Tenkaichi Junior

{{short description|Annual professional wrestling tournament}}

{{nihongo|Tenkaichi Junior|天下一Jr.|Tenkaichi Junior}} is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Zero1 to determine the top junior heavyweight wrestler in the promotion, typically contested in late November/December. In addition to Zero1 members, it has frequently included outside stars, mainly freelancers performing in the Japanese independent scene.{{cite web|url=https://prowrestlinghistory.com/|title=Tenka-ichi Junior Heavyweight Tournament History|work=prowrestlinghistory.com|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

The tournament has lately been presented as featuring two blocks, each with five participants, with the two block winners facing off in the final to determine the overall champion. In 2002, from 2006 to 2016, and between 2018 and 2019, the tournament featured only knock-out stages.

Results

=List of winners=

=2002=

The inaugural edition of the tournament was held between November 15 and December 15, 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1561&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2002|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD1-team3=Wataru Sakata

|RD1-score3=KO

|RD1-team4=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD1-score4=8:27

|RD1-team5=Yoshihito Sasaki

|RD1-score5=10:38

|RD1-team6=Dick Togo

|RD1-score6=Pin

|RD1-team09=Kazuhiko Ogasawara

|RD1-score9=KO

|RD1-team10=C. W. Anderson

|RD1-score10=5:39

|RD1-team13=Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD1-score13=13:20

|RD1-team14=Naohiro Hoshikawa

|RD1-score14=Pin

|RD2-team1=Low Ki

|RD2-score1=12:17

|RD2-team2=Wataru Sakata

|RD2-score2=Pin

|RD2-team3=Dick Togo

|RD2-score3=N/A

|RD2-team4=Bye

|RD2-score4=

|RD2-team5=Kazuhiko Ogasawara

|RD2-score5=N/A

|RD2-team6=Bye

|RD2-score6=

|RD2-team7=Naohiro Hoshikawa

|RD2-score7=Pin

|RD2-team8=Frankie

|RD2-score8=9:59

|RD3-team1=Wataru Sakata

|RD3-score1=Dec

|RD3-team2=Dick Togo

|RD3-score2=12:06

|RD3-team3=Kazuhiko Ogasawara

|RD3-score3=6:45

|RD3-team4=Naohiro Hoshikawa

|RD3-score4=Pin

|RD4-team1=Wataru Sakata

|RD4-score1=Pin

|RD4-team2=Naohiro Hoshikawa

|RD4-score2=15:56

}}

=2004=

The 2004 edition of the tournament took place between April 8 and April 30.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1990&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2004|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"

|+Final standings

colspan="2" | Block Acolspan="2" | Block B
Tatsuhito Takaiwa || 8Tomohiro Ishii || 6
Low Ki || 6Wataru Sakata || 5
Ikuto Hidaka || 4Jun Kasai || 5
Naohiro Hoshikawa || 2Leonardo Spanky || 4
Osamu Namiguchi || 0Zebraman || 0

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
Block ATakaiwaLow KiHidakaHoshikawaNamiguchi
Takaiwa

| {{n/a}} || Takaiwa
(15:38) || Takaiwa
(17:19) || Takaiwa
(15:40) || Takaiwa
(11:00)

Low Ki

| Takaiwa
(15:38) || {{n/a}} || Low Ki
(12:33) || Low Ki
(15:04) || Low Ki
(3:49)

Hidaka

| Takaiwa
(17:19) || Low Ki
(12:33) || {{n/a}} || Hidaka
(10:12) || Hidaka
(10:40)

Hoshikawa

| Takaiwa
(15:40) || Low Ki
(15:04) || Hidaka
(10:12) || {{n/a}} || Hoshikawa
(7:28)

Namiguchi

| Takaiwa
(11:00) || Low Ki
(3:49) || Hidaka
(10:40) || Hoshikawa
(7:28) || {{n/a}}

Block BIshiiSakataKasaiSpankyZebraman
Ishii

| {{n/a}} || Sakata
(11:29) || Ishii
(14:01) || Ishii
(10:59) || Ishii
(7:00)

Sakata

| Sakata
(11:29) || {{n/a}} || Draw
(9:03) || Spanky
(8:59) || Sakata
(7:52)

Kasai

| Ishii
(14:01) || Draw
(9:03) || {{n/a}} || Kasai
(10:31) || Kasai
(9:49)

Spanky

| Ishii
(10:59) || Spanky
(8:59) || Kasai
(10:31) || {{n/a}} || Spanky
(3:58)

Zebraman

| Ishii
(7:00) || Sakata
(7:52) || Kasai
(9:49) || Spanky
(3:58) || {{n/a}}

{{2TeamBracket

| align = center

| RD1 = Final

| team-width=150

|RD1-seed1 = A1

|RD1-team1 = Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD1-seed2 = B1

|RD1-team2 = Tomohiro Ishii

|RD1-score1 = Pin

|RD1-score2 = 16:39

}}

=2005=

The 2005 edition of the tournament took place between May 20 and May 29.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1716&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2005|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"

|+Final standings

colspan="2" | Block Acolspan="2" | Block B
Yoshihito Sasaki || 5Takehiro Murahama || 8
Tatsuhito Takaiwa || 5Ikuto Hidaka || 6
Minoru Fujita || 4Alex Shelley || 4
Gamma || 3Psycho || 4
Danshoku Dino || 3Osamu Namiguchi || 0

