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DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 29/09/2011
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1. HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi, Shota & Toru Sugiura defeated Big Morohashi, Hiro Tsumaki, Hiroshi Fukuda & Ryuichi Sekine when HARASHIMA pinned Tsumaki with the Somato (7:50).
2. Keisuke Ishii & Akito defeated Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata when Ishii pinned Hirata with the Kneel Kick (7:19).

DDT48 Election 2011 Final Standings

1. Hikaru Sato (558 Votes)
2. Kota Ibushi (389 Votes)
3. Danshoku Dino (387 Votes)
4. Yasu Urano (380 Votes)
5. Masa Takanashi (363 Votes)
6. Makoto Oishi (356 Votes)
7. Cherry (335 Votes)
8. HARASHIMA (287 Votes)
9. MIKAMI (252 Votes)
10. Isami Kodaka (248 Votes)
11. Ken Ohka (247 Votes)
12. KUDO (228 Votes)
13. Sanshiro Takagi (197 Votes)
14. DJ Nira (195 Votes)
15. Antonio Honda (182 Votes)
16. Keisuke Ishii (179 Votes)
17. Shuji Ishikawa (176 Votes)
18. Takao Soma (174 Votes)

19. Michael Nakazawa (167 Votes)

20. Mr. #6 (161 Votes)
21. Kenny Omega (159 Votes)
22. Shigehiro Irie (140 Votes)
23. Kazuki Hirata (119 Votes)
24. Akito (107 Votes)
25. Daisuke Sasaki (99 Votes)

There was no doubt about it, Hikaru Sato is the winner of the DDT48 General Election 2011! A landslide victory means that Sato wins the grand prize of ¥1,000,000 and a KO-D Openweight Title shot against KUDO on 23rd October.

The majority of the line-up was in attendance for the results read out. Those absent due to other commitments were Kenny Omega, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Gorgeous Matsuno, Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Ohka, Tanomusaku Toba and Mr. #6. The hosts for the night were DDT General Manager Tsurumi Amon, Haruo Murata from Dramatic Fantasia and Mita Sayako from Occupation Of The Indies (Carlos was too busy hibernating). They began to introduce the top 18 wrestlers, starting from number 17. Each finalist commented on their placing. Shuji Ishikawa wanted a match against Yasu Urano, Keisuke Ishii said he will do better next year, Antonio Honda thought he was going to win it all, DJ Nira never had a speech prepared, Sanshiro Takagi was impressed with how creative the wrestlers were with their promotional campaigns this year, KUDO wasn’t too upset that the KO-D Champion could only finish 12th, Ken Ohka was very happy to finish 11th, Isami Kodaka was looking forward to competing at the show, MIKAMI thought finishing 10th was less embarrassing than finishing 11th or higher, HARASHIMA was frustrated that he didn’t win and Cherry was greatful for the fans that voted for her.

Makoto Oishi began crying with happiness when it was announced he finished in 6th place. Filled with emotion, Oishi asked Takagi if he could become a full time DDT wrestler. Takagi thought about it and said “Sure. Today, Makoto Oishi is a member of DDT!”

With the top 5 yet to be announced, the hosts turned their attention to the bottom of the table. Only the top 18 could compete at the October Korakuen Hall event, and they had not mentioned who lucky #18 was. After revealing some of the wrestlers who failed to qualify, it was finally revealed that Takao Soma took the 18th and final spot. Takao simply smiled and said “Thank you” before sitting back down.

And so came the top 5. Masa Takanshi thanked Emi Sakura and Yamada Man Pondo for helping him throughout the election, Yasu Urano wanted to accept Shuji’s challenge from earlier, although it has not yet been confirmed, Danshoku Dino said he was looking forward to the future, Kota Ibushi was disappointed he missed out in first place and Hikaru Sato talked about how much he has achieved in his career over the last two years. KUDO and Sato then had a staredown to hype up the main event.

Tsurumi Amon then announced his next big project. A 16-Man Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament will also take place at the 23rd October show. The winner of that tournament will take on the winner of KUDO Vs Sato in a KO-D Title match on 6th November in Osaka.