| Osaka Owarai Championship | |
| Created: | April 29, 2008 |
| Titleretired: | January 8, 2023 |
| Promotion: | Osaka Pro Wrestling |
| Firstchamp: | Kanjyuro Matsuyama |
| Finalchamp: | Billyken Kid |
| Mostreigns: | Kanjyuro Matsuyama] (4 times) |
| Longestreign: | Billyken Kid (1,050 days) |
| Shortestreign: | Otoko Sakari (3 days) |
| Pastnames: | Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship (2008-2019) |
The was the secondary title contested in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. It was established in 2008 as the Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship (before being renamed in 2019) when Kanjyuro Matsuyama declared himself the first Owarai Champion upon vacating the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship.[1]
Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won via direct competition; it was instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle.
| Name | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship | April 29, 2008 – February 16, 2019 | |
| Osaka Owarai Championship | February 16, 2019 – January 8, 2023 |
During the championship's existence, there have been 23 recognized reigns shared among 14 wrestlers with three vacancies. Kanjyuro Matsuyama was the inaugural champion. He also has the most reigns with four. Billyken Kid holds the record for the longest in the title's history at 1,050 days during his sole reign, but Kikutaro (who also held the title as the third incarnation of Ebessan) has the longest combined reign at 1,054 days. Billyken Kid was the final recognized champion.[2]
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank | Wrestler | data-sort-type="number" | No. of reigns | data-sort-type="number" | Combined defenses | data-sort-type="number" | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | Billyken Kid | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 12 | 793 | ||||
| 4 | Ebessan | 2 | 3 | 550 | |||
| 5 | Miracle Man | 2 | 0 | 311 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 224 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 192 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 40 | ||||
| 9 | Mr. #6 | 1 | 0 | 35 | |||
| 10 | Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru | 1 | 1 | 22 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Hof Senyo Zeong | 1 | 0 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| scope=row | 14 | Shiro Kuma | 1 | 3 | N/A¤ | ||
| - | Joichiro Osaka | - | 0 |