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
Block ASasakiTakaiwaFujitaGammaDino
Sasaki

| {{n/a}} || Takaiwa
(16:34) || Sasaki
(18:47) || Sasaki
(13:54) || Draw
(13:37)

Takaiwa

| Takaiwa
(16:34) || {{n/a}} || Fujita
(18:13) || || Draw
(12:34)

Fujita

| Sasaki
(18:47) || Fujita
(18:13) || {{n/a}} || Gamma
(11:52) || Fujita
(9:41)

Gamma

| Sasaki
(13:54) || || Gamma
(11:52) || {{n/a}} || Draw
(8:44)

Dino

| Draw
(13:37) || Draw
(12:34) || Fujita
(9:41) || Draw
(8:44) || {{n/a}}

Block BMurahamaHidakaShelleyPsychoNamiguchi
Murahama

| {{n/a}} || Murahama
(9:01) || Murahama
(7:11) || Murahama
(9:38) || Murahama
(9:51)

Hidaka

| Murahama
(9:01) || {{n/a}} || Shelley
(13:58) || Hidaka
(9:21) || Hidaka
(12:12)

Shelley

| Murahama
(7:11) || Shelley
(13:58) || {{n/a}} || Psycho
(9:52) || Shelley
(8:45)

Psycho

| Murahama
(9:38) || Hidaka
(9:21) || Psycho
(9:52) || {{n/a}} || Psycho
(8:48)

Namiguchi

| Murahama
(9:51) || Hidaka
(12:12) || Shelley
(8:45) || Psycho
(8:48) || {{n/a}}

{{4TeamBracket

| align = center

| RD1 = Semifinal

| RD2 = Final

| team-width=150

|RD1-seed1 = A1

|RD1-team1 = Yoshihito Sasaki

|RD1-seed2 = A2

|RD1-team2 = Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD1-score1 = Pin

|RD1-score2 = 12:41

|RD1-seed3 = B1

|RD1-team3 = Takehiro Murahama

|RD1-seed4 = B2

|RD1-team4 = Ikuto Hidaka

|RD1-score3 = Pin

|RD1-score4 = 9:01

|RD2-seed1 = A1

|RD2-team1 = Yoshihito Sasaki

|RD2-seed2 = B1

|RD2-team2 = Takehiro Murahama

|RD2-score1 = Pin

|RD2-score2 = 19:44

}}

=2006=

The 2006 edition of the tournament took place between August 24 and 26. The finals of the edition were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1510&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2006|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD1-team3=Gentaro

|RD1-score3=Pin

|RD1-team4=Billy Moreno

|RD1-score4=7:47

|RD1-team5=

|RD1-score5=

|RD1-team6=

|RD1-score6=

|RD1-team09=

|RD1-score9=

|RD1-team10=

|RD1-score10=

|RD1-team13=Aussie Ozbone

|RD1-score13=7:18

|RD1-team14=Yoshihito Sasaki

|RD1-score14=Pin

|RD2-team1=Gentaro

|RD2-score1=14:42

|RD2-team2=Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD2-score2=Pin

|RD2-team3=Minoru Fujita

|RD2-score3=Pin

|RD2-team4=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD2-score4=1:00

|RD2-team5=Chris Sabin

|RD2-score5=Pin

|RD2-team6=Alex Shelley

|RD2-score6=19:01

|RD2-team7=Takuya Sugawara

|RD2-score7=Pin

|RD2-team8=Yoshihito Sasaki

|RD2-score8=13:02

|RD3-team1=Tatsuhiko Takaiwa

|RD3-score1=10:54

|RD3-team2=Minoru Fujita

|RD3-score2=Pin

|RD3-team3=Chris Sabin

|RD3-score3=10:52

|RD3-team4=Takuya Sugawara

|RD3-score4=Pin

|RD4-team1=Minoru Fujita

|RD4-score1=Pin

|RD4-team2=Takuya Sugawara

|RD4-score2=20:48

}}

=2007=

The 2007 edition of the tournament took place between September 25 and September 30.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1407&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2007|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD1-team3=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD1-score3=Pin

