January 6, 1961 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium) Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Sardara Singh (cor) … Yoshinosato beat Isao Yoshihara … Shohei Baba beat Takeo Kaneko … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Masaaki Takemura … Kintaro Oki beat Mr. Chin … Kanji Inoki beat Yonetaro Tanaka … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Koichi Hayashi … Tanji Hasegawa drew Mitsuaki Hirai NOTE: Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich were billed as the Hawaiian Tag Team Champions. Blears appeared in the ring as Mr. X and unmasked himself before the match. January 7, 1961 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Sardara Singh … Yoshinosato beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Shohei Baba beat Mr. Chin … Takeo Kaneko beat Tosanohana (Masaaki Takemura) … Isao Yoshihara beat Katsurahama (Yonetaro Tanaka) … Kintaro Oki beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Inoki … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Tamio Takeshita … Koichi Hayashi drew Mitsuaki Hirai January 8, 1961 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears, Lucky Simunovich and Sardara Singh … Yoshinosato beat Takeo Kaneko … Shohei Baba beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kanji Inoki drew Katsurahama ... Isao Yoshihara drew Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Masakatsu Tanaka (dq) January 18, 1961 … Gifu Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Sardara Singh … Yoshinosato beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Shohei Baba beat Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Kanji Inoki … Tosanohana beat Katsurahama … Kintaro Oki beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita … Koichi Hayashi beat Tamio Takeshita January 19, 1961 … Takamatsu Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Sardara Singh … Yoshinosato beat Takeo Kaneko … Kintaro Oki drew Isao Yoshihara … Shohei Baba beat Mammoth Suzuki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita … Kanji Inoki drew Katsurahama … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa January 20, 1961 … Kochi Lord James Blears, Lucky Simunovich and Sardara Singh beat Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori … Shohei Baba and Mammoth Suzuki drew Takeo Kaneko and Yoshinosato … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Tamio Takeshita … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kanji Inoki … Katsurahama beat Koichi Hayashi … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tanji Hasegawa January 21, 1961 … Tokushima Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Sardara Singh … Yoshinosato beat Shohei Baba … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Kintaro Oki beat Mammoth Suzuki … Takeo Kaneko beat Kanji Inoki … Isao Yoshihara beat Katsurahama … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita … Tanji Hasegawa drew Koichi Hayashi January 23, 1961 … Hofu Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Shohei Baba … Sardara Singh beat Yoshinosato … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mammoth Suzuki … Takeo Kaneko beat Isao Yoshihara … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Katsurahama beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Inoki … Koichi Hayashi drew Tamio Takeshita January 25, 1961 … Kumamoto Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Sardara Singh beat Yoshinosato … Shohei Baba drew Kintaro Oki … Kokichi Endo beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kanji Inoki beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Takeo Kaneko beat Tosanohana … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita January 26, 1961 … Fukuoka Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) … Yoshinosato beat Sardara Singh … Isao Yoshihara beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Inoki … Takeo Kaneko beat Tamio Takeshita … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Katsurahama beat Tanji Hasegawa and Koichi Hayashi (handicap match) … Takeo Kaneko won a 9-man battle royal pinning Hideyuki Nagasawa in the finals (the other entrants: Kintaro Oki, Kanji Inoki, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Mammoth Suzuki, Isao Yoshihara, Koichi Hayashi and Tamio Takeshita) January 27, 1961 … Karatsu Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Shohei Baba and Kintaro Oki (handicap match) … Sardara Singh beat Yoshinosato … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita (dq) … Takeo Kaneko beat Kanji Inoki … Isao Yoshihara beat Tosanohana … Koichi Hayashi drew Tanji Hasegawa … Katsurahama won an 11-man battle royal pinning Tosanohana in the finals (the other entrants: Kanji Inoki, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Mammoth Suzuki, Isao Yoshihara, Koichi Hayashi, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Tamio Takeshita, Takeo Kaneko and Tanji Hasegawa) January 28, 1961 … Sasebo Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki and Mammoth Suzuki (handicap match) … Yoshinosato beat Sardara Singh … Shohei Baba beat Takeo Kaneko … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita … Isao Yoshihara beat Kanji Inoki … Tosanohana beat Katsurahama … Tanji Hasegawa drew Koichi Hayashi January 29, 1961 … Yahata [present-day Kitakyushu] Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Shohei Baba and Mammoth Suzuki (handicap match) … Sardara Singh beat Yoshinosato … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Isao Yoshihara beat Katsurahama … Takeo Kaneko beat Kanji Inoki … Tamio Takeshita beat Tanji Hasegawa January 31, 1961 … Okayama Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo beat Sardara Singh … Takeo Kaneko and Yoshinosato beat Shohei Baba and Mammoth Suzuki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Kanji Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Tamio Takeshita beat Koichi Hayashi February 1, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) (Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich “retained the Hawaiian Tag Team Title,” while Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Yoshinosato drew Sardara Singh (both cor) … Kokichi Endo beat Shohei Baba … Kintaro Oki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo (dq) … Tosanohana beat Koichi Hayashi … Takeo Kaneko beat Tanji Hasegawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Kanji Inoki … Mammoth Suzuki beat Katsurahama February 2, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears, Lucky Simunovich and Sardara Singh … Yoshinosato beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Yusuf Turk … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Tamio Takeshita … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Takeo Kaneko beat Kanji Inoki … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa … Yusuf Turk won a 10-man battle royal pinning Masakatsu Tanaka in the finals (the other entrants: Shohei Baba, Mitsuaki Hirai, Kanji Inoki, Takeo Kaneko, Kintaro Oki, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Tamio Takeshita and Isao Yoshihara) February 3, 1961 … Kobe Rikidozan beat Lucky Simunovich (cor) … Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Sardara Singh … Shohei Baba beat Mammoth Suzuki … Yoshinosato beat Takeo Kaneko … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Kanji Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo (dq) … Isao Yoshihara beat Katsurahama … Tamio Takeshita beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Koichi Hayashi February 5, 1961 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Lord James Blears and Lucky Simunovich (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Kokichi Endo beat Larry Jackson … Shohei Baba and Mammoth Suzuki drew Kiyotaka Otsubo and Isao Yoshihara … Takeo Kaneko beat Kintaro Oki … Yoshinosato beat Dutchman … Kanji Inoki beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Katsurahama beat Tosanohana … Tamio Takeshita beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa February 17, 1961 … Tokyo (Shinagawa Public Hall) Toyonobori beat Lucky Simunovich … Kokichi Endo, Mammoth Suzuki and Yusuf Turk beat Takeio Kaneko, Isao Yoshihara and Yoshinosato … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Tamio Takeshita … Katsurahama beat Tosanohana … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa March 3, 1961 … Tokyo (Shinagawa Public Hall) Toyonobori won a 6-man battle royal pinning Yoshinosato in the finals (the other entrants: Rikidozan, Tosanohana, Kokichi Endo and Hideyuki Nagasawa) … Shohei Baba and Mammoth Suzuki drew Isao Yoshihara and Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kanji Inoki beat Katsurahama … Tamio Takeshita beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Koichi Hayashi … Kintaro Oki drew Masakatsu Tanaka March 25, 1961 … Tokyo (Nihon University Hall) [first night] Yoshinosato beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mr. Chin … (little people) Little Beaver and Cowboy Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low and Pee Wee James … Billy the Kid beat Tom Thumb … (referee: Oki Shikina) NOTE: Promoter Yoshio Tamai invited six little people to Japan for his second tour and the JWA lent him some wrestlers to make up for a shortage of wrestlers in each card. March 26, 1961 … Tokyo (Nihon University Hall) [second night] Yoshinosato beat Tosanohana … Yusuf Turk beat Katsurahama … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … (little people) Little Beaver and Tom Thumb beat Sky Low Low and Pee Wee James … Cowboy Red Taylor beat Billy the Kid March 27, 1961 … Hiratsuka Yoshinosato beat Yusuf Turk … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Katsurahama beat Mr. Chin … (little people) Little Beaver and Tom Thumb beat Sky Low Low and Pee Wee James … Cowboy Red Taylor drew Billy the Kid March 30, 1961 … Omiya [present-day Saitama] (little people) Little Beaver and Cowboy Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low and Pee Wee James March 31, 1961 … Gifu (little people) Little Beaver and Cowboy Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low and Pee Wee James April 1, 1961 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) (little people) Little Beaver and Cowboy Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low and Pee Wee James April 2, 1961 … Yokkaichi (little people) Little Beaver, Billy the Kid and Cowboy Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low, Pee Wee James and Tom Thumb April 4, 1961 … Kyoto (Maruyama Park) Yoshinosato beat Mr. Chin … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama … (little people) Little Beaver, Billy the Kid and Cowboy Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low, Pee Wee James and Tom Thumb April 5, 1961 … Hiroshima (little people) Little Beaver, Billy the Kid and Cowboy Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low, Pee Wee James and Tom Thumb April 7, 1961 … Tagawa (little people) Little Beaver and Cowboy Red Tayler beat Sky Low Low and Pee Wee James April 14, 1961 … Osaka (little people) … (no results known) April 23, 1961 … Tokyo (Precincts of Yasukuni Shrine) Hideyuki Nagasawa and Tosanohana beat Shohei Baba and Kintaro Oki … Shohei Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Kanji Inoki … Tamio Takeshita beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa … Masakatsu Tanaka won an 8-man battle royal pinning Mitsuaki Hirai in the finals (the other entrants: Koichi Hayashi, Tanji Hasegawa, Tamio Takeshita, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Isao Yoshihara and Kanji Inoki) … (little people) Billy the Kid beat Tom Thumb April 28, 1961 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium Gymnasium) (little people) … (no results known) [The Third World League] May 1, 1961 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Hercules Romero (Cortez) and Jim Wright … Karl Krauser (Gotch) drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Great Antonio beat Kokichi Endo … Mr. X (Dr. Bill Miller) beat Shohei Baba … Ike Eakins beat Great Togo … Ronnie Etchison beat Yoshinosato … Tosh Togo (Harold Sakata) beat Tosanohana … Kanji Inoki and Mammoth Suzuki drew Kiyotaka Otsubo and Isao Yoshihara … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Iwao (Tamio) Takeshita beat Mr. Chin May 2, 1961 … Tokyo (Metropolitan Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori drew Ike Eakins and Mr. X … Karl Krauser beat Ronnie Etchison (dq) … Jim Wright drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Great Antonio beat Hideyuki Nagasawa, Tosanohana and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Hercules Romero beat Tosh Togo … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Iwao Takeshita … Kanji Inoki beat Mr. Chin May 4, 1961 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Ike Eakins and Ronnie Etchison beat Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura … Hercules Romero drew Jim Wright … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo … Mr. X drew Toyonobori (both cor) … Great Antonio beat Tosh Togo and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Hideyuki Nagasawa and Tosanohana beat Shohei Baba and Mammoth Suzuki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Kintaro Oki beat Iwao Takeshita … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Inoki May 5, 1961 … Yokkaichi Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori drew Ronnie Etchison, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Karl Krauser beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Ike Eakins beat Hercules Romero … Great Antonio beat Hideyuki Nagasawa, Tosanohana and Michiaki Yoshimura (handicap match) … Yoshinosato beat Shohei Baba … Kintaro Oki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo (dq) … Kanji Inoki drew Isao Yoshihara … Mammoth Suzuki beat Koichi Hayashi … Mr. Chin drew Katsurahama May 6, 1961 … Kobe Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Ronnie Etchison and Jim Wright … Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo … Great Antonio beat Mr. Chin, Katsurahama, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Iwao Takeshita and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Hercules Romero beat Shohei Baba … Tosh Togo beat Mammoth Suzuki … Tosanohana beat Kintaro Oki (dq) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kanji Inoki May 7, 1961 … Nara Jim Wright and Mr. X beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Ike Eakins … Ronnie Etchison drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Hercules Romero … Great Antonio beat