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Junya Matsunaga
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 where he is a former Intercontinental Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2021–present) Due to partially being a freelancer, Matsunaga is known for competing in various promotions of the Japanese independent scene. He is also known for seldomly competing in various joshi promotions as male talent. At ''Diana Jaguar's Memorial 61th Birthday & 46th Anniversary'', an event promoted by World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana on July 25, 2022, he teamed up with Satsuki Nagao, Takafumi and Takumi Baba to defeat Tsugutaka Sato, Astroman and Ryo Hoshino in an eight-man tag team match. At '' Marvelous 6th Anniversary'' on May 1, 2022, Matsunaga teamed up with Leo Isaka in a losing effort against Shigehiro Irie and Shoki Kitamura. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2021–present) Matsunaga made his professional wrestling debut in Pro Wrestling Zero1 at ''ZERO1 Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokorozawa, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 344,194 in 163,675 households and a population density of 4800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Tokorozawa is located in the central part of the Musashino Terrace in southern Saitama, about 30 km west of central Tokyo. Tokorozawa can be considered part of the greater Tokyo area; its proximity to the latter and lower housing costs make it a popular bedroom community. The Higashikawa and Yanasegawa rivers that flow from the Sayama Hills flow to the eastern part of the city, and finally reach the Arakawa River. The Yamaguchi Reservoir (commonly known as Lake Sayama) is mostly located within city boundaries; Lake Tama also touches the south-western part of the city. The area around Tokorozawa Station's west exit is built up as a shopping district with several department stores. Prope Street is a popular shopping arcade. Surrounding municipalities * Saitama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)
The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1. It is one of Zero1's top two singles titles, along with the United National Heavyweight Championship. It was first introduced on December 15, 2007 when Zero1 ended their relationship with the AWA Superstars of Wrestling. The Superstars of Wrestling champion at the time, Masato Tanaka, was then recognized as the first Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion. To this day, Zero1 continues to use the AWA title belt, which reads "AWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion", to represent the World Heavyweight Championship. There have been a total of 20 recognized champions who have had a combined 31 official reigns. The current champion is Masato Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Festival
is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Zero1 to determine the top wrestler in the promotion, typically contested in late July/early August. Within the English-speaking professional wrestling world, the tournament is commonly referred to by its translated name Fire Festival. In addition to Zero1 members, it has frequently included outside stars, including 2003 winner Satoshi Kojima, Kensuke Sasaki and Taka Michinoku. Since 2002, it has featured two blocks, each with five participants, with the two block winners facing off in the final to determine the overall champion. The 2001 Fire Festival only featured four in each block, but held the same principle. The winner of the tournament is presented with the "Fire Sword", which they carry for the following year until the next Festival. Results List of winners 2001 The 2001 Fire Festival was held from September 1 to September 15, over three weekly events on September 1, 8 and 15; fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohiko Hashimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former judoka and mixed martial artist, best known for his time with Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he competed as a mainstay from 2000 to 2006. After working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit for many years, mostly at Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, in 2017 he began promoting its successor promotion, Pro-Wrestling A-Team. Professional wrestling career Dramatic Dream Team (2000–2006) Being a former judoka, Hashimoto was trained by Koichiro Kimura for a professional wrestling career and made his wrestling debut under the ring name Tomohiko Hashimoto on April 14, 2000, by defeating Tom Burton at a JPWA event. He then joined Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and received his further training at the DDT dojo, where he debuted at the ''Y2D Core'' event on May 28 by defeating Cannonball Kazu. Later that year, Hashimoto won the 2000 DDT Tag League with his trainer Koichiro Kimura by defeating Sanshiro Takagi and Exciting Yoshida. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuna Manase
, better know by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. She also works as a coach and trained various wrestlers such as Natsumi Maki, Tam Nakano and Saori Anou. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–present) Suzuki is known for briefly competing in various promotions. At CyberFight Festival 2021, an event promoted by CyberFight for its four brands, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling on July 6, 2021, Suzuki participated in a 15-person rumble rules match also involving Antonio Honda, Muhammad Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi, Yoshiaki Yatsu and others. DDT Pro Wrestling (2017–present) Suzuki usually works for the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling branch of DDT, but made appearances in the signature events of the promotions such as the DDT Peter Pan. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumehito Imanari
