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Koji Iwamoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his time in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Iwamoto has previously competed for DDT Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Heat Up. He is a former four time AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, as well as a two time All Asia Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2012–present) After graduating from Aichi University as a practiced judoka in 2012 Iwamoto began training with Shinya Ishida at the Sportiva Entertainment promotion. The two made their debuts together and became rivals throughout the coming years. In 2013, Iwamoto primarily competed in Pro Wrestling HEAT UP and DDT Pro-Wrestling, more specifically Hard Hit DDT's brand as well as other promotions from time to time along. On February 28 Iwamoto competed in his first professional wrestling tournament at Hard Hit at the Second Grappling Tournament where he lost at the semifinals to Atsushi Aoki. On March 15, 2014, Iwamoto received his first ever t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuwana, Mie
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 141,045 in 60,301 households and a population density of 1000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kuwana is located in northern Mie Prefecture, facing the Pacific Ocean. It is located at the mouth of Kiso Three Rivers dividing Mie and Aichi Prefectures, the city has functioned as a regional center of fishing, industry, business, and culture. Neighboring municipalities Aichi Prefecture *Aisai *Yatomi Gifu Prefecture *Kaizu Mie Prefecture *Asahi, Mie, Asahi *Inabe, Mie, Inabe *Kawagoe, Mie, Kawagoe *Kisosaki, Mie, Kisosaki *Tōin, Mie, Tōin *Yokkaichi Climate Kuwana has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kuwana is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choun Shiryu
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotions DDT Pro-Wrestling and Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling. His ring name is based on the Chinese military general Zhao Yun who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2004–present) As a freelancer, Chōun is known for competing in various promotions. He once competed for Osaka Pro Wrestling on March 24, 2009 at ''Osaka Happy Weekday'' where he teamed up with Muscle Sakai to defeat Black Buffalo and Tigers Mask. Dotonbori He participated in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Kankuro Hoshino, Taka Michinoku, Kenny Omeg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susumu Yokosuka
, better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate. He is not related to fellow Dragon Gate wrestler and long-term ally/rival Masaaki Mochizuki, who debuted much earlier for WAR. Professional wrestling career Mexico After a brief stay in the Michinoku Pro Wrestling dojo, he entered Ultimo Dragon's dojo in Mexico. He debuted in 1998 as a third-term student. He and Yasushi Kanda formed a tag team there, and they found success, winning the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. They would hold these titles upon their arrival in Toryumon. Toryumon / Dragon Gate M2K He and Kanda debuted in Toryumon as a heel team, causing mayhem in matches and frequently forcing double count-outs to disappoint fans and ruin shows. They were invited to join the legendary Crazy Max stable and accepted but turned on them later that same night. A few months later they were joined by Masaaki Mochizuki, and they dubbed themselves M2K (meaning two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Kodama
is a Japanese professional wrestler and currently wrestlers for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a freelancer. Kodama is best known for his time with Wrestle-1 (W-1), where he is a former two time UWA World Trios Champion, two time Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion and one time Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion with Shotaro Ashino. Professional wrestling career Smash (2010–2012) Yusuke Kodama was trained by Tajiri and was set to debut in Hustle in September 2009; unfortunately, Hustle was forced to cancel all the upcoming shows due to economic issues, so Kodama followed Tajiri to the newborn Smash. Kodama made his professional wrestling debut on April 23, 2010, at Smash.2, against Hajime Ohara and lost. As is customary for most professional wrestlers, Kodama spent most of his matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give Kodama some in-ring, televised, experience. Kodama would take on some of Japan's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Miyamoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career in Wrestling Marvelous Future in August 2003, but later left the promotion and in 2004, signed with Wrestling of Darkness 666 (Triple Six). Miyamoto has since appeared in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Miyamoto is a former one-time DDT Extreme Champion, two-time BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight and a two-time Dove Pro Heavyweight Champion and a one-time CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion. He is also known as one half of the tag team with Isami Kodaka, where they are one-time KO-D Tag Team Champions, three-time BJW Tag Team Champions, one-time Wave Tag Team Champions, two-time All Asia Tag Team Champions and have also won the Dai Nihon Saikyo Tag League three times. In 2016, Miyamto formed a tag team with Harashima, named , where they were one-time KO-D Tag Team Champions. Early life After entering high school, Yuko Miyamoto joined a ''bōsōzoku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isami Kodaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). He originally started his career in the Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion in July 2002, but later left the promotion to become a freelancer, before signing with Union Pro Wrestling (Union Pro) in 2005. Through Union Pro's working relationship, Kodaka also began working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he adopted his current, hardcore wrestling-based style. Kodaka remained affiliated with Union Pro until the promotion folded in October 2015, after which he became a founding member of Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). Kodaka is currently in his fourth reign as the Union Max Champion, and his second reign as BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion, while also being a former one-time KO-D Openweight Champion and three-time DDT Extreme Champion. He is also known as one half of the tag team with Yuko Miyamoto. The two are former one-time All Asia Tag Team Champions, two-time BJW Tag Team Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsushi Aoki
