The Open the Triangle Gate Championship is a

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ese

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Dragon Gate. It was created on November 7, 2004 when The Italian Connection faction of Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori and Yossino defeated Aagan Iisou's

Shuji Kondo is a Japanese professional wrestler. Prior to becoming a pro wrestler, he played rugby. After starting his career in Toryumon, Kondo eventually joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he became one of the promotion's top junior heavyweigh ...

Takuya Sugawara is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Pro Wrestling Zero1. Career Toryumon/Dragon Gate (2001–2004) He debuted in the 9th term of Toryumon 2000 Project as Henry III Sugawara, an English prince character. He joined with a ...

and "brother" Yasshi in a tournament final. Each title belt's face has three emblems on it, shaped in a triangle, that represent Power, Technique and Mind. Not including interim reigns, there have been a total of 65 recognized individual champions and 71 recognized trios, who have had a combined 83 official reigns. The current champions are Z-Brats (Ishin, Kai and

Shun Skywalker (born 30 May 1996), better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate, where he is a former one-time Open the Dream Gate Champion. He has also wrestled in promotions such as International Wres ...

) who are in their first reign as a team.

Title history

Combined reigns

As of , . {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Team !No. of
reigns !Combined
defenses !Combined
days , - !1 , Natural Vibes
, , 2 , , 7 , , 343 , - !2 , Blood Generation
, , 1 , , 3 , , 319 , - !3 , Monster Express
, , 1 , , 5 , , 273 , - !4 , Jimmyz
, , 3 , , 3 , , 235 , - !5 , R.E.D
, , 1 , , 3 , , 210 , - !6 , Team Dragon Gate
, , 1 , , 1 , , 205 , - !7 , Zetsurins
, , 1 , , 3 , , 203 , - !8 , Do Fixer
, , 3 , , 2 , , 173 , - !9 , Mushozoku
, , 1 , , 3 , , 168 , - !10 , Warriors
, , 2 , , 4 , , 161 , - !11 , Oretachi Veteran-gun
, , 2 , , 2 , , 150 , - !12 , Strong Machine Gundan
, , 1 , , 3 , , 147 , - !13 ,

New Hazard New Hazard was a professional wrestling stable in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate, formed in April 2007. It was founded by former Typhoon and Muscle Outlaw'z members BxB Hulk and Cyber Kong, intending to compete with the two opposing factions. ...

, , 2 , , 2 , , 144 , - !rowspan=2, 14 , Blood Warriors
, , 1 , , 5 , , 140 , - , Zetsurins
, , 1 , , 3 , , 140 , - !16 , Blood Warriors
, , 1 , , 3 , , 139 , - !17 , MASQUERADE
, , 1 , , 2 , , 138 , - !18 , MaxiMuM
, , 1 , , 2 , , 134 , - !19 , World-1
, , 1 , , 2 , , 129 , - !20 , VerserK
, , 1 , , 1 , , 125 , - !21 ,

Mad Blankey Mad Blankey, or MB for short, was a professional wrestling stable in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate, formed on March 1, 2012. It was founded by former Blood Warriors members Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong, Tomahawk T.T., and Kzy. On Augus ...

, , 1 , , 3 , , 117 , - !22 , Italian Connection
, , 1 , , 2 , , 108 , - !23 , MaxiMuM
, , 1 , , 1 , , 103 , - !24 , Muscle Outlaw'z
, , 2 , , 3 , , 100 , - !25 , Jimmyz
, , 1 , , 4 , , 100 , - !26 , M3K
, , 1 , , 3 , , 99 , - !27 , World-1 International
, , 1 , , 1 , , 94 , - !28 , Dia.Hearts
, , 1 , , 3 , , 91 , - !29 , Millennials
, , 1 , , 1 , , 90 , - !30 , R.E.D.
, , 2 , , 2 , , 86 , - !31 , Real Hazard
, , 1 , , 2 , , 78 , - !rowspan=2, 32 , World-1 International
, , 1 , , 5 , , 77 , - , Jimmyz
, , 1 , , 2 , , 77 , - !34 , Junction Three
, , 1 , , 2 , , 76 , - !35 , R.E.D.
, , 1 , , 2 , , 71 , - !rowspan=2, 36 , Jimmyz
, , 1 , , 1 , , 70 , - , Los Perros del Mal de Japón
, , 2 , , 2 , , 70 , - !38 , Jimmyz
, , 1 , , 0 , , 69 , - !39 ,

, , 1 , , 2 , , 63 , - !40 ,

Naoki Tanizaki is a Japanese wrestler. He is known for his work in Dragon Gate. He previously went under the ring name . Professional wrestling career Toryumon Mexico / Toryumon X / Toryumon / Dragon Gate (2002–2006) Originally from the Toryumon X p ...

and

Yasushi Kanda is a Japanese wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion in Japan. He is considered one of Toryumon's greatest heel characters, and was a founding member of the M2K stable. In his pre-injury days, he was famous for h ...

, , 1 , , 1 , , 62 , - !41 , Gold Class
, , 1 , , 0 , , 61 , - !42 ,

, , 1 , , 1 , , 60 , - !43 , KAMIKAZE
, , 1 , , 2 , , 59 , - !rowspan=2, 44 , Jimmyz
, , 1 , , 3 , , 55 , - , R.E.D.
, , 1 , , 0 , , 55 , - !46 , Warriors-5
, , 1 , , 1 , , 53 , - !47 , style="background-color:#FFE6BD", Z-Brats †
, , 1 , , 2 , , + , - !48 , Tribe Vanguard
, , 1 , , 0 , , 50 , - !49 , Muscle Outlaw'z
, , 1 , , 0 , , 49 , - !50 , Real Hazard
, , 1 , , 1 , , 45 , - !51 , R.E.D.
, , 1 , , 1 , , 43 , - !52 ,

BxB Hulk , better known by his ring name BxB Hulk stylized as ( ), is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Dragon Gate. He was also known for his longstanding rivalry with Shingo Takagi. Professional wrestling career He was the seco ...

, Cima and Jack Evans , , 1 , , 0 , , 41 , - !53 , Typhoon
, , 2 , , 2 , , 40 , - !54 , MASQUERADE
, , 1 , , 0 , , 28 , - !55 , Kaettekita Veteran-gun
, , 1 , , 1 , , 27 , - !56 , Pos.Hearts
, , 1 , , 0 , , 26 , - !57 , Jimmyz
, , 1 , , 1 , , 24 , - !58 , Team Toryumon
, , 1 , , 0 , , 21 , - !59 , Oretachi Veteran-gun
, , 1 , , 0 , , 19 , - !60 , Millennials
, , 1 , , 0 , , 17 , - !rowspan=2, 61 , Momo No Seishun Tag
, , 1 , , 0 , , 15 , - , VerserK
, , 1 , , 0 , , 15 , - !63 , Tozawajuku
, , 1 , , 0 , , 14 , - !64 , Natural Vibes
, , 1 , , 0 , , 13 , - !65 , M2K
, , 1 , , 0 , , 11 , - !66 , Deep Drunkers
, , 1 , , 0 , , 8 , - !rowspan=3, 67 , Blood Generation
, , 1 , , 1 , , 6 , - , Muscle Outlaw'z
, , 1 , , 0 , , 6 , - , World-1 International
, , 1 , , 0 , , 6 , - !70 , World-1
, , 1 , , 0 , , 4 , - !71 , Stinger
, , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , -

By wrestler

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Wrestler !data-sort-type="number", No. of
reigns !data-sort-type="number", Combined
defenses !data-sort-type="number", Combined
days , - !1 , Yossino/Masato Yoshino , , 11 , , 22 , , 1,283 , - !2 , Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!/Genki Horiguchi , , 13 , , 18 , , 1,158 , - !3 , Cima , , 11 , , 17 , , 910 , - !4 ,

Naruki Doi is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate. He also wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA); in the former promotion, he was a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi. Career Toryumon Doi debuted in ...

