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The Open the Brave Gate Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate; it has a weight limit of 83kg, though it has been defended against heavier wrestlers in the past. It can be considered the secondary singles title in Dragon Gate and is more of a light heavyweight championship. It was created on March 13, 2005 when Naruki Doi defeated YOSSINO in a tournament final. The faceplate logo on the belt is divided into eight pieces, each piece representing the eight wrestlers who fought in the tournament to determine the inaugural champion. During Gamma's reign, he threw away all eight pieces of the faceplate and replaced it with his own plate, renaming it Open the Gamma Gate, dictating and often changing the rules of his title defenses. This ended when Masato Yoshino, wrestling as the masked Dr. Muscle, defeated Gamma and restored it to the Brave Gate title, vacating it soon afterwards. There have been a total of 18 recognized champions who have had a combined 27 official reigns.
Title history[]
# | Wrestlers | Event | Date | Reign In Days |
Successful defenses |
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1
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Naruki Doi | The Brave Gate Tour Nagoya, Japan |
March 13, 2005 | 245 | 0. defeated YOSSINO in a tournament final for the vacant title 1. defeated Super Shisa on April 3, 2005 2. defeated K-ness on May 1, 2005 3. defeated Makoto Oishi on June 12, 2005 4. defeated Dragon Kid on September 11, 2005 5. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on October 30, 2005 |
2
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Dragon Kid | Crown Gate tour Nagoya, Japan |
November 13, 2005 | 84 | 1. defeated Masato Yoshino on January 22, 2006 x. vs Masato Yoshino ended in a no contest on February 5, 2006 |
3
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Masato Yoshino | Brave Gate Tour tour Kawagoe, Japan |
March 19, 2006 | 330 | 0. defeated Dragon Kid and Naoki Tanizaki in tournament finals decision match 1. defeated Jack Evans on April 23, 2006 2. defeated Genki Horiguchi on June 11, 2006 3. defeated Takayuki Mori on September 26, 2006 4. defeated Takayuki Mori on October 1, 2006 |
4
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Matt Sydal | Live Gate Kobe, Japan |
February 12, 2007 | 41 | 1. defeated Austin Aries on February 23, 2007 |
5
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Genki Horiguchi | Memorial Gate tour Tsu, Japan |
March 25, 2007 | 98 | 1. defeated Dragon Kid on April 15, 2007 2. defeated Dragon Kid on May 6, 2007 |
6
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Yasushi Kanda | Kobe Puroresu Festival 2007 Kobe, Japan |
July 1, 2007 | 83 | 1. defeated Jorge Rivera on August 13, 2007 2. defeated Genki Horiguchi on September 8, 2007 |
7
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Masato Yoshino | Storm Gate tour Tokyo, Japan |
September 22, 2007 | 205 | 1. defeated K-ness on November 18, 2007 2. defeated Susumu Yokosuka on December 23, 2007 3. defeated El Generico on January 19, 2008 4. defeated Dragon Kid on February 3, 2008 5. defeated Ryo Saito on February 17, 2008 6. defeated CIMA on March 1, 2008 |
8
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Anthony W. Mori | Gate of Passion tour Nagoya, Japan |
April 13, 2008 | 0 | |
9
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Gamma [Note 1] | Gate of Passion tour Fukuoka, Japan |
April 27, 2008 | 63 | 0. defeated Anthony W. Mori in tournament finals decision match x. defeated Super Shelong on May 5, 2008 x. vs Super Shelong ended in a no contest on May 25, 2008 x. defeated Super Shelong on May 25, 2008 x. defeated by Super Shelong by count out on June 1, 2008 x. defeated Dr. Muscle on June 8, 2008 x. defeated by Naoshi Sano on June 20, 2008 x. defeated Naoshi Sano on June 20, 2008 x. defeated Dr. Muscle on June 21, 2008 |
10
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Dr. Muscle [Note 2] | The Gate of Maximum tour Osaka, Japan |
June 29, 2008 | 0 | |
11
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Genki Horiguchi | Kobe Puroresu Festival 2008 Kobe, Japan |
July 27, 2008 | 77 | 0. defeated m.c.KZ in a decision match for the vacant title. 1. defeated Shinobu on August, 31 2008 2. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on September, 8 2008 |
12
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Masato Yoshino | The Gate of Victory tour Nagoya, Japan |
October 12, 2008 | 161 | 1. defeated Dragon Kid on November, 16 2008 2. defeated KAGETORA on February 12, 2009 |
13
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CIMA | "The Gate of Anniversary" tour. Tokyo, Japan |