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for CyberFight. He appears on the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) brand under his real name, and on the DDT Pro-Wrestling brand as part of the Pheromones stable under the name . Professional wrestling career Ganbare Pro (2013–present) Imanari made his professional wrestling debut in DDT Pro-Wrestling in the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) branch of the company which hosted the No Cry, No Wrestle event from April 17, 2013, where he fell short to Osamu Namiguchi. At Can You Celebrate? on September 29, 2018, he unsuccessfully challenged Keisuke Ishii for the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Imanari often wrestled in unusual matches, such as a 13-on-1 handicap match which took place at Momoiro Kneel Kick on April 14, 2019, where he teamed up with Cherry, Gota Ihashi, Minoru Fujita, Moeka Haruhi and others to defeat Ken Ohka. On May 3, 2022, Imanari defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to win the Spirit of Ganb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartley Jackson
Hartley Jackson (born 17 April 1980) is an Australian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) as a professional wrestler and head coach of their training dojo. The main body of his career has taken place in Australia, USA and Japan. In 2018-2019, he served as an official coach and producer for WWE NXT at the WWE Performance Center, before returning to Japan to wrestle for Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) in 2020. Professional wrestling career Australian career (1998–present) Hartley Jackson began wrestling in Adelaide, Australia, training under retired regional champion Col Dervaney. Jackson made his in ring debut on 4 October 1999. His first appearance in the PWI Top 500 was in 2001. In his early years he captured the MPW and WrestleRock Championships. He wrestled across the country and competed in a Survival Of The Fittest event, a 60 Iron Man minute match, before heading off on his first international excursion overseas. In 2007 he began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furinkazan (professional Wrestling)
The is a professional wrestling tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Zero1. It was created in 2009. It was preceded by the Passion Cup Tag Tournament in 2008, which was won by Kohei Sato and Ryouji Sai. The Furinkazan was originally held in a round-robin format, with two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The teams finishing atop the two blocks advanced to the finals to determine the winner. However, since 2012 the tournament has been held in a single-elimination format under the name . Results List of winners *2009: Akebono & Shinjiro Otani *2010: Kamikaze & Kohei Sato * 2011: Fujita Hayato & Masato Tanaka *2012: James Raideen & Zeus *2013: Daemon Ueda & Yusaku Obata *2014: Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura * 2016: Kai & Yusaku Obata *2017: Shogun Okamoto & Yutaka Yoshie *2018: Kohei Sato & Sugi *2019: Yuji Hino & Yuji Okabayashi *2020: Shinjiro Otani & Yumehito Imanari *2021: Gajo & Tomohiko Hashimoto *2022: Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota 2009 The 2009 Fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuya Sugawara
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Pro Wrestling Zero1. Career Toryumon/Dragon Gate (2001–2004) He debuted in the 9th term of Toryumon 2000 Project as Henry III Sugawara, an English prince character. He joined with and eventually with Anthony W. Mori and Phillip J. Fukumasa, forming the Royal Brothers unit in T2P. The gimmick was that all three wrestlers were royal princes. However, the Royal Brothers would never make much of an impact. Fukamasa retired almost immediately after T2P closed, and Sugawara spent most of his time back in Mexico while Mori wrestled in Toryumon. When he finally came to Toryumon himself, he was courted by heel stable Aagan Iisou, led by Shuji Kondo. Although he initially refused the request to join, he would eventually betray Mori and ally with Aagan. He and Mori would feud, with the finish coming in a hair vs hair match. Sugawara lost the match, but escaped losing his hair. While a member of Aagan Iisou, he regularly teamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Tanaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is currently splitting his time wrestling for both Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is overall a ten-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions. Professional wrestling career Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1993–1999) Originally a trainee for George and Shunji Takano's Pro Wrestling Crusaders (Crusaders), Tanaka transferred to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he trained under Atsushi Onita. Tanaka debuted on July 23, 1993 in Saga City, facing Ricky Fuji. He quickly began moving up the card in FMW, widely regarded as the top hardcore professional wrestling promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuminori Abe
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Basara (Basara) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015–present) Being a freelancer, Abe is known for his brief tenures with various promotions. On October 31, 2020, at a house show promoted by 666 Pro Wrestling (666), he competed in an intergender three-way match for Ice Ribbon's Triangle Ribbon Championship also involving Ram Kaicho and Koju Takeda. At the 2021 edition of the Pro Wrestling Zero1's Fire Festival, he placed himself in the Block A, and competed against Tsugutaka Sato, Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka, Hartley Jackson and Yoshiki Inamura. All Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–present) Abe debuted in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) on the sixth night of the 2016 Champion Carnival from April 22, 2016 where he teamed up with Koji Iwamoto and Yutaka Yoshie in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astroman (wrestler)
better known by his ring name Astroman is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion and International Junior Heavyweight Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2021–present) Due to partially being a freelancer, Hiriki is known for competing in various promotions of the Japanese independent scene. He took part in the 2021 ''Advance Cup'', a tournament hosted by Active Advance Pro Wrestling in which he competed in a block where he failed to score any points after going against Naka Shunma, Takuro Niki and Chicharito Shoki. On the finals of the event from May 5, 2021, he teamed up with Shoki Kitamura in a losing effort against Ayumu Honda and The Andrew King Takuma in a tag team match. He is also known for seldom competing in various joshi promotions as male talent. At ''Diana Jaguar's Memorial 61st Birthday & 46th Anniversary'', an event pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