|RD1-team4=Takuya Sugawara

|RD1-score4=15:42

|RD1-team5=

|RD1-score5=

|RD1-team6=

|RD1-score6=

|RD1-team09=

|RD1-score9=

|RD1-team10=

|RD1-score10=

|RD1-team13=Munenori Sawa

|RD1-score13=Pin

|RD1-team14=Chad Malenko

|RD1-score14=11:50

|RD2-team1=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD2-score1=Pin

|RD2-team2=Katsushi Takemura

|RD2-score2=15:45

|RD2-team3=Minoru Fujita

|RD2-score3=20:10

|RD2-team4=Masaaki Mochizuki

|RD2-score4=Pin

|RD2-team5=Masato Tanaka

|RD2-score5=Pin

|RD2-team6=Naoki Tanizaki

|RD2-score6=14:27

|RD2-team7=Dick Togo

|RD2-score7=Pin

|RD2-team8=Munenori Sawa

|RD2-score8=13:31

|RD3-team1=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD3-score1=10:18

|RD3-team2=Masaaki Mochizuki

|RD3-score2=Pin

|RD3-team3=Masato Tanaka

|RD3-score3=Pin

|RD3-team4=Dick Togo

|RD3-score4=12:07

|RD4-team1=Masaaki Mochizuki

|RD4-score1=18:00

|RD4-team2=Masato Tanaka

|RD4-score2=Pin

}}

=2008=

The 2008 edition of the tournament took place between October 28 and November 8. The tournament was divided in two separate competitions, the Tenkaichi Primary which took place on the very first date of the event,{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1068&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Jr. Primary|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}} and the greater tournament which followed the normal schedule of the competition{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1271&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2008|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

==Tenkaichi Primary==

{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

|rounds=3|

| RD1-team1= Kimbos Rice

| RD1-score1= Pin

| RD1-team2= Keita Yano

| RD1-score2= 6:36

| RD1-team3= Ken Saito

| RD1-score3= 6:14

| RD1-team4= Durango

| RD1-score4= Pin

| RD1-team5= Osamu Namiguchi

| RD1-score5= Pin

| RD1-team6= Naruto

| RD1-score6= 1:40

| RD1-team7= Ya Ya Brazil

| RD1-score7= 7:40

| RD1-team8= Munenori Sawa

| RD1-score8= Pin

| RD2-team1= Kimbos Rice

| RD2-score1= Pin

| RD2-team2= Durango

| RD2-score2= 8:53

| RD2-team3= Osamu Namiguchi

| RD2-score3= 11:15

| RD2-team4= Munenori Sawa

| RD2-score4= Pin

| RD3-team1= Kimbos Rice{{efn|Rice and Sawa qualified for the greater tournament from these positions.}}

| RD3-score1= N/A

| RD3-team2= Munenori Sawa

| RD3-score2= N/A

}}

==Tenkaichi==

{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

|rounds=3|

| RD1-team1= Kimbos Rice

| RD1-score1=12:19

| RD1-team2=Minoru Fujita

| RD1-score2=Pin

| RD1-team3= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD1-score3= 24:16

| RD1-team4= Minoru

| RD1-score4= Pin

| RD1-team5= Tatsuhito Takaiwa

| RD1-score5= Pin

| RD1-team6= The Great Sasuke

| RD1-score6= 12:48

| RD1-team7= Takuya Sugawara

| RD1-score7= 8:17

| RD1-team8= Munenori Sawa

| RD1-score8= Pin

| RD2-team1= Minoru Fujita

| RD2-score1= 11:57

| RD2-team2= Minoru

| RD2-score2= Pin

| RD2-team3= Tatsuhito Takaiwa

| RD2-score3= Pin

| RD2-team4= Munenori Sawa

| RD2-score4= 14:20

| RD3-team1= Minoru

| RD3-score1= Pin

| RD3-team2= Tatsuhito Takaiwa

| RD3-score2= 20:48

}}

=2009=

The 2009 edition of the tournament took place between November 19 and 29. The finals of the edition were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1517&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2009|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD1-team3=Hayato Fujita

|RD1-score3=Pin

|RD1-team4=Munenori Sawa

|RD1-score4=17:49

|RD1-team5=

|RD1-score5=

|RD1-team6=

|RD1-score6=

|RD1-team09=

|RD1-score9=

|RD1-team10=

|RD1-score10=

|RD1-team13=Akira Tozawa

|RD1-score13=12:14

|RD1-team14=Takuya Sugawara

|RD1-score14=Pin

|RD2-team1=Hayato Fujita

|RD2-score1=Pin

|RD2-team2=Hajime Ohara

|RD2-score2=10:24

|RD2-team3=Magnitude Kishiwada

|RD2-score3=11:02

|RD2-team4=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD2-score4=Pin

|RD2-team5=Sonjay Dutt

|RD2-score5=Pin

|RD2-team6=Minoru Fujita

|RD2-score6=11:02

|RD2-team7= Prince Devitt

|RD2-score7=Pin

|RD2-team8=Takuya Sugawara

|RD2-score8=7:24

|RD3-team1=Hayato Fujita

|RD3-score1=Pin

|RD3-team2=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD3-score2=13:25

|RD3-team3=Sonjay Dutt

|RD3-score3=11:37

|RD3-team4=Prince Devitt

|RD3-score4=Pin

|RD4-team1=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD4-score1=Pin

|RD4-team2=Prince Devitt

|RD4-score2=20:17

}}

=2010=

The 2010 edition of the event took place between September 14 and 19.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1759&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2010|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD1-team3=Sonjay Dutt