Yoshinosato, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Tosanohana (handicap match) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Shohei Baba and Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo and Isao Yoshihara … Kanji Inoki beat Mr. Chin May 8, 1961 … Kure Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Karl Krauser and Jim Wright … Kokichi Endo beat Ronnie Etchison (dq) … Mr. X beat Hercules Romero … Great Antonio beat Hideyuki Nagasawa, Mammoth Suzuki, Tosanohana and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Tosh Togo beat Shohei Baba … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Kanji Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi May 11, 1961 … Kokura [present-day Kitakyushu] Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Ronnie Etchison … Great Antonio beat Hercules Romero … Mr. X beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Jim Wright (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Tosh Togo beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Shohei Baba (dq) … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin May 12, 1961 … Fukuoka Rikidozan vs. Mr. X (no contest) …… Great Antonio beat Tosh Togo and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ronnie Etchison and Karl Krauser … Ike Eakins beat Kokichi Endo … Jim Wright beat Shohei Baba … Hercules Romero beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana (dq) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kanji Inoki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk May 13, 1961 … Kumamoto Rikidozan, Tosh Togo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Hercules Romero and Jim Wright (dq) … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Tosanohana (handicap match) ... Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Mr. X (dq) … Ronnie Etchison beat Yoshinosato … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kintaro Oki beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Mammoth Suzuki (dq) … Iwao Takeshita beat Mr. Chin May 14, 1961 … Kagoshima Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Tosh Togo drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Ronnie Etchison beat Tosanohana … Hercules Romero beat Shohei Baba … Karl Krauser beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki drew Isao Yoshihara … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Yusuf Turk beat Mr. Chin May 16, 1961 … Karatsu Ike Eakins, Ronnie Etchison and Mr. X beat Rikidozan, Tosh Togo and Toyonobori (dq) … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Tosanohana (handicap match) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Hercules Romero … Jim Wright beat Yoshinosato … Karl Krauser drew Kokichi Endo … Shohei Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kanji Inoki beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin May 17, 1961 … Sasebo RIkidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Ronnie Etchison beat Hercules Romero … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo beat Shohei Baba … Mammoth Suzuki beat Tosanohana … Kintaro Oki drew Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Inoki … Yusuf Turk beat Mr. Chin May 18, 1961 … Ube Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Karl Krauser, Jim Wright and Mr. X (dq) … Great Antonio beat Ike Eakins (dq) … Toyonobori beat Hercules Romero … Tosh Togo beat Yoshinosato … Ronnie Etchison beat Tosanohana … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kanji Inoki drew Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Iwao Takeshita … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Kintaro Oki drew Mammoth Suzuki May 19, 1961 … Hiroshima Ronnie Etchison, Hercules Romero and Mr. X beat Rikidozan, Tosh Togo and Yoshinosato … Great Antonio beat Kintaro Oki, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Tosanohana (handicap match) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jim Wright (dq) … Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo … Kanji Inoki drew Isao Yoshihara … Mr. Chin beat Iwao Takeshita … Mammoth Suzuki beat Yusuf Turk … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo May 21, 1961 … Okayama Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ronnie Etchison, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Karl Krauser drew Great Antonio … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins … Tosh Togo beat Mammoth Suzuki … Yoshinosato beat Hercules Romero … Mr. Chin beat Iwao Takeshita … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Kanji Inoki … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Shohei Baba drew Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo won a 9-man battle royal pinning Mr. Chin in the finals (the other entrants: Shohei Baba, Kanji Inoki, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kintaro Oki, Iwao Takeshita, Tosanohana and Isao Yoshihara) May 22, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Ronnie Etchison and Jim Wright … Hercules Romero beat Great Antonio (dq) … Mr. X beat Karl Krauser (dq) … Tosh Togo drew Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Shohei Baba … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kintaro Oki beat Yusuf Turk … Kanji Inoki beat Iwao Takeshita … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin May 23, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan drew Mr. X (both cor) (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Kokichi Endo, Tosh Togo and Toyonobori drew Ike Eakins, Ronnie Etchison and Jim Wright … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Yoshinosato beat Hercules Romero (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kanji Inoki … Yusuf Turk beat Iwao Takeshita … Kintaro Oki beat Mr. Chin NOTE: For some unknown reason, Rikidozan insisted that this was a non-title match later. May 24, 1961 … Kyoto Rikidozan, Tosh Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X (dq) … Great Antonio beat Hideyuki Nagasawa, Tosanohana and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo … Toyonobori beat Ronnie Etchison … Hercules Romero beat Mammoth Suzuki … Shohei Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mr. Chin … Iwao Takeshita beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Kanji Inoki May 25, 1961 … Toyama Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X beat Rikidozan, Tosh Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Tosanohana (handcap match) … Karl Krauser beat Toyonobori … Hercules Romero beat Yoshinosato … Ronnie Etchison beat Kokichi Endo … Shohei Baba beat Kanji Inoki … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Yusuf Turk beat Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin May 26, 1961 … Fukui Rikidozan drew Karl Krauser (both cor) … Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo, Great Togo and Toyonobori … Great Antonio beat Hideyuki Nagasawa, Mammoth Suzuki and Yoshinosato (handcap match) … Tosh Togo beat Hercules Romero … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ronnie Etchison … Shohei Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Tosanohana beat Iwao Takeshita … Yusuf Turk beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kanji Inoki beat Koichi Hayashi May 27, 1961 … Gifu Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Ronnie Etchison & Mr. X … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo & Isao Yoshihara (handcap match) … Toyonobori beat Jim Wright … Karl Krauser beat Hercules Romero … Tosh Togo beat Yoshinosato … Shohei Baba beat Kanji Inoki … Tosanohana beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Yusuf Turk … Mr. Chin drew Iwao Takeshita May 28, 1961 … Utsunomiya Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Hercules Romero and Jim Wright … Great Antonio beat Mr. Chin, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Mr. X beat Ronnie Etchison … Kokichi Endo beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Shohei Baba drew Mammoth Suzuki … Kintaro Oki beat Kanji Inoki … Yusuf Turk beat Iwao Takeshita … Kiyotaka Otsubo drew Tosanohana June 1, 1961 … Shimodate Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Great Antonio beat Hideyuki Nagasawa, Katsurahama and Tosanohana (handicap match) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Ronnie Etchison beat Yoshinosato … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Masakatsu Tanaka drew Iwao Takeshita … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kanji Inoki … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tosanohana beat Iwao Takeshita … Yusuf Turk beat Kiyotaka Otsubo June 2, 1961 … Tokyo (Kuramae Sumo Arena) Rikidozan beat Great Antonio (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Great Togo, Tosh Togo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Ronnie Etchison and Jim Wright … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. X (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo … Yoshinosato beat Shohei Baba … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kanji Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Mr. Chin beat Iwao Takeshita June 3, 1961 … Narita Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Tosh Togo beat Mammoth Suzuki … Kokichi Endo beat Great Togo (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kanji Inoki beat Mr. Chin … Iwao Takeshita beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk beat Masakatsu Tanaka June 4, 1961 … Noda Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Karl Krauser and Jim Wright (dq) … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Yoshinosato (handicap match) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tosh Togo … Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo … Kanji Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Iwao Takeshita beat Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Mammoth Suzuki beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kintaro Oki drew Tosanohana … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo June 6, 1961 … Ogaki Rikidozan, Great Togo and Toyonobori beat Karl Krauser, Jim Wright and Mr. X (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins (dq) … Great Antonio beat Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa and Isao Yoshihara (handicap match) … Tosh Togo beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Shohei Baba & Mammoth Suzuki beat Tosanohana & Yoshinosato … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Kanji Inoki beat Iwao Takeshita … Kintaro Oki beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai June 7, 1961 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori drew Ike Eakins and Jim Wright (both cor) (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Mr. Chin, Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo and Isao Yoshihara beat Great Antonio (handicap match) … Karl Krauser beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Great Togo (dq) … Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Yoshinosato beat Shohei Baba … Yusuf Turk beat Iwao Takeshita … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kanji Inoki … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Hiroshi Ueda … Midoriiwa (Saburo Oshiro) beat Masakatsu Tanaka June 9, 1961 … Takamatsu Rikidozan and Great Togo beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright (dq) … Mr. X beat Great Antonio (cor) … Karl Krauser drew Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Shohei Baba … Tosh Togo beat Yoshinosato … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Kanji Inoki … Tosanohana beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Midoriiwa drew Mr. Chin NOTE: Kokichi Endo subbed for Toyonobori in his match with Karl Krauser because Toyonobori was injured in the right wrist. Toyonobori withdrew from the tour as well as Great Antonio. June 10, 1961 … Tokushima Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X beat Rikidozan, Great Togo and Michiaki Yoshimura … Karl Krauser drew Tosh Togo (dcor) … Kokichi Endo beat Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Shohei Baba beat Kanji Inoki … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kintaro Oki beat Yusuf Turk … Tosanohana drew Isao Yoshihara … Mr. Chin beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Midoriiwa beat Mitsuaki Hirai June 11, 1961 … Kochi Kokichi Endo and Rikidozan beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. X (dq) … Toyonobori beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Karl Krauser beat Kintaro Oki … Yusuf Turk beat Katsurahama … Kanji Inoki drew Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Mr. Chin drew Iwao Takeshita … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Midoriiwa June 12, 1961 … Imabari Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jim Wright and Mr. X (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo … Ike Eakins beat Tosanohana … Toyonobori beat Kintaro Oki … Tosh Togo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Kanji Inoki drew Kiyotaka Otsubo … Iwao Takeshita beat Midoriiwa … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Hiroshi Ueda June 13, 1961 … Tokuyama Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo beat Tosanohana … Kanji Inoki beat Iwao Takeshita … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Midoriiwa drew Hiroshi Ueda June 14, 1961 … Yamaguchi Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. X (dq) … Tosh Togo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Kanji Inoki beat Yusuf Turk … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Mr. Chin … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama June 15, 1961 … Tagawa Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Mr. X … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo beat Tosanohana … Kokichi Endo beat Jim Wright (dq) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kanji Inoki … Kintaro Oki beat Iwao Takeshita … Yusuf Turk beat Katsurahama … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Midoriiwa beat Mitsuaki Hirai June 16, 1961 … Yahata [present-day Kitakyushu] Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X beat Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Karl Krauser drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Tosh Togo beat Yoshinosato … Shohei Baba beat Kanji Inoki … Mammoth Suzuki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Iwao Takeshita beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mr. Chin beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Hiroshi Ueda June 18, 1961 … Kumamoto Karl Krauser and Mr. X beat Rikidozan and Tosh Togo (cor) … Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins … Kokichi Endo beat Yoshinosato … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jim Wright (dq) … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kintaro Oki vs. Iwao Takeshita (no contest) … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Masakatsu Tanaka … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara drew Tosanohana … Mammoth Suzuki beat Yusuf Turk June 20, 1961 … Beppu Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright (cor) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Mr. X (dq) … Tosh Togo beat Yoshinosato … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Shohei Baba beat Kanji Inoki … Mr. Chin drew Midoriiwa … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Yusuf Turk beat Iwao Takeshita … Kintaro Oki drew Tosanohana June 22, 1961 … Fukuoka Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Kokichi Endo beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kintaro Oki … Masakatsu Tanaka drew Mr. Chin … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Isao Yoshihara beat Iwao Takeshita … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Midoriiwa June 23, 1961 … Fukuyama Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins and Mr. X (dq) … Karl Krauser drew Toyonobori … Yoshinosato beat Mammoth Suzuki … Tosh Togo beat Tosanohana … Jim Wright beat Kokichi Endo … Shohei Baba beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki drew Isao Yoshihara … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Iwao Takeshita … Yusuf Turk beat Mr. Chin June 24, 1961 … Yonago Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright … Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Yoshinosato beat Tosanohana … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kanji Inoki … Shohei Baba beat Yusuf Turk … Kintaro Oki beat Iwao Takeshita … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka June 25, 1961 … Tottori Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright … Mr. X beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo drew Kokichi Endo … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Shohei Baba beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mammoth Suzuki beat Iwao Takeshita (cor) … Kanji Inoki beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk beat Mr. Chin … Kiyotaka Otsubo won a 9-man battle royal pinning Isao Yoshihara in the finals (The other participants: Shohei Baba, Mr. Chin, Mitsuaki Hirai, Kanji Inoki, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Mammoth Suzuki and Masakatsu Tanaka) June 26, 1961 … Himeji The show was postponed until the next day because of heavy rain. June 27, 1961 … Himeji Ike Eakins and Jim Wright beat Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura … Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Toyonobori beat Tosh Togo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Shohei Baba beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kintaro Oki beat Mammoth Suzuki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Kanji Inoki beat Yusuf Turk … Masakatsu Tanaka drew Hiroshi Ueda June 28, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright … Mr. X beat Tosh Togo … Karl Krauser drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Yoshinosato … Kintaro Oki beat Midoriiwa … Mammoth Suzuki beat Yusuf Turk … Shohei Baba beat Kanji Inoki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mr. Chin … Tosanohana beat Isao Yoshihara June 29, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan beat Mr. X (dq) and became the winner of the Third World League … Kokichi Endo, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Ike Eakins, Tosh Togo and Jim Wright … Karl Krauser beat Yoshinosato … Mammoth Suzuki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kanji Inoki beat Yusuf Turk … Shohei Baba beat Katsurahama … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Midoriiwa drew Hiroshi Ueda NOTE: Shohei Baba, Yukio “Mammoth” Suzuki and Yoshinosato (Junzo Hasegawa) left Japan to start working in Los Angeles under the management of The Great Togo. June 30, 1961 … Toyohashi Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright … Kokichi Endo beat Mr. X (dq) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Midoriiwa beat Katsurahama … Kanji Inoki drew Masakatsu Tanaka … Yusuf Turk beat Mr. Chin … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Isao Yoshihara … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Hiroshi Ueda July 1, 1961 … Hiratsuka Rikidozan beat Ike Eakins … Karl Krauser and Mr. X drew Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Jim Wright … Tosh Togo beat Tosanohana … Kintaro Oki beat Kanji Inoki … Yusuf Turk beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka (cor) … Midoriiwa beat Mitsuaki Hirai July 2, 1961 … Toride Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura (no contest) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Katsurahama beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Yusuf Turk beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin beat Koichi Hayashi … Midoriiwa drew Hiroshi Ueda July 3, 1961 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Katsurahama … Kanji Inoki drew Isao Yoshihara … Midoriiwa beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda July 5, 1961 … Maebashi Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Karl Krauser, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins (dq) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Midoriiwa … Mr. Chin drew Masakatsu Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Katsurahama … Tanji Hasegawa drew Koichi Hayashi July 7, 1961 … Omiya [present-day Saitama] Rikidozan beat Jim Wright … Toyonobori & Michiaki Yoshimura beat Karl Krauser & Mr. X (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Ike Eakins (dq) … Tosh Togo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kintaro Oki beat Yusuf Turk … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Mr. Chin beat Katsurahama … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Tanji Hasegawa … Koichi Hayashi drew Midoriiwa July 8, 1961 … Nagaoka Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Karl Krauser beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Midoriiwa drew Hiroshi Ueda July 9, 1961 … Aomori Ike Eakins and Mr. X beat Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Toyonobori beat Jim Wright … Tosh Togo drew Kokichi Endo … Karl Krauser beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kintaro Oki drew Tosanohana … Kanji Inoki beat Yusuf Turk … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Masakatsu Tanaka … Midoriiwa beat Koichi Hayashi … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hiroshi Ueda July 10, 1961 … Hanawa Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X (cor) … Karl Krauser beat Kokichi Endo … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Katsurahama beat Mr. Chin … Midoriiwa beat Tanji Hasegawa … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda July 12, 1961 … Hakodate Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X (dq) … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Isao Yoshihara … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Chin beat Koichi Hayashi … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Yusuf Turk beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hiroshi