March 22, 2009 | 119 | 1. defeated Dragon Kid on May, 5 2009 2. defeated Akira Tozawa on May 31, 2009 x. vs Kenichiro Arai ended in a no contest on July 21, 2009 3. defeated Kenichiro Arai on July 21, 2009 |
14
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Naruki Doi | "The Gate of Anniversary" tour. Tokyo, Japan |
July 19, 2009 | 9 | 0. This was also for the Open the Dream Gate Championship. |
15
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Naoki Tanizaki | Summer Adventure Tag League III tour Fukuoka, Japan |
August 30, 2009 | 134 | 0. defeated KAGETORA in a tournament final for the vacant title. 1. defeated Genki Horiguchi on October 4, 2009 2. defeated Akira Tozawa November 8, 2009 3. defeated Akira Tozawa and KAGETORA on November 23, 2009 4. defeated by Super Shisa on December 10, 2009 5. defeated Anthony W. Mori on December 20, 2009 6. defeated Kzy on December 27, 2009 |
16
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K-ness | Primal Gate tour Nagoya, Japan |
January 11, 2010 | 47 | 1. defeated PAC on February, 7 2010 |
17
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Super Shisa | Truth Gate tour Nagoya, Japan |
February 27, 2010 | 50 | 1. defeated Genki Horiguchi and Munenori Sawa on March, 18 2010 |
18
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Tigers Mask | Gate of Passion tour. Osaka, Japan |
April 18, 2010 | 118 | 1. defeated Dragon Kid on May 5, 2010 2. defeated Super Shisa May 8, 2010 3. defeated Genki Horiguchi on July 3, 2010 |
19
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Masato Yoshino | Summer Adventure Tag League IV tour. Kobe, Japan |
August 14, 2010 | 0 | |
20
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PAC [Note 3] | Storm Gate 2010 tour. Fukuoka, Japan |
August 29, 2010 | 447 | 0. defeated Susumu Yokosuka in a tournament final to win the vacant title 1. defeated K-ness on October 24, 2010 2. defeated Dragon Kid October 11, 2010 3. defeated YAMATO on December 12, 2010 4. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on February 6, 2011 5. defeated Ricochet on March 1, 2011 6. defeated Akira Tozawa on April 2, 2011 7. defeated Naruki Doi on May 5, 2011 8. defeated Ricochet on June 18, 2011 9. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on September 16, 2011 10. defeated Genki Horiguchi on October 16, 2011 11. defeated Dragon Kid on October 22, 2011 |
21
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Ricochet | Crown Gate tour Osaka, Japan |
November 19, 2011 | 169 | 1. defeated Masato Yoshino on December 25, 2011 2. defeated Naruki Doi on March 3, 2012 3. defeated Kzy on March 25, 2012 |
22
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Dragon Kid | Dead or Alive 2012 Aichi, Japan |
May 6, 2012 | 364 | 1. defeated Super Shisa on June 16, 2012 2. defeated Ricochet on July 22, 2012 3. defeated Masamune on September 23, 2012 4. defeated Eita on October 21, 2012 5. defeated Shachihoko BOY on October 27, 2012 6. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on December 23, 2012 7. defeated Mr. Kyu Kyu Toyonaka Dolphin on January 25, 2013 8. defeated HUB on January 25, 2013 8. defeated Kzy on April 12, 2013 |
23
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Masato Yoshino | Dead or Alive 2013 Aichi, Japan |
May 5, 2013 | 117 | 1. defeated Rich Swann on June 1, 2013 2. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on June 15, 2013 3. defeated K-ness on July 27, 2013 4. defeated Naruki Doi on August 1, 2013 |
24
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Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! | Summer Adventure Tag League 2013 Kobe, Japan |
September 29, 2013 | 168 | 0. defeated Kzy in a tournament final for the vacant title 1. defeated CIBA on December 22, 2013 2. defeated Super Shisa on January 12, 2014 3. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on March 1, 2014 |
25
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Flamita [Note 4] | Memorial Gate 2014 in Wakayama. Wakayama, Japan |
March 16, 2014 | 290 | 1. defeated Jimmy Susumu on May 5, 2014 x. defeated Draztik Boy and Kaleth and Shane Strickland on May 20, 2014 2. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on June 14, 2014 3. defeated Dragon Kid on July 20, 2014 x. defeated Makabre and Tony Rodriguez on August 2, 2014 4. defeated Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin on August 17, 2014 5. defeated Kzy on September 9, 2014 6. defeated Jimmy Kanda on November 2, 2014 7. defeated Ryo "Jimmy" Saito on December 7, 2014 8. defeated Punch Tominaga by disqualification on December 28, 2014 |
26
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Kzy [Note 5] | Open the New Year Gate 2015 Kobe, Japan |
January 12, 2015 | 47 | 0. defeated Eita in a tournament final for the vacant championship 1. defeated Mondai Ryu on February 2, 2015 |
27
