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Tenryu Project

Tenryu Project (Japanese: 天龍プロジェクト, Hepburn: Tenryū Purojekuto)[1] 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.[2]

Tenryu Project
Founded
  • 2010
  • (re-established) November 15, 2020
StylePuroresu
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Founder(s)Genichiro Tenryu
Owner(s)Genichiro Tenryu
PredecessorWrestle Association R
Websitehttps://tenryuproject2010.com

History

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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 Kakumei Denshō (革命伝承; lit. "Revolutionary Tradition").[3]

Tenryu Project was re-established with a tour in 2021 titled "Survive the Revolution".[4]

Roster

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Ring name[5] Real name Notes
"brother" Yasshi[6] Yasushi Tsujimoto Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Daichi Hashimoto[7] Daichi Hashimoto Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Fujita[8] Minoru Fujita Freelancer affiliated with Tokyo Gurentai
Hideyoshi Kamitani[9] Hideyoshi Kamitani Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Hikaru Sato[10] Hiroaki Sato Signed to Pancrase Mission
Hub[11] Yuto Kigawa Freelancer
Jun Masaoka [ja][12] Jun Masaoka Freelancer
Jun Saito[13] Jun Saito Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
Kamikaze[14] Shoichi Maruyama Freelancer
Kazuki Hashimoto[15] Kazuki Hashimoto Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Kazumasa Yoshida[16] Kazumasa Yoshida Signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Keita Yano[17] Keita Yano Signed to Professional Wrestling Wallabee
Kengo[18] Kengo Nishimura International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Kengo Mashimo[19] Kengo Mashimo Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
Kenichiro Arai[20] Kenichiro Arai Signed to Dragongate
Kikutaro[21] Mitsunobu Kikuzawa Freelancer
Kohei Sato[22] Kohei Sato United National Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Koji Iwamoto[23] Koji Iwamoto International Junior Heavyweight Champion
Freelancer
Kouki Iwasaki[24] Kouki Iwasaki Freelancer
Leona [ja][25] Reona Fujinami Signed to Dradition
Mammoth Sasaki[26] Yoshinori Sasaki Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms
Masayuki Kono[27] Masayuki Kono WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
United National Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Freelancer
Mazada[28] Kazuhiro Masada Freelancer affiliated with Tokyo Gurentai
Minoru Suzuki[29] Minoru Suzuki Signed to Pancrase Mission
Mizuki Watase[30] Mizuki Watase Signed to Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
Naoki Tanizaki[31] Naoki Tanizaki Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Oji Shiiba[32] Oji Shiiba Freelancer
Rei Saito[33] Rei Saito Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
Rey Paloma [ja][34] Jiro Kumagae Signed to Dove Pro-Wrestling
Ricky Fuji[35] Masanori Morimura Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
Ryoma Tsukamoto [ja][5] Ryoma Tsukamoto Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
Ryuki Honda[36] Ryuki Honda Signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling
Shigehiro Irie[37] Shigehiro Irie Freelancer
Shota[38] Shota Suzuki Signed to Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
Sushi[39] Akira Kawabata Freelancer
Takuro Niki[40] Unknown Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
Tatsuhito Takaiwa[41] Tatsuhito Takaiwa Freelancer
Tatsuya Hanami[42] Unknown Signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling
Toru[43] Toru Matsunaga Signed to Total Triumph Team Pro-Wrestling
Towa Iwasaki[44] Towa Iwasaki Signed to Pro-Wrestling Burst
Yuji Hino[45] Yusuke Hino Freelancer
Yusuke Kodama[46] Yusuke Kodama Freelancer
Yuya Susumu[47] Yuya Susumu International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Freelancer

Notable guests/alumni

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Championships and accomplishments

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Current championships

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As of September 3, 2025, Tenryu Project has four recognized championships, the first three revived from WAR.[48]

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Location Notes Ref.
International Junior Heavyweight Championship   Koji Iwamoto 1 May 21, 2025 105 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Yusuke Kodama at Live For Today Vol. 2 [49]
International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship  
  		Yuya Susumu and Kengo 1
(2, 1) 		October 15, 2024 323 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Yusuke Kodama at Light My Fire Vol. 7. [50][51]
WAR World 6-Man Tag Team Championship  
 