Ueda … Katsurahama drew Midoriiwa July 14, 1961 … Asahikawa Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ike Eakins and Jim Wright … Mr. X beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Tosh Togo beat Karl Krauser (dq) … Kanji Inoki drew Tosanohana … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Koichi Hayashi … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka July 16, 1961 … Obihiro Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Jim Wright and Mr. X … Karl Krauser drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Kiyotaka Otsubo drew Tosanohana … Mr. Chin drew Masakatsu Tanaka … Koichi Hayashi drew Midoriiwa … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hiroshi Ueda July 18, 1961 … Sapporo [first night] Ike Eakins and Mr. X beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) … Jim Wright beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Karl Krauser drew Tosh Togo … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tosanohana beat Katsurahama … Yusuf Turk beat Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Mr. Chin drew Masakatsu Tanaka July 19, 1961 … Sapporo [second night] Rikidozan beat Jim Wright (Rikidozan retained the Asian Heavyweight Title) … Ike Eakins and Karl Krauser drew Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo beat Kanji Inoki … Kokichi Endo beat Mr. X (dq) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kintaro Oki drew Tosanohana … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Yusuf Turk beat Katsurahama July 21, 1961 … Tokyo (Denen Coliseum) Rikidozan beat Mr. X (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) (Mr. X was unmasked as Dr. Bill Miller) … Kokichi Endo, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura drew Ike Eakins, Karl Krauser and Jim Wright … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kanji Inoki … Mr. Chin beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Isao Yoshihara beat Tamio (Iwao) Takeshita … Koichi Hayashi drew Midoriiwa July 22, 1961 … Fujiyoshida Ike Eakins and Jim Wright beat Rikidozan and Toyonobori (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Karl Krauser … Tosh Togo beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Kintaro Oki drew Tosanohana … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Isao Yoshihara … Katsurahama beat Yusuf Turk … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kanji Inoki beat Tamio Takeshita … Koichi Hayashi beat Mr. Chin July 23, 1961 … Tateyama Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ike Eakins, Bill Miller and Jim Wright … Karl Krauser drew Kokichi Endo (both cor) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Kanji Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Midoriiwa beat Katsurahama … Mr. Chin beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tamio Takeshita … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda (both cor) July 24, 1961 … Sawara Ike Eakins, Bill Miller and Jim Wright beat Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori (dq) … Karl Krauser drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Yusuf Turk … Kanji Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Koichi Hayashi beat Mr. Chin … Masakatsu Tanaka beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Tamio Takeshita … Midoriiwa drew Hiroshi Ueda August 18, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Tosanohana beat Larry Jackson … Kintaro Oki beat Red Miller … Yusuf Turk beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Kanji Inoki … Midoriiwa beat Katsurahama … Mr. Chin drew Tamio Takeshita … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda August 25, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid beat Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Tosh Togo beat Kokichi Endo (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana (dq) … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mr. Chin … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Midoriiwa … Koichi Hayashi beat Katsurahama … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hiroshi Ueda September 1, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni and Zebra Kid (cor) … Don Manoukian beat Kokichi Endo … Tosh Togo beat Michiaki Yoshimura (cor) … Kanji Inoki beat Tosanohana (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Katsurahama beat Tanji Hasegawa … Midoriiwa beat Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Hiroshi Ueda … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Yusuf Turk beat Mitsuaki Hirai September 4, 1961 … Tokyo (Shinagawa Public Hall) (little people) Sky Low Low and Irish Jackie beat Little Beaver and Bouncing Burke … (women) Masako Izu and Terumi Yanagi beat Nobuko Sunahama and Yukiko Tomoe NOTE: Little people started their third tour in Japan. It was reported that four little people and female wrestlers were going to give their show in 21 cities during the tour. September 8, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Tosh Togo (cor) … Red Miller beat Kintaro Oki … Yusuf Turk beat Koichi Hayashi … Kanji Inoki beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Katsurahama … Tosanohana beat Isao Yoshihara … Midoriiwa beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin beat Hiroshi Ueda … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai September 15, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Aldo Bogni and Don Manoukian beat Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Zebra Kid beat Kokichi Endo (cor) … Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai ... Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa… Kanji Inoki beat Red Miller … Midoriiwa beat Hiroshi Ueda … Mr. Chin beat Koichi Hayashi … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tanji Hasegawa … Yusuf Turk beat Masakatsu Tanaka September 22, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid (dq) … Aldo Bogni and Tosh Togo beat Kintaro Oki and Michiaki Yoshimura … Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Isao Yoshihara beat Masakatsu Tanaka … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Katsurahama beat Larry Jackson (dq) … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Midoriiwa beat Yusuf Turk … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda September 29, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Don Manoukian beat Rikidozan (dq) … Aldo Bogni, Tosh Togo and Zebra Kid drew Kokichi Endo, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kanji Inoki beat Yusuf Turk … Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda September 30, 1961 … Hiratsuka Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Don Manoukian (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tosh Togo (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Red Miller … Kanji Inoki beat Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Yusuf Turk beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Katsurahama drew Hiroshi Ueda … Kintaro Oki won a 13-man battle royal pinning Mitsuaki Hirai in the finals (the other entrants: Red Miller, Mr. Chin, Tanji Hasegawa, Koichi Hayashi, Kanji Inoki, Katsurahama, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Yusuf Turk, Hiroshi Ueda and Isao Yoshihara) October 1, 1961 … Yokaichiba [present-day Sousa] Aldo