Founded | 2019 |
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Style | Puroresu Submission wrestling |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Founder(s) | Taka Michinoku |
Owner(s) | Taka Michinoku |
Split from | Kaientai Dojo |
Website | https://prowrestlingjto.com/ |
JTO (also known as Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility owned by Taka Michinoku. [1] The promotion places an emphasis on a unique style of puroresu that combines high-flying wrestling, technical wrestling and various martial arts. Most matches are held under submission-only rules.
The promotion was founded by Michinoku after his previous promotion, Kaientai Dojo (now Active Advance Pro Wrestling) dismissed him after he was involved in scandal caused by an extramarital affair. [2] [3] JTO held their first show on July 8, 2019 in Korakuen Hall. [4]
Unlike most professional wrestling promotions, their top honor isn't a championship, instead wrestlers who are officially signed to the promotion compete in tournaments and ranking matches under JTO rules, with the top ranking ("King of JTO" for men and "Queen of JTO" for women) considered the highest honor. [5] Those honors are currently held by Ryuya Takekura and Tomoka Inaba respectively.
The promotion holds partnerships with various other promotions from the Japanese wrestling scene such as World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom). Tomoka Inaba and Aoi are two of JTO's wrestlers who appeared in several events promoted by Stardom such as New Blood 1 and New Blood 2. [6] [7]
Wrestlers compete in three separate rankings under JTO rules: the JTO Ranking, the JTO J2 Ranking and the JTO Girls Ranking. The JTO Ranking is the primary ranking for male wrestlers, with the highest ranked wrestler crowned King of JTO. The JTO J2 Ranking is a secondary ranking in which matches are fought under slightly different rules (2 lost points before a TKO instead of 3). The JTO Girls Ranking is the primary ranking for female wrestlers, with the highest ranked wrestler crowned Queen of JTO.
As of January 2024 [update] , the rankings are as follows. [8] [9]
# | Wrestler |
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K | Ryuya Takekura |
2 | Ren Ayabe |
3 | Akira Jumonji |
4 | Taka Michinoku |
5 | Eagle Mask |
6 | Ibuki |
7 | Fire Katsumi |
8 | Genta Yubari |
9 | Mr. Mask |
10 | Keita |
# | Wrestler |
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1 | Arata |
2 | Masayoshi Miyairi |
3 | Kensuke |
4 | Kimo |
5 | Maxi |
6 | Vacant |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 |
# | Wrestler |
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Q | Tomoka Inaba |
2 | Aoi |
3 | Yuu Yamagata |
4 | Sumika Yanagawa |
5 | rhythm |
6 | Misa Kagura |
7 | Azusa Inaba |
8 | Hisoka |
9 | Vacant |
10 |
As of November7, 2024 this is the list of championships created or promoted by the promotion.
Championship | Current champion | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes |
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King of JTO | Keita | 1 | November 1, 2024 | 6+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Fire Katsumi at JTO. |
JTO Openweight Championship | Genta Yubari | 1 | August 31, 2024 | 68+ | Sendai, Japan | Defeated Fire Katsumi at JTO to win the vacant championship. |
JTO Tag Team Championship | Ill Gravity (Ara and Naoya Akama) | 1 (1, 1) | November 1, 2024 | 6+ | Tokyo, Japan | Myo-o (Hiro Iijima and Ryoma Tsukamoto) at JTO. |
UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship | Bomber Tatsuya | 1 | November 1, 2024 | 6+ | Tokyo, Japan | Won a battle royal to win the championship over former champion Misa Kagura. [10] |
Championship | Current champion | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes |
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Queen of JTO | Aoi | 2 | August 29, 2024 | 70+ | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Tomoka Inaba at JTO Girls Special. |
JTO Girls Championship | Yuu Yamagata | 1 | October 14, 2024 | 24+ | Hakodate, Japan | Defeated Aoi at JTO Hakodate General Wholesale Center Convention. |
JTO Girls Tag Team Championship | Aoi and Tomoka Inaba | 1 (1, 1) | October 5, 2024 | 33+ | Yokohama, Japan | Defeated Misa Kagura and Yuuri at JTO Tag Championship One Day Tournament to become the inaugural champions. |
King of JTO | |||||||||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotion | JTO | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | October 16, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Keita | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | November 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The King of JTO is a professional wrestling championship serving as the top accomplishment of JTO's male division. There have been a total of nine reigns shared between seven different champions. The current title holder is Keita who is in his first reign.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Taka Michinoku | October 16, 2020 | JTO House | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 328 | 5 | Defeated Arata to become the inaugural champion. | [11] |
2 | Ryuya Takekura | September 9, 2021 | JTO Yume | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 70 | 2 | [12] | |
3 | Kanon | November 18, 2021 | JTO Itadaki | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 106 | 2 | [13] | |
— | Vacated | March 4, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Ryuya Takekura | March 4, 2022 | JTO Tournament 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 245 | 1 | Defeated Ren Ayabe in the finals of the 2022 King of JTO Tournament. | [14] |
5 | Yasu Urano | November 4, 2022 | JTO Ran | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 156 | 1 | [15] | |
6 | Ren Ayabe | April 9, 2023 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 99 | 1 | [16] | |
7 | Ryuya Takekura | July 17, 2023 | JTO 4th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 228 | 2 | [17] | |
8 | Fire Katsumi | March 1, 2024 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 245 | 4 | [18] | |
9 | Keita | November 1, 2024 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 6+ | 0 | [19] |
As of November7, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Ryuya Takekura | 3 | 5 | 543 |
2 | Taka Michinoku | 1 | 5 | 328 |
3 | Fire Katsumi | 1 | 4 | 245 |
4 | Yasu Urano | 1 | 1 | 156 |
5 | Kanon | 1 | 2 | 106 |
6 | Ren Ayabe | 1 | 1 | 99 |
7 | Keita † | 1 | 0 | 6+ |
JTO Openweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||||||
