Kazumasa Yoshida Wins The BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title At BIG JAPAN 31 BEYOND THE SURVIVOR

By: Lewis Carlan

Big Japan Pro-Wrestling held its BIG JAPAN 31 BEYOND THE SURVIVOR event on April 29th at the Yokohama Budokan with a crowd of 1,255 fans in attendance.

The main event featured Daimonji So defending the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title against the challenge of Kazumasa Yoshida. Yoshida had an opportunity at BJW’s top championship back in January but was unsuccessful as he lost to Daimonji So.

Despite being the underdog, Yoshida made the most of his second opportunity in three months as he overcame a psychological disadvantage to shock everyone in attendance by defeating Daimonji So and becoming the 25th BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.

With the crowd behind him throughout the bout, Yoshida hit a few Tombstone Piledrivers on Daimonji So to end the match at the 33:38 mark and emerged as the new champion.

Yoshida took to X and thanked the fans for cheering him on during the match.

From Kazumasa Yoshida:

“I did it! Thank you to everyone who cheered me on.”

Photo Credit: BJW

In other action, Kosuke Sato successfully defended his BJW Jr Heavyweight Title for the sixth time when he defeated Satsuki Nagao via referee stoppage. Sato will reach his one year anniversary as the BJW Jr. Heavyweight Champion on May 5th 2026.

Abdullah Kobayashi retained his BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title when he defeated challenger Minoru Fujita with a Modified Crab Hold

Here are the full results for BJW BIG JAPAN 31 BEYOND THE SURVIVOR courtesy of purolove.com:

•  Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kaji Tomato defeat Yuichi Taniguchi & WILLY (9:36) after a Swanton Bomb by Yoshino against Taniguchi.
  
• Strong J: Fuminori Abe defeats Ryuma Sekimo (9:49) with an Octopus Hold.
• Shota Takanishi, Andy Wu & Chicharito Shoki  defeat Yuya Aoki, Toshiya Kawarai & Joji Otani (11:20) after a La Magistral by Wu against Aoki.
  
• Barbed Wire Board + Weapon Bringing Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Dale Patricks & Rina Yamashita defeat Kankuro Hoshino, Masaya Takahashi & Daiju Wakamatsu  (13:28) after a BAKA slam by Patricks against Hoshino.
  
• BJW Tag Team Title, TLC Death Match: Toru Sugiura  & Kazumi Kikuta (c) defeat Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka  (18:15) after a Bird Strike with Missile Board by Kikuta against Kodaka (3rd defense).
  
• BJW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kosuke Sato (c) defeats Satsuki Nagao (19:58) by Referee Stop (Front Necklock) (6th defense).
  
• Big Japan vs. Outsiders: Hideyoshi Kamitani & Daichi Hashimoto defeat Ryota Hama & Yasufumi Nakanoue (15:01) after a rising DDT by Hashimoto against Nakanoue.
  
• BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title – Big Japan vs. Outsiders: Abdullah Kobayashi (c) defeats Minoru Fujita (17:43) with a Modified Crab Hold (3rd defense).
  
• Main Event: BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title – Big Japan vs. Outsiders: Kazumasa Yoshida defeats Daimonji So (c) (33:38) with a tombstone piledriver – title change (Failed 6th defense -> 25th Champion).