(born August 10, 1982) is a Japanese

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. He currently wrestles in

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, where he is a former one-time Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion. He is also a former two-time Tohoku Tag Team Champion and one-time UWA World Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Nohashi, the smallest Último Dragón Gym trainee ever, made his pro wrestling debut in

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in 2002 under the name of Koichiro Arai,

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's (

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) little brother. Koichiro teamed with Kenichiro and later with Chuichiro, the third brother, and wrestled in Toryumon Mexico and Toryumon X until 2004, when he changed his name to Shinjitsu Nohashi, the mini version of

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. After closing Toryumon X, Nohashi and his class were moved to

, where he formed a tag team with Shinzaki. On February 13, 2010 he turned heel and adopted his real name, Taro Nohashi, joining

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and his Kowloon stable.

Championships and accomplishments

*Kyushu Pro-Wrestling :*

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) – with Gaina *

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( 1 time) :*

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) – with Behnam Ali/Tiger Ali (1), Gaina (1) :*

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( 1 time) – with Gaina :*Oogamania Cup (2008) *''

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'' :*PWI ranked him #326 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2006

References

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