Ikkitousen Strong Climb

Ikkitousen Strong Climb is a professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tournament held by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) with a span of 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.

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

List of winners
Year Winner Total won Ref
2012Yoshihito Sasaki1[1]
2014Shuji Ishikawa1[2]
20162[3]
2018Hideki Suzuki1[4]
2020Daichi Hashimoto1[5]
2022Daisuke Sekimoto1

2012

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

Final standings
Block ABlock B
Daisuke Sekimoto10Yoshihito Sasaki10
Sami Callihan8Bad Bones8
Yuji Okabayashi6Brahman Shu6
Masashi Otani2Shinobu4
Ryuichi Kawakami2Shinya Ishikawa2
Takumi Tsukamoto2Kazuki Hashimoto0
Final
   
A1 Daisuke Sekimoto Pin
B1 Yoshihito Sasaki 15:29

2014

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

Final standings
Block ABlock B
Shuji Ishikawa10Daisuke Sekimoto8
Yuko Miyamoto6Manabu Soya6
Shinya Ishikawa6Shinobu6
Atsushi Maruyama4Kazuki Hashimoto4
Shiori Asahi4Ryuichi Kawakami4
Hideyoshi Kamitani0Masato Inaba2
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

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

Final standings
Block ABlock B
Daichi Hashimoto6Hideki Suzuki8
Hideyoshi Kamitani6Shuji Ishikawa8
Daisuke Sekimoto6Ryota Hama6
Kohei Sato4Yuji Okabayashi4
Seiya Sanada4Shinobu2
Atsushi Maruyama4Yoshihisa Uto2
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

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 ABlock B
Daichi Hashimoto8Hideki Suzuki8
Yasufumi Nakanoue7Daisuke Sekimoto7
Ryota Hama6Ryuichi Kawakami6
Hideyoshi Kamitani5Yoshihisa Uto5
Takuya Nomura2Kazuki Hashimoto2
Yuya Aoki2Kazumi Kikuta2
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

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 ABlock BBlock CBlock D
Daichi Hashimoto5Daisuke Sekimoto7Quiet Storm5Jake Lee6
Yoshiki Inamura4Kohei Sato5Yuji Hino5Kazumi Kikuta5
Ryuichi Kawakami4Isami Kodaka3Ryota Hama4Yuya Aoki3
T-Hawk4Taishi Takizawa2Yuji Okabayashi4Yasufumi Nakanoue3
Akira Hyodo3Kazuki Hashimoto2Hideyoshi Kamitani2Takuya Nomura3
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

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

Final standings
Block ABlock B
Yasufumi Nakanoue6Daisuke Sekimoto10
Hideyoshi Kamitani6Kazumi Kikuta8
Yuji Okabayashi6Daichi Hashimoto6
Takuya Nomura6Yuya Aoki4
Kota Sekifuda4Kazuki Hashimoto2
Takuho Kato2Kosuke Sato0
Final
   
A1 Yasufumi Nakanoue Pin
B1 Daisuke Sekimoto 17:24

See also

References
  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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