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 12/15/2024 there have been 53 Open The Brave Gate 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-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-Present (Current Champion). Successful defenses: None. Next defense: TBA. Won title in double title match which also was for Open The Dream Gate Championship.
