Ikkitousen Strong Climb

Ikkitousen Strong Climb
PromotionsBig Japan Pro Wrestling
First event2012
Event gimmickRound-robin tournament to determine the best wrestler of BJW's Strong BJ division

Ikkitousen Strong Climb is a professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tournament held by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) every two years to determine the best wrestler of BJW's Strong BJ division. The tournament was first held in 2014. The tournament differs from the Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor as it features matches of strong style format while the former tournament features deathmatch variations.

List of winners

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Year Winner Total won Ref
2012 Yoshihito Sasaki 1 [1]
2014 Shuji Ishikawa 1 [2]
2016 2 [3]
2018 Hideki Suzuki 1 [4]
2020 Daichi Hashimoto 1 [5]
2022 Daisuke Sekimoto 1

2012

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The 2012 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between February 26 and March 26, 2012.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Daisuke Sekimoto 10 Yoshihito Sasaki 10
Sami Callihan 8 Bad Bones 8
Yuji Okabayashi 6 Brahman Shu 6
Masashi Otani 2 Shinobu 4
Ryuichi Kawakami 2 Shinya Ishikawa 2
Takumi Tsukamoto 2 Kazuki Hashimoto 0
Final
   
A1 Daisuke Sekimoto Pin
B1 Yoshihito Sasaki 15:29

2014

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The 2014 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between May 17 and July 26, 2014.

Final standings
Block A Block B
Shuji Ishikawa 10 Daisuke Sekimoto 8
Yuko Miyamoto 6 Manabu Soya 6
Shinya Ishikawa 6 Shinobu 6
Atsushi Maruyama 4 Kazuki Hashimoto 4
Shiori Asahi 4 Ryuichi Kawakami 4
Hideyoshi Kamitani 0 Masato Inaba 2
Semifinals Finals
      
B1 Daisuke Sekimoto Pin
A2 Yuko Miyamoto 13:36
B1 Daisuke Sekimoto Pin
A1 Shuji Ishikawa 13:11
A1 Shuji Ishikawa Pin
B2 Manabu Soya 11:21

2016

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The 2016 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between March 6 and April 10, 2016.[6][7]

Final standings
Block A Block B
Daichi Hashimoto 6 Hideki Suzuki 8
Hideyoshi Kamitani 6 Shuji Ishikawa 8
Daisuke Sekimoto 6 Ryota Hama 6
Kohei Sato 4 Yuji Okabayashi 4
Seiya Sanada 4 Shinobu 2
Atsushi Maruyama 4 Yoshihisa Uto 2
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Daichi Hashimoto Pin
B2 Shuji Ishikawa 8:09
B2 Shuji Ishikawa Pin
A2 Hideyoshi Kamitani 22:54
A2 Hideyoshi Kamitani Count-out
B1 Hideki Suzuki 7:12

2018

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The 2018 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between March 8 and April 15, 2018. The Block A winner Daichi Hashimoto defended his BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Block B winner Hideki Suzuki in the final round of the tournament on April 15, in which Suzuki defeated Hashimoto to win the title and the tournament.[8]

Final standings
Block A Block B
Daichi Hashimoto 8 Hideki Suzuki 8
Yasufumi Nakanoue 7 Daisuke Sekimoto 7
Ryota Hama 6 Ryuichi Kawakami 6
Hideyoshi Kamitani 5 Yoshihisa Uto 5
Takuya Nomura 2 Kazuki Hashimoto 2
Yuya Aoki 2 Kazumi Kikuta 2
Semifinals Finals
      
B1 Hideki Suzuki Pin
A2 Yasufumi Nakanoue 14:05
B1 Hideki Suzuki Pin
A1 Daichi Hashimoto 16:02
A1 Daichi Hashimoto Pin
B2 Daisuke Sekimoto 15:13

2020

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The 2020 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between March 3 and April 26, 2020. The Block A winner Daichi Hashimoto, also the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, defeated Block C winner Quiet Storm in the final round of the tournament. Several events that were scheduled to showcase the tournament were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The matches that were to take place on those events were scored as draws with each wrestler earning one point.[9]

Final standings
Block A Block B Block C Block D
Daichi Hashimoto 5 Daisuke Sekimoto 7 Quiet Storm 5 Jake Lee 6
Yoshiki Inamura 4 Kohei Sato 5 Yuji Hino 5 Kazumi Kikuta 5
Ryuichi Kawakami 4 Isami Kodaka 3 Ryota Hama 4 Yuya Aoki 3
T-Hawk 4 Taishi Takizawa 2 Yuji Okabayashi 4 Yasufumi Nakanoue 3
Akira Hyodo 3 Kazuki Hashimoto 2 Hideyoshi Kamitani 2 Takuya Nomura 3
Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Daichi Hashimoto Pin
B1 Daisuke Sekimoto 12:20
A1 Daichi Hashimoto Pin
C1 Quiet Storm 17:24
C1 Quiet Storm CO
D1 Jake Lee 4:53

2022

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The 2022 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between January 5 and February 20, 2022.[10]

Final standings
Block A Block B
Yasufumi Nakanoue 6 Daisuke Sekimoto 10
Hideyoshi Kamitani 6 Kazumi Kikuta 8
Yuji Okabayashi 6 Daichi Hashimoto 6
Takuya Nomura 6 Yuya Aoki 4
Kota Sekifuda 4 Kazuki Hashimoto 2
Takuho Kato 2 Kosuke Sato 0
Final
   
A1 Yasufumi Nakanoue Pin
B1 Daisuke Sekimoto 17:24

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Death Match Survivor League 2012". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Strong Climb League 2014". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Strong Climb League 2016". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Strong Climb League 2018". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ^ Daly, Wayne (April 27, 2020). "BJW Results: Samurai TV BJW TV Match ~ Ikkitousen Strong Climb Final 2020 – Chiba, Japan (4/26)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Purolove (March 19, 2016). "BJW "OSAKA SURPRISE 25", 19.03.2016 Osaka City Nishi Ward Community Center". purolove.com. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  7. ^ Dark Angel (April 11, 2016). "BJW: Results "Count Up Hokkaido 2016 Vol. 1 - Ikkitousen Strong climb" - 09/04/2016 - Semifinal round defined". superluchas.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  8. ^ Dark angel (April 5, 2021). "BJW: «Ikkitousen 2018» Daichi Hashimoto remains on top". superluchas.com. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Daly, Wayne (March 3, 2020). "BJW Results: Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2020 Day 1 – Tokyo, Japan (3/3)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  10. ^ Dark Angel (February 28, 2022). "BJW: "Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2022" Grand Final, Daisuke Sekimoto the winner". superluchas.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
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