is a Japanese

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currently working as a

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and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese

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(DDT).

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2014–present)

Shimomura made his professional wrestling debut in Nukui Kusa Wrestling (nkw), on May 17, 2014, under the name Daiki (stylized DAIKI). He graduated from nkw in 2015. He is known for his work in various promotions. At ''K-DOJO Chiba Festival 2019'', an event promoted by

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(K-Dojo) on May 2, 2019, he teamed up with fellow Sento Minzoku stablemates

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and

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and unsuccessfully challenged Ayato Yoshida, Tank Nagai and Tatsuya Hanami for the

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. At ''Gatoh Move Gtmv #14'', an event promoted by

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on October 31, 2019, Shimomura teamed up with

in a losing effort to

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and

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Pro-Wrestling Basara (2020–present)

On January 1, 2020, the Basara brand officially split up from DDT and became an independent company. Shimomura stayed with the new company as a full time member. At ''BJW Osaka Surprise 53 ~ Zero Gravity 2021'' on August 8, Shimomura teamed up with

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and

to win the

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for the second time after defeating

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, Hub and Ultimate Spider Jr.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2015–2019)

In 2015, Shimomura became a trainee in DDT New Attitude (DNA), a developmental sub-brand of

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that ran from 2014 to 2018. He had his first match at ''DNA14'', a

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promoted by DDT on March 5, 2016 where he fell short to Kota Umeda. Shimomura is known for his appearances in various signature events of the promotion. One of them is the

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, working his first match at

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on August 28 where he teamed up with

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to defeat Kouki Iwasaki and

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. In 2017, Shimomura made his first appearance at a DDT Judgement event, at Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary on March 20 where he teamed up with Rekka and

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in a losing effort to Nobuhiro Shimatani,

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and Dai Suzuki. He marked his last Peter Pan appearance at

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on August 20 where he teamed up with Mizuki Watase, Rekka and

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to defeat

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, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Masato Kamino in an

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. In 2018, the DNA brand was retired and Shimomura was assigned to the Basara brand. At ''DDT/

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Produce DDT Collection'' on March 14, 2018, Shimomura participated in a 27-person battle royal in which the winner was granted the position of

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for one night. Shimomura came unsuccessfully in front of the winner

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and other notable participants such as

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, Akito,

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and others. At Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary, on March 25, he teamed up with Nobuhiro Shimatani as Gran MilliMeters, Mizuki Watase, Rekka, and Takato Nakano in a losing effort to Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango,

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and

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in a Ten-person tag team match. He marked his last Judgement appearance at Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary on February 17, where he teamed up with his fellow Sento Minzoku stablemate

to defeat Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino by

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. He also participated in the

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branch of events. His single appearance was at

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on November 3 where he teamed up with

, unsuccessfully challenging the champions

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(

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and

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), All Out (Akito and

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) and Iron Priest (Fuma and Yusuke Kubo) in a Four-way

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for the

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Championships and accomplishments

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( 2 times, current) – with

and

(1) and Isami Kodaka and

(1) *

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( 1 time) – with Isami Kodaka **Benmaru Tournament 0 (2018) **Iron Fist Tag Tournament (2020) – with Isami Kodaka

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimomura, Daiki 1998 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers People from Saitama Prefecture 21st-century professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions Iron Fist Tag Team Champions