Osaka Octopus

Osaka Octopus (大阪オクトパス, Ōsaka Okutopasu) was a recurring professional wrestling event held by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in 2015, 2016, and 2019.

History

From 2015 to 2019, Osaka Octopus was produced by DDT Pro-Wrestling, a Tokyo-based independent promotion founded in 1997 by Shintaro Muto and Pro Wrestling Crusaders alumni Kyohei Mikami, Kazushige Nosawa and Sanshiro Takagi.^[4] The three editions were held at the Edion Arena in Osaka.

	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main event	Ref.
1	Osaka Octopus 2015	November 28, 2015	Osaka, Japan	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Yukio Sakaguchi (c) vs. Isami Kodaka for the KO-D Openweight Championship	^[1]
2	Osaka Octopus 2016	December 4, 2016			Shuji Ishikawa (c) vs. Harashima for the KO-D Openweight Championship	^[2]
3	Osaka Octopus 2019	September 1, 2019			Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shinya Aoki for the KO-D Openweight Championship	^[3]

Osaka Octopus 2015
Promotion	DDT Pro-Wrestling
Date	November 28, 2015
City	Osaka, Japan
Venue	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Attendance	2,223^[1]
Event	Osaka Octopus
Liveevent	Y
Nextevent 2	2016

^ "Ōsaka Okutopasu 2015" [Osaka Octopus 2015] (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. November 28, 2015. Archived December 4, 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Ōsaka Okutopasu 2016: Naniwabushi da yo Puroresu wa" [Osaka Octopus 2016: Wrestling Is Naniwabushi] (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. December 4, 2016. Archived December 20, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Ōsaka Okutopasu 2019" [Osaka Octopus 2019] (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. September 1, 2019. Archived May 8, 2026 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Cain, Michelle (2023). Dramatic Dreams and Those Who Have Them. ISBN 9798865475439.