Shoki Kitamura
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 (2017–present) Due to partially being a freelancer, Kitamura is known for competing in various promotions of the Japanese independent scene. He made his professional wrestling debut at ''Pro-Wrestling ACE Vol. 6'', an event promoted by Wrestle-1 on July 2, 2017, where he wrestled Tsugutaka Sato into a time-limit draw as a result of a dark match. At ''JTO Itadaki'', an event promoted by Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out on November 18, 2021, Kitamura unsuccessfully challenged Arata for the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. He is also known for competing in various joshi promotions as male talent. At ''Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #957'', an event produced by Ice Ribbon on May 1, 2019, he teamed up wit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hirono, Iwate
270px, seacoast at Hirono is a town located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 15,398, and a population density of 51 persons per km² in 6,858 households. The total area of the town is . Geography Hirono is located in far northeastern Iwate Prefecture, bordered by Aomori Prefecture to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Neighboring municipalities Aomori Prefecture *Hashikami Iwate Prefecture *Kuji * Karumai Climate Hirono has a humid oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Hirono is 9.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1168 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.1 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Hirono has declined over the past 40 years. His ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayesha Raymond
Ayesha-Michelle Housen (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional wrestler, entertainer, actress and stunt actress known by her ring and stage names Ayesha Raymond and Amazon. She is known mainly for her work in the WWE inaugural Mae Young Classic, Japan's World Wonder Ring Stardom, Seadlinnng Japan, WOS (World of Sport ITV), and is the current Owner and Lead Coach at Renegade Wrestling Dojo (Scotland), formally The Fierce Females Dojo. Also credited and featured in Warner Brothers DC Universe Pennyworth as 'Mad Janet Murphy'. Raymond is currently signed to Japanese wrestling promotion SEAdLINNNG as of May 2022 as their first international permanent member. Professional wrestling career Ayesha Raymond can trade wrestling wristlocks and toeholds with the best of them, but at heart, she’s a girl from the East End of London who loves to brawl. Raymond has been a trained fighter since the age of 15 and is an accomplished bodybuilder, so her grit and brawn aren’t in ques ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuya Aoki (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). He is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion and Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2017–present) With a background in sumo, Aoki joined the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) dojo in April 2016 after being scouted by Yuji Okabayashi whilst in high school. He wrestled an exhibition match in November 2016 before making his official debut on January 17, 2017, in a losing effort against his mentor Okabayashi. In May, he joined BJW's newly established junior heavyweight division, ''Strong J'', and entered the tournament to crown the inaugural BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship. On June 4, Aoki scored his first singles win in a shocking upset against veteran Shinobu. Despite this, he would finish the tournament bottom of the standings having lost his four other matches. Having defeated the eventual champion Shinobu, he unsucc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Active Advance Pro Wrestling
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling, and martial arts. The promotion was originally called Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO for short). This style was largely contributed to by Taka Michinoku and is gaining popularity in Japan and abroad. K-DOJO is also heavily influenced by American-style wrestling and places a large amount of importance on presentation. For instance, each Club-K 3000 show that K-DOJO runs is equipped with a large screen near the entrance gate, similar to the Titantron, where a short introductory vignette is played during each wrestler's entrance and where the crowd can follow the action on-screen. They had a home building that doubles as their training facility, Chiba Blue Field, where all of their Club-K 3000 shows were held; in December 2011, the buildi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests. History Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagasaki, during the boom period for Deathmatch wrestling in Japan. Kendo Nagasaki left in 1999; Shinya Kojika is still president of the company to date. The promotion followed in the footsteps of organizations such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING), and the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan), who helped popularise a hard-hitting, violent and bloody style of wrestling known as the Deathmatch, or in more recent years, "hardcore" wrestling. These matches are usually weapon filled, using both "conventional" weapons (such as chairs and tables), as well as "extreme" weapons not usually seen in mainstream wrestling, and previously unused in wrestling at all. These weapons ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Towa Iwasaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1), where he is a former United National Heavyweight Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017–present) Iwasaki worked for the defunct Wrestle-1 (W-1) for a brief period of time. On the third night of the ''W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2019 Sunrise'' from January 20, he unsuccessfully challenged Kaz Hayashi. At ''WAVE Niigata WAVE ~ Hiroe Nagahama Local Triumphant '', an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Wave on February 4, 2018, he scored a victory against Keisuke Goto. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2017–present) Iwasaki made his professional wrestling debut at the ''ZERO1 Ikuto Hidaka Pro-Wrestling Debut 20th Anniversary'' event from October 13, 2017 promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1), where he picked up a victory over Shoji Fukushima. At ''ZERO1 Sayonara West Holy Land Hakata Star Lanes'' on March 10, 2019, Iwasaki defeated Shogun Okamoto to wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
often abbreviated simply as Marvelous is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Chiba, Japan. It was founded by Chigusa Nagayo in 2014. History According to Chigusa Nagayo, former chairman of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Takashi Matsunaga, who died on July 11, 2009, entrusted his will to her, saying "I want to do it again at Yokohama Arena" in 2012. This referred to his significantly appreciation towards Nagayo's in-ring performance. Just before Matsunaga's death, his father, who died in the spring of 2018, said, "Please show me your professional wrestling skills one more time". Kaoru, who was an ex-ally of Nagayo during their time in Gaea Japan, returned after about three years of fighting illness, and together they put the base of the newfounded promotion of Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling. The promotion held its first official event on March 22, 2014, a house show hosted at Ota City General Gymnasium. Over the years, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eight-man Tag Team Match
Much like the Singles match (professional wrestling), singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, Hardcore wrestling, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder match and variations are also frequently used as a title Feud (professional wrestling), feud Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Blow off, blow-off match. Stipulations, such as ""I quit" match, I quit" or "Loser Leaves Town match, loser leaves town" may also be applied. The following are match variations that are specific to tag team wrestling. Multiple wrestlers teamed matches Tag team matches can range from two teams of two fighting, to multiple person teams challenging each other. Such examples are six-man tag team matches or eight-man tag team matches, in which two teams of three or two teams of four fight in a standard one fall tag team match. ''Relevos Australianos'' A s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Takumi Baba
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Zero1 where he is a World Junior and International Junior Heavyweight Champion. He is also known for his work in Wrestle-1 and in the Japanese independent scene. Professional wrestling career Wrestle-1 (2017–2020) Baba made his professional wrestling debut in Wrestle-1 on the second night of the ''W-1 WRESTLE-1 Autumn Bout 2017'' from November 12, where he teamed up with Koji Doi in a losing effort against Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo. He continued working regularly for the company and even taking part in matches disputed for various accomplishments. At ''W-1 WRESTLE WARS'' on March 21, 2019, he competed in a rumble match for the Wrestle-1 Result Championship won by the retaining Kuma Arashi and also involving Sushi, Tsugutaka Sato, Ganseki Tanaka, Masayuki Mitomi and others. He wrestled his final match for the company on January 25, 2020, at ''W-1 WRESTLE-1 Wrestle Soul Vol. 3'' where he teamed up with G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |