is a Japanese

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currently working as a freelancer. He is best known for his tenure with Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Brave Gate Champion.

Career

He had a strong background in Greco-Roman wrestling and debuted on November 3, 2013 for IGF. He went to a time limit draw against Akira Jo. He stopped wrestling to focus on college and returned on IGF's December 31, 2013 show in another time limit draw. He continued wrestling mostly for IGF throughout 2014 and 2015 and made appearances for various promotions starting in 2016. On October 2, 2016, he and

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, captured Apache Pro's

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. The team held the titles until December 25, 2016, when they were defeated by

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. In 2017, he competed in a

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match but was defeated. He became a full-time member of

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in 2018, but resigned on April 30, 2019. Almost immediately after, he started wrestling exclusively for Dragon Gate. He became a member of

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's unit, Mochizuki Dojo in the summer of 2019, after briefly feuding with Mochizuki. The unit was disbanded in December 2019 with most of its members merging into the Dragon Gate unit. He captured the Open the Brave Gate Championship on November 3, 2020 by defeating Kaito Ishida. Okuda made his return to MMA, facing kickboxer

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on October 10, 2021 at Rizin Landmark Vol.1. He lost the bout via TKO in the first round. Okuda faced

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at Rizin Landmark 4 on November 6, 2022. He lost the fight by TKO stoppage at the end of the first round.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with

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**Ranked No. 302 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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References

External links

Dragon Gate profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Okuda, Keisuke Japanese male professional wrestlers Japanese male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Greco-Roman wrestling Living people 1991 births People from Tsu, Mie 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers Open the Brave Gate Champions WEW World Tag Team Champions