Gleat

Gleat (stylized as GLEAT and pronounced as "great") is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2020 by former Pro Wrestling Noah parent company Lidet Entertainment after the acquisition of Noah and DDT Pro-Wrestling by CyberAgent. The promotion is overseen by Hiroyuki Suzuki and former mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Kiyoshi Tamura. The promotion emphasizes the use of the UWFi combat sports-based wrestling style.^[2][3][4]

Gleat

Founded	August 20, 2020
Style	Puroresu Shoot style Mixed martial arts
Headquarters	Yūrakuchō, Tokyo, Japan
Founder(s)	Hiroyuki Suzuki Kiyoshi Tamura
Owner(s)	Hiroyuki Suzuki
Parent	Lidet Entertainment[1]
Website	ent.lidet.co.jp/gleat

History

In November 2018, Japanese advertising company Lidet Entertainment began investing in various business ventures in the professional wrestling industry including Riki Choshu's Power Hall show in December 2018. On January 29, 2019, Lidet Entertainment bought 75% shares of Pro Wrestling Noah, with the goal of transforming the promotion into the second largest promotion in Japan after New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). A year later due to Noah's financial struggles, Lidet Entertainment sold all shares of Pro Wrestling Noah to internet advertising company CyberAgent. Lidet's President Hiroyuki Suzuki wanting to continue to be involved with professional wrestling met with Kiyoshi Tamura several days after the sale of Noah.^[5] Suzuki later announced the formation of a new promotion, Gleat – it was additionally revealed that Kaz Hayashi and Nosawa Rongai would become the Gleat Chief Technical Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, respectively. Gleat promotes shows via its two sub-brands – G Prowrestling, a traditional puroresu brand, and Lidet UWF, a UWFi-inspired shoot style brand.

Gleat held its inaugural event, "Gleat Ver. 0", on October 15, 2020, which aired on Fighting TV Samurai on October 22, with the main event pitting Noah's Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin) against Jun Akiyama, Shuhei Taniguchi, and Daisuke Sekimoto.^[6] The participation of Noah wrestlers on Gleat events would cease after Nosawa Rongai resigned from his positions at Gleat to focus on his role as Noah booker.^[7][8] Following the end of the Noah partnership, Gleat would see the participation of wrestlers from other Japan-based wrestling promotions, such as Sho from NJPW and Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka from Pro Wrestling Zero1.

In February 2021, shoot style veterans Minoru Tanaka and Daijiro Matsui were signed by the company, shortly after Tanaka was given the UWF Rule Technical Officer executive role.^[9][10] In May, it was announced that Cima, El Lindaman, T-Hawk, and Issei Onitsuka would be leaving Oriental Wrestling Entertainment and Ryuichi Kawakami would be leaving Big Japan Pro Wrestling to join Gleat.^[11][12] Gleat also operates a developmental division, with Yu Iizuka, Soma Watanabe, and Takanori Ito being the promotion's inaugural trainees.^[13]

In December 2021, Gleat announced a 12-man tournament would be held from January 26 to February 22, 2022 to crown the inaugural G-Rex Champion.^[14][15] The tournament and championship were won by El Lindaman.

In July 2022, Gleat announced the creation of the G-Infinity Championship for its G Prowrestling brand. A four-team tournament was held from August 20, 2022, to August 24 to crown the inaugural champions.^[16] The tournament was won by Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami).^[17] On December 14, Gleat promoted its first mixed martial arts (MMA) event, Gleat MMA Ver. 0.^[18]

Personnel

Background

Gleat divides their roster based on its two wrestling sub-brands, G Prowrestling and Lidet UWF. Gleat also recognizes a third roster division, Gleat MMA – wrestlers affiliated to Gleat MMA have legitimate martial arts experience and may wrestle on either G Prowrestling or Lidet UWF events.^[19][20]

• G – Wrestlers affiliated to G Prowrestling, Gleat's sub-brand that promotes matches using traditional professional wrestling rules.
• U – Wrestlers affiliated to Lidet UWF, Gleat's sub-brand that promotes matches using UWFi-inspired shoot style rules.^[21]
• M – Wrestlers that have legitimate mixed martial arts (MMA) experience or are affiliated to Gleat MMA, Gleat's sub-brand that promotes MMA fights.