Bogni, Tosh Togo and Zebra Kid beat Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Don Manoukian (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Red Miller … Kityotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Katsurahama beat Tanji Hasegawa … Koichi Hayashi beat Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Hiroshi Ueda October 4, 1961 … Maebashi Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Aldo Bogni beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kokichi Endo beat Tosh Togo … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Katsurahama … Mr. Chin drew Hiroshi Ueda … Isao Yoshihara beat Tanji Hasegawa October 5, 1961 … Toyohashi Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosh Togo beat Tosanohana … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Red Miller … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Hiroshi Ueda … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa October 6, 1961 … Ogaki Rikidozan beat Aldo Bogni … Don Manoukian, Tosh Togo and Zebra Kid drew Kokichi Endo, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Red Miller … Hiroshi Ueda beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin drew Koichi Hayashi … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai October 7, 1961 … Owase Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Aldo Bogni (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara …Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Tosh Togo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin drew Hiroshi Ueda … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai October 8, 1961 … Wakayama Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tosh Togo … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Hiroshi Ueda drew Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Koichi Hayashi October 11, 1961 … Okayama Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Red Miller … Kintaro Oki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Kanji Inoki beat Tosanohana (dq) … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kanji Inoki won an 11-man battle royal pinning Mitsuaki Hirai in the finals (the other entrants: Red Miller, Mr. Chin, Tanji Hasegawa, Koichi Hayashi, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Tosanohana, Yusuf Turk, Hiroshi Ueda and Isao Yoshihara) October 12, 1961 … Takamatsu Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Kanji Inoki drew Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin drew Hiroshi Ueda … Koichi Hayashi beat Tanji Hasegawa October 13, 1961 … Kochi Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni and Don Manoukian … Zebra Kid beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Red Miller … Tosanohana beat Kanji Inoki … Hideo Koma drew Hiroshi Ueda … Mr. Chin drew Koichi Hayashi … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tanji Hasegawa October 15, 1961 … Matsuyama Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Kanji Inoki beat Red Miller … Koichi Hayashi drew Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Hiroshi Ueda … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai October 17, 1961 … Kudamatsu Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo October 19, 1961 … Kagoshima Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara … Tanji Hasegawa beat Hiroshi Ueda … Mr. Chin beat Hideo Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi October 21, 1961 … Miyazaki Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki beat Tosanohana (dq) … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Red Miller … Hideo Koma drew Hiroshi Ueda … Koichi Hayashi drew Mr. Chin … Isao Yoshihara beat Tanji Hasegawa October 22, 1961 … Kokura [present-day Kitakyushu] Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tosanohana beat Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Red Miller … Hideo Koma drew Hiroshi Ueda … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi October 23, 1961 … Ube Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Koichi Hayashi … Tosanohana beat Red Miller … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Hideo Koma drew Hiroshi Ueda October 25, 1961 … Fukuoka Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara … Hideyuki Nagasawa drew Tosanohana … Hideo Koma drew Koichi Hayashi … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai October 26, 1961 … Kumamoto Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mr. Chin drew Hiroshi Ueda … Koichi Hayashi beat Takeshi Yamamoto … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hideo Koma NOTE: Takeshi Yamamoto (real name: Koichi Yamamoto) should not be confused with Kotetsu (Masaru) Yamamoto. October 27, 1961 … Yamaguchi Zebra Kid beat Rikidozan (dq) … Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian (dq) … Kokichi Endo and Tosanohana beat Kanji Inoki and Kintaro Oki … Aldo Bogni drew Michiaki Yoshimura … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Hiroshi Ueda beat Hideo Koma … Tanji Hasegawa beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Koichi Hayashi beat Takeshi Yamamoto October 29, 1961 … Hiroshima Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Koichi Hayashi … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai October 31, 1961 … Fukuyama Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Kanji Inoki drew Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Tanji Hasegawa … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Mr. Chin beat Hideo Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo drew Hiroshi Ueda … Koichi Hayashi drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 1, 1961 … Sakai Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Tosanohana … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Mr. Chin drew Koichi Hayashi … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hideo Koma … Hiroshi Ueda drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 2, 1961 … Nara Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid (cor) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Koichi Hayashi … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Takeshi Yamamoto … Hiroshi Ueda beat Hideo Koma … Hideyuki Nagasawa won a 7-man battle royal pinning Mr. Chin in the finals (the other entrants: Kanji Inoki, Hideo Koma, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Tosanohana and Isao Yoshihara) November 3, 1961 … Otsu Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kokichi Endo beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin beat Hiroshi Ueda … Koichi Hayashi beat Takeshi Yamamoto ... Kintaro Oki won an 11-man battle royal pinning Isao Yoshihara in the finals (the other entrants: Mr. Chin, Tanji Hasegawa, Koichi Hayashi, Mitsuaki Hirai, Kanji Inoki, Hideo Koma, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Tosanohana and Hiroshi Ueda) November 4, 1961 … Himeji Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kanji Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Koichi Hayashi drew Hiroshi Ueda … Mr. Chin beat Takeshi Yamamoto … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Hideo Koma November 5, 1961 … Kobe Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid beat Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara … Tanji Hasegawa drew Hiroshi Ueda … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Hideo