Tenryu Project

Japanese professional wrestling promotion

Tenryu Project

Founded|

* 2010
* (re-established) November 15, 2020

Style| Puroresu
Headquarters| Tokyo, Japan
Founder(s)| Genichiro Tenryu
Owner(s)| Genichiro Tenryu
Website| https://tenryuproject2010.com

Tenryu Project (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto)[1] is an independent Japanese professional wrestling promotion. The promotion was founded by and is owned by puroresu legend Genichiro Tenryu, who has owned and operated it since its creation in 2010.[2] The Tenryu project is the successor to Tenryu's WAR promotion that ran from 1992 until 2000 as well as Tenryu's Super World of Sports (SWS) that existed from 1990 until 1992. The Tenryu Project have very few wrestlers under full-time contract and acts as a booking office for those under contract. For their shows they work with other Japanese wrestling promotions or hire freelance wrestlers to compete. After Tenryu's in-ring retirement match, Tenryu Project stopped running shows. After 5 years since Tenryu's retirement, a special Anniversary show was held in 2020 titled "Kakumei Densho".[3]

Tenryu Project was re-established with a tour in 2021 titled "Survive the Revolution".[4]

## Roster[edit]

### Regular roster[edit]

Ring name[5] | Real name  | Notes

|
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Keita Yano[6] | Keita Yano  | Signed to Professional Wrestling Wallabee
Kengo [ja][7] | Kengo Nishimura  | Freelancer
Kenichiro Arai[8] | Kenichiro Arai  | Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Signed to Dragon Gate
Kohei Sato[9] | Kohei Sato  | Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Masayuki Kono[10] | Masayuki Kono  | Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer

### Sporadic appearances[edit]

Ring name[5] | Real name  | Notes

|
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Fujita[11] | Minoru Fujita  | Freelancer
Hideyoshi Kamitani[12] | Hideyoshi Kamitani  | Signed to BJW
Hikaru Sato[13] | Hiroaki Sato  | International Junior Heavyweight Champion
Signed to Pancrase Mission
Hub[14] | Yuto Kigawa  | Freelancer
Jun Saito [ja][15] | Jun Saito  | Signed to AJPW
Kamikaze[16] | Shoichi Maruyama  | Freelancer
Kazuki Hashimoto[17] | Kazuki Hashimoto  | Signed to BJW
Kazumasa Yoshida[18] | Kazumasa Yoshida  | Signed to BJW
Kikutaro[19] | Mitsunobu Kikuzawa  | Freelancer
Kengo Mashimo[20] | Kengo Mashimo  | Signed to 2AW
Mammoth Sasaki[21] | Yoshinori Sasaki  | Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms
Mazada[22] | Kazuhiro Masada  | Freelancer
Minoru Suzuki[23] | Minoru Suzuki  | Signed to Pancrase Mission
Mizuki Watase[24] | Mizuki Watase  | Signed to CyberFight (Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling)
Leona [ja][25] | Reona Fujinami  | Signed to Dradition
Rei Saito [ja][26] | Rei Saito  | Signed to AJPW
Rey Paloma [ja][27] | Jiro Kumagae  | Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Ricky Fuji[28] | Masanori Morimura  | Signed to 2AW
Ryuki Honda[29] | Ryuki Honda  | Signed to AJPW
Shigehiro Irie[30] | Shigehiro Irie  | Freelancer
Shota[31] | Shota Suzuki  | Signed to CyberFight (Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling)
Sushi[32] | Akira Kawabata  | Freelancer
Takuro Niki [ja][33] | Unknown | International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Signed to 2AW
Tatsuhito Takaiwa[34] | Tatsuhito Takaiwa  | Freelancer
Tatsuya Hanami [ja][35] | Unknown | Signed to 2AW
Toru [ja][36] | Toru Matsunaga  | Signed to Total Triumph Team Pro-Wrestling
Towa Iwasaki[37] | Towa Iwasaki  | Signed to Pro-Wrestling Burst
Yuya Susumu[38] | Yuya Susumu  | Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms

### Notable guests/alumni[edit]

* Genichiro Tenryu
* Kuuga
* Mitsunobu Kikuzawa
* Nosawa Rongai
* Ryuichi Kawakami
* Taru

## Championships and accomplishments[edit]

### Current championships[edit]

As of August 16, 2023[update], Tenryu Project has four recognized championships, the first three revived from WAR.[39]

Championship  | Current champion(s)  | Reign  | Date won  | Days
held  | Location  | Notes  | Ref.

