is a

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professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

who is currently wrestling in the

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in Japan. Since debuting in 1993, Ikeda has worked for a number of promotions in Japan, including

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, Pro Wrestling Noah and Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW).

Professional wrestling career

Ikeda was trained by

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and joined Fujiwara's promotion Fujiwara Gumi in 1993. In 1994, representing Fujiwara Gumi, he fought for Fighting Network RINGS in his only

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fight against

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in a losing effort. In 1995 he moved to

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. As one of the few heavyweights competing in a promotion made up mostly of junior heavyweights (compare

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in Michinoku Pro Wrestling), he often had to look out of the promotion for challenges, including Shinzaki and

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talent such as

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, and

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. In 1997 he started making appearances in

, and finally in early 2000 he joined the promotion as a full-time worker. He did not stay long as later that year he left for

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's new promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. He briefly joined Misawa's ''Wave'' faction, but left soon after. On June 1, 2004 he beat

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for the WLW Heavyweight Championship. In December 2004 he announced his departure from Noah. He now wrestles in the Japanese

, and runs his own promotion, Fu-Ten Promotion.

Championships and accomplishments

*A-Team **

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(

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) – with HASEGAWA (1) and Keiichi Sato (1) * Fujiwara Gumi/

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{{FMW Championships ...

(2 times) – with

(1), and

(1) **BattlARTS Young Generation Battle League (1995, 1996, 1999, 2008) *

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(1 time) *

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** Newcomer Award (1995)

References

External links

Official site (Japanese)
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Profile at Green Destiny
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