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Shota (wrestler)
better known mononymously by his ring name Shota is a Japanese professional wrestler and referee currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time with the Japanese promotions DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–present) Suzuki made his professional wrestling debut at a house show promoted by Style-E Pro Wrestling on April 19, 2008 where he fell short to Tomohiko Hashimoto. As a freelancer, he is known for competing in various promotions. At ''K-DOJO K-Special'', an event promoted by Kaientai Dojo on November 27, 2011, Suzuki teamed up with Micro and Quiet Storm in a losing effort to Bambi, Ricky Fuji and Yuji Hino. At ''W-1 Wrestle-1 Tour 2016 W-Impact'' from February 10, he teamed up with Masayuki Mitomi and competed in a four-way tag team match also involving Tajiri and Tatsuhiko Yoshino, TriggeR (Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo) and Jackets (Seiki Yoshioka and Yasufumi Nakanoue). At ''BJW Great Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiro Tajiri
is a Japanese professional wrestler and Professional wrestling promotion, promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the wrestling mask, masked character Tigre Blanco. He rose to international attention through his work for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1998 to 2001 and WWE, World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment from 2001 to 2008 and a return in 2016–2017. Early in his career, he worked for several Mexican promotions such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). After leaving WWE in 2005 he has worked for a number of Japanese promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Hustle (professional wrestling), Hustle, Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Wrestle-1 (W-1). He was also the promoter and featured wrestler for the Smash (professional wrestling), Smash promotion as well as its successor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masanobu Fuchi
is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is also a director and the co-head booker. Fuchi has exclusively worked for All Japan since his debut in 1974, and holds the record for the longest World Junior Heavyweight Championship reign at 1,309 days. Fuchi became a freelancer in 2009, but officially re-signed with AJPW in 2013 as both a director and wrestler, making him the longest tenured member of the All Japan roster. Professional wrestling career All Japan Pro Wrestling (1974–present) With a background in amateur wrestling, Fuchi debuted as a professional wrestler on August 22, 1974, for AJPW, facing future Death Match innovator Atsushi Onita. For the next couple of years, Fuchi and Onita alternated between teaming and feuding on the opening bouts. In 1981, the two went on an excursion to Memphis, Tennessee to season their careers. Fuchi briefly worked for the NWA's Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling as a jobber who always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans-Am Hiroshi
better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2011-2019, 2020,2021-Present) As a freelancer, Hiroshi is known for working with various promotions. At ''K-DOJO GWSP6 ~ TEAM69Roll Day'', an event promoted by Kaientai Dojo on May 4, 2016, he teamed up with Ricky Fuji to score a victory over Magatsuki (Kengo Mashimo and Yuma). At Ice Ribbon's ''Tax Pro Wrestling Vol. 4'' on March 10, 2019, he teamed up with Sagat to defeat Daiki Shimomura and Ryuichi Sekine. At ''Gatoh Move Gtmv #24'', an event promoted by Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling on December 26, 2019, Hiroshi teamed up with Antonio Honda to defeat Emi Sakura and Lulu Pencil. All Japan Pro Wrestling (2015-2019) Hiroshi made sporadic appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling. On the sixth night of the ''Super Power Series 2017'' fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Puroresu, Japanese professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on October 21, 1972, by Giant Baba after he left the Japanese Wrestling Association to create his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, with many more joining the following year when JWA folded. From the mid-1970s, All Japan was firmly established as the largest promotion in Japan. As the 1990s began, aging stars gave way to a younger generation including Mitsuharu Misawa, Steve Williams (wrestler), "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Kenta Kobashi, Gary Albright, Toshiaki Kawada, Mike Polchlopek, Mike Barton (Bart Gunn), Akira Taue and Jun Akiyama, leading to perhaps AJPW's most profitable period in the 1990s. In 1999, Giant Baba died and the promotion was run by Motoko Baba. Misawa was named president but left in 2000 after disagreements with Motoko. Misawa created Pro Wrestling Noah and every single native wrestler besides Masanobu Fuchi and Tos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-way Match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades-long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. One of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Blindfold match In a blindfold match, the two participants must wear a blindfold over their eyes for the entire duration of the match. A well-known example of this match is the WrestleMania VII match between Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Rick Martel. No count-out match A no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsushi Maruyama
