Tenryu Project

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::summary Japanese professional wrestling promotion ::

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Field	Value
name	Tenryu Project
image	Tenryu_Project.png
established
style	Puroresu
location	Tokyo, Japan
founder	Genichiro Tenryu
owner	Genichiro Tenryu
predecessor	Wrestle Association R
website	https://tenryuproject2010.com
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|name = Tenryu Project |image = Tenryu_Project.png |image_size = |acronym = |established = |style =Puroresu |location = Tokyo, Japan |founder = Genichiro Tenryu |owner = Genichiro Tenryu |parent = |sister = |formerly = |merged = |predecessor = Wrestle Association R |website = https://tenryuproject2010.com Tenryu Project 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.

History

Tenryu Project is the successor to Genichiro 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. Tenryu Project doesn't have wrestlers on full-time contracts, instead producing shows with freelancers and working with other promotions. After Tenryu's in-ring retirement match in 2015, Tenryu Project stopped running shows. Five years later, a special anniversary show was held in 2020 titled .

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

Roster

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Ring name	Real name	Notes
"brother" Yasshi	Yasushi Tsujimoto	Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Daichi Hashimoto	Daichi Hashimoto	Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Fujita	Minoru Fujita	Freelancer affiliated with Tokyo Gurentai
Hideyoshi Kamitani	Hideyoshi Kamitani	Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Hikaru Sato	Hiroaki Sato	Signed to Pancrase Mission
Hub	Yuto Kigawa	Freelancer
Jun Masaoka	Jun Masaoka	Freelancer
Jun Saito	Jun Saito	Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
Kamikaze	Shoichi Maruyama	Freelancer
Kazuki Hashimoto	Kazuki Hashimoto	Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Kazumasa Yoshida	Kazumasa Yoshida	Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Keita Yano	Keita Yano	Signed to Professional Wrestling Wallabee
Kengo	Kengo Nishimura	International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Kengo Mashimo	Kengo Mashimo	Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
Kenichiro Arai	Kenichiro Arai	Signed to Dragongate
Kikutaro	Mitsunobu Kikuzawa	Freelancer
Kohei Sato	Kohei Sato	United National Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Koji Iwamoto	Koji Iwamoto	International Junior Heavyweight Champion
Freelancer
Kouki Iwasaki	Kouki Iwasaki	Freelancer
	Reona Fujinami	Signed to Dradition
Mammoth Sasaki	Yoshinori Sasaki	Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms
Masayuki Kono	Masayuki Kono	WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
United National Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Mazada	Kazuhiro Masada	Freelancer affiliated with Tokyo Gurentai
Minoru Suzuki	Minoru Suzuki	Signed to Pancrase Mission
Mizuki Watase	Mizuki Watase	Signed to Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
Naoki Tanizaki	Naoki Tanizaki	Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Oji Shiiba	Oji Shiiba	Freelancer
Rei Saito	Rei Saito	Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
	Jiro Kumagae	Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Ricky Fuji	Masanori Morimura	Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
	Ryoma Tsukamoto	Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
Ryuki Honda	Ryuki Honda	Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
Shigehiro Irie	Shigehiro Irie	Freelancer
Shota	Shota Suzuki	Signed to Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
Sushi	Akira Kawabata	Freelancer
Takuro Niki		Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
Tatsuhito Takaiwa	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	Freelancer
Tatsuya Hanami		Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
Toru	Toru Matsunaga	Signed to Total Triumph Team Pro-Wrestling
Towa Iwasaki	Towa Iwasaki	Signed to Pro-Wrestling Burst
Yuji Hino	Yusuke Hino	Freelancer
Yusuke Kodama	Yusuke Kodama	Freelancer
Yuya Susumu	Yuya Susumu	International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
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Notable guests/alumni

• Genichiro Tenryu
• Kuuga
• Nosawa Rongai
• Ryuichi Kawakami
• Taru

Championships and accomplishments

Current championships

As of , , Tenryu Project has four recognized championships, the first three revived from WAR. ::data[format=table] | Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes | Ref. | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | International Junior Heavyweight Championship | [[File:20230717kouji2.jpg|75px]] | Koji Iwamoto | 1 | May 21, 2025 | | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Yusuke Kodama at Live For Today Vol. 2 | | International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | [[File:20230506susumu1.jpg|75px]] [[File:20230523kengo.jpg|75px]] | Yuya Susumu and Kengo | 1 (2, 1) | October 15, 2024 | | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama at Light My Fire Vol. 7. | | WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship | [[File:20230523kengo.jpg|75px]] [[File:Blank.svg|75px]] [[File:20230506susumu1.jpg|75px]] | Kengo, Masayuki Kono and Yuya Susumu | 2(4, 4, 2) | October 25, 2025 | | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Don Fujii, Kenichiro Arai and Yasshi at Osaka Crush Night 2025. | | United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | [[File:佐藤耕平.jpg|75px]] [[File:Blank.svg|75px]] | Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono | 1 | October 15, 2024 | | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Hideki Suzuki and Hikaru Sato at Light My Fire Vol. 7. | ::

Tournaments

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Accomplishment	Last winner(s)	Date won	Location	Notes
Ryūkon Cup	Hideyoshi Kamitani		Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Hikaru Sato in the tournament final.
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Notable shows

