|
Yuya Aoki (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). He is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion and Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2017–present) With a background in sumo, Aoki joined the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) dojo in April 2016 after being scouted by Yuji Okabayashi whilst in high school. He wrestled an exhibition match in November 2016 before making his official debut on January 17, 2017, in a losing effort against his mentor Okabayashi. In May, he joined BJW's newly established junior heavyweight division, ''Strong J'', and entered the tournament to crown the inaugural BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship. On June 4, Aoki scored his first singles win in a shocking upset against veteran Shinobu. Despite this, he would finish the tournament bottom of the standings having lost his four other matches. Having defeated the eventual champion Shinobu, he unsucc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests. History Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagasaki, during the boom period for Deathmatch wrestling in Japan. Kendo Nagasaki left in 1999; Shinya Kojika is still president of the company to date. The promotion followed in the footsteps of organizations such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING), and the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan), who helped popularise a hard-hitting, violent and bloody style of wrestling known as the Deathmatch, or in more recent years, "hardcore" wrestling. These matches are usually weapon filled, using both "conventional" weapons (such as chairs and tables), as well as "extreme" weapons not usually seen in mainstream wrestling, and previously unused in wrestling at all. These weapons inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka (wrestler, Born 1998)
, sometimes stylized as ASUKA, is the ring name of a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working as a freelancer and is best known for being with other wrestling promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave and Seadlinnng. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015–present) Asuka participated in a 50-person gauntlet match at OZ Academy/Manami Toyota Produce Manami Toyota 30th Anniversary, Manami Toyota's retirement show produced by Oz Academy on November 3, 2017, where she was the 19th person to get eliminated. She participated at ZERO1 Dream Series: Sozo no Jin, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 on March 4, 2018, where she teamed up with Takuya Sugawara to unsuccessfully challenge Masamune and Sugi for the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship. At Grow Together! 2021, an event promoted by Seadlinnng from March 17, Asuka defeated Rina Yamashita to win the vacant Beyond the Sea Single Championship. At ZERO1 20th Anniversary Series: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishing Group. The magazine is the longest published English language wrestling magazine still in production. ''PWI'' publishes bi-monthly issues and annual special issues such as their "Almanac and Book of Facts". The magazine recognizes various world championships as legitimate, similar to '' The Ring'' in boxing. ''PWI'' is often referred to as an "Apter Mag", named after its long-time photographer Bill Apter, a term used for wrestling magazines that keep kayfabe. In recent years, the ''PWI'' has moved away from reporting on storylines as actual news and mixed in editorial comments on the behind-the-scenes workings. Since 1991, ''PWI'' has been publishing its annual "Top 500 Wrestlers" listing the top male wrestlers in the world. In 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazumi Kikuta
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former BJW Tag Team Champion and Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015–present) Kikuta also checked freelance work, competing for various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At ''BJW/2AW Big Advance'', an event promoted by both BJW and Active Advance Pro Wrestling on March 5, 2022, Kikuta teamed up with Kazumasa Yoshida and Takuho Kato in a losing effort against Shu Asakawa, Taishi Takizawa and Takuro Niki. At ''BJW/DDT Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling 2022'', a co-promoted event between BJW and DDT Pro-Wrestling on December 31, 2022, Kikuta teamed up with Takuho Kato, Yuji Okabayashi and Kazumasa Yoshida in a losing effort against Cara Noir, Drew Parker, Konosuke Takeshita and Rickey Shane Page. Being a deathmatch wrestler, Kikuta competed at ''FREEDOMS Tono no Yabou'', an event promoted by Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Japanese Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. It is one of two heavyweight championships promoted by BJW, the other being the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship. The two titles symbolize the two sides of BJW; the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship the hardcore wrestling side and the World Strong Heavyweight Championship the strong style side. The title has a lower weight limit of . Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been nineteen reigns shared among eleven different wrestlers. Yuji Okabayashi is the current champion in his fourth reign. History On March 26, 2012, Yoshihito Sasaki defeated Daisuke Sekimoto in the finals to win the 2012 Ikkitosen Strong Climb tournament. Following his win, Sasaki requested that BJW establish a new championship that would symbolize the "strong" side of the promotion. BJW already had one hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Sekimoto