  		Kengo, Masayuki Kono and Yuya Susumu 1
(3, 3, 1) 		July 20, 2025 45 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Daichi Hashimoto, Hikaru Sato and Sushi at Live For Today Vol. 4. [52]
United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship  
  		Kohei Sato and Masayuki Kono 1 October 15, 2024 323 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Hideki Suzuki and Hikaru Sato at Light My Fire Vol. 7. [53][51]

Tournaments

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Accomplishment Last winner(s) Date won Location Notes
Ryūkon Cup Hideyoshi Kamitani November 23, 2024 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Hikaru Sato in the tournament final.

Notable shows

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First Show

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

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Mitsuo Momota defeated Masao OriharaSingles match09:15
2Bear Fukuda defeated ChangoSingles match08:54
3Kyoko Inoue and Munenori Sawa defeated Keita Yano and Manami ToyotaTag team match14:33
4Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Naoki Tanizaki and Susumu YokosukaThree-way match for the vacant WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship22:13
5Genichiro Tenryu and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Arashi and Dick TogoTag team match20:03

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour

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

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Shota defeated Mitsunobu KikuzawaSingles match09:20
2Buki defeated Dragon JokerSingles match07:40
3Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Ryuji HijikataSingles match10:18
4Great Kojika and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Nosawa Rongai and Ricky FujiTag team match12:22
5Kengo (c) defeated Choden Senshi Battle RangerSingles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship12:11
6Arashi and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Kotaro Nasu and Toru SugiuraTag team match10:11
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Shinjuku

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This event took place on April 3, 2015.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Ricky Fuji defeated Mitsunobu KikuzawaSingles match08:11
2Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuji Hijikata defeated Gamelas and Nosawa RongaiTag team match12:40
3Kengo (c) defeated KazeSingles match for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship11:33
4Arashi and Great Kojika defeated the Great Kabuki and Masao InoueTag team match11:51
5Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Dragon JokerSingles match16:15
6Buki, Heddi French and Ryuichi Kawakami (c) defeated Kotaro Nasu, Shota and Toru SugiuraSix-man tag team match for the Tenryu Project World Six Man Tag Team Championship17:14
7Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Sanshiro TakagiTag team match08:35
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final Tour in Korakuen

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

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Ricky Fuji and Great Kabuki defeated Great Kojika and KikutaroTag team match09:02
2Kotaru Nasu defeated Dragon JokerSingles match for the vacant UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship10:08
3Kendo Kashin and Kenichiro Arai defeated Nosawa Rongai and Yoshinari OgawaTag team match10:52
4Arashi, Kazunari Murakami and Koki Kitahara defeated Buki, Hikaru Sato and Manabu SoyaSix-man tag team match16:49
5Kuuga and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Minoru Fujita and Yuji HinoTag team match16:55
6Genichiro Tenryu and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka)Tag team match20:26

Genichiro Tenryu Retirement: Revolution Final

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November 15, 2015 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo. Last card of the promotion before the 2020 revival.

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Ricky Fuji and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kikutaro and The WingerTag team match08:41
2Dash Chisako and Sendai Sachiko defeated Cassandra Miyagi and Meiko SatomuraTag team match09:29
3Fujita, Kuuga, Onryo, Taru and Yasu Kubota defeated Dragon Joker, Gurukun Mask, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Ryota Chikuzen and Shigeno ShimaTen-man tag team match11:16
4Buki, Great Kabuki and Kai defeated Great Kojika, Jun Kasai and Toru SugiuraSix-man tag team match08:57
5Kendo Kashin and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Kenichiro Arai and Nosawa RongaiTag team match12:47
6Hikaru Sato, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kazuki Hashimoto defeated Koki Kitahara, Kotaro Nasu and Ryuji HijikataSix-man tag team match13:08
7Arashi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Taiyo Kea and Yuto AijimaTag team match09:54
8Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Minoru Suzuki and Kazunari MurakamiTag team match13:10
9Riki Choshu and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Akitoshi Saito and Ryuichi KawakamiTag team match13:46
10Suwama and Yuji Okabayashi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Daisuke SekimotoTag team match18:54
11Kazuchika Okada defeated Genichiro TenryuSingles match (Tenryu's retirement match)17:27

