Genba Hirayanagi
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, better known by his
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, is a retired
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ese professional wrestler. He is best known for working for Pro Wrestling Noah.


Career

Hirayanagi was a competitor in amateur wrestling in high school. In June 2004 he entered the Pro Wrestling Noah dojo where, under the mentorship of Akira Taue, he was trained as a professional wrestler. Wrestling under his birth name, his first match was in a 13-man
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won by Muhammad Yone on 15 August 2005. Three days later, he made his official debut in a singles match against Kishin Kawabata. As is normal for inexperienced competitors in
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, virtually all of Hirayanagi's early matches were losses. On March 21, 2006 Hirayanagi competed in a match against SUWA for Pro Wrestling SEM during which he suffered a triple-fracture of the jaw. It wasn't until the following October that he was able to return to the ring in a time-limit draw with Shuhei Taniguchi. The summer of 2007 saw Hirayanagi venture to the
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to perform in 6 matches on the British
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. His UK debut came in a July 20 loss to Noah compatriot Shuhei Taniguchi for 3 Count Wrestling. 8 days later, the two teamed up to challenge the 4 Front Wrestling Tag Team Champions Mark Sloan and Wade Fitzgerald. In IPW:UK's Debut In
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show he was defeated by James Tighe, which was followed by a loss to veteran Johnny Kidd on a Premier Promotions card before concluding his tour by teaming with Dan Head to gain victory over Mark Haskins and Harry Mills. In 2008, Hirayanagi made his
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debut in the opening match of the 14 September ROH: The Tokyo Summit show. Teaming with
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, he lost to the
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duo of No Limit (
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). Later that year he gained his first trophy when he teamed with
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to defeat
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and Ippei Ota to win that year's One Day Junior Heavyweight Six Man Tag Tournament in
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. In 2009, Hirayanagi debuted in
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(DDT), teaming with his primary trainer Akira Taue to defeat DDT residents
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and Michael Nakazawa at the DDT Judgement 2009 event. On August 30, he teamed with frequent partner Kanemaru in his
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debut in the main event of the Jado and Gedo 20th Anniversary show, losing to
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and
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. Hirayanagi was selected to participate in another interpromotional contest at the combined AJPW/NJPW/Noah All Together supershow on 27 August 2011 at Budokan Hall, competing in a 10-man
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match billed as the Junior One Night Carnival. Hirayanagi then became a member of the No Mercy faction in Noah. On 10 March 10, 2013, Hirayanagi won his first title in Noah, when he and Maybach Taniguchi, Jr. defeated
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for the
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. The two were forced to vacate the title on May 30, after Suwa had been sidelined with a neck injury. On July 30, Hirayanagi announced his retirement from professional wrestling. His retirement match took place on September 10 and saw him team up with Captain Noah, Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi to take on Suzuki-gun (
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, Taichi, Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru). Hirayanagi's career ended with Sugiura pinning him for the win.


Championships and accomplishments

* Pro Wrestling Noah :*
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( 1 time) – with Maybach Taniguchi, Jr./Suwa :*Bond of Hearts Cup (2013) :*One Day Junior Heavyweight Six Man Tag Tournament (2008) – with
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and
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:*Matsumoto Day Clinic Cup Scramble Battle Royal (2013) :*Hakata Star Lane Cup Battle Royal (2013)


Notes


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hirayanagi, Genba Japanese male professional wrestlers Living people 1980 births Martial artists from Saitama Prefecture GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions