D Generations Cup

The D Generations Cup (DGC) is an annual professional wrestling tournament organized by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling brand. This tournament showcases up-and-coming talents from the company, akin to the Young Drama Cup, last held in 2010.

D Generations Cup
D Generations Cup logo
Promotion	CyberFight
Brand	DDT
First event	D Generations Cup 2023

The inaugural edition, held in 2023, employed a round-robin format, with each participant facing all other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block was determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. On the final day of the event, the winners of each block faced each other to determine the winner of the tournament. The 2024 edition adopted a single-elimination bracket format, followed by a return to the round-robin system in the subsequent year.

History

DDT Pro-Wrestling announced the participants of the inaugural D Generations Cup on January 2, 2023.^[1][2] The schedule was then announced on January 10.^[3]

Tournament finals

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance	Final	Ref.
1	Into The Fight 2023	February 26, 2023	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	680	Yuya Koroku vs. Takeshi Masada	[4]
2	April Fool 2024	April 7, 2024			1,334	To-y vs. Rukiya	[5]
3	Next Generation 2025: Kisaragi Roman	February 23, 2025			N/A	Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku	[6]

Tournaments

Year	Winner	Times won	Participants
2023	Takeshi Masada	1	8
2024	To-y	1
2025	Yuya Koroku	1

Results

2023

The D Generations Cup 2023 was the first edition of the tournament. Held between January 29 and February 26, it featured eight competitors divided in two blocks of four ("A" and "B"). The final was held on February 26, at Into The Fight 2023, and saw Takeshi Masada defeat Yuya Koroku.^[7] As a result, Masada earned a spot on the DDT shows in Hollywood on March 30 and 31.^[2]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Yuya Koroku	6	Takeshi Masada	4
Hideki Okatani	4	Toy Kojima	4
Ilusion	2	Yuki Ishida	2
Kazuma Sumi	0	Keigo Nakamura	2

Block A	Okatani	Koroku	Sumi	Ilusion
Okatani	—	Koroku (9:39)[8]	Okatani (5:22)[9]	Okatani (6:25)[10]
Koroku	Koroku (9:39)[8]	—	Koroku (6:39)[10]	Koroku (8:11)[11]
Sumi	Okatani (5:22)[9]	Koroku (6:39)[10]	—	Illusion (6:19)[12]
Ilusion	Okatani (6:25)[10]	Koroku (6:39)[11]	Illusion (6:19)[12]	—
Block B	Nakamura	Kojima	Ishida	Masada
Nakamura	—	Kojima (7:58)[11]	Ishida (11:02)[12]	Nakamura (7:10)[9]
Kojima	Kojima (7:58)[11]	—	Kojima (8:58)[10]	Masada (8:21)[8]
Ishida	Ishida (11:02)[12]	Kojima (8:58)[10]	—	Masada (9:34)[11]
Masada	Nakamura (7:10)[9]	Masada (8:21)[8]	Masada (9:34)[11]	—

	Final
	A1	Yuya Koroku	8:26[7]
	B1	Takeshi Masada	Pin

2024

The second D Generations Cup was held between March 21 and April 7, 2024. The eight participants fought in a single-elimination bracket to earn a spot in the 2024 King of DDT Tournament.^[13][14] The final was held on April 7, at April Fool 2024, and saw To-y defeat Rukiya.^[15]

First round March 21

Semifinals March 26

Final April 7

Yuni

8:32[16]

Ilusion

Sub

Ilusion

8:53[17]

To-y

Pin

To-y

Pin

Tsubasa Suzuki

5:08[16]

To-y

Pin

Rukiya

10:22[15]

Munetatsu Nakamura

Pin

Kazuma Sumi

6:50[16]

Munetatsu Nakamura

6:54[17]

Rukiya

Pin

Yuya Koroku

9:12[16]

Rukiya

Pin

2025

The third edition of the D Generations Cup took place between February 4 and February 23, 2025. Returning to the round-robin system, the tournament featured eight competitors divided into two blocks of four ("A" and "B"), competing for a future KO-D Openweight Championship match. In a rematch of the 2023 final, Yuya Koroku defeated Takeshi Masada to win the cup and a KO-D Openweight Championship opportunity against Chris Brookes on April 6, at Change Age 2025: My Lie in April.^[6] He would go on to fail to win the title.^[18]

Final standings

Block A		Block B
Takeshi Masada	6	Yuya Koroku	4
Ilusion	2	To-y	4
Keigo Nakamura	2	Kazuma Sumi	3
Yuki Ishida	2	Yuni	1

Block A	Masada	Nakamura	Ilusion	Ishida
Masada	—	Masada (11:49)[19]	Masada (9:52)[20]	Masada (8:20)[21]
Nakamura	Masada (11:49)[20]	—	Ilusion (11:12)[21]	Nakamura (6:45)[22]
Ilusion	Masada (9:52)[19]	Ilusion (11:12)[21]	—	Ishida (0:35)[20]
Ishida	Masada (8:20)[21]	Nakamura (6:45)[22]	Ishida (0:35)[20]	—
Block B	To-y	Koroku	Yuni	Sumi
To-y	—	Koroku (12:16)[19]	To-y (6:22)[21]	To-y (8:30)[22]
Koroku	Koroku (12:16)[20]	—	Koroku (8:25)[20]	Sumi (11:17)[21]
Yuni	To-y (6:22)[21]	Koroku (8:25)[20]	—	Draw (15:00)[19]
Sumi	To-y (8:30)[22]	Sumi (11:17)[21]	Draw (15:00)[19]	—

	Final
	A1	Takeshi Masada	16:40[6]
	B1	Yuya Koroku	Sub

See also

• Young Drama Cup
• DDT Pro-Wrestling
• Professional wrestling in Japan