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27-473: The championship was introduced on the June 29, 2000 TV taping, during which Poison Sawada Black created the title and awarded it to himself. It was created as a parody of the now-defunct WWE Hardcore Championship , which also had a " 24/7 rule ". The title is often defended during a 10-minute battle royal , with the current holder not being allowed to leave the match until the end of the time limit; as per 24/7 rules,

54-669: A black leather strap which has a snake skin pattern on the back. The central plate features brass knuckles surrounded by chains in the center. The word "IRONMAN" is written along the edge of the top half and the word "CHAMPION", though partially erased by years of wear and tear, is written along the bottom edge. The two side plates, on either side of the central plate, are rectangular and identically state "24 HOURS" ("24" in silver bordered with black; "HOURS" in red). As of November 30, 2024, there have been 1,697 officially recognized reigns between 422 different human individuals, 7 teams and 56 inanimate objects and animals. The record for most reigns

81-576: A cat named Bunny, a monkey, a three-time champion ladder, Vince McMahon 's Hollywood Walk of Fame star , a copy of The Young Bucks' autobiography Killing the Business , and the title belt itself. As of January 2024, there have been over 1,600 title changes for the belt, which has been won by numerous male and female wrestlers and non-wrestlers, including children, animals, entire audiences and inanimate objects. Poison Julie Sawada Atsuo Sawada ( 澤田 篤男 , Sawada Atsuo , born February 5, 1964)

108-485: A seven-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion , before retiring in November 2012. Sawada made his return to professional wrestling on March 20, 2022, at Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary where he teamed up with Akarangers ( Gentaro and Takashi Sasaki ) and Suicide Boyz ( Mikami and Thanomsak Toba ), being accompanied to the ring by Naomi Susan to defeat Toru Owashi , Antonio Honda , Kazuki Hirata and Yoshihiko for

135-555: A surprise release of their second major-label album, The Guerrilla Bish , exclusively through Tower Records . The album was released at a price of ¥299 without any prior advertising, and the surprise edition is packaged without cover art or a lyrics booklet, a reference to Kanye West's sixth album Yeezus . The music video for the lead song "My landscape" was filmed at the Mojave Air and Space Port 's airplane graveyard in California, as

162-464: Is a semi-retired professional wrestler , best known for his work in Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) under the ring name Poison Julie Sawada ( ポイズンJULIE澤田 , Poizun Jurī Sawada ) . Initially trained by New Japan Pro-Wrestling , Sawada found prominence after making his debut for DDT in 1999. He worked for the promotion for over thirteen years, becoming a two-time KO-D Openweight Champion and

189-431: Is held by Shinobu , who won it 216 times, including by trading the title back-and-forth with 215-time champion Yuko Miyamoto a total of 303 times on the same night. Danshoku Dino holds the record for longest combined reign with at least 534 days and counting (the exact date of when he won his tenth title is uncertain). Masa Takanashi 's sixth reign is the longest singular reign at 333 days. Only 155 individuals have held

216-493: The 2015 Tokyo Idol Festival . However, due to their fans and fans of their sister group POP (Period of Plastic 2 Mercy) failing to follow the rules of the festival during the groups' performances, both groups had all events on the second day cancelled. Footage from the festival that was broadcast on TV shows festival staff attempting to bring Bish's performance to a halt in the middle of a song. On 5 August, two new Bish members were revealed: Lingling and Hashiyasume Atsuko, bringing

243-623: The KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship . BiSH Bish , stylized as BiSH , was a Japanese alternative idol girl group that was founded in 2015 by their manager Junnosuke Watanabe. The group was conceived as a successor to Bis , an idol group managed by Watanabe that disbanded in 2014. They disbanded in June 2023. Bish was initially announced in January 2015 with the idea to begin Bis again, and auditions began that month in order to find members. After

270-554: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Hardcore Championship . As Mankind and hardcore wrestling became more popular with audiences, the Hardcore Championship became a more serious title. Its popularity led competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to create its own Hardcore Championship , a move followed by numerous independent promotions. When Crash Holly won the belt on February 22, 2000, he introduced

297-613: The "24/7 rule" that the belt was to be defended at all times as long as a referee was present. On June 29, 2000, Poison Julie Sawada introduced the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in DDT as a parody of the WWF Hardcore title and recognized himself as the first champion. Minutes after the unveiling, Mitsunobu Kikuzawa demanded he had a look at the title belt. He then used it to attack Sawada and pinned him to become

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324-480: The 20th position on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart. On 31 May, Bish held their first solo concert, "This Is For Bis", at Nakano Heavy Sick Zero. Though venue's capacity was merely 80 people, it was chosen for its significance, being the venue where BiS' first one-man was held. During the show, the members announced an audition to recruit more members, and a single to be released in September. In August, Bish performed at

351-498: The Star" would be released later in the year. Bish released their first mini-album, Giant Killers , on 28 June, featuring title track "Giant Killers" and "Shakai no Rule", the theme song for cartoon Heybot! , with lyrics written by Hashiyasume Atsuko. Certain editions of the album contain "Introducing Bish", a twelve-track compilation CD featuring new recordings of past Bish songs featuring vocals by Ayuni D. On 4 November 2017, Bish had

378-481: The album reached 5th place on the daily Oricon album charts. On 19 January 2016, Bish announced at the final leg of their "Idol Is Shit" tour that they would have their major debut through the label Avex Trax in May 2016. The group released the hardcore punk song "Deadman" as their major-label debut single on 5 May, billing the 99-second number as "(Probably) the shortest major debut song ever?!" The coupling track "earth"

405-529: The album, so her parts had to be re-recorded before its release. Her voice was retained, however, on "Spark". Bish released a music video for the song "Bish - Hoshi ga Matataku Yoru ni" in April. As the release of the album drew closer, Bish began to release more of its songs as free downloads. By 21 May, just six days before its official release date, all 13 of the album tracks were available for free. This did not harm album sales, however, and their first album reached

432-503: The audition process, the completed lineup was announced in March, and members Yukako Love Deluxe, Cent Chihiro Chittiii , Aina the End , Hug Mii, and Momoko Gumi Company were revealed to the public. The members' eyes were obscured with black contact lenses and could not be revealed until they each attained 4,444 followers on Twitter . Their first song "Spark", from the album Brand-New Idol Shit ,

459-418: The band's "major 3.5th" album, containing 7 tracks. On 4 August 2021, the album Going to Destruction was released. On 24 December 2021, Bish announced that they will disband in 2023. In 2022, Bish released a new single every month, starting with "Final Shits" and ending with "Zutto". On 8 February 2023, Bish announced that they had established Bish Co., Ltd. and audition project Bish The Next, with

486-450: The championship can change hands during, and not only as the result, of the match. Despite its name and similarly titled championships, it is not specific to Iron Man matches . The current champion is Kazuki Hirata , who is in his 54th reign. He won the title by pinning Yuki Ueno at Get Alive 2024 Tour in Yokohama, on November 16, 2024. On November 2, 1998, Mr. McMahon awarded Mankind

513-482: The music video for their first single, the Celtic metal song "OTNK", featuring the new members. On 2 October 2015 it was announced that Bish would release a second album with the title Full Metal Jacket . This was later changed to Fake Metal Jacket , and was released on 20 January 2016. Fake Metal Jacket was promoted with a music video for the song "Monsters", which originally appeared on their first album. Upon release,

540-444: The purpose of producing their successor group. Bish's final single, " Bye-Bye Show ", was released on March 22. It features all four members of the rock band The Yellow Monkey ; vocalist Kazuya Yoshii wrote and produced it, while the band's three instrumentalists performed the track. Additionally, the single's B-side is a cover of The Yellow Monkey's 1996 song "Spark". Bish disbanded on 29 June 2023, at their final concert which

567-619: The second champion. The 1,000th Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion was crowned on April 29, 2014, when the title belt itself became the champion by pinning Sanshiro Takagi . At Ultimate Party 2023 , the championship belt was won by a different title, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship which pinned its holder at the time, Hiromu Takahashi , only to lose the Ironman title seconds later to Kazuki Hirata . The championship belt design features three glittery silver plates on

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594-484: The title for longer than a day. The title has occasionally been won by unusual means, such as an auction for the belt, rock–paper–scissors , and even a title change that occurred in a dream. Non-wrestlers to have held the title include AV idol Nao Saejima , TV personality LiLiCo , J-pop idols Akari Suda , Kaori Matsumura , Yuki Arai , Rise Shiokawa, Aika Sawaguchi, Misaki Natsumi, Momomi Wagatsuma and Lingling , Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman Shinichiro Kawamatsu,

621-438: The total number of members up to six. Just as the earlier members of the group, their profile photos were taken with black contact lenses. Their true faces could not be revealed until they gained more Twitter followers than Bish manager Junnosuke Watanabe. However, Watanabe got bored of waiting and lowered the number to 5000 followers for both members, and their faces were revealed later that week. On 14 August 2015, Bish revealed

648-532: Was composed by Tetsuya Komuro and the release was mastered by Tim Young . "Deadman" reached 5th position on the Oricon weekly singles chart, and shortly after its release, Bish announced the release of their major-label debut album in October 2016. On 16 May 2016, member Hug Mii announced her withdrawal from Bish, citing family reasons as the cause. Her last performance was on 2 June. On 1 August 2016, new member Ayuni D

675-409: Was released through the music site Ototoy as a free download: first as a demo version with vocals by their manager, then the finished version was released one week later. At that time, Yukako Love Deluxe chose to withdraw from the group before their official debut. In an interview with Ototoy, she cited reasons of stress and anxiety in relation to her withdrawal. She had recorded vocals for all tracks on

702-461: Was revealed to the public. She made her debut with the group at the "TOKYO BiSH SHiNE repetition" event on 24 August, where they announced the title of their upcoming October album, Killer Bish . Aina the End, the lead vocalist of the group, underwent surgery for vocal polyps at the end of 2016, which meant the group ended their activities for the year with the free concert "In The End". She returned in 2017, and Bish announced their single "Promise

729-408: Was the photography for the album cover. On 28 March 2018, Bish released the single " Paint It Black ". The song was used as the second opening theme for the anime series Black Clover . On 3 July 2019, Bish released the single "More Than Like", which was used as the fourth and final opening theme of Fairy Tail ' s final season. On 22 July 2020, the album Letters was released, considered

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