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Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship |  | Yuya Susumu | 1  | September 21, 2023  | 60  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Hikaru Sato at Still Revolution Vol. 6.  | [40]
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship |
| Keita Yano and Yuya Susumu | 1
(2, 1) | August 16, 2023  | 96  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Oji Shiiba and Takuro Niki at Still Revolution Vol. 5.  | [41]
Tenryu Project WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship |

| Okami
(Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani) and Kazuki Hashimoto | 1  | November 19, 2023  | 1  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Kuma Arashi, Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama at 3rd Ryukon Cup: Live For Today.  | [42]
Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship |
| Hideki Suzuki and Hikaru Sato | 1  | November 19, 2023  | 1  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Evolution (Suwama and Dan Tamura) at 3rd Ryukon Cup: Live For Today.  | [43]

### Tournaments[edit]

Accomplishment  | Last winner(s)  | Date won  | Location  | Notes

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Ryukon Cup  | Kengo  | November 19, 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Keita Yano in the tournament final.

## Notable shows[edit]

### First Show[edit]

The first show ever held under the "Tenryu Project" banner took place on April 19, 2010 in the Shinjuku Face arena in Tokyo, Japan.

No.| Results| Stipulations| Times

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1| Mitsuo Momota defeated Masao Orihara| Singles match| 09:15
2| Bear Fukuda defeated Chango| Singles match| 08:54
3| Kyoko Inoue and Munenori Sawa defeated Keita Yano and Manami Toyota| Tag team match| 14:33
4| Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Susumu Yokosuka| Three-way match for the vacant WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship| 22:13
5| Genichiro Tenryu and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Arashi and Dick Togo| Tag team match| 20:03

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour[edit]

Genichiro Tenryu started his retirement tour with a show at the Shin-Kiba 1st Ring arena on March 6, 2015.

No.| Results| Stipulations| Times

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|
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1| Shota defeated Mitsunobu Kikuzawa| Singles match| 09:20
2| Buki defeated Dragon Joker| Singles match| 07:40
3| Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Ryuji Hijikata| Singles match| 10:18
4| Great Kojika and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Nosawa Rongai and Ricky Fuji| Tag team match| 12:22
5| Kengo (c) defeated Choden Senshi Battle Ranger| Singles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship| 12:11
6| Arashi and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Kotaro Nasu and Toru Sugiura| Tag team match| 10:11
| (c)|  – the champion(s) heading into the match

|

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Shinjuku[edit]

This event took place on April 3, 2015.

No.| Results| Stipulations| Times

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1| Ricky Fuji defeated Mitsunobu Kikuzawa| Singles match| 08:11
2| Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Gamelas and Nosawa Rongai| Tag team match| 12:40
3| Kengo (c) defeated Kaze| Singles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship| 11:33
4| Arashi and Great Kojika defeated the Great Kabuki and Masao Inoue| Tag team match| 11:51
5| Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Dragon Joker| Singles match| 16:15
6| Buki, Heddi French and Ryuichi Kawakami (c) defeated Kotaro Nasu, Shota and Toru Sugiura| Six-man tag team match for the Tenryu Project World Six Man Tag Team Championship| 17:14
7| Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Sanshiro Takagi| Tag team match| 08:35
| (c)|  – the champion(s) heading into the match

|

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Korakuen[edit]

This event took place at the Korakuen Hall on September 2, 2015.