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). He previously worked for Osaka Pro Wrestling under the ring name . His ring name and original wrestling attire were inspired by the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. Professional wrestling career On February 8, 2014, Tigers Mask announced his resignation from Osaka Pro, effective April 20, after which he began working in the Tokyo area under a new persona. On April 22, 2014, Maruyama made his first appearance unmasked, announcing that in the future he would be working under his real name. Maruyama also adopted two new ring names, when he started to work for Pro Wrestling Heat Up as and Kaientai Dojo as Teppei (stylized in all capital letters). In January 2018, Maruyama signed with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and adopted the name in 2020. Championships and accomplishments *All Japan Pro Wrestling ** All Asia Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Zeus ** Gaora TV Championship ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mototsugu Shimizu
is a Japanese wrestler. He currently works in Secret Base. Career He began his career with the T2P (Toryumon 2000 Project) group of students and had a very promising career until he was sidelined with a shoulder injury in September 2000. He became a ring announcer and other staff duties during his rehab time. In November 2003 he returned to the ring in exhibition matches for Toryumon Japan. But after Ultimo Dragon left Toryumon Japan in 2004 he did not make the jump to newly formed Dragon Gate. He returned by going back to ring announcing when he joined Dragondoor which showcased some of his former T2P mates. He officially returned to the ring full-time in January 2006 and began wrestling in Michinoku Pro and El Dorado. He began a violent feud with Manjimaru which ended with them having to collectively pay off the debts they accumulated in damages that occurred in their hardcore matches. He was then recruited into the Sukiyaki stable by Shuji Kondo is a Japanese people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 weapon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Kojika
, known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He co-founded the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Kojika is the oldest active Japanese wrestler as well as the one with the longest career, having debuted in 1963. He is also the oldest active wrestler in the world. Career Early career (1963–1967) Kojika made his debut on October 13, 1963, for Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) against Kakutaro Koma (future NWA World Middleweight Champion Mashio Koma). In 1967, he left Japan to wrestle in North America. North America (1967-1970) In 1967, Kojika made his debut in North America for NWA Mid-America in Tennessee. He teamed with Motoshi Okuma and they also worked for Georgia Championship Wrestling. They disbanded in 1968 and Kojika went to Florida, Detroit and St. Louis. In 1969, Kojika went to Los Angeles and won the NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship by defeating Pepper Martin on November 19. A month later he dropped the title back to Martin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasufumi Nakanoue
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name , currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division, where he was the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion. He started his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and has also worked for Wrestle-1 (W-1), where he is a former one-time Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion and a two-time UWA World Trios Champion. Professional wrestling career All Japan Pro Wrestling (2010–2013) Nakanoue debuted for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) on January 2, 2010, losing to Shuji Kondo. On April 29, 2013, Nakanoue teamed with Sushi in a losing effort against Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo. Despite the loss, Hayashi and Kondo offered him a spot in Last Revolution, which Nakanoue accepted. On October 7, Nakanoue reached the finals of a tournament to crown the inaugural Gaora TV Champion, losing to Seiya Sanada. Following backstage issues that led to Keiji Mutoh's resignation from AJPW, Nakanoue and several othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiki Yoshioka
, previously known as Seiki (stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler. Yoshioka is known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he was a three-time Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion and UWA World Trios Champion and a one-time NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion in Pro Wrestling Zero1. In Wrestle-1, Yoshioka was a member of the #''Stronghearts'' stable, led by Cima. In the past, Yoshioka has also toured Great Britain, as the final All Star Wrestling British Mid-Heavyweight Champion. Early life Yoshioka grew up in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto. His father and two older brothers are all doctors. After watching a pro-wrestling video while still in elementary school, he became inspired by Keiji Muto. While in third year of junior high, he learnt about Triple H attempting to recover from a serious quad injury, and was so impressed he decided to become a pro-wrestler. To supplement this, he attended a Taekwondo Dojo while attending Kumamoto Prefec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
