Ikkitousen Strong Climb Explained

Ikkitousen Strong Climb
Promotions:	Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Firstevent:	2012
Gimmick:	Round-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

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

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

2014

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

2016

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

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 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

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 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

2022

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

See also

• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor
• Saikyo Tag League
• List of Big Japan Pro Wrestling tournaments

External links

• Big Japan Pro Wrestling official website
• Strong Climb League Tournament History

Notes and References

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