Strongest-K Championship

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Strongest-K Championship
Details
Promotion Kaientai Dojo
Date establishedJuly 3, 2004
Date retiredMay 26, 2019
Statistics
First champion(s) Hi69
Final champion(s) Ayato Yoshida
Most reigns Kengo Mashimo
6 reigns
Longest reign Kengo Mashimo
552 days
Shortest reign Kaji Tomato
20 days
Oldest champion Miyawaki
36 years, 63 days
Youngest champion Hi69
22 years, 70 days
Heaviest champion Daisuke Sekimoto
264 lbs (120 kg)
Lightest champion Taka Michinoku
169 lbs (77 kg)

The Strongest-K Championship was the top singles title in Kaientai Dojo and was established in 2004. The holder of the title was referred to as the "Champion of Strongest-K". There have been a total of 27 reigns and one vacancy shared between 16 different champions. The final title holder was Ayato Yoshida.

Contents

Title history

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1 Hi69 July 3, 2004 House show Odaiba, Japan 1701 Hi69 defeated Kengo Mashimo in the finals of a 16-man tournament to become the inaugural champion.
2 Kaz Hayashi September 11, 2004K-DOJO Club-K Super Downtown Tokyo, Japan 11212This was also for Hayashi's AJPW Junior Heavyweight Championship.
3 Taka Michinoku January 10, 2005K-DOJO Club-K Super Kick Tokyo, Japan 13618This was also for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
4JoeJanuary 6, 2006K-DOJO Club-K Super Kick Tokyo, Japan 12763
5 Kengo Mashimo October 9, 2006 House show Tokyo, Japan 15525
6 Yuji Hino April 13, 2008K-DOJO Club-K Super Ev. 7 Tokyo, Japan 11182
7 Kengo Mashimo August 9, 2008K-DOJO Super Big Show Chiba Hakkenden Chiba, Japan 22462
8 Taka Michinoku April 12, 2009K-DOJO Club-K Super Ev. 7 Chiba, Japan 21894
9 Kazma October 18, 2009K-DOJO Club-K Super Outbreak 2009 Chiba, Japan 13015
10 Yuji Hino August 15, 2010K-DOJO Super Big Show Chiba Hakkenden Chiba, Japan 23074
11 Kengo Mashimo June 18, 2011K-DOJO Club-K Super Take Chiba, Japan 343110
12 Daisuke Sekimoto August 22, 2012K-Dojo Club-K Super In Shinjuku FACE Chiba, Japan 1833
13 Yuji Hino November 13, 2012K-DOJO Club-K Super In Korakuen 2012 Chiba, Japan 31521
14 Taishi Takizawa April 14, 2013K-DOJO CLUB-K SUPER Evolution 11 ~ K-DOJO 11th Anniversary Chiba, Japan 1790
Vacated July 2, 2013 Chiba, Japan The title was vacated after Takizawa was arrested for voyeurism.
15 Kengo Mashimo September 1, 2013K-DOJO Sea King Tournament Chiba, Japan 42244Mashimo defeated Ryuichi Sekine in the finals of the 2013 Sea King Tournament to win the vacant title.
16Saburo InematsuApril 13, 2014K-DOJO 12th Anniversary Show ~ CLUB-K SUPER Evolution 12 Tokyo, Japan 1701 [1]
17 Miyawaki June 22, 2014K-DOJO Club-K Super In Osaka Osaka, Japan 1631Won by referee stoppage after Inematsu dislocated his left shoulder. Initially Miyawaki refused the title, but was officially recognized as the champion on June 25.
18 Kengo Mashimo August 24, 2014K-DOJO Club-K Super In TKP Chiba, Japan 52318 [2]
19 Yuji Hino April 12, 2015K-DOJO Club-K Super Evolution 13 Tokyo, Japan 41472 [3]
20 Tank Nagai September 6, 2015K-DOJO Club-K Super In TKP Chiba, Japan 13296 [4]
21 Kaji Tomato July 31, 2016K-DOJO Club-K Super In TKP Garden City Chiba Chiba, Japan 1200 [5]
22 Kengo Mashimo August 20, 2016K-DOJO Club-K Super In Blue Field Chiba, Japan 62815 [6]
23 Isami Kodaka May 28, 2017K-DOJO Tokyo Big Show Tokyo, Japan 11132 [7]
24 Tank Nagai September 18, 2017K-DOJO Tokyo Big Show Tokyo, Japan 2270 [8]
25 Taishi Takizawa October 15, 2017K-DOJO Tokyo Big Show Tokyo, Japan 24556 [9]
26 Shu Asakawa January 13, 2019K-DOJO GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1902 [10]
27 Ayato Yoshida April 13, 2019K-DOJO 17th Anniversary GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1430 [11]
DeactivatedMay 26, 2019The title was deactivated due to Kaientai Dojo rebranding as Active Advance Pro Wrestling. The title was replaced by the 2AW Openweight Championship. [12]

Combined reigns

April30, 2023.

Final champion Ayato Yoshida 2016-06-19 AyatoYoshida.jpg
Final champion Ayato Yoshida
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Kengo Mashimo 6341,965
2 Yuji Hino 49724
3 Taka Michinoku 212549
4 Taishi Takizawa 26534
5 Tank Nagai 26356
6 Kazma 15301
7Joe13276
8 Kaz Hayashi 12121
9 Isami Kodaka 12113
10 Daisuke Sekimoto 1383
11 Shu Asakawa 1290
12 Hi69 1170
Saburo Inematsu1170
14 Miyawaki 1163
15 Ayato Yoshida 1043
16 Kaji Tomato 1020

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