Wrestlers

Contracted

Ring name	Real name	G	U	M	Unit	Notes
Brass Knuckles Jun [ja][22]	Jun Tonsho				Anti-Gle Monsters
Check Shimatani[23]	Nobuhiro Shimatani				Bulk Orchestra
Cima[24][25]	Nobuhiko Oshima				#StrongHearts	Chief Strategy Officer
El Lindaman[24][26]	Yuga Hayashi				#StrongHearts
Go Miyake[27]	Go Miyake				Gleat Main Unit
Hayato Tamura[28]	Hayato Tamura				Bulk Orchestra	G-Rex Champion
Issei Onitsuka [ja][24][29]	Issei Onitsuka				Yan's Family
Junjie[30]	Zhao Junjie				Gleat Main Unit
Kaito Ishida[31]	Kaito Ishida				Black Generation International
Kazma Sakamoto[32]	Unknown				Bulk Orchestra
Kotaro Suzuki[33][34]	Yasuhiro Suzuki				Black Generation International
Michiko[35]	Michiko Miyagi				Diamond Egoist
Minoru Tanaka[36][37]	Minoru Tanaka				Gleat Main Unit	UWF Rule Technical Officer
Ryo Aitaka[38][39]	Ryo Aitaka				Gleat Main Unit
Soma Watanabe [ja][40]	Soma Watanabe				Gleat Main Unit
T-Hawk[24][41]	Takuya Onodera				#StrongHearts
Takanori Ito[42]	Takanori Ito				Yan's Family
Takehiro Yamamura [ja][43]	Takehiro Yamamura				#StrongHearts
Tetsuya Izuchi [ja][44]	Tetsuya Izuchi				Black Generation International
Yu Iizuka [ja][45]	Yu Iizuka				Gleat Main Unit

Regular outsiders

Ring name	Real name	Unit	Notes
Chris Vice	Unknown	Anti-Gle Monsters	Affiliated with Real Zero1
Hartley Jackson	Unknown	Black Generation International	Freelancer
Hideki "Shrek" Sekine	Hideki Sekine	Hard Hit	Freelancer
Hikaru Sato	Hikaru Sato	Hard Hit	Freelancer affiliated with Pancrase Mission
Katsuhiko Nakajima	Katsuhiko Nakajima	—	Lidet UWF World Champion Freelancer
Keiichi Sato	Keiichi Sato	Black Generation International	Freelancer
Kouki Iwasaki	Unknown	Bulk Orchestra	Freelancer
Masato Kamino	Masato Kamino	Yan's Family	Affiliated with Pro-Wrestling Basara
Oji Shiiba	Oji Shiiba	—	Freelancer
Quiet Storm	Unknown	Bulk Orchestra	Freelancer
Ryuichi Kawakami[46]	Ryuichi Kawakami	Anti-Gle Monsters	Freelancer
Seiki Yoshioka	Seiki Yoshioka	#StrongHearts	Freelancer
Shigehiro Irie	Shigehiro Irie	#StrongHearts	Freelancer
Yusuke Kodama	Yusuke Kodama	Yan's Family	Freelancer
Yutani	Unknown	Black Generation International	Freelancer

Other personnel

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Chiho Tomiyama	Chiho Tomiyama	Ring announcer (G Prowrestling)
Haruo Murata	Haruo Murata	Commentator Freelancer
Hiroyuki Suzuki	Hiroyuki Suzuki	Owner President of Lidet
Katsumi Tamagawa	Katsumi Tamagawa	Referee (G Prowrestling)
Kaz Hayashi[24][47]	Kazuhiro Hayashi	Chief Technical Officer[3]
Kiyoshi Tamura[48]	Kiyoshi Tamura	Executive Director[3] Commentator
Masato Yoshino[49]	Masato Yoshino	Gleat Championship Belts Manager G Prowrestling Commissioner
Riki Choshu[50]	Mitsuo Yoshida	Observer[3]
Ryogaku Wada	Ryogaku Wada	Referee (Lidet UWF)
Soft Imai	Daisuke Imai	Referee (G Prowrestling)
Takahiro Yoshimizu	Takahiro Yoshimizu	Ring announcer (Lidet UWF) Affiliated with Aoni Production
Takehiro Yamamura	Takehiro Yamamura	Ring announcer (G Prowrestling)
Yoshinori Umeki	Yoshinori Umeki	Referee (Lidet UWF) Affiliated with Pancrase
Yoshiro Yabu	Yoshiro Yabu	Ring announcer (G Prowrestling)