|RD1-score3=Pin

|RD1-team4=Madoka

|RD1-score4=13:12

|RD1-team5=

|RD1-score5=

|RD1-team6=

|RD1-score6=

|RD1-team09=

|RD1-score9=

|RD1-team10=

|RD1-score10=

|RD1-team13=Yuzuru Saito

|RD1-score13=11:08

|RD1-team14=Munenori Sawa

|RD1-score14=KO

|RD2-team1=Sonjay Dutt

|RD2-score1=11:00

|RD2-team2=Kaijin Habu Otoko

|RD2-score2=Pin

|RD2-team3=Takuya Sugawara

|RD2-score3=22:23

|RD2-team4=Minoru Fujita

|RD2-score4=Pin

|RD2-team5=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD2-score5=Pin

|RD2-team6=Hikaru Sato

|RD2-score6=19:16

|RD2-team7=Tyson Dux

|RD2-score7=8:38

|RD2-team8=Munenori Sawa

|RD2-score8=Pin

|RD3-team1=Kaijin Habu Otoko

|RD3-score1=Pin

|RD3-team2=Minoru Fujita

|RD3-score2=10:49

|RD3-team3=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD3-score3=KO

|RD3-team4=Munenori Sawa

|RD3-score4=13:48

|RD4-team1=Kaijin Habu Otoko

|RD4-score1=18:17

|RD4-team2=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD4-score2=Pin

}}

=2011=

The 2011 edition of the tournament took place between September 13 and 17.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=2052&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2011|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD1-team3=Super Crazy

|RD1-score3=Pin

|RD1-team4=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD1-score4=14:20

|RD1-team5=

|RD1-score5=

|RD1-team6=

|RD1-score6=

|RD1-team09=

|RD1-score9=

|RD1-team10=

|RD1-score10=

|RD1-team13=Kaijin Habu Otoko

|RD1-score13=15:04

|RD1-team14=Takuya Sugawara

|RD1-score14=Pin

|RD2-team1=Super Crazy

|RD2-score1=8:50

|RD2-team2=Mineo Fujita

|RD2-score2=Pin

|RD2-team3=Robby Heart

|RD2-score3=9:01

|RD2-team4=Hayato Fujita

|RD2-score4=Pin

|RD2-team5=Susumu Yokosuka

|RD2-score5=Pin

|RD2-team6=Takafumi Ito

|RD2-score6=8:15

|RD2-team7=Munenori Sawa

|RD2-score7=Pin

|RD2-team8=Takuya Sugawara

|RD2-score8=14:22

|RD3-team1=Mineo Fujita

|RD3-score1=17:49

|RD3-team2=Hayato Fujita

|RD3-score2=Pin

|RD3-team3=Susumu Yokosuka

|RD3-score3=13:05

|RD3-team4=Munenori Sawa

|RD3-score4=Pin

|RD4-team1=Hayato Fujita

|RD4-score1=16:03

|RD4-team2=Munenori Sawa

|RD4-score2=Pin

}}

=2012=

The 2012 edition of the tournament took place between September 12 and 17.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=2407&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2012|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

|rounds=5|byes=1|

|RD1-team3=Frank David

|RD1-score3=9:44

|RD1-team4=Phil Boyd

|RD1-score4=Pin

|RD1-team5=Craig Classic

|RD1-score5=8:52

|RD1-team6=Daichi Hashimoto

|RD1-score6=Pin

|RD1-team09=Sicodelico Jr.

|RD1-score9=Pin

|RD1-team10=Mineo Fujita

|RD1-score10=8:33

|RD1-team13=Jason New

|RD1-score13=9:02

|RD1-team14=Jonathan Gresham

|RD1-score14=Pin

|RD1-team15=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD1-score15=Pin

|RD1-team16=Takafumi Ito

|RD1-score16=3:25

|RD1-team17=Ho Ho Lun

|RD1-score17=8:22

|RD1-team18=Sean Guinness

|RD1-score18=Pin

|RD1-team19=Kaijin Habu Otoko

|RD1-score19=Pin

|RD1-team20=Menso-re Oyaji

|RD1-score20=10:23

|RD1-team21=Genki Horiguchi

|RD1-score21=Pin

|RD1-team22=Robby Heart

|RD1-score22=9:41

|RD2-team1=Tstsuhito Takaiwa

|RD2-score1=Pin

|RD2-team2=Phil Boyd

|RD2-score2=12:06

|RD2-team3=Daichi Hashimoto

|RD2-score3=

|RD2-team4=Bye

|RD2-score4=N/A

|RD2-team5=Sicodelico Jr.

