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Jacky Kamei
better known by his ring name Jacky "Funky" Kamei is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Twin Gate Champion and Open the Triangle Gate Champion. Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate (2019–present) Kamei made his professional wrestling debut in Dragon Gate at ''Dragon Gate PRIME ZONE Vol. 76'', an event promoted on April 16, 2019, where he fell short to Kento Kobune as a result of a Singles match. After almost three years of rookie status, he eventually began chasing various championships, and capturing the Open the Triangle Gate Championship alongside Kzy and U-T at ''Truth Gate 2022'' on February 20, where they defeated Z-Brats (H.Y.O, BxB Hulk and Shun Skywalker) in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. His biggest accomplishment to date is the Open the Twin Gate Championship which he has won alongside Jason Lee at ''Kobe World 2022 - Último Dragón Debut 35th Anniversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tottori (city)
is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. Within Japan the city is best known for Tottori Sand Dunes, its sand dunes which are a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from outside the prefecture. The sand dunes are also important as a centre for research into arid agriculture, hosting Tottori University's Arid Land Research Center. Most of Tottori is located in the western part of the San'in Kaigan Geopark. , the city has an estimated population of 192,912 and a population density of 250 persons per km2. The total area is 765.31 km2. Geography The city of Tottori which located in east next to the Chūgoku Mountains, the city flows the Sendai River. Much of city's gained as for result of mergers and neighboring satellite towns. Neighboring municipalities Tottori Prefecture * Yazu * Misasa, Tottori, Misasa *Chizu, Tottori, Chizu * Iwami, Tottori, Iwami * Yurihama, Tottori, Yurihama * Wakasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuji Kondo
is a Japanese professional wrestler. Prior to becoming a pro wrestler, he played rugby. After starting his career in Toryumon, Kondo eventually joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he became one of the promotion's top junior heavyweights, winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship three times and the All Asia Tag Team Championship once. Upon leaving AJPW in 2013, Kondo joined Wrestle-1, where he became half of the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions. Kondo also worked as the vice president, booker and trainer for Wrestle-1 until its closure in 2020. He now works as a freelancer in promotions like Pro Wrestling Basara and DragonGate. Professional wrestling career Toryumon/Dragon Gate Kondo was part of the T2P class in Toryumon. At first he was a face in the Toryumon Seikigun. He would turn heel and join the Italian Connection, changing his name to Condotti Shuji, after the shopping district. One of his stablemates in the ItaCon was "brother" Yasshi, who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Yoshino
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known for working in Dragon Gate, where he was known as ''Speed Star''. Dragon Gate's second Grand Slam champion, having been a record six-time Open the Brave Gate Champion, four-time Open the Dream Gate Champion and two-time King of Gate winner, Yoshino was one of the most decorated and longest-tenured wrestlers in Dragon Gate. He made his debut in 2000 as part of Toryumon's Toryumon 2000 Project, where he graduated as part of the 7th term. In his nearly 21-year professional wrestling career, he notably also wrestled for Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling NOAH and Dragon Gate USA (Dragon Gate's United States expansion). He also was influential on many professional wrestlers, both in Japan and the rest of the world due to his high-flying technique and advanced move-set. He retired on August 1, 2021, where he and Naruki Doi were defeated by Eita and long-time rival BxB Hulk. Career Toryumon Masato Yoshino was part of the T2P class, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast. Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guide, an automated telephone system, or through a live customer service representative. There has been an increasing number of pay-per-views distributed via streaming video online, either alongside or in lieu of carriage through television providers. In 2012, the popular video sharing platform YouTube began to allow partners to host live PPV events on the platform. Events distributed through PPV typically include boxing, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, and concerts. In the past, PPV was often used to distribute telecasts of feature films, as well as adult content such as pornographic films, but the growth of digital cable and streaming media caused these uses to be subsumed by video on demand systems (which allow viewers to purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gate Of Destiny
Gate of Destiny is an annual signature professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dragon Gate. The event has been held annually since 2007 as a pay-per-view (PPV). Attendance stayed constant until 2009. Since 2009, the attendance increased until 2011 and the 2012 Gate of Destiny featured also Dragon Gate USA championship matches. On 2013, the attendance increased with 7100 persons. The best attendance was 7150 persons. The event is part of the Crown Gate tour. The 2020 edition of the event was held with a limited audience due to in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ... at the time. Event chronology 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoka Kikuta
