi as the sole owner and new president. In 2009, DDT changed its legal form of incorporation to a kabushiki gaisha.

Pro Wrestling Noah

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On January 31, 1999, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) founder Giant Baba died and left the company to his widow Motoko Baba as owner and Mitsuharu Misawa as president. Disagreements over the proposed direction for the company led Misawa to leave AJPW on May 28, 2000, to form a new promotion called Pro Wrestling Noah. He was followed in this venture by almost the entire AJPW roster. The promotion quickly rose in popularity and was even named best promotion in 2004 and 2005, as well as having the best weekly television show in 2003 by the Wrestling Observer.

On June 13, 2009, after taking a belly to back suplex from Akitoshi Saito, Misawa lost consciousness in the ring and was taken to a hospital. He was pronounced dead in the hospital later that day due to spinal damage.[4] Two weeks later, Akira Taue was named as Misawa's successor, taking over as president of Noah.

In March 2012, a scandal revealed that some of the Noah management had had ties to a Yakuza syndicate between 2003 and 2010. As part of the fallout, Noah lost its TV show. In the years that followed, many major stars such as Kenta Kobashi, Kenta and Jun Akiyama left the company.

On October 1, 2016, it was announced that Noah had been purchased by IT company Estbee, Co., Ltd. As a result, former AJPW president Masayuki Uchida replaced Taue as president.[5] On November 7, Estbee changed its legal name to Noah Global Entertainment, Inc. (ノア・グローバルエンタテインメント株式会社, Noa Gurōbaru Entateinmento Kabushiki gaisha). At the end of 2016, relations between Noah and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) reportedly turned "extremely sour" and NJPW pulled all of its wrestlers from Noah. In the months following the end of the relationship, Noah's attendance numbers went down by 29%.[6] On January 29, 2019, Uchida announced that Lidet Entertainment had acquired 75% of Noah's shares.[7]

CyberAgent and the creation of CyberFight

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On September 1, 2017, 100% of DDT's shares were sold to the CyberAgent company. Sanshiro Takagi remained as the DDT president. On January 28, 2020, it was announced that CyberAgent had purchased Pro Wrestling Noah from Lidet Entertainment.[8] On July 27, 2020, it was announced that Noah, DDT Pro-Wrestling and the DDT Foods company would merge in a new company that would eventually be called CyberFight.[9][3] The decision came after financial troubles faced by Noah and DDT due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanshiro Takagi was named as president of the promotion and he established a plan of running events at the Tokyo Dome and overtaking NJPW in popularity.[10] It was also revealed that the Noah and DDT brands would not be retired and would maintain their unique and current brand names, logos, etc. and would act as two separate brands within CyberFight.[11]

On June 6, 2021, CyberFight held its first event promoted under the CyberFight name, CyberFight Festival 2021, at the Saitama Super Arena.[12]

On December 15, 2023, the four brands of CyberFight were announced as founding members of the United Japan Pro-wrestling alliance, a joint effort to further develop professional wrestling in Japan through promotion and organization, with Seiji Sakaguchi being named as the chairman of the project.[13]

On January 31, 2024, a press conference was held to announce Ganbare Pro-Wrestling 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.[14]

On May 16, 2024, it was announced that Takagi would be stepping down as president of CyberFight to assume the position of executive vice president on June 1, and the new president become Yasuo Okamoto.[15]

Personnel

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Main article: List of DDT Pro-Wrestling personnel
Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Noah personnel

Current championships

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Main article: List of current champions in CyberFight

DDT Pro-Wrestling

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Main article: DDT Pro-Wrestling

