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working for the Japanese

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where he is a former

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alongside

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Professional wrestling career

Japanese independent scene (2019–present)

Tamura seldomly competes for several promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At ''2AW Infinity ~ 2020 Winter'', an event promoted by

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on December 20, 2020, he fell short to

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. At

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's ''Chikara Matsuri Special'' event from March 27, 2021, Tamura teamed up with Suwama and defeated

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and

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. At ''Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary Festival'', a cross-over event held by AJPW in partnership with

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on April 16, 2022, Tamura teamed up with Runaway Suplex (Shotaro Ashino and

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) in a losing effort against

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). At ''

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G PROWRESTLING Ver. 3'' on September 25, 2022, Tamura teamed up with

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(no relation) and Rising Hayato in a losing effort against

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and

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All Japan Pro Wrestling (2019–present)

Tamura is best known for competing in

, promotion in which he has also made his

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debut on January 2, 2019, on the first night of the ''AJPW New Year's Wars'' where he first competed in a 15-man battle royal won by Jake Lee and also involving notable opponents such as Gianni Valletta,

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and

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, and secondly in a tag team match in which he paired up with Dan Tamura in a losing effort against

and

. At ''AJPW 50th Anniversary'' on September 18, 2022, Tamura and Hikrau Sato defeated

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( Minoru and Toshizo) to win the

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. At ''AJPW Summer Action Series 2022'' on July 14, Tamura unsuccessfully challenged

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for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. On the first night of the ''AJPW Raising An Army Memorial Series 2022'' from October 2, Tamura unsuccessfully challenged Toshizo for the

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. Tamura is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as the

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, making his first appearance at the 2020 edition where he teamed up with Hikaru Sato as a sub-unit of the

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stable, defeating Yu Iizuka and

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in the first rounds, Enfants Terribles (Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama) in the semifinals, and Atsuki Aoyagi and Raising Hayato in the finals from December 26. At the 2021 edition, he teamed up with Hikaru Sato again and won the entire competition after defeating Black Menso~Re and

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in the first rounds,

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and Yu Iizuka in the semifinals, but falling short to Total Eclipse (

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) in the finals, with all matches occurring on December 27. Another competition for which he is known to evolve in is the

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, making his first appearance at the 2021 edition where he fell short to

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in the first rounds from June 2. As for the

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, Tamura made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he fell short to

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in the first rounds from August 7.

Championships and accomplishments

** World Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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) – with Hikaru Sato ** Junior Battle of Glory (

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** Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamura, Dan 1999 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Ibaraki Prefecture 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers World Junior Heavyweight Champions (AJPW) All Asia Tag Team Champions