|RD2-score5=10:04

|RD2-team6=Jonathan Gresham

|RD2-score6=Pin

|RD2-team7=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD2-score7=Pin

|RD2-team8=Sean Guinness

|RD2-score8=13:21

|RD2-team09=Kaijin Habu Otoko

|RD2-score9=

|RD2-team10=Bye

|RD2-score10=N/A

|RD2-team11=Genki Horiguchi

|RD2-score11=Pin

|RD2-team12=Takuya Sugawara

|RD2-score12=10:16

|RD3-team1=Daichi Hashimoto

|RD3-score1=9:02

|RD3-team2=Jonathan Gresham

|RD3-score2=Pin

|RD3-team3=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD3-score3=Pin

|RD3-team4=Genki Horiguchi

|RD3-score4=8:23

|RD4-team1=Jonathan Gresham

|RD4-score1=Pin

|RD4-team2=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD4-score2=24:12

}}

=2013=

The 2013 edition of the tournament took place between September 9 and 16. The finals of the edition were also disputed for Mineo Fujita's Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=2715&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2013|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

|rounds=4|byes=1

| RD1=Round 1

| RD2=Quarterfinals

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Final

| team-width=

| score-width=

| RD1-team1= Hub

| RD1-score1= Pin

| RD1-team2= Onryo

| RD1-score2= 11:12

| RD1-team3= Yo-Hey

| RD1-score3=

| RD1-team4= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD1-score4= Pin

| RD1-team5= Billy Ken Kid

| RD1-score5= Pin

| RD1-team6= El Hijo del Pantera

| RD1-score6= 10:31

| RD1-team7= Takuya Sugawara

| RD1-score7= 10:51

| RD1-team8= Jason Lee

| RD1-score8= Pin

| RD1-team09= Mineo Fujita

| RD1-score09= Pin

| RD1-team10= Jack Anthony

| RD1-score10= 8:21

| RD1-team11= Manabu Suruga

| RD1-score11= 6:40

| RD1-team12= Hartley Jackson

| RD1-score12= Pin

| RD1-team13= Tigers Mask

| RD1-score13= Pin

| RD1-team14= Menso-re Oyaji

| RD1-score14= 9:42

| RD2-team1= Hub

| RD2-score1= Pin

| RD2-team2= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD2-score2= 9:59

| RD2-team3= Billy Ken Kid

| RD2-score3= 8:58

| RD2-team4= Jason Lee

| RD2-score4= Pin

| RD2-team5= Mineo Fujita

| RD2-score5= Pin

| RD2-team6= Hartley Jackson

| RD2-score6= 3:16

| RD2-team7= Tigers Mask

| RD2-score7= Pin

| RD2-team8= Jonathan Gresham

| RD2-score8= 8:59

| RD3-team1= Hub

| RD3-score1= Pin

| RD3-team2= Jason Lee

| RD3-score2= 11:01

| RD3-team3= Mineo Fujita

| RD3-score3= Pin

| RD3-team4= Tigers Mask

| RD3-score4= 9:13

| RD4-team1= Hub

| RD4-score1= Pin

| RD4-team2= Mineo Fujita

| RD4-score2= 21:02

}}

=2015=

The 2015 edition took place between June 29 and July 16.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=3441&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2015|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-resultados-tenka-ichi-jr-final-fire-festival-opening-16102015-ikuto-hidaka-gana-las-esferas-del-dragon/|title=Zero1: Resultados “Tenka-Ichi Jr. Final / “Fire Festival Opening” – 16/10/2015 – Ikuto Hidaka gana las esferas del dragón”|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|date=July 17, 2015|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{#invoke:Build bracket|main

| rounds = 5

| col1-matches = 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30

| col2-matches = 4.5,28.5

| col3-matches = 6.5,13.5,19.5,26.5

| col4-matches = 10,23

| col5-matches = 16.5

| col1-col2-paths = (3,6)-4.5,9-9,(12,15)-13.5,(18,21)-19.5,24-24,(27,30)-28.5

| col2-col3-paths = (4.5,9)-6.5,13.5-13.5,19.5-19.5,(24,28.5)-26.5

| col3-col4-paths = (6.5,13.5)-10,(19.5,26.5)-23

| col4-col5-paths = (10,23)-16.5

| RD1-team1= Takuya Sugawara

| RD1-score1= Pin

| RD1-team2= Hercules Senga

| RD1-score2= 5:33

| RD1-team3= Jason Lee

| RD1-score3= 7:30

| RD1-team4= Shunma Katsumata

| RD1-score4= Pin

| RD1-team5= Takafumi Ito

| RD1-score5= 8:05

| RD1-team6= Yuko Miyamoto

| RD1-score6= Pin

| RD1-team7= Tatsuhito Takaiwa

| RD1-score7= Pin

| RD1-team8= Psycho

| RD1-score8= 9:02

| RD1-team09= Kenbai

| RD1-score09= Pin

| RD1-team10= Isami Kodaka

| RD1-score10= 9:53

| RD1-team11= Hayato Fujita

| RD1-score11= Pin

| RD1-team12= Kotaro Nasu

| RD1-score12= 7:12

| RD1-team13= Manabu Hara

| RD1-score13= 10:49

| RD1-team14= Brother Yasshi

| RD1-score14= Pin

| RD1-team15= Naoki Tanizaki

| RD1-score15= Pin

| RD1-team16= Mineo Fujita

| RD1-score16= 10:24

| RD1-team17= Eisa8

| RD1-score17= Pin

| RD1-team18= Wild Cat

| RD1-score18= 9:45

| RD1-team19= Kaz Hayashi

| RD1-score19= 20:20

| RD1-team20= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD1-score20= Pin

