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Union Max Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion Pro-Wrestling Basara. The title was established in 2013. History Union Pro Wrestling was a promotion that was revived by DDT Pro-Wrestling in 2005. The Union Max Championship was established in 2013 when Ivan Markov defeated Shuji Ishikawa to become the inaugural champion. In January 2016, three days after folding, Union was replaced by a new promotion named Pro-Wrestling Basara. The title was reactivated when Isami Kodaka defeated Trans-Am★Hiroshi to win his third title. The original belt design is still used which bears the "Union" name on it. , there have been seventeen reigns shared among eleven wrestlers. Isami Kodaka is the current champion in his fifth reign. Reigns Combined reigns See also *Professional wrestling in Japan Professional wrestling in Japan has existed for many years. The first Japanese to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of tr ...
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Isami Kodaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). He originally started his career in the Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion in July 2002, but later left the promotion to become a freelancer, before signing with Union Pro Wrestling (Union Pro) in 2005. Through Union Pro's working relationship, Kodaka also began working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he adopted his current, hardcore wrestling-based style. Kodaka remained affiliated with Union Pro until the promotion folded in October 2015, after which he became a founding member of Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). Kodaka is currently in his fourth reign as the Union Max Champion, and his second reign as BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion, while also being a former one-time KO-D Openweight Champion and three-time DDT Extreme Champion. He is also known as one half of the tag team with Yuko Miyamoto. The two are former one-time All Asia Tag Team Champions, two-time BJW Tag Team Champio ...
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Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the List of cities in Japan, eighth most populated city in Japan (including the Tokyo Metropolitan Area). , the city has an estimated population of 1,503,690, with 716,470 households, and a population density of 10,000 persons per km2. Kawasaki is the only city in Japan with more than one million inhabitants that is not a prefectural capital. The total area is . History Prehistoric and Ancient era Archaeological evidence from the Japanese Paleolithic and Jōmon period can only be found in the northwest Tama Hills. The course of the Tama and the coast of the Bay of Tokyo have also changed in historical times, so that large parts of the urban area are geologically young. Classical era Nara period to the Sengoku period With the introduction of the Ritsuryō legal sy ...
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DDT Pro-Wrestling Championships
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride. Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its environmental impacts. DDT was first synthesized in 1874 by the Austrian chemist Othmar Zeidler. DDT's insecticidal action was discovered by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller in 1939. DDT was used in the second half of World War II to limit the spread of the insect-borne diseases malaria and typhus among civilians and troops. Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods". By October 1945, DDT was available for public sale in the United States. Although it was promoted by government and industry for use as an agricultural and household pesticide, there were also concerns about its use from the beginning. Opposition to DDT was focused by ...
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Professional Wrestling In Japan
Professional wrestling in Japan has existed for many years. The first Japanese to involve himself in catch wrestling, the basis of traditional professional wrestling, was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. There were subsequent attempts before and after World War II to popularize the sport in Japan, but these generally failed until the advent of its first big star, Rikidōzan, in 1951, who became known as the "father" of the sport. Rikidōzan brought the sport to tremendous popularity with his Japanese Wrestling Association (JWA) until his murder in 1963. Following his death, professional wrestling thrived, creating a variety of personalities, promotions and styles. It has also created a mass of other cultural icons in Japan including: Antonio Inoki, Giant Baba, Jyushin "Thunder" Liger, Tiger Mask, Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Kenta Kobashi among others. Throughout the years, a number of promotions have opened and closed, but a few have persisted to re ...
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Fuminori Abe
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Basara (Basara) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015–present) Being a freelancer, Abe is known for his brief tenures with various promotions. On October 31, 2020, at a house show promoted by 666 Pro Wrestling (666), he competed in an intergender three-way match for Ice Ribbon's Triangle Ribbon Championship also involving Ram Kaicho and Koju Takeda. At the 2021 edition of the Pro Wrestling Zero1's Fire Festival, he placed himself in the Block A, and competed against Tsugutaka Sato, Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka, Hartley Jackson and Yoshiki Inamura. All Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–present) Abe debuted in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) on the sixth night of the 2016 Champion Carnival from April 22, 2016 where he teamed up with Koji Iwamoto and Yutaka Yoshie in a losing eff ...
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Ultimate Party 2019
was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on November 3, 2019, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It was the first event under the DDT Ultimate Party, Ultimate Party chronology. The event featured fourteen matches, nine of which were contested for Championship (professional wrestling), championships. The event aired live on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe, DDT Universe. Storylines The Ultimate Party 2019 event featured fourteen Professional wrestling match types, professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and Narrative thread, storylines. Wrestlers portrayed Heel (professional wrestling), villains, Face (professional wrestling), heroes, or Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener, less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Event There have been three pre-show matches. Du ...
