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The Fire Festival is a yearly concept that was designed by Shinjiro Otani to compete with New Japan's G1 Climax and All Japan's Champion Carnival, both of which are singles tournament. The debut version in 2001 was hurt by the last minute pull-out of several wrestlers, but the 2002 version was the real pick-up point, with many of ZERO-ONE's and the independent scene's top stars gathering for the round-robin event.

2001 (9/1/01 to 9/15/01) (Full results)

Block A:
1. Shinjiro Otani [6]
2. Horshu [4]
3. Sean McCully [2]
4. Daisuke Sekimoto [0]

Block B:
1. Kohei Sato [4]
2. Samoa Joe [4]
3. Masato Tanaka [3]
4. George Takano [1]

Final: Shinjiro Otani beat Kohei Sato (13:05) with a cobra hold.

2002 (7/28/02 to 8/4/02) (Full results)

Block A:
1. Shinjiro Otani [6]
2. Masato Tanaka [5]
3. TAKA Michinoku [4]
4. Kintaro Kanemura [3]
5. King Joe [2]

Block B:
1. Tetsuhiro Kuroda [6]
2. Yuki Ishikawa [4]
3. Steve Corino [4]
4. Hirotaka Yokoi [4]
5. Kohei Sato [2]

Final: Shinjiro Otani beat Tetsuhiro Kuroda (17:53) with a Dragon suplex hold.

2003 (7/25/03 to 8/1/03) (Full results)

Block A
1. Shinjiro Otani [5]
2. Hirotaka Yokoi [4]
3. Arashi [4]
4. Kintaro Kanemura [4]
5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara [3]
Block B
1. Satoshi Kojima [6]
2. Masato Tanaka [5]
3. Tetsuhiro Kuroda [4]
4. Alexander Otsuka [3]
5. Kohei Sato [2]

Final: Satoshi Kojima beat Shinjiro Otani (20:19) with a lariat.