, , 14 , , 19 , , 897 , - !5 , Gamma/Strong Machine G , , 13 , , 19 , , 843 , - !6 , Cyber Kong/Takashi Yoshida , , 10 , , 13 , , 839 , - !7 , Don Fujii/Strong Machine F , , 7 , , 18 , , 814 , - !8 , Jimmy Susumu/Susumu Yokosuka/Susumu Mochizuki , , 11 , , 18 , , 788 , - !9 , Ryo "Jimmy" Saito/Ryo Saito , , 13 , , 14 , , 762 , - !10 ,

Masaaki Mochizuki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah. Mochizuki is a former FIP World Champion and three-time Open the Dream Gate Champion. Professional wrestling career Early years A former karateka ...

, , 7 , , 15 , , 731 , - !11 , Jimmy Kanda/Yasushi Kanda , , 9 , , 10 , , 686 , - !12 ,

Kzy KZY was a radio station located in Oakland, California, that was licensed to the Atlantic-Pacific Radio Supplies Company from December 9, 1921, until its deletion on January 24, 1923. It, and the Preston D. Allen station, KZM, were the first bro ...

, , 7 , , 12 , , 670 , - !13 ,

Magnitude Kishiwada (born May 19, 1971), better known under his ring name Magnitude Kishiwada (マグニチュード岸和田), is a Japanese wrestler. Career During his highschool life, Fujita trained in artistic gymnastics, mixed martial arts and powerlifting, a ...

, , 5 , , 7 , , 541 , - !14 ,

, , 8 , , 7 , , 511 , - !15 ,

Dragon Kid is a Japanese people, Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate as . Nakamura initially broke into the wrestling business with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW), but was not allowed to be a wre ...

, , 8 , , 12 , , 502 , - !16 , T-Hawk , , 5 , , 8 , , 459 , - !17 ,

Shingo Takagi , known by his ring name Shingo Takagi (鷹木信悟, ''Takagi Shingo''), is a Japanese professional wrestler and former bodybuilder, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the provisional KOPW 2022 champion in his first ...

, , 6 , , 6 , , 387 , - !18 , Mr. Kyu Kyu/Naoki Tanizaki/Toyonaka Dolphin , , 6 , , 12 , , 384 , - !19 , Strong Machine J , , 2 , , 4 , , 362 , - !20 , Dragon Dia , , 2 , , 3 , , 343 , - !21 ,

Akira Tozawa Akira Tozawa (戸澤陽, ''Tozawa Akira'', born July 22, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and WWE 24/7 Champion, winning the ...

, , 2 , , 7 , , 336 , - !22 ,

Kazma Sakamoto Kazma Parmar Sakamoto (born 1 October 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career working for Kaientai Dojo in Japan, where he became a one-time Strongest-K Champion and a three-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champi ...

, , 3 , , 6 , , 324 , - !23 ,

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, , 5 , , 6 , , 309 , - !24 ,

Ben-K is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Dragon Gate under the ring name Ben-K. Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate Debut and early career (2016–2017) Nakamura attended both Chiba Prefectural High School and Yamanas ...

, , 2 , , 2 , , 308 , - !25 ,

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, , 3 , , 4 , , 300 , - !26 ,

Eita is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series '' Water Boys''. He also appeared in ''Summer Time Machine Blues'' and '' Tokyo Friends: The Movie''. Career In 2009, ...

, , 6 , , 5 , , 263 , - !27 , Pac , , 3 , , 7 , , 210 , - !28 , Akebono , , 1 , , 3 , , 203 , - !29 , K-Ness , , 3 , , 3 , , 198 , - !30 ,

Big R Shimizu is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler better known by the ring name , currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, promotion Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate as . Professional ...