Koma drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 6, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [first night] Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Aldo Bogni and Don Manoukian … Zebra Kid beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tosanohana beat Katsurahama … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa (cor) … Koichi Hayashi drew Hideo Koma … Hiroshi Ueda beat Takeshi Yamamoto November 7, 1961 … Osaka (Prefectural Gymnasium) [second night] Rikidozan beat Zebra Kid (cor) (Rikidozan retained the International Heavyweight Title) … Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni and Don Manoukian … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Tanji Hasegawa … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Katsurahama … Kanji Inoki drew Tosanohana … Mr. Chin beat Koichi Hayashi … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Hiroshi Ueda … Hideo Koma drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 9, 1961 … Nagoya (Kanayama Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Kokichi Endo beat Aldo Bogni … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Hiroshi Ueda beat Koichi Hayashi … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Hideo Koma drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 10, 1961 … Takaoka Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mr. Chin drew Mitsuaki Hirai … Tosanohana beat Tanji Hasegawa … Hideo Koma drew Hiroshi Ueda … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Kintaro Oki won an 8-man battle royal pinning Mr. Chin in the finals (the other entrants: Mitsuaki Hirai, Kanji Inoki, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Tosanohana and Isao Yoshihara) November 11, 1961 … Niigata Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kanji Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Mr. Chin … Tosanohana beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Hiroshi Ueda drew Koichi Hayashi … Katsurahama beat Tanji Hasegawa … Hideo Koma drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 12, 1961 … Sawata [present-day Sado] Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Tosanohana beat Isao Yoshihara … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Hideo Koma beat Katsurahama … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin beat Koichi Hayashi … Hiroshi Ueda drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 13, 1961 … Itoigawa Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Aldo Bogni, Don Manoukian and Zebra Kid … Kintaro Oki beat Kanji Inoki … Tosanohana beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Koichi Hayashi beat Takeshi Yamamoto November 17, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan beat Aldo Bogni … Ronnie Etchison and Rocky Hamilton (Larry Hamilton / Missouri Mauler) beat Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Kanji Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Katsurahama beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mr. Chin beat Koichi Hayashi … Hideo Koma drew Hiroshi Ueda … Tanji Hasegawa drew Takeshi Yamamoto November 24, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ronnie Etchison and Rocky Hamilton (dq) … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki …. Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Larry Jackson … Kanji Inoki beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Isao Yoshihara beat Yusuf Turk … Tosanohana beat Kiyotaka Otsubo (cor) … Katsurahama beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin drew Koichi Hayashi … Hideo Koma drew Takeshi Yamamoto December 1, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Ronnie Etchison and Rocky Hamilton (dq) … Kokichi Endo beat Kintaro Oki … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Tosanohana … Isao Yoshihara beat Larry Jackson (dq) … Kanji Inoki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Koichi Hayashi … Yusuf Turk beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Katsurahama beat Hideo Koma … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Hiroshi Ueda drew Takeshi Yamamoto December 8, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan and Michiaki Yoshimura beat Ronnie Etchison and Rocky Hamilton (dq) … Ricky Waldo drew Toyonobori (no contest) … Kokichi Endo beat Larry Jackson … Kanji Inoki drew Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Yusuf Turk … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Katsurahama … Isao Yoshihara beat Hideo Koma December 14, 1961 … Tokyo (Taito Gymnasium) Rikidozan and Toyonobori beat Rocky Hamilton and Ricky Waldo (Rikidozan and Toyonobori retained the Asian Tag Team Title) … Ronnie Etchison beat Kokichi Endo … Michiaki Yoshimura beat Kintaro Oki … Tosanohana beat Larry Jackson … Yusuf Turk beat Mr. Chin … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Katsurahama … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Tanji Hasegawa drew Takeshi Yamamoto … Koichi Hayashi drew Hideo Koma … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai December 15, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan, Kokichi Endo and Toyonobori beat Ronnie Etchison, Rocky Hamilton and Ricky Waldo … Luther Lindsay beat Michiaki Yoshimura … Kanji Inoki beat Larry Jackson (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Tosanohana … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Yusuf Turk beat Katsurahama … Mr. Chin beat Hideo Koma … Kiyotaka Otsubo drew Isao Yoshihara … Koichi Hayashi drew Takeshi Yamamoto December 17, 1961 … Hirakata Ronnie Etchison, Luther Lindsay and Ricky Waldo beat Rikidozan, Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura (Yoshimura got injured in the first fall and Kintaro Oki subbed for him.) … Rocky Hamilton drew Kokichi Endo … Kanji Inoki beat Isao Yoshihara … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Mitsuaki Hirai beat Koichi Hayashi … Mr. Chin beat Tanji Hasegawa … Katsurahama beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Hideo Koma beat Takeshi Yamamoto … Kintaro Oki won an 11-man battle royal pinning Mr. Chin in the finals (the other entrants: Tanji Hasegawa, Koichi Hayashi, Mitsuaki Hirai, Kanji Inoki, Hideo Koma, Hideyuki Nagasawa, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Takeshi Yamamoto and Isao Yoshihara) December 22, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Ronnie Etchison beat Rikidozan (dq) … Luther Lindsay and Ricky Waldo drew Kokichi Endo and Michiaki Yoshimura … Toyonobori beat Rocky Hamilton … Kintaro Oki beat Larry Jackson … Kanji Inoki beat Kiyotaka Otsubo … Mitsuaki Hirai drew Isao Yoshihara … Yusuf Turk beat Hiroshi Ueda … Hideyuki Nagasawa beat Tosanohana … Katsurahama beat Tanji Hasegawa … Mr. Chin beat Koichi Hayashi … Tatsuo Hoshino drew Hideo Koma December 29, 1961 … Tokyo (Riki Sports Palace) Rikidozan beat Ricky Waldo (dq) … Ronnie Etchison and Rocky Hamilton beat Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura … Kokichi Endo beat Luther Lindsay (dq) … Kanji Inoki beat Tosanohana (dq) … Kintaro Oki beat Hideyuki Nagasawa … Isao Yoshihara beat Mitsuaki Hirai … Kiyotaka Otsubo beat Yusuf Turk … Tanji Hasegawa drew Koichi Hayashi … Katsurahama beat Mr. Chin Research by Haruo Yamaguchi - Updated December 17, 2018 |
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