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Toru Sugiura
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Freedoms where he is the current King of Freedom World Champion in his second reign. Professional wrestling career Daiwa Entertainment Pro Wrestling (2009–present) Sugiura made his professional wrestling debut in at ''DEP Special In iMall Part.1'' on September 6, 2009, where he fell short to Takaya Shibayama in singles competition. He would seldomly return to continue competing for the promotion a couple of times per year. He is a former DEP Tag Team Champion, title which he has once won alongside Michio Kageyama. Pro Wrestling Freedoms (2011–present) The promotion in which Sugiura is best known for his work is Pro Wrestling Freedoms. He made his debut at a house show from May 8, 2011, where he teamed up with Nori da Funky Shibiresasu and Tomoya Shibayama in a losing effort against Hi69, Madoka and Ricky Fuji as a result of a six-man tag team match. During his time with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handa, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 118,259 in 51,846 households, and a population density of 2,494 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Handa is located in northeastern Chita Peninsula in southern Aichi Prefecture, and is bordered by Mikawa Bay to the east. Climate The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Handa is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1632 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.5 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Handa has increased steadily over the past 70 years. Neighboring municipalities ; Aichi Prefecture *Hekinan *Tokoname * Takahama * Taketoyo *Agui * Higashiura History Early modern period During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling 2011
was a Japanese professional wrestling event promoted by the New Year's Eve Pro-Wrestling Committee, comprising multiple independent wrestling promotions. The event, held on December 31, 2011, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan aired live on Fighting TV Samurai. Ten matches were contested at the event, including a dark match. In the main event, a 74-person tag team match, the team led by Ken Ohka defeated the team led by Ryuichi Sekine. Other prominent matches saw the team of Great Kojika and Antonio Honda win a 15-team gauntlet match celebrating the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Samurai TV channel, and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Tatsuhiko Yoshino in a special singles match. The event also featured the Japan Indie Awards ceremony and the retirement ceremony of Munenori Sawa ending his 8-year career. Production Background The tradition of holding a joint event for smaller promotions on New Year's Eve at Korakuen Hall started with the 2006 Indy Summit. In 2009, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaientai Dojo
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling, and martial arts. The promotion was originally called Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO for short). This style was largely contributed to by Taka Michinoku and is gaining popularity in Japan and abroad. K-DOJO is also heavily influenced by American-style wrestling and places a large amount of importance on presentation. For instance, each Club-K 3000 show that K-DOJO runs is equipped with a large screen near the entrance gate, similar to the Titantron, where a short introductory vignette is played during each wrestler's entrance and where the crowd can follow the action on-screen. They had a home building that doubles as their training facility, Chiba Blue Field, where all of their Club-K 3000 shows were held; in December 2011, the buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuji Ishikawa
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, World Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2017 Champion Carnival. Ishikawa is also known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), as well as numerous other independent promotions. He is a former KO-D Openweight Champion, BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion and BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion. Early life Ishikawa was friends with fellow professional wrestler Takashi Sasaki as a teenager, whom he met through judo. Professional wrestling career DDT Pro-Wrestling (2003–2018) After meeting Sanshiro Takagi, Ishikawa was invited to a tryout for DDT Pro Wrestling in 2002. Despite failing the tryout, Ishikawa was invited to work for the company anyway and served as an accountant and receptionist for DDT between 2002 and 2003, while occasionally training as a wrestler. When DDT moved into JWP's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harashima
Harashima (stylised in all capital letters) (born July 6, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling (formally Dramatic Dream Team), where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a current eleven-time KO-D Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Dramatic Dream Team / DDT Pro-Wrestling (2001–present) Hero! (2001–2005) After training in the Dramatic Dream Team dojo, Harashima made his professional wrestling debut in early 2001 as Konica Man and later became Hero! (stylised in all capital letters). Hero! challenged Asian Cougar for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship on several occasions in late 2001 but was unable to defeat him. Continuing in 2002, Hero! mainly worked on the under-card, often teaming with fellow masked wrestler Konica Man #2. On April 25, Konica Man #2, in storyline poisoned by Poison Sawada Julie, turned on Hero!, unmasked and renamed himself Toguro Habukage. The two men feuded, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Kojika