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Ryuichi Sekine
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the professional wrestling promotion Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–present) Sekine is known for his tenures with various promotions. He worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), making sporadic appearances starting with ''AJPW Chiba Extra Dream'' from March 16, 2013, where he competed in a losing effort against Atsushi Aoki. At while later, on July 20, 2014, on the fourth night of the ''AJPW Summer Action Series 2014'' event, he fell short to Yoshinobu Kanemaru. He scored some notable participations in Wrestle-1 (W-1), where on the second night of the ''Wrestle-1 Tour 2017 Shining Winter'' from December 3, he competed in a 11-man royal rumble also involving Kaz Hayashi, Seiki Yoshioka and Masayuki Kono. On the same night, he teamed up with Daigoro Kashiwa in a losing effort to Manabu Soya and Nosawa Rongai. At ''Gatoh M ...
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Ryota Nakatsu
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro-Wrestling Basara. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–present) As a freelancer, Nakatsu is known for his relationship with various other promotions. At ''Suwamachi Revitalization Vol. 9'', an event promoted by All Japan Pro Wrestling on October 30, 2016, he teamed up with Koji Iwamoto and Ryuichi Sekine as Cavalry in a losing effort to Isami Kodaka, Kazuhiro Tamura and Takao Omori. At ''ZERO1 Kohei Sato 15th Anniversary Show'', an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 on November 6, 2016, Nakatsu teamed up with Takumi Tsukamoto and Isami Kodaka in a losing effort against Ikuto Hidaka, Kotaro Suzuki and Takuya Sugawara. At ''NOAH Great Voyage 2018 In Yokohama'', an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah on March 11, 2018, he teamed up with Masao Inoue in a losing effort to Cody Hall and Kazma Sakamoto ...
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Naoki Tanizaki
is a Japanese wrestler. He is known for his work in Dragon Gate. He previously went under the ring name . Professional wrestling career Toryumon Mexico / Toryumon X / Toryumon / Dragon Gate (2002–2006) Originally from the Toryumon X promotion, Naoki Tanizaki debuted in a Toryumon Mexico show in December 2002. When Toryumon X made their Japanese landing in August 2003, Naoki debuted as a surfer (similar to Genki Horiguchi) defeating Kenichi Hanai. After losing to Horiguchi, he partnered with Horiguchi as the Surfing Brothers for his final two appearances in Toryumon X. The next month, Tanizaki made the jump to Toryumon Japan as a part of El Numero Uno 2004. When Toryumon Japan became, Dragon Gate in July 2005, Tanizaki was the only Toryumon X graduate to fully integrate into Dragon Gate (prior to KAGETORA in 2009.) Due to his relationship with Horiguchi, appealed to join Magnum TOKYO's Do FIXER stable. Magnum agreed provided that Tanizaki won one match out of a 10 mat ...
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Ryuichi Kawakami
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Gleat and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2009-present) Kawakami is known for his work in various promotions. He participated at the ''BJW/CZW CZW Arena In Japan ~ BJW For MASADA'', an cross-over event between Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) from January 5, 2014 where he teamed up with Kazuki Hashimoto to defeat Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takayuki Ueki. At ''BJW Endless Survival 2019'' on May 5, an event produced in partnership with All Japan Pro Wrestling, he teamed up with Kazumi Kikuta and defeated Sweeper ( Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto) to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship. At ''BJW/ZERO1/2AW 3 Groups Joint Performance'', an event produced by BJW in partnership with Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Active Advance Pro Wrestling on August 11, 2020, Kawakami teamed u ...
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Hikaru Sato
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, better known by the ring name . Sato started his MMA career in February 2000, fighting for Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. During the next eight years, Sato fought, on average, five times a year, compiling a record of 18 wins, 19 losses and four draws, which included fights against the likes of Keiichiro Yamamiya, Nathan Marquardt, Ryo Chonan and Yushin Okami. In May 2008, Sato transitioned into the world of professional wrestling, when he was signed by the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion. He has since had ten MMA fights. In November 2010, Sato first became a triple crown trios champion with Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga and then also won DDT's top singles title, the KO-D Openweight Championship. Sato remained affiliated with DDT until January 2014. He is currently working for the All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, where he is a former two-time World Junior Heavyweight Champion and four-time All Asia Tag Te ...
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