(born February 9, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He is also known for his appearances in Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max. He is a three-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, while also being a former one-time NWA Pan-Pacific Premium Heavyweight Champion, one-time wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion and a two-time Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion. Other major singles championships include the BJW Heavyweight Championship, the KO-D Openweight Championship and the Strongest-K Championship. Also a successful tag team wrestler, he has held the AJPW World Tag Team Championship three times, the All Asia Tag Team Championship two times, the BJW Tag Team Championship twelve times and the KO-D Tag Team Championship two times with his most successful tag team combination being with Yuji Okabayashi. Professional wrestling career Big Japan Pro Wrestling (1999–present) Daisuke Sekimoto made his professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Hyodo
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2016–present) Hyodo has worked as a freelancer for a small part of his career, competing in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. He made sporadic appearances for All Japan Pro Wrestling and one of his most notable ones took place on the eighteenth night of the Real World Tag League from December 8, 2019, where he teamed up with Daisuke Sekimoto and fell short to Jake Lee and Naoya Nomura. At ''DDT/BJW Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling'', a cross-over event between BJW and DDT Pro-Wrestling which took place on December 31, 2020, he teamed up with Makoto Oishi and competed in a shuffle tag team tournament in which they fell short to Konosuke Takeshita and Takuya Nomura two times in the same night. At ''2AW Tank Nagai Kanzen N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyoshi Kamitani
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Professional wrestling career Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2012–present) Kamitani made his professional wrestling debut in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) at a promotion's house show held on April 4, 2012, where he defeated Masashi Otani in an exhibition match. He would often participate at cross-over events held between Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) such as the ''New Year's Eve Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling 2012'' from December 31, where he teamed up with Tank Nagai and FUMA in a losing effort to Daisuke Sekimoto, Shuji Ishikawa and Yuji Hino. Another event of this kind was the ''BJW/CZW CZW Arena In Japan ~ BJW For MASADA'' from January 5, 2014, held in partnership with Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he teamed up with Takayuki Ueki, scoring a defeat against Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuichi Kawakami. At ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daichi Hashimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division, where he is a former two-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion and three-time BJW Tag Team Champion. He is the son of Shinya Hashimoto and started his career in his father's Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) promotion. Early life The oldest of three children, Daichi Hashimoto grew up around full-contact sports, as his father Shinya was a famous pro wrestler, alongside his "uncles" Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh. Since the sixth grade, Daichi took up karate, and was part of his middle school's MMA team, Blue Sky. When his father died in July 2005, Daichi decided he wanted to become a professional wrestler in order to honour his father's memory. In September 2009, he took part in his father's 25th Anniversary show, hosted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He competed in an exhibition kickboxing match against Satoshi Kobayashi. The match was declared a draw after two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuya Nomura (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the professional wrestling promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2016–present) Nomura is known for his tenures with various promotions. He participated at the '' Lion's Gate Project'', a developmental branch of professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) which hosted its sixth event on June 15, 2017, where he teamed up with Dinosaur Takuma in a losing effort to Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Tiger Mask. At the ''Toshiwasure! Shuffle Tag Tournament 2020'', a one-night event promoted by DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT) in partnership with BJW, Nomura teamed up with Konosuke Takeshita and obtained a victory over the team of Akira Hyodo & Makoto Oishi but fell short to Harashima and Yuji Okabayashi in the semi-finals. All Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–2021) Nomura made sporadic appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Hochi
, previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. Reports 19 September 1939: SS Scharnhorst The Hochi Shimbun newspaper was mentioned in an article in The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser on September 20, 1939 concerning the conversion of the SS Scharnhorst into the escort carrier Shin'yō by the Imperial Japanese Navy. See also *Hochi Film Award *Golden Spirit Award The Golden Spirit Award is given annually to the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", as voted on by members of th ... References External links * Daily newspapers published in Japan Sports newspapers published in Japan {{sports-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
