Ganbare Pro Wrestling, or simply GanPro, is an independent wrestling promotion in Japan. Originally created as a special event in parent company DDT in 2013 by wrestler Ken Ohka, it soon became a separate promotion and started putting on its own events. The brand was created to capture the spirit of small independent promotions throughout Japan. While Ohka continues to be the primary driving force behind GanPro, like DDT and other sub-brands it is now owned and operated by CyberFight Corporation.
The promotion also has attempted to revive a women-only sub-brand, Ganbare Joshi, at times, with the most recent revival coming in Spring 2023. It was intended to revolve around top Ganbare woman wrestler Yuna Manase, but Manase suffered a serious injury before the relaunch that would likely keep her out all of 2023. Manase does remain active as the General Manager of Ganbare Joshi and does some commentary work, and her younger sister Ami has become a wrestler in the promotion too.
On January 31, 2024 it was announced that Ganbare would separate from CyberFight Corporation at the end of March and would become an independent promotion no longer owned by the company and DDT Pro Wrestling. It was also announced 3 wrestlers-Shota, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara-would leave the promotion at that time and become freelancers while 2 would join and become members of two different promotions at once-Shinichiro Tominaga and Yumehito Imanari (formerly of DDT). However, they would remain under the WRESTLE UNIVERSE umbrella for broadcasts and their events will continue to be available on demand on the service.
Ganbare Pro currently has 2 titles: Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight & Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship.
Current roster:
Coming Soon
Titles & History:
Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship
Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship
How to watch:
WRESTLE UNIVERSE-DDT’s official fan club & online streaming service broadcasts some Ganbare events live and all events are available on demand, usually 3 days after the events take place. (As of April 2024 all events will be available on demand only) Available worldwide for 1298 Japanese yen/month (around $8.50 US).
Official website:
https://ganpro.net