Promotion | JTO | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Genta Yubari | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | August 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The JTO Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship serving as the secondary title of JTO's male division. There have been a total of three reigns shared between three different wrestlers. The current champion is Genta Yubari who is in his first reign.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Ren Ayabe | November 10, 2023 | JTO House | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 112 | 2 | Defeated Ryuya Takekura in the J1 League final to become the inaugural champion. | [20] |
2 | Gladio | March 1, 2024 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 140 | 1 | [18] | |
— | Vacated | July 19, 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
3 | Genta Yubari | August 31, 2024 | JTO | Sendai, Japan | 1 | 68+ | 1 | Defeated Fire Katsumi to win the vacant championship. | [21] |
As of November7, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Gladio | 1 | 1 | 140 |
2 | Ren Ayabe | 1 | 2 | 112 |
3 | Genta Yubari † | 1 | 1 | 68+ |
JTO Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||||
Promotion | JTO | ||||||||||||||
Date established | September 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Ill Gravity (Ara and Naoya Akama) | ||||||||||||||
Date won | October 5, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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The JTO Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship serving as the male division's tag titles. There have been a total of two reigns ahared between two different teams consisting of four distinctive champions. The current titleholders are Ara and Naoya Akama who are in their first reign as a team as well as individually.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Myo-o (Hiro Iijima and Ryoma Tsukamoto) | October 5, 2024 | JTO Tag Championship One Day Tournament | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (1, 1) | 27 | 0 | Defeated Genesis (Akira Jumonji and Fire Katsumi) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. | [22] |
2 | Ill Gravity (Ara and Naoya Akama) | November 1, 2024 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 (1, 1) | 6+ | 0 | [19] |
Queen of JTO | |||||||||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotion | JTO | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | December 6, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Aoi | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | August 29 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Queen of JTO Championship is the female's top accomplishment of JTO. There have been a total of eight reigns shared between five different champions. The current title holder is Aoi who is in her second reign.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Aki Shizuku | December 6, 2020 | JTO GIRLS Tournament | Saitama, Japan | 1 | 213 | 3 | Defeated Tomoka Inaba in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [23] |
2 | Tomoka Inaba | July 7, 2021 | JTO Just Tap Out 2nd Anniversary Iwai | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 134 | 2 | [24] | |
3 | Yuu Yamagata | November 18, 2021 | JTO Itadaki | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 199 | 2 | [13] | |
4 | Tomoka Inaba | June 5, 2022 | JTO | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 383 | 4 | This was a JTO Girls 2022 Tournament semi-final match. | [25] |
5 | Yuu | June 23, 2023 | JTO | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 140 | 2 | This was the JTO Girls 2023 Tournament final match. | [26] |
6 | Aoi | November 10, 2023 | JTO J1 League & GIRLS League Finals | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 57 | 0 | [20] [27] | |
7 | Tomoka Inaba | January 6, 2024 | JTO Girls Special | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 236 | 1 | [28] | |
8 | Aoi | August 29, 2024 | JTO Girls Special | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 70+ | 2 | [29] |
As of November7, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Tomoka Inaba | 3 | 7 | 753 |
2 | Aki Shizuku | 1 | 3 | 213 |
3 | Yuu Yamagata | 1 | 2 | 199 |
4 | Yuu | 1 | 2 | 140 |
5 | Aoi † | 2 | 2 | 127+ |
JTO Girls Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||||||
Promotion | JTO | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Yuu Yamagata | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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The JTO Girls Championship is the secondary accomplishment of JTO. There have been a total of four reigns shared between four different champions. The current title holder is Yuu Yamagata who is in her first reign.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Misa Kagura | November 10, 2023 | JTO J1 League & GIRLS League | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 57 | 1 | Defeated Sumika Yanagawa in the Girls' League final to become the inaugural champion. | [30] |
2 | Unagi Sayaka | January 6, 2024 | JTO Girls Special | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 125 | 2 | [28] | |
3 | Aoi | May 10, 2024 | JTO Michinoku The Super Best 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 157 | 1 | [31] | |
4 | Yuu Yamagata | October 14, 2024 | JTO Hakodate General Wholesale Center Convention | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 24+ | 0 | [32] |
As of November7, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Aoi | 1 | 1 | 157 |
2 | Unagi Sayaka | 1 | 2 | 125 |
3 | Misa Kagura | 1 | 1 | 57 |
4 | Yuu Yamagata † | 1 | 0 | 24+ |
JTO Girls Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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Details | |||||||||||||
Promotion | JTO | ||||||||||||
Date established | September 2024 | ||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Aoi and Tomoka Inaba | ||||||||||||
Date won | October 5, 2024 | ||||||||||||
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The JTO Girls Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship serving as the female division's tag titles. The current and inaugural champions are Aoi and Tomoka Inaba.
No. | Overall reign number |
---|---|
Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Aoi and Tomoka Inaba | October 5, 2024 | JTO Tag Championship One Day Tournament | Yokohama, Japan | 1 (1, 1) | 33 | 0 | Defeated Misa Kagura and Yuuri in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. | [33] |
Name | Winner | Date held | Stipulation |
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Only Give Up Tournament | Taka Michinoku | February 12 - August 14, 2020 | Submission-only tournament to decide the first #1 and #2 ranked male wrestlers |
JTO Girls Tournament | Aki Shizuku | December 6, 2020 | Tournament to decide the first #1 and #2 female wrestlers |
JTO Tournament 2021 | Kanon | February 27 - March 19, 2020 | Winner received a match against the King of JTO |
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