The Open The Brave Gate Championship is a secondary singles championship in Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling. The title normally has a weight limit of 183 pounds/83 kg and also tends to be geared towards younger and less experiences wrestlers. It was created in March 2005 when Naruki Doi won a tournament to become the inaugural champion.
As of 10/12/2026 there have been 56 Open The Brave Gate Champions. This includes 1 interim reign. They are listed below in order of reign, which reign it was (some held it multiple times), length of reign and number of successful defenses
1-Naruki Doi. 1st reign. Length: 3/13/2005-11/13/2005. Successful defenses: 5.
2-Dragon Kid. 1st reign. Length: 11/13/2005-2/5/2006. Successful defenses: None. Title held up on 2/5/2006 after title defense ended in a no contest.
3-Masato Yoshino. 1st reign. Length: 3/19/2006-2/12/2007. Successful defenses: 4. Won title in 3-way match.
4-Matt Sydal. 1st reign. Length: 2/12/2007-3/25/2007. Successful defenses: None.
5-Genki Horiguchi. 1st reign. Length: 3/25/2007-7/1/2007. Successful defenses: 2.
6-Yasushi Kanda. 1st reign. Length: 7/1/2007-9/22/2007. Successful defenses: 2. (Note: 1st defense ended in a no contest. Kanda retained title as a result)
7-Masato Yoshino. 2nd reign. Length: 9/22/2007-4/13/2008. Successful defenses: 6.
8-Anthony W. Mori. 1st reign. Length: 4/13/2008. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title immediately because he won title due to outside interference and was not satisfied by winning the title that way.
9-Gamma. 1st reign. Length: 4/27/2008-6/29/2008. Successful defenses: None. Changed title name to Open The Gamma Gate Championship and made his own rules during reign. Made 6 title defenses but they are not recognized by Dragon Gate.
10-Dr. Muscle. 1st reign. Length: 6/29/2008. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title immediately. Dr. Muscle was Masato Yoshino wearing a mask. Original title name restored after match. This is not recognized as a Yoshino title reign.
11-Genki Horiguchi. 1st reign. Length: 7/2/2008-10/12/2008. Successful defenses: 2.
12-Masato Yoshino. 3rd reign. Length: 10/12/2008-3/22/2009. Successful defenses: 2.
13-CIMA. 1st reign. Length: 3/22/2009-7/19/2009. Successful defenses: 3. (Note: 2nd defense ended in a countout loss which was voided. CIMA won immediate rematch to retain the title)
14-Naruki Doi. 2nd reign. Length: 7/19/2009-7/28/2009. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 7/28/2009 due to also holding Open The Dream Gate Championship.
15-Naoki Tanisaki. 1st reign. Length: 8/30/2009-1/11/2010. Successful defenses: 6.
16-K-ness. 1st reign. Length: 1/11/2010-2/27/2010. Successful defenses: 1.
17-Super Shisa. 1st reign. Length: 2/27/2010-4/18/2010. Successful defenses: 1.
18-Tigers Mask. 1st reign. Length: 4/18/2010-8/14/2010. Successful defenses: 4.
19-Masato Yoshino. 4th reign. Length: 8/14/2010. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title immediately due to also holding Open The Dream Gate Championship.
20-Pac. 1st reign. Length: 8/29/2010-11/19/2011. Successful defenses: 11.
21-Ricochet. 1st reign. Length: 11/19/2011-5/6/2012. Successful defenses: 3.
22-Dragon Kid. 2nd reign. Length: 5/6/2012-5/5/2013. Successful defenses: 9.
23-Masato Yoshino. 5th reign. Length: 5/5/2013-8/30/2013. Successful defenses: 4. Vacated title on 8/30/2013.
24-Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (Genki Horiguchi). 2nd reign. 9/28/2013-3/16/2014. Successful defenses: 4.
25-Flamita. 1st reign. Length: 3/16/2014-12/28/2014. Successful defenses: 8. Vacated title on 12/28/2014 after refusing to accept retaining title following winning by DQ.
26-Dr. Muscle/Kzy. 1st reign. Length: 1/12/2015-2/28/2015. Successful defenses: 1. Dr. Muscle unmasked on 1/16/2015 and revealed to be Kzy.