| RD2-team1= Takuya Sugawara

| RD2-score1= Pin

| RD2-team2= Shunma Katsumata

| RD2-score2= 7:30

| RD2-team3= Eisa8

| RD2-score3= 10:21

| RD2-team4= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD2-score4= Pin

| RD3-team3= Tatsuhito Takaiwa

| RD3-score3= 9:14

| RD3-team4= Isami Kodaka

| RD3-score4= Pin

| RD3-team5= Hayato Fujita

| RD3-score5= Pin

| RD3-team6= Brother Yasshi

| RD3-score6= 7:59

| RD3-team1= Takuya Sugawara

| RD3-score1= Pin

| RD3-team2= Yuko Miyamoto

| RD3-score2= 10:41

| RD3-team7= Naoki Tanizaki

| RD3-score7= 9:49

| RD3-team8= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD3-score8= Pin

| RD4-team1= Takuya Sugawara

| RD4-score1= 15:42

| RD4-team2= Isami Kodaka

| RD4-score2= Pin

| RD4-team3= Hayato Fujita

| RD4-score3= 18:52

| RD4-team4= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD4-score4= Pin

| RD5-team1= Isami Kodaka

| RD5-score1= 23:54

| RD5-team2= Ikuto Hidaka

| RD5-score2= Pin

}}

=2016=

The 2016 edition of the tournament took place between September 20 and 29.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=4070&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2016|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-resultados-tenka-ichi-jr-tournament-2016-20092016-comienza-la-disputa-por-las-esferas-del-dragon/|title=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

=2017=

The 2017 edition took place between April 4 and 26.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=4344&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2017|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-participantes-y-calendario-de-encuentros-para-el-tenka-ichi-jr-2017-league/|title=Zero1: Participantes y Calendario de encuentros para el “Tenka-Ichi Jr. 2017 League”|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|date=March 13, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"

|+Final standings

colspan="2" | Block Acolspan="2" | Block B
Sean Guinness || 5Kotaro Suzuki || 6
Shinjiro Otani || 5Tatsuhito Takaiwa || 4
Hayato Fujita || 4Koji Kanemoto || 4
Takuya Sugawara || 3Takumi Tsukamoto || 3
Minoru Tanaka || 3Ikuto Hidaka || 2

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
Block AGuinnessOtaniFujitaSugawaraTanaka
Guinness

| {{n/a}} || Guinness
(12:12) || N/A || Draw
(20:00) || Guinness
(12:41)

Otani

| Guinness
(12:12) || {{n/a}} || Otani
(16:02) || Otani
(4:12) || Tanaka
(11:24)

Fujita

| N/A || Otani
(16:02) || {{n/a}} || Fujita
(8:05) || Draw
(20:00)

Sugawara

| Draw
(20:00) || Otani
(4:12) || Fujita
(8:05) || {{n/a}} || N/A

Tanaka

| Guinness
(12:41) || Tanaka
(11:24) || Draw
(20:00) || N/A || {{n/a}}

Block BTakaiwaSuzukiKanemotoTsukamotoHidaka
Takaiwa

| {{n/a}} || Suzuki
(4:10) || Takaiwa
(11:40) || N/A || Takaiwa
(12:46)

Suzuki

| Suzuki
(4:10) || {{n/a}} || Kanemoto
(3:53) || Suzuki
(7:12) || Suzuki
(5:38)

Kanemoto

| Takaiwa
(11:40) || Kanemoto
(3:53) || {{n/a}} || Tsukamoto
(3:33) || Kanemoto
(11:31)

Tsukamoto

| N/A || Suzuki
(7:12) || Tsukamoto
(3:33) || {{n/a}} || Hidaka
(10:07)

Hidaka

| Takaiwa
(12:46) || Suzuki
(5:38) || Kanemoto
(11:31) || Hidaka
(10:07) || {{n/a}}

{{4TeamBracket

| align = center

| RD1 = Semifinal

| RD2 = Final

| team-width=150

|RD1-seed1 = A1

|RD1-team1 = Sean Guinness

|RD1-seed2 = A2

|RD1-team2 = Shinjiro Otani

|RD1-score1 = Pin

|RD1-score2 = 8:30

|RD1-seed3 = B1

|RD1-team3 = Kotaro Suzuki

|RD1-seed4 = B2

|RD1-team4 = Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD1-score3 = Pin

|RD1-score4 = 8:46

|RD2-seed1 = A1

|RD2-team1 = Sean Guinness

|RD2-seed2 = B1

|RD2-team2 = Kotaro Suzuki

|RD2-score1 = Pin

|RD2-score2 = 17:31

}}

=2018=

The 2018 edition of the tournament took place between November 17 and 24. The finals were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship and International Junior Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=5288&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2018|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-tenka-ichi-jr-tournament-sugi-es-el-vencedor-sekimoto-se-corona/|title=Zero1: "Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament" SUGI es el vencedor; Sekimoto se corona|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|date=November 28, 2018|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD1-team3=Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD1-score3=Pin