Revolutionary Tradition: Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary

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Held on November 15, 2020 at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

No.Results[54]StipulationsTimes[54]
1Great Kojika and Masao Inoue defeated Ricky Fuji and Shota by submissionTag team match11:08
2Onryo defeated Kenichiro Arai by pinfallSingles match8:50
3Ryuji Hijikata and Chihiro Hashimoto defeated Hideyoshi Kamitani and Dash Chisako by technical knockoutTag team match12:50
4Hideki Suzuki and Yuya Susumu defeated Masayuki Kono and Kotaro Nasu by pinfallTag team match11:19
5Hikaru Sato, Yuji Hino and Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Minoru Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo and Kengo by submissionSix-man tag team match23:57
6Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kazuchika Okada ended in a drawTalk battle34:43

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tenryu Project - Results". Archived from the original on 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
  2. ^ Tenryu Project - Active promotion in the Asia region
  3. ^ "Tenryu Project Kakumei Densho ~ Genichiro Tenryu Retirement 5th Anniversary". Cagematch. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Tenryu Project Survive The Revolution Vol. 1". Cagematch. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b 選手紹介 [List of Members]. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). August 13, 2021. Archived from the original on July 19, 2025.
  6. ^ ""brother"YASSHI". tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  7. ^ 橋本 大地 [Daichi Hashimoto]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  8. ^ "FUJITA". tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  9. ^ 神谷 英慶 [Hideyoshi Kamitani]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  10. ^ 佐藤 光留 [Hikaru Satoh]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
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  12. ^ 政岡 純 [Jun Masaoka]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  13. ^ 斉藤 ジュン [Jun Saito]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  14. ^ KAMIKAZE [Kamikaze]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  15. ^ 橋本 和樹 [Kazuki Hashimoto]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  16. ^ 吉田 和正 [Kazumasa Yoshida]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  17. ^ 矢野 啓太 [Keita Yano]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  18. ^ 拳剛 [Kengo]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  19. ^ 真霜 拳號 [Kengo Mashimo]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  20. ^ 新井 健一郎 [Kenichiro Arai]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  21. ^ 菊タロー [Kikutaro]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  22. ^ 佐藤耕平 [Kohei Sato]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  23. ^ 岩本 煌史 [Koji Iwamoto]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  24. ^ 岩崎 孝樹 [Koki Iwasaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  25. ^ LEONA [Leona]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  26. ^ マンモス佐々木 [Mammoth Sasaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  27. ^ 河野真幸 [Masayuki Kono]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  28. ^ MAZADA [Mazada]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  29. ^ 鈴木 みのる [Minoru Suzuki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  30. ^ 渡瀬 瑞基 [Mizuki Watase]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  31. ^ 谷嵜 なおき [Naoki Tanizaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  32. ^ 椎葉 おうじ [Oji Shiiba]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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  34. ^ レイパロマ [Rey Paloma]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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  37. ^ 入江 茂弘 [Shigehiro Irie]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  38. ^ 翔太 [Shota]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  39. ^ "SUSHI". tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  40. ^ 仁木 琢郎 [Takuro Niki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  41. ^ 高岩 竜一 [Tatsuhito Takaiwa]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  42. ^ 花見 達也 [Tatsuya Hanami]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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  44. ^ 岩﨑 永遠 [Towa Iwasaki]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  45. ^ 火野 裕士 [Yuji Hino]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  46. ^ 児玉 裕輔 [Yusuke Kodama]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  47. ^ 進 祐哉 [Yuya Susumu]. tenryuproject2010.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
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  52. ^ WAR世界6人タッグ [WAR World 6-Man Tag Team]. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 14, 2024.
  53. ^ UNタッグ (ユナイテッドナショナル・ヘビー級タッグ) [UN Tag Team (United National Heavyweight Tag Team)]. Tenryu Project (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 14, 2024.
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