was a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as a wrestler, president of talent relations and head trainer at their dojo. Aoki began his career in Pro Wrestling Noah in 2005, where he went on to become a two-time winner of the Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League and hold the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice during his 7-year run with the promotion. Aoki jumped to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in December 2012 where he became the top star of the junior heavyweight division, winning the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship four times and the All Asia Tag Team Championship 3 times. Aoki was killed in a motorcycle accident on June 3, 2019, at the age of 41. At the time of his death, he was the reigning World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Amateur wrestling Aoki began wrestling in high school, winning the weight division in 2000. He joined the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of the Aomori 5th General Division Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuichi Kawakami
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Gleat and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2009–present) Kawakami is known for his work in various promotions. He participated at the ''BJW/CZW CZW Arena In Japan ~ BJW For MASADA'', a cross-over event between Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) from January 5, 2014 where he teamed up with Kazuki Hashimoto to defeat Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takayuki Ueki. At ''BJW Endless Survival 2019'' on May 5, an event produced in partnership with All Japan Pro Wrestling, he teamed up with Kazumi Kikuta and defeated Sweeper ( Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto) to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship. At ''BJW/ZERO1/2AW 3 Groups Joint Performance'', an event produced by BJW in partnership with Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Active Advance Pro Wrestling on August 11, 2020, Kawakami teamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazumi Kikuta
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former BJW Tag Team Champion and Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015–present) Kikuta also checked freelance work, competing for various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At ''BJW/2AW Big Advance'', an event promoted by both BJW and Active Advance Pro Wrestling on March 5, 2022, Kikuta teamed up with Kazumasa Yoshida and Takuho Kato in a losing effort against Shu Asakawa, Taishi Takizawa and Takuro Niki. At ''BJW/DDT Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling 2022'', a co-promoted event between BJW and DDT Pro-Wrestling on December 31, 2022, Kikuta teamed up with Takuho Kato, Yuji Okabayashi and Kazumasa Yoshida in a losing effort against Cara Noir, Drew Parker, Konosuke Takeshita and Rickey Shane Page. Being a deathmatch wrestler, Kikuta competed at ''FREEDOMS Tono no Yabou'', an event promoted by Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuji Kondo
is a Japanese people, Japanese professional wrestler. Prior to becoming a pro wrestler, he played Rugby union, rugby. After starting his career in Dragon Gate (wrestling), Toryumon, Kondo eventually joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he became one of the promotion's top Cruiserweight (professional wrestling), junior heavyweights, winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship (AJPW), World Junior Heavyweight Championship three times and the All Asia Tag Team Championship once. Upon leaving AJPW in 2013, Kondo joined Wrestle-1, where he became half of the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship, Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions. Kondo also worked as the vice president, booker and trainer for Wrestle-1 until its closure in 2020. He now works as a freelancer in promotions like Pro Wrestling Basara and DragonGate. Professional wrestling career Toryumon/Dragon Gate Kondo was part of the T2P class in Toryumon. At first he was a face in the Toryumon Seikigun. He would turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikaru Sato
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, better known by the ring name . Sato started his MMA career in February 2000, fighting for Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. During the next eight years, Sato fought, on average, five times a year, compiling a record of 18 wins, 19 losses and four draws, which included fights against the likes of Keiichiro Yamamiya, Nathan Marquardt, Ryo Chonan and Yushin Okami. In May 2008, Sato transitioned into the world of professional wrestling, when he was signed by the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion. He has since had ten MMA fights. In November 2010, Sato first became a triple crown trios champion with Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga and then also won DDT's top singles title, the KO-D Openweight Championship. Sato remained affiliated with DDT until January 2014. He is currently working for the All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, where he is a former two-time World Junior Heavyweight Champion and four-time A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisuke Ishii
is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Ishii also competes for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Professional wrestling career DDT (2008–present) After being denied a place in the All Japan dojo, Ishii instead began training with DDT, and made his debut on July 6, 2008, unsuccessfully challenging Daichi Kakimoto for the World Ōmori Championship. The following month, Ishii suffered an injury, leaving him unable to compete for several months. Ishii returned to active competition in January 2009, losing to Yasu Urano. On April 18, Ishii achieved his first professional win, teaming with Kudo to defeat Taka Michinoku and Daisuke Sasaki. In September, Ishii took part in the Young Drama Cup, winning his block with 7 points and advancing to the final, where he once again defeated Sasaki. Ishii made his first challenge for the KO-D Tag Team Championship in November, teaming with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
