The KO-D (King Of DDT) Openweight Championship is the top singles championship in DDT. It was first awarded in April 2000 when Masao Orihara became the inaugural champion.
As of 11/3/2024 there have been 84 KO-D Openweight Champions. 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-Masao Orihara. 1st reign. Length: 4/19/2000-7/26/2000. Successful defenses: None.
2-Koichiro Kimura. 1st reign. Length: 7/26/2000-10/11/2000. Successful defenses: 1.
3-Poison Sawada JULIE. 1st reign. Length: 10/11/2000-12/14/2000. Successful defenses: 1.
4-Sanahiro Takagi. 1st reign. Length: 12/14/2000-3/28/2001. Successful defenses: 2. Won title in 4-way match.
5-Exciting Yoshida. 1st reign. Length: 3/28/2001-6/29/2001. Successful defenses: 2.
6-Nosawa (NOSAWA Rongai). 1st reign. Length: 6/29/2001-11/22/2001. Successful defenses: None. Stripped of title on 11/22/2001 for not being appropriate as champion.
7-Super Uchuu Power (Koichiro Kimura). 2nd reign. Length: 11/30/2001-1/26/2002. Successful defenses: 1. Won title in 3-way match.
8-MIKAMI. 1st reign. Length: 1/26/2002-2/6/2002. Successful defenses: 1. Won title in a tag team match where multiple titles were on the line.
9-Super Uchuu Power. 3rd reign. Length: 2/6/2002-5/3/2002. Successful defenses: None.
10-Sanshiro Takagi. 2nd reign. Length: 5/3/2002-5/31/2002. Successful defenses: None.
11-Kintaro Kanemura. 1st reign. Length: 5/31/2002-9/7/2002. Successful defenses: 1.
12-Sanshiro Takagi. 3rd reign. Length: 9/7/2002-11/29/2002. Successful defenses: 1.
13-GENTARO. 1st reign. Length: 11/29/2002-12/22/2002. Successful defenses: None.
14-MIKAMI. 2nd reign. Length: 12/22/2002-7/17/2003. Successful defenses: 2. Won title in 4-way match.
15-Takashi Sasaki. 1st reign. Length: 7/17/2003-10/26/2003. Successful defenses: 2.
16-Shoichi Ichimiya. 1st reign. Length: 10/26/2003-2/11/2004. Successful defenses: None.
17-Poison Sawada JULIE. 2nd reign. Length: 2/11/2004-11/2/2004. Successful defenses: 4. Won title in 4-way match.
18-MIKAMI. 3rd reign. Length: 11/2/2004-1/30/2005. Successful defenses: 1.
19-Francesco Togo (Dick Togo). 1st reign. Length: 1/30/2005-5/4/2005. Successful defenses: 2.
20-Sanshiro Takagi. 4th reign. Length: 5/4/2005-10/23/2005. Successful defenses: 1.
21-Danshoku Dieno. 1st reign. Length: 10/23/2005-4/2/2006. Successful defenses: 1.
22-Toru Owashi. 1st reign. Length: 4/2/2006-12/29/2006. Successful defenses: 2.
23-HARASHIMA. 1st reign. Length: 12/29/2006-6/3/2007. Successful defenses: 3.
24-Koo (Shuji Ishikawa). 1st reign. Length: 6/3/2007-10/21/2007. Successful defenses: 2.
25-HARASHIMA. 2nd reign. Length: 10/21/2007-5/6/2008. Successful defenses: 2.
26-Dick Togo. 2nd reign. Length: 5/6/2008-9/28/2008. Successful defenses: 2. Won title in 5-way match.
27-Sanshiro Takagi. 5th reign. Length: 9/28/2008-5/4/2009. Successful defenses: 5.
28-HARASHIMA. 3rd reign. Length: 5/4/2009-8/23/2009. Successful defenses: 2.
29-Kota Ibushi. 1st reign. Length: 8/23/2009-11/29/2009. Successful defenses: 2.
30-Shuji Ishikawa. 2nd reign. Length: 11/29/2009-2/28/2010. Successful defenses: 2.
31-Daisuke Sekimoto. 1st reign. Length: 2/28/2010-7/25/2010. Successful defenses: 4.
32-HARASHIMA. 4th reign. Length: 7/25/2010-11/14/2010. Successful defenses: 2.
33-Hikaru Sato. 1st reign. Length: 11/14/2010-11/28/2010. Successful defenses: None.
34-Dick Togo. 3rd reign. Length: 11/28/2010-12/22/2010. Successful defenses: None. Vacated title on 12/22/2010 due to injury.
Interim Champion-Antonio Honda. Length: 12/26/2010-1/30/2011. Successful defenses: None.
35-Dick Togo. 4th reign. Length: 1/30/2011-5/4/2011. Successful defenses: 2.
36-Shuji Ishikawa. 3rd reign. Length: 5/4/2011-7/24/2011. Successful defenses: 2.
37-KUDO. 1st reign. Length: 7/24/2011-1/29/2012. Successful defenses: 5.
38-Danshoku Dieno. 2nd reign. Length: 1/29/2012-4/1/2012. Successful defenses: 2.
39-Sanshiro Takagi. 6th reign. Length: 4/1/2012. Successful defenses: None.
40-Masa Takanashi. 1st reign. Length: 4/1/2012-5/4/2012. Successful defenses: None.