First Show

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

|match1=Mitsuo Momota defeated Masao Orihara |stip1=Singles match |time1=09:15

|match2=Bear Fukuda defeated Chango |stip2=Singles match |time2=08:54

|match3=Kyoko Inoue and Munenori Sawa defeated Keita Yano and Manami Toyota |stip3=Tag team match |time3=14:33

|match4=Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Susumu Yokosuka |stip4=Three-way match for the vacant WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship |time4=22:13

|match5=Genichiro Tenryu and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Arashi and Dick Togo |stip5=Tag team match |time5=20:03

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour

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

|match1=Shota defeated Mitsunobu Kikuzawa |stip1=Singles match |time1=09:20

|match2=Buki defeated Dragon Joker |stip2=Singles match |time2=07:40

|match3=Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Ryuji Hijikata |stip3=Singles match |time3=10:18

|match4=Great Kojika and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Nosawa Rongai and Ricky Fuji |stip4=Tag team match |time4=12:22

|match5=Kengo (c) defeated Choden Senshi Battle Ranger |stip5=Singles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |time5=12:11

|match6=Arashi and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Kotaro Nasu and Toru Sugiura |stip6=Tag team match |time6=10:11

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Shinjuku

This event took place on April 3, 2015.

|match1=Ricky Fuji defeated Mitsunobu Kikuzawa |stip1=Singles match |time1=08:11

|match2=Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Gamelas and Nosawa Rongai |stip2=Tag team match |time2=12:40

|match3=Kengo (c) defeated Kaze |stip3=Singles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |time3=11:33

|match4=Arashi and Great Kojika defeated the Great Kabuki and Masao Inoue |stip4=Tag team match |time4=11:51

|match5=Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Dragon Joker |stip5=Singles match |time5=16:15

|match6=Buki, Heddi French and Ryuichi Kawakami (c) defeated Kotaro Nasu, Shota and Toru Sugiura |stip6=Six-man tag team match for the Tenryu Project World Six Man Tag Team Championship |time6=17:14

|match7=Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Sanshiro Takagi |stip7=Tag team match |time7=08:35

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Korakuen

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

|match1=Ricky Fuji and Great Kabuki defeated Great Kojika and Kikutaro |stip1=Tag team match |time1=09:02

|match2=Kotaru Nasu defeated Dragon Joker |stip2=Singles match for the vacant UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |time2=10:08

|match3=Kendo Kashin and Kenichiro Arai defeated Nosawa Rongai and Yoshinari Ogawa |stip3=Tag team match |time3=10:52

|match4=Arashi, Kazunari Murakami and Koki Kitahara defeated Buki, Hikaru Sato and Manabu Soya |stip4=Six-man tag team match |time4=16:49

|match5=Kuuga and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Fujita and Yuji Hino |stip5=Tag team match |time5=16:55

|match6=Genichiro Tenryu and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka) |stip6=Tag team match |time6=20:26

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final

November 15, 2015 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo. Last card of the promotion before the 2020 revival. |match1=Ricky Fuji and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kikutaro and The Winger |stip1=Tag team match |time1=08:41

|match2=Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko defeated Cassandra Miyagi and Meiko Satomura |stip2=Tag team match |time2=09:29

|match3=Fujita, Kuuga, Onryo, Taru and Yasu Kubota defeated Dragon Joker, Gurukun Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Ryota Chikuzen and Shigeno Shima |stip3=Ten-man tag team match |time3=11:16

|match4=Buki, Great Kabuki and Kai defeated Great Kojika, Jun Kasai and Toru Sugiura |stip4=Six-man tag team match |time4=08:57

|match5=Kendo Kashin and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Kenichiro Arai and Nosawa Rongai |stip5=Tag team match |time5=12:47

|match6=Hikaru Sato, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Koki Kitahara, Kotaro Nasu and Ryuji Hijikata |stip6=Six-man tag team match |time6=13:08

|match7=Arashi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Taiyo Kea and Yuto Aijima |stip7=Tag team match |time7=09:54

|match8=Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Minoru Suzuki and Kazunari Murakami |stip8=Tag team match |time8=13:10

|match9=Riki Choshu and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Akitoshi Saito and Ryuichi Kawakami |stip9=Tag team match |time9=13:46

|match10=Suwama and Yuji Okabayashi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Daisuke Sekimoto |stip10=Tag team match |time10=18:54

|match11=Kazuchika Okada defeated Genichiro Tenryu |stip11=Singles match (Tenryu's retirement match) |time11=17:27

Revolutionary Tradition: Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary

Held on November 15, 2020 at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. |results= |times= |match1=Great Kojika and Masao Inoue defeated Ricky Fuji and Shota by submission |stip1=Tag team match |time1=11:08

|match2=Onryo defeated Kenichiro Arai by pinfall |stip2=Singles match |time2=8:50

|match3=Ryuji Hijikata and Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Hideyoshi Kamitani and Dash Chisako by technical knockout |stip3=Tag team match |time3=12:50

|match4=Hideki Suzuki and Yuya Susumu defeated Masayuki Kono and Kotaro Nasu by pinfall |stip4=Tag team match |time4=11:19

|match5=Hikaru Sato, Yuji Hino and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Minoru Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo and Kengo by submission |stip5=Six-man tag team match |time5=23:57

|match6=Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kazuchika Okada ended in a draw |stip6= |time6=34:43

References

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1. "Tenryu Project - Results".
2. [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=8&nr=644 Tenryu Project - Active promotion in the Asia region]
3. "Tenryu Project Kakumei Densho ~ Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary".
4. "Tenryu Project Survive The Revolution Vol. 1".
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