Notable alumni/guests

• Abdullah Kobayashi
• Akane Fujita
• Ami Miura
• Atsuki Aoyagi
• Bandido
• Chihiro Hashimoto
• Daijiro Matsui
• Daisuke Nakamura
• Daisuke Sekimoto
• Drew Parker
• Flamita
• Gringo Loco
• Hartley Jackson
• Jake Lee
• Janai Kai
• Josh Barnett
• Jun Akiyama
• Jun Masaoka
• Kazuyuki Fujita
• Kendo Kashin
• Koji Iwamoto
• Komander
• Kota Ibushi
• Kota Sekifuda
• Masakatsu Funaki
• Masato Kamino
• Masato Tanaka
• Maya Fukuda
• Mochi Miyagi
• Musashi
• Nosawa Rongai
• Seichi Ikemoto
• Shigehiro Irie
• Shinjiro Otani
• Sho
• Shuhei Taniguchi
• Syuri
• Takashi Sugiura
• Takuya Nomura
• Tomoaki Honma
• Thekla
• Yukari Hosokawa
• Yutaka Yoshie

Championships

Championship	Current champion(s)		Reign	Date won	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
G-Rex Championship		Hayato Tamura	1	December 30, 2023	356+	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated T-Hawk at Gleat Ver.7.	[51]
G-Infinity Championship		The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel)	1	October 6, 2024	75+	Osaka, Japan	Defeated Black Generation International (Kaito Ishida and Tetsuya Izuchi) at Gleat Ver.Mega in Osaka.	[52]
Lidet UWF World Championship		Katsuhiko Nakajima	1	July 1, 2024	172+	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Takanori Ito to win the vacant title at Gleat Ver.12.	[53]

Lidet UWF World Championship

Lidet UWF World Championship
Current design of the title (2023–present)
Details
Promotion	Gleat
Date established	April 2023
Current champion(s)	Katsuhiko Nakajima
Date won	July 1, 2024
Statistics First champion(s) Takanori Ito Longest reign Fujita "Jr." Hayato (356 days) Shortest reign Takanori Ito (24 days) Oldest champion Fujita "Jr." Hayato (36 years, 284 days) Youngest champion Takanori Ito (29 years, 260 days) Heaviest champion Takanori Ito (209 lb (95 kg)) Lightest champion Fujita "Jr." Hayato (172 lb (78 kg))

The Lidet UWF World Championship (LIDET UWF世界王座, Ridetto UWF Sekai Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship owned and created by the Japanese company Lidet Entertainment and is currently disputed in the Gleat promotion. The main characteristic of the championship is that it can be defended and won only under UWF rules matches and in combat sports-based wrestling style bouts.

As of December 20, 2024, there have been a total of three reigns shared between three different champions and one vacancy. The current champion is Katsuhiko Nakajima who is in his first reign.

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses
1	Takanori Ito	June 7, 2023	Gleat Ver.EX "Face-Off" Access 2 TDCH	Tokyo, Japan	1	24	0	Defeated Shinya Aoki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.	[54]
2	Fujita "Jr." Hayato	July 1, 2023	Gleat Ver.6: 2nd Anniversary Show	Tokyo, Japan	1	356	1		[55]
—	Vacated	June 21, 2024	Michinoku 2024 Tokyo Conference Vol.1: Buryō Tōgen	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	—	Due to illness, Fujita "Jr." Hayato had been on a hiatus since his appearance at Wrestle Kingdom 18 on January 4, 2024. On June 21, at a Michinoku Pro Wrestling event, Fujita announced he was relinquishing both the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight and Lidet UWF World Championships.	[56]
3	Katsuhiko Nakajima	July 1, 2024	Gleat Ver.12	Tokyo, Japan	1	172+	1	Defeated Takanori Ito to win the vacant title.	[57]

Gleat events

Main article: List of Gleat events

Most Gleat events are separated into the three brands G Prowrestling, Lidet UWF and Gleat MMA. Numbered "Gleat Ver." events air bigger cards featuring a mix of the three brands. Specials events such as "Gleat Ver.EX", "Gleat Ver.Mega" and "Gleat Ver.&" are held in larger venues and usually feature wrestlers from other wrestling promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) or Pro Wrestling Freedoms. All events air live on Gleat's YouTube channel.

See also

• Japan portal

• Professional wrestling in Japan

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External links

• Lidet Entertainment official website