41-Yuji Hino. 1st reign. Length: 5/4/2012-6/24/2012. Successful defenses: 1.
42-Kota Ibushi. 2nd reign. Length: 6/24/2012-9/30/2012. Successful defenses: 2.
43-El Generico. 1st reign. Length: 9/30/2012-12/23/2012. Successful defenses: 3.
44-Kenny Omega. 1st reign. Length: 12/23/2012-3/20/2013. Successful defenses: 3.
45-Shigehiro Irie. 1st reign. Length: 3/20/2013-8/18/2013. Successful defenses: 8.
46-HARASHIMA. 5th reign. Length: 8/18/2013-3/21/2014. Successful defenses: 5.
47-KUDO. 2nd reign. Length: 3/21/2014-5/25/2014. Successful defenses: 2.
48-HARASHIMA. 6th reign. Length: 5/25/2014-2/15/2015. Successful defenses: 7.
49-Kota Ibushi. 3rd reign. Length: 2/15/2015-4/29/2015. Successful defenses: 1.
50-HARASHIMA. 7th reign. Length: 4/29/2015-5/31/2015. Successful defenses: 1.
51-KUDO. 3rd reign. Length: 5/31/2015-6/28/2015. Successful defenses: None.
52-Ken Ohka. 1st reign. Length: 6/28/2015. Successful defenses: None.
53-KUDO. 4th reign. Length: 6/28/2015-8/23/2015. Successful defenses: None.
54-Yukio Sakaguchi. 1st reign. Length: 8/23/2015-11/28/2015. Successful defenses: 2.
55-Isami Kodaka. 1st reign. Length: 11/28/2015-3/21/2016. Successful defenses: 3.
56-HARASHIMA. 8th reign. Length: 3/21/2016-4/24/2016. Successful defenses: 2.
57-Daisuke Sasaki. 1st reign. Length: 4/24/2016-5/29/2016. Successful defenses: 1.
58-Konosuke Takeshita. 1st reign. Length: 5/29/2016-8/28/2016. Successful defenses: 3.
59-Shuji Ishikawa. 4th reign. Length: 8/28/2016-12/4/2016. Successful defenses: 2.
60-HARASHIMA. 9th reign. Length: 12/4/2016-3/20/2017. Successful defenses: 3.
61-Konosuke Takeshita. 2nd reign. Length: 3/20/2017-4/29/2018. Successful defenses: 11.
62-Shigehiro Irie. 2nd reign. Length: 4/29/2018-8/1/2018. Successful defenses: 4.
63-Sami Callihan. 1st reign. Length: 8/1/2018-8/7/2018. Successful defenses: None. Won title in 3-way match.
64-Shigehiro Irie. 3rd reign. Length: 8/7/2018-8/14/2018. Successful defenses: None.
65-Danshoku Dieno. 3rd reign. Length: 8/14/2018-8/28/2018. Successful defenses: None.
66-Meiko Satomura. 1st reign. Length: 8/28/2018-9/23/2018. Successful defenses: None.
67-Danshoku Dieno. 4th reign. Length: 9/23/2018-10/21/2018. Successful defenses: None. Won title in 3-way match.
68-Daisuke Sasaki. 2nd reign. Length: 10/21/2018-2/17/2019. Successful defenses: 1.
69-Konosuke Takeshita. 3rd reign. Length: 2/17/219-4/4/2019. Successful defenses: 1.
70-Daisuke Sasaki. 3rd reign. Length: 4/4/2019. Successful defenses: None.
71-Tetsuya Endo. 1st reign. Length: 4/4/2019-7/15/2019. Successful defenses: 4.
72-Konosuke Takeshita. 4th reign. Length: 7/15/2019-11/3/2019. Successful defenses: 2.
73-HARASHIMA. 10th reign. Length: 11/3/2019-1/26/2020. Successful defenses: 1.
74-Masato Tanaka. 1st reign. Length: 1/26/2020-6/7/2020. Successful defenses: 4.
75-Tetsuya Endo. 2nd reign. Length: 6/7/2020-2/14/2021. Successful defenses: 3.
76-Jun Akiyama. 1st reign. Length: 2/14/2021-8/21/2021. Successful defenses: 3.
77-Konosuke Takeshita. 5th reign. Length: 8/21/2021-3/20/2022. Successful defenses: 2.
78-Tetsuya Endo. 3rd reign. Length: 3/20/2022-6/14/2022. Successful defenses: 1. Vacated title on 6/14/2022 due to injury.
79-Kazusada Higuchi. 1st reign. Length: 7/3/2022-1/29/2023. Successful defenses: 5.
80-Yuji Hino. 2nd reign. Length: 1/29/2023-7/23/2023. Successful defenses: 2.
81-Chris Brookes. 1st reign. Length: 7/23/2023-11/12/2023. Successful defenses: 2.
82-Yuki Ueno. 1st reign. Length: 11/12/2023-8/25/2024. Successful defenses: 7.
83-Shinya Aoki. 1st reign. Length: 8/25/2024-11/4/2024. Successful defenses: 3.
84-Chris Brookes. 2nd reign. Length: 11/4/2024-Present (Current Champion). Successful defenses: None. Next defense: 12/28/2024 vs. Daisuke Sasaki. (Note: The winner will next/first defend on 1/26/2025 vs. the winner of a 4-way between Danshoku Dieno, HARASHIMA, KANON & Shuji Ishikawa scheduled for 1/3/2025)