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Akira Tozawa | Champion Gate 2015 in Osaka Osaka, Japan |
February 28, 2015 | 246 | 1. defeated Flamita on March 23, 2015 2. defeated Kotoka on April 19, 2015 3. defeated Dragon Kid on May 5, 2015 4. defeated K-ness on June 13, 2015 5. defeated Eita on July 20, 2015 6. defeated Punch Tominaga and Super Shisa on August 16, 2015 |
28
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Kotoka | The Gate of Destiny 2015 Osaka, Japan |
November 1, 2015 | 125 | 0. This was a 3-Way match also featuring Naoki Tanizaki 1. defeated Eita on December 27, 2015 |
29
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Yosuke♥Santa Maria | Champion Gate 2016 in Osaka Osaka, Japan |
March 5, 2016 | 141 | 1. defeated Naoki Tanizaki on March 21, 2016 2. defeated Mondai Ryu on May 5, 2016 |
30
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Eita | Kobe Puroresu Festival 2016 Kobe, Japan |
July 24, 2016 | 223 | 1. defeated "brother" YASSHI on October 29, 2016 2. defeated El Lindaman on October 12, 2016 3. defeated Flamita on November 3, 2016 4. defeated Jimmy Kagetora on December 25, 2016 X. vs El Lindaman ended in a no contest on March 4, 2017 |
31
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Kagetora[Note 6] | Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2017 Wakayama, Japan |
March 20, 2017 | 278 | 0. defeated El Lindaman in a tournament final for the vacant championship 1. defeated Takehiro Yamamura on May 5, 2017 2. defeated Flamita on July 23, 2017 3. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on September 18th, 2017 4. defeated Genki Horiguchi on November 3rd, 2017 5. defeated K-ness on November 19th, 2017 |
32
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Yasushi Kanda | Final Gate 2017 Fukuoka, Japan |
December 23, 2017 | 70 | |
33 | Punch Tominaga | Champion Gate in Osaka 2018 Osaka, Japan |
March 3, 2018 | 18 | X. vs Yasushi Kanda ended in a no contest on March 21, 2018 |
34 | Dragon Kid | The Gate of Passion 2018 - Day 3 Tokyo, Japan |
April 6, 2018 | 172 | 0. defeated Kagetora in a tournament final. 1. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on April 6, 2019 |
35 | Eita | Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2018 Kobe, Japan |
July 22, 2018 | 64 | 1. defeated Punch Tominaga on September 9, 2018 |
36 | Dragon Kid | Dangerous Gate 2018 Tokyo, Japan |
September 25, 2018 | 178 | 1. defeated Bandido on November 4, 2019 2. defeated K-ness. on March 3, 2019 |
37 | Susumu Yokosuka | Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2019 Wakayama, Japan |
March 21, 2019 | 228 | 1. defeated U-T on May 6, 2019. 2. defeated Jason Lee on June 9, 2019 3. defeated Flamita on July 21, 2019 4. defeated Yosuke♥Santa Maria on September 11, 2019 |
38 | Kaito Ishida | Gate of Destiny 2019 Osaka, Japan |
November 4, 2019 | 1597+ | 1. defeated Jason Lee on December 15, 2019 |
- ↑ When Gamma won the title, he discarded the 8 Pieces on the belt, replacing it with his own plate. He changed the name to the “Open the Gamma Gate”. He is still recognized as the 9th Brave Gate champion, but these defenses are not a part of the official Brave lineage.
- ↑ Dragon Gate recognizes the reign as a Dr. Muscle reign instead of a Masato Yoshino reign.
- ↑ The Brave Gate title belt was stolen by Naoki Tanizaki on July 17th, 2011. He made several unrecognized defenses as the “Blood Warriors Authorized Brave Gate Champion” until September 16th. PACs’ reign is considered uninterrupted.
- ↑ Flamita made two unofficial defenses of the title in DTU.
- ↑ Kzy won the championship under the Dr. Muscle mask and unmasked himself during his reign.
- ↑ Kagetora won the championship under the name of Jimmy Kagetora before having to revert to simply Kagetora following the Jimmyz unit disbanding.
List of combined reigns[]
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
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1 | Masato Yoshino / Dr. Muscle | 6 | 16 | 813 |
2 | Dragon Kid | 4 | 12 | 733 |
3 | PAC | 1 | 11 | 447 |
4 | Eita | 2 | 4 | 354 |
5 | Genki Horiguchi / Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! | 3 | 8 | 343 |
6 | Flamita | 1 | 9 | 290 |
7 | Jimmy Kagetora/Kagetora | 1 | 4 | 278 |
8 | Naruki Doi | 2 | 5 | 254 |
9 | Akira Tozawa | 1 | 6 | 246 |
10 | Susumu Yokosuka | 1 | 4 | 228 |
11 | Ricochet | 1 | 3 | 169 |
12 | Yasushi Kanda | 1 | 2 | 154 |
13 | Yosuke♥Santa Maria | 1 | 2 | 141 |
14 | Naoki Tanizaki | 1 | 6 | 134 |
15 | Kotoka | 1 | 1 | 125 |
16 | CIMA | 1 | 3 | 119 |
17 | Tigers Mask | 1 | 3 | 118 |
18 | Gamma | 1 | 0 | 63 |
19 | Super Shisa | 1 | 1 | 50 |
20 | Kzy | 1 | 1 | 47 |
K-ness. | 1 | 1 | 47 | |
22 | Kaito Ishida † | 1 | 1 | 1597+ |
23 | Matt Sydal | 1 | 1 | 41 |
24 | Punch Tominaga | 1 | 0 | 18 |
25 | Anthony W. Mori | 1 | 0 | <1 |