No.| Results| Stipulations| Times

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|
|

1| Ricky Fuji and Great Kabuki defeated Great Kojika and Kikutaro| Tag team match| 09:02
2| Kotaru Nasu defeated Dragon Joker| Singles match for the vacant UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship| 10:08
3| Kendo Kashin and Kenichiro Arai defeated Nosawa Rongai and Yoshinari Ogawa| Tag team match| 10:52
4| Arashi, Kazunari Murakami and Koki Kitahara defeated Buki, Hikaru Sato and Manabu Soya| Six-man tag team match| 16:49
5| Kuuga and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Fujita and Yuji Hino| Tag team match| 16:55
6| Genichiro Tenryu and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka)| Tag team match| 20:26

### Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final[edit]

November 15, 2015 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo. Last card of the promotion before the 2020 revival.

No.| Results| Stipulations| Times

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|
|

1| Ricky Fuji and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kikutaro and The Winger| Tag team match| 08:41
2| Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko defeated Cassandra Miyagi and Meiko Satomura| Tag team match| 09:29
3| Fujita, Kuuga, Onryo, Taru and Yasu Kubota defeated Dragon Joker, Gurukun Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Ryota Chikuzen and Shigeno Shima| Ten-man tag team match| 11:16
4| Buki, Great Kabuki and Kai defeated Great Kojika, Jun Kasai and Toru Sugiura| Six-man tag team match| 08:57
5| Kendo Kashin and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Kenichiro Arai and Nosawa Rongai| Tag team match| 12:47
6| Hikaru Sato, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Koki Kitahara, Kotaro Nasu and Ryuji Hijikata| Six-man tag team match| 13:08
7| Arashi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Taiyo Kea and Yuto Aijima| Tag team match| 09:54
8| Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Minoru Suzuki and Kazunari Murakami| Tag team match| 13:10
9| Riki Choshu and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Akitoshi Saito and Ryuichi Kawakami| Tag team match| 13:46
10| Suwama and Yuji Okabayashi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Daisuke Sekimoto| Tag team match| 18:54
11| Kazuchika Okada defeated Genichiro Tenryu| Singles match (Tenryu's retirement match)| 17:27

## See also[edit]

* WAR
* Super World of Sports

## References[edit]

1. ^ Tenryu Project - Results
2. ^ Tenryu Project - Active promotion in the Asia region
3. ^ "Tenryu Project Kakumei Densho ~ Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary". Cagematch. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
4. ^ "Tenryu Project Survive The Revolution Vol. 1". Cagematch. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
5. ^ a b 選手紹介 [Team Members List]. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). August 13, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
6. ^ 矢野 啓太 [Keita Yano]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
7. ^ 拳剛 [Kengo]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
8. ^ 新井 健一郎 [Kenichiro Arai]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
9. ^ 佐藤耕平 [Kohei Sato]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
10. ^ 河野真幸 [Masayuki Kono]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
11. ^ FUJITA [Fujita]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
12. ^ 神谷 英慶 [Hideyoshi Kamitani]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
13. ^ 佐藤 光留 [Hikaru Satoh]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
14. ^ HUB [Hub]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
15. ^ 斉藤 ジュン [Jun Saito]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
16. ^ KAMIKAZE [Kamikaze]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
17. ^ 橋本 和樹 [Kazuki Hashimoto]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
18. ^ 吉田 和正 [Kazumasa Yoshida]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
19. ^ 菊タロー [Kikutaro]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
20. ^ 真霜 拳號 [Kengo Mashimo]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
21. ^ マンモス佐々木 [Mammoth Sasaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
22. ^ MAZADA [Mazada]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
23. ^ 鈴木 みのる [Minoru Suzuki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
24. ^ 渡瀬 瑞基 [Mizuki Watase]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
25. ^ LEONA [Leona]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
26. ^ 斉藤 レイ [Rei Saito]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
27. ^ レイパロマ [Rey Paloma]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
28. ^ リッキー・フジ [Ricky Fuji]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
29. ^ 本田 竜輝 [Ryuki Honda]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
30. ^ 入江 茂弘 [Shigehiro Irie]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
31. ^ 翔太 [Shota]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
32. ^ SUSHI [Sushi]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
33. ^ 仁木 琢郎 [Takuro Niki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
34. ^ 高岩 竜一 [Tatsuhito Takaiwa]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
35. ^ 花見 達也 [Tatsuya Hanami]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
36. ^ TORU [Toru]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
37. ^ 岩﨑 永遠 [Towa Iwasaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
38. ^ 進 祐哉 [Yuya Susumu]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
39. ^ 王座遍歴 [Championships History]. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
40. ^ IJシングル（インターナショナルジュニアヘビー級）. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). Retrieved February 12, 2022.
41. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Tenryu Project Still Revolution Vol. 5". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
42. ^ WARの魂が大日本プロレスに継承！橋本和樹＆橋本大地＆神谷英慶がWAR世界6人タッグ王座を戴冠！. battle-news.com (in Japanese). November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
43. ^ 「俺たちが合体技をするのはSNSだけだ！」鈴木秀樹＆佐藤光留が諏訪魔との因縁対決を制しUNタッグ王座戴冠！. battle-news.com (in Japanese). November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Tenryu Project
* Tenryu Project in Youtube (New)
* Tenryu Project in Youtube (Old)