27-Akira Tozawa. 1st reign. Length: 2/28/2015-11/1/2015. Successful defenses: 6.
28-Kotoka. 1st reign. Length: 11/1/2015-3/5/2016. Successful defenses: 1. Won title in 3-way elimination match.
29-Yosuke 💟 Santamaria. 1st reign. Length: 3/5/2016-7/24/2016. Successful defenses: 2.
30-Eita. 1st reign. Length: 7/24/2016-3/4/2017. Successful defenses: 4. Title held up on 3/4/2017 after title match ended in a no contest.
31-Jimmy Kagetora (Kagetora). 1st reign. Length: 3/20/2017-12/23/2017. Successful defenses: 5.
32-Yasushi Kanda. 1st reign. Length: 12/23/2017-3/3/2018. Successful defenses: None.
33-Punch Tominaga. 1st reign. Length: 3/3/2018-3/21/2018. Successful defenses: None. Title held up on 3/21/2018 after title match ended in a no contest.
34-Dragon Kid. 3rd reign. Length: 4/6/2018-7/22/2018. Successful defenses: 1.
35-Eita. 2nd reign. Length: 7/22/2018-9/24/2018. Successful defenses: 1.
36-Dragon Kid. 4th reign. Length: 9/24/2018-3/21/2019. Successful defenses: 2.
37-Susumu Yokosuka. 1st reign. Length: 3/21/2019-11/4/2019. Successful defenses: 4.
38-Kaito Ishida. 1st reign. Length: 11/4/2019-11/3/2020. Successful defenses: 4.
39-Keisuke Okuda. 1st reign. Length: 11/3/2020-7/31/2021. Successful defenses: 5.
40-Genki Horiguchi. 3rd reign. Length: 7/31/2021-8/1/2021. Successful defenses: None.
41-Kagetora. 2nd reign. Length: 8/1/2021-8/8/2021. Successful defenses: None.
42-SB KENTo. 1st reign. Length: 8/8/2021-8/9/2021. Successful defenses: None. Title held up on 8/9/2021 after title match ended in a no contest.
43-SB KENTo. 2nd reign. Length: 8/9/2021-1/12/2022. Successful defenses: 4.
44-Dragon Dia. 1st reign. Length: 1/12/2022-7/30/2022. Successful defenses: 3. (Note: 3rd defense ended in a double countout. Dia retained title as a result)
45-H-Y-O. 1st reign. Length: 7/3/2022-12/25/2022. Successful defenses: 4.
46-Minorita. 1st reign. Length: 12/25/2022-3/4/2023. Successful defenses: None.
47-Jason Lee. 1st reign. Length: 3/4/2023-7/2/2023. Successful defenses: 2.
48-ISHIN. 1st reign. Length: 7/2/2023-10/9/2023. Successful defenses: 1.
49-Kzy. 2nd reign. Length: 10/9/2023-10/14/2023. Successful defenses: None.
50-ISHIN. 2nd reign. Length: 10/14/2023-12/5/2023. Successful defenses; 1.
51-Hyo (H-Y-O). 2nd reign. Length: 12/5/2023-7/21/2024. Successful defenses: 7.
52-Dragon Dia. 2nd reign. Length: 7/21/2024-12/15/2024. Successful defenses: 2.
53-YAMATO. 1st reign. Length: 12/15/2024-4/7/2025. Successful defenses: 1. Won title in double title match which also was for Open The Dream Gate Championship. Vacated title on 4/7/2025 after successful defense.
54-U-T. 1st reign. Length: 5/5/2025-7/13/2025. Successful defenses: 1.
55-Ryoya Tanaka. 1st reign. Length: 7/13/2025-9/12/2026. Successful defenses: 12.
56-Dragon Kid. 5th reign. Length: 9/12/2026-9/20/2026. Successful defenses: None. Title held up after Ryu Fuda won title on 9/20/2026 due to ISHIN interference. Title change will not be recognized.
Interim Champion-Dragon Kid. Length: 10/12/2026-11/5/2026. Named interim champion on 10/12/2026 and will face the winner of a 4-man tournament on 11/5/2026 to crown new champion. (Note: The tournament winner will be the Homare-GuC winner on 10/24/2026)