is a

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currently working as a

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and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese

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and

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2002–present)

As a freelancer, he is known for working with various promotions. At the ''5th Anniversary of NEO Women's Pro Wrestling'' on May 5, 2005, Nira took part in one of the longest matches in

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history, a 55-person battle royal in which he competed against notable opponents such as the winner

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, Yuki Miyazaki, Kayoko Haruyama,

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, Command Bolshoi and many others. On the second night of the '' Differ Cup 2005'' of Pro Wrestling Noah, Nira teamed up with Stalker Ichikawa and got defeated by

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in a 2-on-1 handicap match. At ''AJPW/RO&D RO&D Festival'', an event promoted by

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on September 11, 2005, Nira teamed up with

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and Eggman in a losing effort to

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( Chuck Palumbo, Johnny Stamboli and Taru) as a result of a

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Kaientai Dojo (2002–2017)

Nira made his professional wrestling debut on April 20, 2002, at ''K-DOJO First Impression'', an event promoted by

where he teamed up with Apple Miyuki and Maya to unsuccessfully challenge Psycho in a 3-on-1 handicap match. At ''K-DOJO Club-K Free'' on November 3, 2004, he competed in a 28-man battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the

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also involving Gentaro,

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and others.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2004–present)

Nira is best known for his tenure with

. He often wrestled in unusual matches such as the 34-person tag team match from ''DDT New Year's Gift Special 2015'' where he teamed up with sixteen tag partners among which were

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, Michael Nakazawa,

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and Super Sasadango Machine to defeat the likes of

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, Shuji Ishikawa,

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and

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. Another special match in which he worked was a drinking match at ''BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Sapporo Pro-Wrestling Festa 2013'', a cross-over event produced by

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in partnership with Kaientai Dojo and

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on October 14 where he teamed up with Ryuji Ito to beat

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and

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. He worked in many of the promotion's signature events. One of them is DDT Peter Pan, branch of events in which he wrestled most of the time in Rumble rules matches for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. He made his first appearance at Peter Pan 2009 from August 23 where he competed in this kind of match also involving

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, Giru Nakano,

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and others. Two years later at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 on July 24, Nira competed in another rumble rules match again involving notable opponents such as

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, Emi Sakura and

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. At Budokan Peter Pan on August 18, 2012, Nira defended the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in the rumble match unsuccessfully in front of the winner

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, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Ken Ohka and others. As for the DDT Judgement branch of events, Nira made his first appearance at Judgement 2009 on April 5, 2009, where he firstly defeated Mammoth Handa and Yoshiaki Yago in a

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to qualify in a #1 Conterdership Double Chance Battle Royal with a contract suspended above the ring to challenge for the

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, match which also involved the winner Harashima,

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, Poison Sawada Julie, Kazuhiro Tamura and others. At Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, 2016, Nira teamed up with

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defeating

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and Hoshitango. Morohashi was the King of Dark Champion but Nira did not take the title off him due to the "loss meaning successful defense" of the title rule.

Championships and accomplishments

** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship ( 11 times) * Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling ** IWA Triple Crown Championship ( 1 time)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nira, D. J. Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Niigata Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions IWA World Heavyweight Champions (IWA Japan)