|RD1-team4=Yuya Aoki

|RD1-score4=10:21

|RD1-team5=

|RD1-score5=

|RD1-team6=

|RD1-score6=

|RD1-team09=

|RD1-score9=

|RD1-team10=

|RD1-score10=

|RD1-team13=Rocky Kawamura

|RD1-score13=8:25

|RD1-team14=Hayata

|RD1-score14=Pin

|RD2-team1=Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD2-score1=12:23

|RD2-team2=Sugi

|RD2-score2=Pin

|RD2-team3=Takuya Sugawara

|RD2-score3=20:00

|RD2-team4=Asuka{{efn|Asuka defeated Sugawara in a decision match later on that night to move up to the semifinals.}}

|RD2-score4=Draw

|RD2-team5=Fuminori Abe

|RD2-score5=Pin

|RD2-team6=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD2-score6=14:13

|RD2-team7=Hayata

|RD2-score7=Pin

|RD2-team8=Hagane Shinno

|RD2-score8=13:50

|RD3-team1=Sugi

|RD3-score1=Pin

|RD3-team2=Asuka

|RD3-score2=5:34

|RD3-team3=Fuminori Abe

|RD3-score3=8:09

|RD3-team4=Hayata

|RD3-score4=Pin

|RD4-team1=Sugi

|RD4-score1=Pin

|RD4-team2=Hayata

|RD4-score2=15:26

}}

=2019=

The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between September 1 and 14.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=5858&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2019|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-tenka-ichi-jr-tournament-hub-gana-las-esferas-de-dragon/|title=Zero1: "Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament" HUB gana las esferas de dragón|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD1-team3=Hub

|RD1-score3=Pin

|RD1-team4=Fuminori Abe

|RD1-score4=11:56

|RD1-team5=

|RD1-score5=

|RD1-team6=

|RD1-score6=

|RD1-team09=

|RD1-score9=

|RD1-team10=

|RD1-score10=

|RD1-team13=Hide Kubota

|RD1-score13=8:44

|RD1-team14=Mao

|RD1-score14=Pin

|RD2-team1=Hub

|RD2-score1=Pin

|RD2-team2=Ikuto Hidaka

|RD2-score2=0:57

|RD2-team3=Shoki Kitamura

|RD2-score3=

|RD2-team4=Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD2-score4=Pin

|RD2-team5=Raicho

|RD2-score5=10:14

|RD2-team6=Sugi

|RD2-score6=Pin

|RD2-team7=Mao

|RD2-score7=

|RD2-team8=Sean Guinness

|RD2-score8=Pin

|RD3-team1=Hub

|RD3-score1=Pin

|RD3-team2=Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD3-score2=8:27

|RD3-team3=Sugi

|RD3-score3=Pin

|RD3-team4=Sean Guinness

|RD3-score4=8:39

|RD4-team1=Hub

|RD4-score1=Pin

|RD4-team2=Sugi

|RD4-score2=12:22

}}

=2020=

The 2020 edition of the tournament took place between July 5 and August 2.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=6497&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2020|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-tenka-ichi-jr-2020-final-shoki-kitamura-triunfador/|title=Zero1: «Tenka-Ichi Jr. 2020» Final- Shoki Kitamura, triunfador|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|language=Spanish|date=August 9, 2020|access-date=May 8, 2023}}

  • First rounds (July 5)
  • Yumehito Imanari defeated Shinjiro Otani (0:22)
  • Shoki Kitamura defeated Drew Parker (13:02)
  • Shinjiro Otani vs. Yumehito Imanari ended in a time-limit draw (20:00)
  • Second rounds (July 19–25)
  • Shoki Kitamura defeated Hide Kubota (12:57)
  • El Lindaman defeated Ganseki Tanaka (11:34)
  • Raicho defeated Sugi (10:54)
  • Hub defeated Yumehito Imanari (15:28)
  • Semifinals (July 16)
  • Shoki Kitamura defeated Raicho (11:58)
  • El Lindaman defeated Hub (11:14)
  • Finals (July 26)
  • Shoki Kitamura defeated El Lindaman (18:57)

=2021=

The 2021 edition of the tournament took place between August 24 and September 9. The finals were also disputed for the vacant Zero1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship and International Junior Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=7138&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2021|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-18th-tenka-ichi-jr-tournament-2021-gran-final-fuminori-abe-el-ganador/|title=Zero1: “18th Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament 2021” Gran Final-Fuminori Abe, el ganador|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|date=September 12, 2021|access-date=May 9, 2023}}

  • First rounds (August 24)
  • Junta Miyawaki defeated Takumi Baba (11:57)
  • Fuminori Abe defeated Ricky Fuji (9:56)
  • Leo Isaka defeated Genta Hiriki (10:41)
  • Shoki Kitamura defeated Arata (10:58)
  • Second rounds (September 4)
  • Junta Miyawaki defeated Andy Wu (12:50)
  • Hide Kubota defeated Leo Isaka (15:09)
  • Semifinals (September 9)
  • Shoki Kitamura defeated Junta Miyawaki (12:10)
  • Fuminori Abe defeated Hide Kubota (8:17)
  • Finals (September 9)
  • Fuminori Abe defeated Shoki Kitamura (15:00)