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Championships|

* International Junior Heavyweight Championship
* International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
* WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship
* United National Tag Team Championship

Roster|

* Hikaru Sato
* Hub
* Keita Yano
* Kengo
* Kenichiro Arai
* Kohei Sato
* Leona
* Masayuki Kono
* Shota
* Toru
* Yuya Susumu

Partnerships|

| Former|

* WAR
* Super World of Sports
* Diamond Ring

|

Current|

* Pancrase
* Professional Wrestling Wallabee
* Dragon Gate
* Dradition
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Freedoms
* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* Total Triumph Team Pro-Wrestling

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* t
* e

Professional wrestling in Japan

Active promotions

Major promotions|

* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* CyberFight
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Dragongate
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Women's|

* CyberFight
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Independent promotions|

* Active Advance Pro Wrestling
* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
* Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion
* Dradition
* Gleat
* Lidet UWF
* G Prowrestling
* Kyushu Pro-Wrestling
* Michinoku Pro Wrestling
* Osaka Pro Wrestling
* Pro-Wrestling Basara
* Pro Wrestling Freedoms
* Pro Wrestling Land's End
* Pro-Wrestling Shi-En
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out
* Strong Style Pro-Wrestling
* Tenryu Project
* Tokyo Gurentai
* Wrestling of Darkness 666

Women's|

* 2point5 Joshi Pro Wrestling
* Actwres girl'Z
* Ice Ribbon
* Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling
* Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
* Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
* Oz Academy
* Pro Wrestling Wave
* Pure-J
* Reina Joshi Puroresu
* Seadlinnng
* Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana

Governing bodies and
interpromotional alliances|

| Legitimate|

* Allied Independent Wrestling Federations
* United Wrestling Network

|

Storyline|

* AWA
* International Wrestling Grand Prix
* Global Honored Crown
* New Wrestling Alliance
* Pacific Wrestling Federation

Defunct promotions

Major promotions|

* Fighting Network Rings
* Hustle
* Inoki Genome Federation
* International Wrestling Enterprise
* Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
* Super World of Sports
* UWF International
* Wrestle-1

Women's|

* All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
* Gaea Japan
* Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

Independent promotions|

* Apache Army
* Battlarts
* Diamond Ring
* Fighting of World Japan Pro Wrestling
* IWA Japan
* Japan Pro-Wrestling
* Kingdom
* Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi
* Smash
* Tokyo Pro Wrestling
* Toryumon Japan
* Universal Lucha Libre
* Universal Wrestling Federation
* W*ING
* WAR
* Wrestling New Classic

Women's|

* Arsion
* JDStar
* JWP Joshi Puroresu
* NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling
* WNC-Reina

Governing bodies and
interpromotional alliances|

* AWA Superstars of Wrestling
* Global Professional Wrestling Alliance

* Attendance records
* Professional wrestling at the Tokyo Dome
* Puroresu
* Rikidōzan

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