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is a Japanese
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currently signed to the Japanese
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. He is also known for his tenure with
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where he is the current World Junior Heavyweight Champion and International Junior Heavyweight Champion in his first reign with both titles.


Professional wrestling career


Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling (2017–present)

Despite being a male competitor, Isaka made his
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in a ''
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'' promotion,
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. He wrestled his first ever match at ''Marvelous 1st Anniversary'' on April 15, 2017, where he fell short to
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in a singles competition. Due to Marvelous holding business partnerships with various promotions from the Japanese independent scene, Isaka competed in many cross-over events or other strictly promoted ones by both male and joshi promotions. At ''Diana/CRYSIS ASUKA Produce'', an event produced by World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana on March 28, 2021, he teamed up with
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and
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to defeat Guts Ishijima,
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and
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in a intergender six-person tag team match. At ''DDT DAMNATION Produce Illegal Assembly Returns Vol. 4'', an event produced by
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on July 26, 2021, he fell short to Tetsuya Endo in singles competition. At ''Marvelous/WAVE Fusion ~ Tommy 40th Anniversary'' from October 1, 2021, he fell short to
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. At ''BASARA 170 ~ Hojiro'', an event promoted by
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on September 20, 2021, he teamed up with Sento Minzoku (
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) to defeat
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in a
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.


Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2017–present)

Isaka made his debut in
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at ''ZERO1/Super Fireworks Fireworks Dream Series ~ The Birth of Team'' on May 7, 2017, where he fell short to
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. At ''ZERO1 Tochigi Pro-Wrestling Halloween Smile Festival'' on November 30, 2022, he teamed up with
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to unsuccessfully challenge
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and Takafumi for the
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. During his time in the company, he chased for various championships promoted by it. At ''Zero1 Happy New Year 2023'' on January 1, he defeated Astroman to win both the World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the International Junior Heavyweight Championship which were sanctioned together. He is known for competing in one of the promotion's signature events, the Furinkazan tournament. He made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he teamed up with
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and fell short to Kubota Brothers (Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota) in the first rounds from November 11. Another event in which he previously competed is the
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Tournament in which he made his first appearance at the 2021 edition where he defeated Genta Hiriki in the first rounds but fell short to Hide Kubota in the second ones. At the 2022 edition of the tournament, Isaka competed in the block A where he scored a total of ten points after going against Shoki Kitamura,
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, Astroman and Jun Masaoka.


Championships and accomplishments

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**
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Created in 1943, the title is competed for by junior heavyweight wrestlers. History The first NWA World J ...
( 1 time) ** International Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isaka, Leo 1998 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Tochigi Prefecture 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champions (Zero1) International Junior Heavyweight Champions (Zero1)