Tenkaichi Junior

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.
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.

2004

The 2004 edition of the tournament took place between April 8 and April 30.

Block A	Takaiwa	Low Ki	Hidaka	Hoshikawa	Namiguchi
Takaiwa		Takaiwa	Takaiwa	Takaiwa	Takaiwa
Low Ki	Takaiwa		Low Ki	Low Ki	Low Ki
Hidaka	Takaiwa	Low Ki		Hidaka	Hidaka
Hoshikawa	Takaiwa	Low Ki	Hidaka		Hoshikawa
Namiguchi	Takaiwa	Low Ki	Hidaka	Hoshikawa
Block B	Ishii	Sakata	Kasai	Spanky	Zebraman
Ishii		Sakata	Ishii	Ishii	Ishii
Sakata	Sakata		Draw	Spanky	Sakata
Kasai	Ishii	Draw		Kasai	Kasai
Spanky	Ishii	Spanky	Kasai		Spanky
Zebraman	Ishii	Sakata	Kasai	Spanky

2005

The 2005 edition of the tournament took place between May 20 and May 29.

Block A	Sasaki	Takaiwa	Fujita	Gamma	Dino
Sasaki		Takaiwa	Sasaki	Sasaki	Draw
Takaiwa	Takaiwa		Fujita		Draw
Fujita	Sasaki	Fujita		Gamma	Fujita
Gamma	Sasaki		Gamma		Draw
Dino	Draw	Draw	Fujita	Draw
Block B	Murahama	Hidaka	Shelley	Psycho	Namiguchi
Murahama		Murahama	Murahama	Murahama	Murahama
Hidaka	Murahama		Shelley	Hidaka	Hidaka
Shelley	Murahama	Shelley		Psycho	Shelley
Psycho	Murahama	Hidaka	Psycho		Psycho
Namiguchi	Murahama	Hidaka	Shelley	Psycho

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.

2007

The 2007 edition of the tournament took place between September 25 and September 30.

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, and the greater tournament which followed the normal schedule of the competition

Tenkaichi Primary

Tenkaichi

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.

2010

The 2010 edition of the event took place between September 14 and 19.

2011

The 2011 edition of the tournament took place between September 13 and 17.

2012

The 2012 edition of the tournament took place between September 12 and 17.

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

2015

The 2015 edition took place between June 29 and July 16.

2016

The 2016 edition of the tournament took place between September 20 and 29.

First rounds
*Ikuto Hidaka defeated Takuya Nomura
*Isami Kodaka defeated Shinya Ishida
*Takuya Sugawara defeated Último Dragón
*Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Masashi Takeda
Second rounds
*Kotaro Suzuki defeated Ikuto Hidaka
*Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Hayato Fujita
Semifinals
*Kotaro Suzuki defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa
*Takuya Sugawara defeated Isami Kodaka
Finals
*Takuya Sugawara defeated Kotaro Suzuki
2017

The 2017 edition took place between April 4 and 26.

Block A	Guinness	Otani	Fujita	Sugawara	Tanaka
Guinness		Guinness	N/A	Draw	Guinness
Otani	Guinness		Otani	Otani	Tanaka
Fujita	N/A	Otani		Fujita	Draw
Sugawara	Draw	Otani	Fujita		N/A
Tanaka	Guinness	Tanaka	Draw	N/A
Block B	Takaiwa	Suzuki	Kanemoto	Tsukamoto	Hidaka
Takaiwa		Suzuki	Takaiwa	N/A	Takaiwa
Suzuki	Suzuki		Kanemoto	Suzuki	Suzuki
Kanemoto	Takaiwa	Kanemoto		Tsukamoto	Kanemoto
Tsukamoto	N/A	Suzuki	Tsukamoto		Hidaka
Hidaka	Takaiwa	Suzuki	Kanemoto	Hidaka

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.

2019

The 2019 edition of the tournament took place between September 1 and 14.

2020

The 2020 edition of the tournament took place between July 5 and August 2.

First rounds
*Yumehito Imanari defeated Shinjiro Otani
*Shoki Kitamura defeated Drew Parker
*Shinjiro Otani vs. Yumehito Imanari ended in a time-limit draw
Second rounds
*Shoki Kitamura defeated Hide Kubota
*El Lindaman defeated Ganseki Tanaka
*Raicho defeated Sugi
*Hub defeated Yumehito Imanari
Semifinals
*Shoki Kitamura defeated Raicho
*El Lindaman defeated Hub
Finals
Shoki Kitamura defeated El Lindaman
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.

First rounds
*Junta Miyawaki defeated Takumi Baba
*Fuminori Abe defeated Ricky Fuji
*Leo Isaka defeated Genta Hiriki
*Shoki Kitamura defeated Arata
Second rounds
*Junta Miyawaki defeated Andy Wu
*Hide Kubota defeated Leo Isaka
Semifinals
*Shoki Kitamura defeated Junta Miyawaki
*Fuminori Abe defeated Hide Kubota
Finals
*Fuminori Abe defeated Shoki Kitamura
2022

The 2022 edition of the tournament took place between September 9 and October 19.

Block A	Kitamura	Masaoka	Isaka	Yokoyama	Astroman
Kitamura		Kitamura	Isaka	Kitamura	Kitamura
Masaoka	Kitamura		N/A	Yokoyama	Masaoka
Isaka	Isaka	N/A		Isaka	Astroman
Yokoyama	Kitamura	Yokoyama	Isaka		Draw
Astroman	Kitamura	Masaoka	Astroman	Draw
Block B	Takaiwa	Baba	Niki	Wu	Kubota
Takaiwa		Takaiwa	Takaiwa	Takaiwa	Kubota
Baba	Takaiwa		Niki	N/A	Baba
Niki	Takaiwa	Niki		Wu	N/A
Wu	Takaiwa	N/A	Wu		Wu
Kubota	Kubota	Baba	N/A	Wu

2023

The 2023 edition of the tournament took place between September 22 and October 27.