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate where he is the current Open the Dream Gate Champion in his first reign. Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate (2020–present) Kikuta made his professional wrestling debut in Dragon Gate on the ninth night of the 2020 edition of the King of Gate tournament from June 6, where he teamed up with Sora Fujikawa in a losing effort against Taketo Kamei and Kento Kobune as a result of a tag team match. After his period of rookie status, he eventually began chasing various championships promoted by the company, and joined his first stable, R.E.D. in the middle of 2020. On the first night of the ''DG Champion Gate 2021 In Osaka'' from March 6, he teamed up with stablemates Dia Inferno and Diamante to unsuccessfully challenge Natural Vibes ( Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka) for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship. Kikuta won his first title, the Open the Twin Gate Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minorita (wrestler)
better known by his ring name Minorita is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Brave Gate Champion and currently one third of the Open the Triangle Gate Champions. Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate (2021–present) Hayakawa made his professional wrestling debut in Dragon Gate on the eighth night of the ''Gate Of Victory 2021'' from October 24, where he teamed up with Naruki Doi in a losing effort against Don Fujii and Jacky "Funky" Kamei as a result of a tag team match. Shortly after just one year following his professional debut, he eventually began chasing various championships, and capturing the Open the Brave Gate Championship at ''Final Gate 2022'' on December 25 by defeating H.Y.O. At ''Hopeful Gate 2023'' on May 20, he alongside Kota Minoura and Naruki Doi defeated Natural Vibes (Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu and Jacky Kamei) to win the Open the Triangle Gate Championship. Hayakawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eita Kobayashi
, known mononymously as Eita, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate, where he is best known as the former leader of the villainous Real Extreme Diffusion (R・E・D) stable, in which he led the stable for nearly its entire run. As part of his current persona as a narcissist, he is known as ''Numero Uno'' (number one in Spanish). In Dragon Gate, he has been a one-time Open the Dream Gate Champion, a two-time Open the Brave Gate Champion, five-time Open the Twin Gate Champion, two-time Open the Triangle Gate Champion, as well as the 2020 King of Gate winner. Outside of Dragon Gate, Kobayashi has worked matches for their United States-based sister company Dragon Gate USA, and as part of his wrestling training, for Mexican promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate (2011–2012) Kobayashi trained for his professional wrestling career in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate's wrestling school cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaito Ishida
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Brave Gate Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present) Ishida worked a couple of matches outside of Dragon Gate. At ''Tokyo Carnival 2017'', an event promoted by Tokyo Gurentai on July 17, he teamed up with Takehiro Yamamura, Cima and Eita as Over Generation, falling short to Nosawa Rongai, Minoru Fujita, Kazuhiko Masada and Kikutaro in an eight-man tag team match. On October 9, 2017, he took part in the ''Hbc Radio Produce Radi Pro 25th Anniversary'', an event produced by the japanese independent scene portraiting twenty-five years of the Hokkaido Broadcasting, where he teamed up with Super Shisa to defeat K-ness and Shun Skywalker. Ishida also worked a couple of matches for Osaka Pro Wrestling, one of them taking place at ''Osaka Pro Wrestling Rainy Season Sky Fly Away'' on June 2, 2018, where he f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisuke Okuda
is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Dragon Gate. 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 Tomohiko Hashimoto, captured Apache Pro's WEW World Tag Team Championship. The team held the titles until December 25, 2016, when they were defeated by Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda. In 2017, he competed in a lethwei match but was defeated. He became a full-time member of Dramatic Dream Team in 2018, but resigned on April 30, 2019. Almost immediately after, he started wrestling exclusively for Dragon Gate. He became a member of Masaaki Mochizuki's unit, Mochizuki Dojo in the summer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamato (wrestler)
, better known by his ring name Yamato (stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to Dragon Gate, where he is a record five-time Open the Dream Gate Champion. Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate (2006–present) The 5th graduate of the Dragon Gate dojo, Onodera had previous mixed martial arts experience competing under his real name in Pancrase and was recruited into Final M2K directly after his debut. Yasushi Kanda gave him his "Gekokujoh" character, and inherited a lot of the Gekokujoh-era moves that Kanda had used during his own career. He later chose to leave Final M2K so he could grow along his own path, which was one of the reasons for the M2K break-up. He won the first Nex-1 tournament, which earned him the right to travel to the U.S. His stay was brief, at under three months. He returned in May, aligning with his generation peers Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong in New Hazard, dropp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susumu Mochizuki
, better known by his ring name , is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate. He is not related to fellow Dragon Gate wrestler and long term ally/rival Masaaki Mochizuki, who debuted much earlier for WAR (wrestling promotion), WAR. Professional wrestling career Mexico After a brief stay in the Michinoku Pro Wrestling dojo, he entered Ultimo Dragon's dojo in Mexico. He debuted in 1998 as a third term student. He and Yasushi Kanda formed a tag team there, and they found success, winning the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. They would hold these titles upon their arrival in Dragon Gate (wrestling), Toryumon. Toryumon / Dragon Gate M2K He and Kanda debuted in Toryumon as a heel team, causing mayhem in matches and frequently forcing double countouts to disappoint fans and ruin shows. They were invited to join the legendary Crazy Max stable and accepted, but turned on them later tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
