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Yusuke Hino
, better known by the ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently a freelancer. One of the most well-travelled heavyweights in Japan, Hino was trained by Taka Michinoku and made his debut for his Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion in November 2003, becoming a four-time Strongest-K Champion and a four-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champion, before leaving the promotion in October 2015. He has also wrestled extensively for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and Wrestle-1 (W-1), where he is a former one-time KO-D Openweight Champion, a two-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and a two-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion, as well as a former Wrestle-1 Champion and Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Kaientai Dojo (2003–2015) Trained by Taka Michinoku, Hino made his professional wrestling debut for Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion on November 23, 2003, teaming with Joe Aoyama and Ryota Chikuzen in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirakata, Osaka
260px, Hirakata Park is a city in northeastern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 397,681 in 183075 households and a population density of 6100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Hirakata is located in the northeast of Osaka Prefecture, almost halfway between the metropolis of Osaka and Kyoto. It is on the left bank of the Yodogawa River, and forms a triangle of and north–south. It is bordered by the Ikoma Mountains to the east. Neighboring municipalities Kyoto Prefecture * Kyōtanabe * Yawata Nara Prefecture * Ikoma Osaka Prefecture * Katano * Neyagawa * Shimamoto * Takatsuki Climate Hirakata has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hirakata is . The average annual rainfall is with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestle-1 Championship
The was the top professional wrestling title owned by the Wrestle-1 (W-1) Professional wrestling promotion, promotion. In Japanese language, Japanese the title's name includes the katakana term for "championship", , derived from the English language instead of the more common kanji term . The title also does not feature the word "Heavyweight" or any other weight class, indicating an Openweight, open-weight status ''de facto''. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been seventeen reigns shared among eleven wrestlers. History Championship tournament On July 21, 2014, a full year after the start of the promotion, Wrestle-1 announced the creation of its first own title, the Wrestle-1 Championship. Previous Wrestle-1 events had featured matches for championships owned by other promotions like All Star Wrestling (ASW), European Wrestling Promotion (EWP), Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoka (wrestler)
(born December 12, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name . He is mostly known for his work in Kaientai Dojo and currently works for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) under the name .he also makes Sporadic Appearances U.S. Promotions All Elite Wrestling. Championships and accomplishments *Big Japan Pro Wrestling ** BJW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kengo Mashimo *DDT Pro-Wrestling ** GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Asuka and Shinichiro Tominaga **Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling **Super Asia Championship ( 1 time, current) **Go Go! Green Curry Khob Khun Cup (2014) – with Kaori Yoneyama **Go Go! Green Curry Khob Khun Cup (2015) – with Mizuki *Global Professional Wrestling Alliance ** Differ Cup Tag Team tournament (2007) – with Kengo Mashimo *Kaientai Dojo **Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **Strongest-K Tag Team Championship (1 ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Professional Wrestling Terms
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of Traveling carnival, carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kengo Mashimo
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW). His style is a combination of submission wrestling and hard martial arts style strikes. Professional wrestling career Kaientai Dojo/Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2001-present) Kengo Mashimo debuted in Puerto Rico in 2001 as one of the first Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo)'s students. Once Kaientai Dojo arrived in Japan in April 2002, Mashimo started as a wrestler using a grappling and shoot style, finishing his opponents quickly by KO or TKO before starting a short series of matches with Isami which Mashimo lost 3-1, but in doing so, won a lot of crowd support for his fire and spirit. Mashimo did not affiliate with any units in the early years, instead choosing to fight anyone. 2003 also saw Mashimo have his biggest match in his career since debuting as a wrestler, taking on NJPW junior legend Jyushin Thunder Liger in an impressive match which opened eyes to him. He also travelled to some ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirooki Goto
is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He is also one-half of the tag team Bishamon alongside Yoshi-Hashi. Goto holds the record of being one-third of the longest reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with his Chaos stablemates, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi. He is also a IWGP Intercontinental Champion, two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, a List of IWGP Tag Team Champions, five-time IWGP Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Champion, a List of IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, a List of NEVER Openweight Champions, five-time NEVER Openweight Champion, a one-time winner of the G1 Climax (G1 Climax#2008, 2008), a five-time winner of the World Tag League (NJPW), World Tag League (World Tag League (NJPW)#2012, 2012, World T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Puroresu, Japanese professional-wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo. It is currently majority owned by card-game company Bushiroad, with TV Asahi and Amuse Inc. owning minority shares of the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi has served as the promotion's Chairman since September 2013, while Hiroshi Tanahashi has served as the president of the promotion since December 2023. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, NJPW is the largest and longest-running professional wrestling promotion in Japan. Their biggest event is the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show (currently promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom banner) held each year since 1992. In addition to promoting professional wrestling matches, NJPW has also showcased mixed martial arts fights on some of its live events. The promotion was owned by Yuke's from 2005 until 2012. It was then sold to Bushiroad in 2012, which parlayed its entry to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
The UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship created during the working relationship between the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and the Japanese Universal Lucha Libre (also called the Universal Wrestling Federation, UWF) from 1991 to 1993, when the title became inactive. The championship was revived in 2001 by Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW), and later moved to its final home, Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO), the following year. The title was abandoned in 2005, when it was replaced with Kaientai Dojo's Strongest-K Tag Team Championship instead. As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the championship was declared vacant, which meant there is no champion at that point in time. This occurred due to either a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury or otherwise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentaro (wrestler)
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Gentaro (stylized as GENTARO). Though officially affiliated with the Pro Wrestling Freedoms Professional wrestling promotion, promotion, Gentaro also works for several other Independent circuit, independent promotions, including DDT Pro-Wrestling, Kaientai Dojo and women's wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon, where he works mainly as the lead Sports commentator, play-by-play announcer. Takahashi also makes sporadic appearances as the masked character Benten (also stylized in all capital letters). Professional wrestling career Trained by the Wrestle Dream Factory (WDF) Professional wrestling promotion, promotion, Takahashi made his professional wrestling debut on May 8, 1999, at a WDF event in Tokorozawa, Saitama. While also making appearances for Kageki Pro as the masked character Nasty Black Panther, Takahashi remained with WDF for two years, before becoming a freelancer in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiori Asahi
is a Japanese wrestler, currently working for Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW). He also appears sporadically for Big Japan Pro Wrestling and 666. Championships and accomplishments * Active Advance Pro Wrestling ** 2AW Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, current) – with Makoto Oishi * DDT Pro-Wrestling ** DDT Extreme Championship (1 time) ** KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yuji Hino and Makoto Oishi * Kaientai Dojo ** Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hiro Tonai and Yuki Sato ** Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) ** Strongest-K Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Makoto Oishi (3), Hiro Tonai (1), Hiroshi Fukuda (1), and Kaji Tomato (1) ** UWA World Middleweight Championship (3 times) ** WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (2 times) **Kaientai Dojo Tag League (2010) – with Yuji Hino **EX Tournament (2015) **K-Survivor Tournament (2014) – with Ayumu Honda, Bambi and Kaji Tomato ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, wherein participants are eliminated after a certain number of wins or losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ('ribbon'). Over time, the term became idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a ''double round-robin''. The term is rarely used when all participants play one another more than twice, and is never used when one participant plays others an unequal number of times, as is the case in almost all of the major North American professional sports leagues. In the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazma (wrestler)
Kazma Sakamoto (born 1 October 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career working for Kaientai Dojo in Japan, where he became a one-time Strongest-K Champion and a three-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champion alongside Ryota Chikuzen, Kengo Mashimo and Miyawaki. He spent two years working for WWE, as well as for its development brands, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and NXT. After his release from WWE, he returned to Japan working as a freelancer for Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo), Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) and Wrestle-1 (W-1), the latter of which he signed for in 2015. A year later, his contract with Wrestle-1 expired, and he returned to freelancing work, later appearing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), Dragon Gate (DG) and Gleat. Professional wrestling career Kaientai Dojo (2003–2011) Kazma was trained by Taka Michinoku at his Kaientai Dojo wrestling school and made his debut for the promotion on 3 May 2003. In 2005, Kazma took on Michinoku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
