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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Defunct | 2011 |
| Style | Bati-bati style (Shoot style wrestling) |
| Headquarters | Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan |
| Founder | Yuki Ishikawa |
| Owner | Yuki Ishikawa |
| Predecessor | Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi |
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Kakuto Tanteidan Battlarts (格闘探偵団バトラーツ,Kakutō Tanteidan Batorātsu; "Fighting Detectives Battlarts" or "Fighting Investigation Team Battlarts"), more commonly referred to as simplyBattlarts (also stylized asBattlARTS) was aprofessional wrestling promotion founded in 1996 byYuki Ishikawa following the mass exodus he led fromPro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG) amidst the financial struggle that ultimately led the company to fold. The initial promotion's roster was composed of the entire PWFG roster that did not depart forPancrase, thus making Battlarts a direct successor to PWFG.
The promotion ceased operations in 2011, but was succeeded in 2023 by the independentKakuto Tanteidan project led byFuminori Abe andTakuya Nomura.
The promotion was formed in 1996 by Japanese wrestlerYuki Ishikawa and featured all of the wrestlers from theFujiwara Gumi promotion, who had abandoned the promotion in favor of Battlarts. They ran shows in theTokyo area regularly from 1998 to 2002.
Even though Battlarts' style was based onshoot wrestling, the promotion often cooperated with other shoot style andmixed martial arts promotions, includingFighting Network Rings,Kingdom,Michinoku Pro andBig Japan Pro Wrestling, therefore matches sometimes resembled more traditional professional wrestling matches. The biggest co-promotion occurred on October 17, 1999, when Battlarts andThe Great Sasuke's Michinoku Pro Wrestling produced "Michinoku Pro vs. Battlarts", which was headlined by atag team match pitting the owners of both promotions (Great Sasuke and Ishikawa) againstJinsei Shinzaki andAlexander Otsuka.
The promotion ceased running regular shows and events in 2001 due to "management aggravation". Battlarts eventually began to run monthly shows mainly in Tokyo, Saitama, and Shizuoka Prefecture, often co-promoting withDaisuke Ikeda's Fu-ten,Kiyoshi Tamura's U-Style andSatoru Sayama'sReal Japan Pro Wrestling promotions. On September 14, 2008, at a press conference with Yuki Ishikawa andShinjiro Otani Battlarts announced a working agreement withPro Wrestling Zero1.
It was revealed in late December 2010 that Battlarts would be closing their doors sometime in 2011.[1] The promotion held its final event on November 5, 2011.
On June 26, 2023,Fuminori Abe andTakuya Nomura held a press conference to announce they would hold an independent show titled We Are Kakuto Tanteidan (ぼくらは格闘探偵団,Bokura wa Kakutō Tanteidan) on October 12 atShinjuku Face, broadcast onWrestle Universe.[2][3] The idea of reviving Battlarts into a new organization came from founder Abe, a student of Battlarts alumnusMunenori Sawa, who was fascinated by the promotion and aspired to become a professional wrestler, with the ideal of creating a "state-of-the-artB". The decision to organize an independent event was made in cooperation with Nomura, and with the support of Yuki Ishikawa,Ikuto Hidaka and others.[4]
A second event titled Kakuto Tanteidan 2: From Shinjuku With Love (格闘探偵団2〜新宿より愛をこめて〜,Kakutō Tanteidan Tsū: Shinjuku yori ai wo komete) was held on October 23, 2024,[5] then a third titled Kakuto Tanteidan III: One Life to Live (格闘探偵団III～One Life to Live～,Kakutō Tanteidan Surī: One Life to Live) was held atShin-Kiba 1st Ring on April 8, 2025,[6] followed by Kakuto Tanteidan IV: Straight Ahead (格闘探偵団Ⅳ～Straight ahead～,Kakutō Tanteidan Fō: Straight ahead) on October 23.[7]
| Championship | Final recognized champion(s) | Date won |
|---|---|---|
| UWA World Middleweight Championship | Psycho | August 9, 2009 |
| Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Marines Mask II | April 2, 2010 |
| FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship | Koji Nakagawa andGedo | June 13, 1999 |
| P☆Mix Tag Team Championship | Gran Hamada andAyako Hamada | June 29, 2000 |
The first event of the Kakuto Tanteidan revival project took place on October 12, 2023, atShinjuku Face in Tokyo.
| No. | Results[3] | Stipulations | Times[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Suzuki defeatedYu Iizuka [ja] bytechnical knockout | Singles match | 6:56 |
| 2 | Hikaru Sato and"brother" Yasshi defeatedIkuto Hidaka andThanomsak Toba bysubmission | Tag team match | 10:41 |
| 3 | Super Tiger II defeatedKeita Yano bytechnical knockout | Singles match | 11:05 |
| 4 | Yuki Ishikawa andDaisuke Sekimoto defeatedDaisuke Ikeda andMinoru Fujita bysubmission | Tag team match | 13:57 |
| 5 | Fuminori Abe defeatedTakuya Nomura bysubmission | Singles match | 19:16 |
The second Kakuto Tanteidan event took place on October 23, 2024, at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. All matches were fought under Battlarts rules.
| No. | Results[5] | Stipulations | Times[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hikaru Sato defeatedKosuke Sato bysubmission | Singles match | 9:13 |
| 2 | "brother" Yasshi andHikaru Machida [ja] defeatedThanomsak Toba andManabu Hara [ja] byknockout | Tag team match | 12:28 |
| 3 | Masashi Takeda defeatedKengo bysubmission | Singles match | 11:54 |
| 4 | Ikuto Hidaka vs.Minoru Fujita ended in a doubleknockout draw | Singles match | 18:46 |
| 5 | Takuya Nomura andKazunari Murakami defeatedFuminori Abe andYuki Ishikawa bysubmission | Tag team match | 27:54 |
The third Kakuto Tanteidan event took place on April 8, 2025, atShin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. All matches were fought under Battlarts rules.
| No. | Results[6] | Stipulations | Times[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shuji Ishikawa defeatedSatsuki Nagao [ja] bytechnical knockout | Singles match | 10:38 |
| 2 | Masashi Takeda defeatedKosuke Sato bytechnical knockout | Singles match | 10:19 |
| 3 | Yuki Ishikawa andTyson Maeguchi defeatedSuper Tiger II andThanomsak Toba bysubmission | Tag team match | 13:38 |
| 4 | Dan Tamura defeated"brother" Yasshi bytechnical knockout | Singles match | 11:20 |
| 5 | Astronauts (Fuminori Abe andTakuya Nomura) defeatedHikaru Sato andManabu Hara [ja] bysubmission | Tag team match | 28:47 |
The fourth Kakuto Tanteidan event took place on October 23, 2025, at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. All matches were fought under Battlarts rules.
| No. | Results[7] | Stipulations | Times[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosuke Sato defeated Ali Najima bysubmission | Singles match | 6:28 |
| 2 | Yuko Miyamoto and"brother" Yasshi defeatedKengo Mashimo andThanomsak Toba byknockout | Tag team match | 12:17 |
| 3 | Keita Yano defeatedManabu Hara [ja] bysubmission | Singles match | 17:25 |
| 4 | Yuki Ishikawa andMuhammad Yone defeatedDaisuke Ikeda andIkuto Hidaka bysubmission | Tag team match | 18:59 |
| 5 | Hikaru Sato defeatedFuminori Abe byknockout | Singles match | 27:44 |
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