, , 2 , , 4 , , 194 , - !31 ,

Kaito Ishida is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Brave Gate Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present) Ishida wo ...

, , 3 , , 2 , , 147 , - !32 , H.Y.O. , , 3 , , 2 , , 142 , - !33 ,

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, , 1 , , 5 , , 140 , - !34 , La Estrella , , 1 , , 2 , , 139 , - !35 , Anthony W. Mori , , 2 , , 2 , , 134 , - !36 , Kagetora/Jimmy Kagetora , , 2 , , 3 , , 130 , - !37 , El Lindaman , , 1 , , 1 , , 125 , - !38 ,

Milano Collection AT , is a Japanese color commentator and retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . As Milano, Sawafuji adopted the gimmick of an Italian fashion aficionado/supermodel, reflected in his ring attire. Milano is also known for walkin ...

, , 1 , , 2 , , 108 , - !39 , U-T , , 2 , , 1 , , 103 , - !40 , Shachihoko Boy , , 2 , , 1 , , 100 , - !41 , Mochizuki Jr. , , 1 , , 3 , , 99 , - !42 ,

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, , 2 , , 1 , , 98 , - !43 ,

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, , 1 , , 1 , , 94 , - !44 , Kota Minoura , , 2 , , 0 , , 89 , - !45 , style="background-color:#FFE6BD",

† , , 2 , , 2 , , + , - !46 ,

Taku Iwasa Taku Iwasa (born November 15, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his work in Dragon Gate. Career Early Iwasa graduated as part of the Toryumon T2P class. He initially portrayed ''Takamichi Iwasa'', a Satanic character. ...

, , 2 , , 2 , , 73 , - !47 , Kento Kobune/SB KENTo , , 1 , , 2 , , 71 , - !rowspan=3, 48 ,

, , 2 , , 2 , , 70 , - ,

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, , 2 , , 2 , , 70 , - ,

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, , 2 , , 2 , , 70 , - !rowspan=2, 51 , style="background-color:#FFE6BD", Ishin Iihashi/Ishin † , , 1 , , 2 , , + , - , style="background-color:#FFE6BD", Kai † , , 1 , , 2 , , + , - !53 , Jack Evans , , 1 , , 0 , , 41 , - !54 ,

Kenichiro Arai is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate. Biography Kenichiro Arai, also known as AraKen, is a second term graduate of Último Dragón's Toryumon Japan group, and has been a mainstay on the roster ever since. He participated in FMW before joinin ...

, , 2 , , 0 , , 35 , - !55 , HUB , , 1 , , 1 , , 27 , - !56 ,

Super Shisa Yoshiyuki Saito (born April 9, 1970) is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his ring name Super Shisa, currently wrestling for Dragon Gate. His gimmick is inspired by the Ryukyuan Shisa. He claimed to be a student of Toryumon alumni ...

, , 1 , , 0 , , 26 , - !57 ,

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, , 1 , , 0 , , 17 , - !rowspan=3, 58 ,

Atsushi Kotoge (born October 18, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former one-time GHC Tag Team Champion, three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and record eleven-time GHC Junior Heavyweigh ...

, , 1 , , 0 , , 15 , - ,

Daisuke Harada (born November 13, 1986) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. He’s a four-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and a six-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. Harada is also known for his time ...

, , 1 , , 0 , , 15 , - ,

Yo-Hey , better known by his ring name Yo-Hey (stylised in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Fujita started his career in Dragon Gate (DG) under the ring name Ryoma (stylised in ...

, , 1 , , 0 , , 15 , - !61 , Shinobu , , 1 , , 0 , , 14 , - !62 , Jacky "Funky" Kamei , , 1 , , 0 , , 13 , - !rowspan=3, 63 ,

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Official title history Open the Triangle Gate Championship
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Title history

Combined reigns

By wrestler

See also

References

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