Dramatic DDT

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 02/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE
520 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Isami Kodaka & Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Cherry & FUMA when Kodaka submitted FUMA with an Arm Lock (7:03).
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Masa Takanashi, Akito & Konosuke Takeshita when Irie pinned Akito with the Flying Sausage (9:11).

DDT48 General Election 2013 Final Standings

1. Danshoku Dino (428 votes)
2. Isami Kodaka (419 votes)
3. Kota Ibushi (417 votes)
4. HARASHIMA (344 votes)
5. Hikaru Sato (330 votes)
6. Makoto Oishi (225 votes)
7. Soma Takao (221 votes)
8. Kenny Omega (200 votes)
9. Super Sasadango Machine (185 votes)
10. Cherry (182 votes)
11. Yasu Urano (174 votes)
12. Masa Takanashi (171 votes)
13. Konosuke Takeshita (170 votes)
14. KUDO (158 votes)
15. MIKAMI (156 votes)
16. Hiroshi Fukuda (150 votes)
17. Akito (149 votes)
18. Keisuke Ishii (147 votes)
19. Antonio Honda (146 votes)
20. Shigehiro Irie (144 votes)
– Daisuke Sasaki (144 votes)

22. Mio Shirai (143 votes)
23. Yukio Sakaguchi (131 votes)
24. Michael Nakazawa (92 votes)
25. DJ Nira (90 votes)

26. Yoshihiko (89 votes)
27. Toru Owashi (51 votes)
– Mitomi Masayuki (51 votes)
29. Shuji Ishikawa (45 votes)

Total Votes Cast: 5,728 votes

Danshoku Dino wins the DDT48 General Election and becomes the first two time winner of the competition, his previous victory being the very first election in 2010. This was the closest result yet with Dino winning by just 9 votes. As the winner, Dino receives a KO-D Openweight Title shot against HARASHIMA in Korakuen Hall and also a ¥1,000,000 cash prize, which funnily enough is exactly what he won four years ago.

The top 20 fills up the main card at the 20/10 Korakuen show while spots 21-24 will compete in a dark match. Shigehiro Irie and Daisuke Sasaki tied together in 20th place so they both qualify for the main card. This opened up a dark match spot for the person who finished 25th. That person is DJ Nira, who just beat out Yoshihiko by a single vote! On the other end of the single vote spectrum, Mio Shirai must be feeling a little salty by missing out of the main card by one vote.

Isami Kodaka was this year’s dark horse by finishing in second place and coming so close to Dino. He may wind up like Hikaru Sato and receive good fortune for his performance. Sato benefited from strong showings in the first two elections, winning the second one and eventually winning the KO-D Title because of it. Kodaka is in a similar spot as a long time member of the Union roster who recently became the face of the promotion.

Maybe the biggest surprise is Super Sasadango Machine finishing 9th. The Niigata wrestler has only wrestled twice in DDT this year. Maybe the fans really like sasa dango food. Or maybe he reminds them of Muscle Sakai. Who knows?