Singles

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Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
KO-D Openweight Championship
Chris Brookes 2 November 4, 2024 17+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shinya Aoki at Sumida Dramatic Dream!. [16]
DDT Universal Championship
Gringo Loco 1 November 10, 2024 11+ 0 Seattle, Washington Defeated Miyu Yamashita at DDT×TJPW×Defy: Triangler DTD. [17]
DDT Extreme Championship
Danshoku Dino 9 October 20, 2024 32+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Akito in a nobodyknows+ rules match at God Bless DDT 2024. [18][19]
O-40 Championship
Toru Owashi 2 October 13, 2024 39+ 0 Fukuoka, Japan Defeated previous champion Azul Dragon and Danshoku Dino in a three-way match at God Bless DDT 2024 Tour in Fukuoka. [20]
World Ōmori Championship
Masahiro Takanashi 1 November 10, 2024 11+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Soma Takao at UTAN Festa 2024. [21]
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Yoshihiko 21 November 9, 2024 12+ N/A Seattle, Washington Pinned Danshoku Dino at DDT×Defy: DDT In Utero. [22]

Tag teams

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Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
KO-D Tag Team Championship
ShunMao
(Mao and Shunma Katsumata) 		2
(4, 3) 		September 20, 2024 62+ 2 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Schadenfreude International (Chris Brookes and Takeshi Masada) at Dramatic Denshi Ticket in Shinjuku. [23][24]
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Damnation T.A
(Daisuke Sasaki, Kanon and MJ Paul) 		3
(7, 3, 6) 		July 21, 2024 123+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Smile Squash (Akito, Harashima and Yasu Urano) at Wrestle Peter Pan 2024. [25][26]
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship
Keigo Nakamura, To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida and Kazuma Sumi 1
(2, 2, 1, 1, 1) 		October 19, 2024 33+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Schadenfreude International (Masahiro Takanashi, Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada, and Mecha Mummy) and Munetatsu Nakamura at DDT Pro-Wrestling in Ikebukuro Full Moon Festival 2024. [27]

Pro Wrestling Noah

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Main article: Pro Wrestling Noah

Singles

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Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
GHC Heavyweight Championship
Kaito Kiyomiya 3 May 4, 2024 201 2 Tokyo, Japan Defeated El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. at Wrestle Magic. [28]
GHC National Championship
Manabu Soya 1 September 14, 2024 68 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Ulka Sasaki at Star Navigation 2024. [29]
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
Daga 2 September 1, 2024 81 0 Osaka, Japan Defeated Amakusa at N-1 Victory 2024 Finals. [29]
GHC Hardcore Championship
Shuji Ishikawa 1 May 4, 2024 201 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Ninja Mack at Wrestle Magic. [28]

Tag teams

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Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
GHC Tag Team Championship
Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura 3
(9, 10) 		June 16, 2024 158 0 Yokohama, Japan Defeated Good Looking Guys (Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) at Grand Ship In Yokohama. [29]
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Ratel's
(Hayata and Yo-Hey) 		3
(6, 7) 		September 1, 2024 81 0 Osaka, Japan Defeated Shuji Kondo and Eita at N-1 Victory 2024 finals. [29]

Women's

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Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
GHC Women's Championship   Kouki Amarei 1 November 11, 2024 10+ 0 Tokyo, Japan This was a 10-woman battle royal also involving Bozilla, Chigusa Nagayo, Great Sakuya, Miku Aono, Miyuki Takase, Nightshade, Sadie Gibbs, Takumi Iroha, Utami Hayashishita and Yuu which Amarei won to become the inaugural champion. [30]

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling

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Main article: Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
Princess of Princess Championship
Miu Watanabe 1 March 31, 2024 235 5 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Miyu Yamashita at Grand Princess '24. [31]
International Princess Championship
Yuki Arai 1 January 4, 2024 322 5 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Max the Impaler at Tokyo Joshi Pro '24. [32]
Princess Tag Team Championship
121000000
(Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita) 		2
(2, 2) 		September 22, 2024 60 1 Chiba, Japan Defeated Daisy Monkey (Arisu Endo and Suzume) at Wrestle Princess V. [33]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ 株式会社CyberFightの情報 [CyberFight Co., Ltd. Information]. catr.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 22, 2021.
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