, known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He co-founded the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Kojika is the oldest active Japanese wrestler as well as the one with the longest career, having debuted in 1963. He is also the oldest active wrestler in the world. Career Early career (1963–1967) Kojika made his debut on October 13, 1963 for Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) against Kakutaro Koma (future NWA World Middleweight Champion Mashio Koma). In 1967, he left Japan to wrestle in North America. North America (1967-1970) In 1967, Kojika made his debut in North America for NWA Mid-America in Tennessee. He teamed with Motoshi Okuma and they also worked for Georgia Championship Wrestling. They disbanded in 1968 and Kojika went to Florida, Detroit and St. Louis. In 1969, Kojika went to Los Angeles and won the NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship by defeating Pepper Martin on November 19. A month later he dropped the title back to Martin. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaki Numazawa
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name . He currently wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Deathmatch division, where he has held the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship on one occasion. Personal life Numazawa got married on July 4, 2014, upon which he adopted his wife's surname, Fukui. Other media Numazawa appears as himself alongside Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi, Takashi Sasaki and Daisuke Sekimoto in the 2006 movie Dirty Sanchez: The Movie. Numazawa and the other wrestlers perform wrestling moves on the three main cast members. Championships and accomplishments *Apache Army :*WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jun Kasai *Big Japan Pro Wrestling :*BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) :*BJW Tag Team Championship ( 4 times) – with Abdullah Kobayashi (1) and Jun Kasai (3) :*Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship ( 5 times) – with Abdullah Kobayashi and Kazuki Hashimoto (1), and Daisuke Sekimoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiya Morohashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1997-present) Morohashi made his professional wrestling debut in International Wrestling Association of Japan, 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 Mio Shirai and promoted by Oz Academy on March 2, 2014, where he teamed up with Gota Ihashi, falling short to Tsubasa Kuragaki and Aja Kong. Morohashi worked his only match for New Japan Pro-Wrestling at ''NJPW Lion's Road'' on November 8, 2004, where he teamed up with Kota Ibushi to defeat Hero! and Kudo. Dramatic Dream Team (2002-2019) Morohashi is known for his long term tenure with Dramatic Dream Team, promotion for which made his debut at ''DDT Non-Fix 5/23'', on May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Kobayashi
, is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his ring name after Abdullah the Butcher, who was one of his trainers. Professional wrestling career He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division and has wrestled for BJW throughout most of his career. He is well known for his very brutal deathmatches with the likes of Ryuji Ito and several other BJW wrestlers. On June 26, 2010, Kobayashi made his American debut in Combat Zone Wrestling's Tournament of Death IX defeating Nick Gage in the first round but lost in the second to JC Bailey. In mid-2013, Kobayashi was diagnosed with hepatitis C, forcing him to take a long-term break from in-ring action to undergo treatment. He returned to the ring on August 10, 2014. Other media Kobayashi appears as himself alongside Ryuji Ito, Daisuke Sekimoto, Takashi Sasaki and Jaki Numazawa in the 2006 film '' Dirty Sanchez: The Movie''. Kobayashi and the other wrestlers perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danshoku Dino
, better known by his ring name , also written Danshoku Dieno, is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino has spent most of his career competing for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character. His ring name comes from the Japanese name for the character Baron Dino from the manga series ''Sakigake!! Otokojuku''. Early life In elementary, junior and high school, Dino played soccer alongside Keita Kanemoto who was his team captain. Professional wrestling career Dino was trained in shoot fighting prior to training to be a wrestler and he incorporated this training into his wrestling style. In addition to wrestling in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), he has also competed in several independent wrestling promotions around Japan, including Dragon Gate, Ice Ribbon, Kaientai Dojo, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max. In February 2007, Dino made his first excursion overseas, as he debuted for a few American independent promotions such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayata (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known simply as Hayata (stylized in all capital letters), currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. Hayata began his career with Wrestle Gate then later Osaka Pro Wrestling (Osaka Pro) before going freelance and forming Doutonbori Pro Wrestling with Kuuga and several other wrestlers. Hayata was officially signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) in 2017 and his accolades include being a four-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and a five-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He has also won the Global Junior Heavyweight League once and the Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League twice, both times with Yo-Hey. Professional wrestling career Early career (2006–2010) Hayata got his start in amateur wrestling and basketball, and would find himself working under Hanzo in Wrestle Gate (WG) where he would wrestle until he left Wrestle Gate in April 2010. He would also occasionally compete in Dove Pro Wrestling (Dove Pro) and All Japan Pro W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Honda
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . He is currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). He is the son of actor Tetsu Watanabe. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2005–present) One of the rising stars of DDT Pro-Wrestling in 2007, Honda started his career as one of the "Four Italian Horsemen". He later became the leader of the aWo (Aloha World Order) stable, mainly sticking to a comedic gimmick. Honda made his professional wrestling debut as A. Yazawa at the Guts World Prowrestling's Guts World Vol. 2 event from March 15, 2005, where he teamed up with Cabbage Taro in a losing effort to Gutara and Potato Saburota. He participated in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