=2022=

The 2022 edition of the tournament took place between September 9 and October 19.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=7725&page=2|title=Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2022|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=May 9, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/zero1-tenka-ichi-jr-tournament-final-shoki-kitamura-es-el-ganador/|title=Zero1: "Tenka Ichi Jr. Tournament" Final, Shoki Kitamura es el ganador|work=Superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|language=Spanish|date=October 28, 2022|access-date=May 8, 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"

|+Final standings

colspan="2" | Block Acolspan="2" | Block B
Shoki Kitamura || 15Tatsuhito Takaiwa || 15
Jun Masaoka || 10Takumi Baba || 10
Leo Isaka || 10Takuro Niki || 10
Yoshikazu Yokoyama || 8Andy Wu || 10
Astroman || 8Yasu Kubota || 5

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align:center"
Block AKitamuraMasaokaIsakaYokoyamaAstroman
Kitamura

| {{n/a}} || Kitamura
(10:15) || Isaka
(15:39) || Kitamura
(13:52) || Kitamura
(15:59)

Masaoka

| Kitamura
(10:15) || {{n/a}} || N/A || Yokoyama
(11:29) || Masaoka
(11:41)

Isaka

| Isaka
(15:39) || N/A || {{n/a}} || Isaka
(3:30) || Astroman
(10:25)

Yokoyama

| Kitamura
(13:52) || Yokoyama
(11:29) || Isaka
(3:30) || {{n/a}} || Draw
(9:46)

Astroman

| Kitamura
(15:59) || Masaoka
(11:41) || Astroman
(10:25) || Draw
(9:46) || {{n/a}}

Block BTakaiwaBabaNikiWuKubota
Takaiwa

| {{n/a}} || Takaiwa
(16:41) || Takaiwa
(8:47) || Takaiwa
(11:01) || Kubota
(11:30)

Baba

| Takaiwa
(16:41) || {{n/a}} || Niki
(12:52) || N/A || Baba
(12:28)

Niki

| Takaiwa
(8:47) || Niki
(12:52) || {{n/a}} || Wu || N/A

Wu

| Takaiwa
(11:01) || N/A || Wu || {{n/a}} || Wu
(8:43)

Kubota

| Kubota
(11:30) || Baba
(12:28) || N/A || Wu
(8:43) || {{n/a}}

{{2TeamBracket

| align = center

| RD1 = Final

| team-width=150

|RD1-seed1 = A1

|RD1-team1 = Tatsuhito Takaiwa

|RD1-seed2 = B1

|RD1-team2 = Shoki Kitamura

|RD1-score1 = Pin

|RD1-score2 = 21:00

}}

=2023=

The 2023 edition of the tournament will take place between September 22 and October 27.{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/nueva-empresa-de-kaiju-luchadores-se-anuncia-el-torneo-tenkaichi-y-mas/|title=Nueva empresa de Kaiju luchadores, se anuncia el torneo Tenkaichi y más|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark Angelita|language=Spanish|date=September 13, 2023|access-date=September 24, 2023}}

{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

|rounds=4| byes=2

| RD1-team1= Shingo

| RD1-score1= Pin

| RD1-team2= Leo Isaka

| RD1-score2= 9:54

| RD1-team3= Ryo Hoshino

| RD1-score3= Pin

| RD1-team4= Kenichiro Arai

| RD1-score4= 6:25{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=376453|title=ZERO1 Fibromyalgia Charity Show ~ Tenka-Ichi 2023 Opening|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=September 22, 2023|access-date=September 24, 2023}}

| RD1-team5= Takumi Baba

| RD1-score5= 9:12{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=376503|title=ZERO1 Tochigi Pro-Wrestling 2nd Yamato Shinshu Chikara Festival ~ Super Beasts Of The World! Aja Kong Joins The Battle!|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=September 23, 2023|access-date=September 24, 2023}}

| RD1-team6= Astro Black

| RD1-score6= Pin

| RD1-team7= Hikaru Sato

| RD1-score7= Pin

| RD1-team8= Shoki Kitamura

| RD1-score8= 20:00

| RD1-team9= Bambeat

| RD1-score9= Pin

| RD1-team10= Takumi Saito

| RD1-score10= 7:33

| RD2-team5= Hikaru Sato

| RD2-score5= 10:19

| RD2-team6= Bambeat

| RD2-score6= Count-out

| RD3-team1= Ryo Hoshino

| RD3-score1= Pin

| RD3-team2= Astro Black

| RD3-score2= 12:01

| RD3-team3= Shingo

| RD3-score3= Pin

| RD3-team4= Bambeat

| RD3-score4= 14:59

| RD4-team1= Ryo Hoshino

| RD4-score1= Pin

| RD4-team2= Shingo

| RD4-score2= 23:38

}}

See also

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}