is a Japanese

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

, currently working for the Japanese

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (1997-present)

Morohashi made his

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debut in

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, at ''IWA Japan FUTURE TRIAL TOUR ’97'' on May 17, 1997, where he unsuccessfully challenged Hidetomo Egawa. He worked in intergender matches such as the one at ''Mio Shirai Produce Tonight Is The Night'', an event produced by

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and promoted by

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on March 2, 2014, where he teamed up with Gota Ihashi, falling short to Tsubasa Kuragaki and

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. Morohashi worked his only match for

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at ''NJPW Lion's Road'' on November 8, 2004, where he teamed up with

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to defeat Hero! and Kudo.

Dramatic Dream Team (2002-2019)

Morohashi is known for his long term tenure with

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for which made his debut at ''DDT Non-Fix 5/23'', on May 23, 2002, where he scored a defeat against Hero!. An early appearance he made for DDT was at Judgement 2008 from March 9, where he teamed up with

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to defeat Yukihiro Abe and Rion Mizuki by way of

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. Later that night, he teamed up with Koo and

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to score a victory over

, Daichi Kakimoto and

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action. On March 27 at Judgement 2011, he entered first in a rumble match for a right to challenge for the

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anytime, but came out unsuccessfully to the winner Shuji Ishikawa and others such as

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and

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. At '' Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013'' on August 18, he participated in a

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, match which he shared with Michael Nakazawa,

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and Kyohei Mikami. At ''DDT New Year Lottery Special! 2016'', Morohashi participated in a 10-man New Year Kakizome rumble match, where he faced other popular superstars such as

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and Kazusada Higuchi.

Pro Wrestling Noah (2017-present)

Morohashi made his debut in

on the seventh night of the '' NOAH Global Tag League 2017'' on May 3, where he fell short to Tadasuke. In the same year, beginning with June 13, he teamed up with Phil Atlas and participated in the

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, competing against teams such as Hi69 and

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, and Mao and Shunma Katsumata, and finishing with eight points. One year later, he participated in the 2018 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, this time teaming up with Junta Miyawaki and competing against teams as

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and

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, and

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and El Hijo del Pantera, finishing without scoring any points. The next year, in the 2019 Tag League, he teamed up again with Miyawaki, competing against teams such as

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and

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and

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and finishing with a total of four points. Another notable appearance of Morohashi in Noah's events was at the 2018 Global Junior Heavyweight League, where he competed against

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, Tadasuke and

, placing himself in the block B of the tournament and finishing with a total of two points. Morohashi participated in a no. 1 contendership tournament beginning at ''NOAH All Four Sides'' on June 19, 2020, for the

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, falling short in a first-round match to

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Championships and accomplishments

*Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling :*BBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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* Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro-Wrestling :*

( 6 times) :* King of Dark Championship (

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) :*

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( 5 times) – with Shoichi Ichimiya (1),

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(1), Tanomusaku Toba (2) and Poco Takanashi (1) :* KO-D Tag League (

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) – with Tomohiko Hashimoto * Union Pro-Wrestling **

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( 1 time)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morohashi, Seiya 1977 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions King of Dark Champions KO-D Tag Team Champions World Aipoke Champions