, better known by his

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projectin ...

Gota Ihashi, is a Japanese

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

currently working for the Japanese

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(DDT).

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2006–present)

Ihashi had been sporadically wrestling in

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as a comedy “fat clone” of

Kota Ibushi is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), but is currently inactive due to suffering a shoulder injury. In March 2021, he became the company's inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion b ...

for quite a long time before being officially introduced in the roster in June 2009. His first

professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

match took place at ''DDT Kota Ibushi Produce - Beer Garden Fight 8/8'' on August 8, 2006, where he teamed up with Poco Takanashi and Tanomusaku Toba and lost to

, Kudo and Chōun Shiryu in a

six-man tag team match Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder ...

. He participated in one of the longest matches in

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 (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 Nagasak ...

, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Great Kojika,

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, Abdullah Kobayashi, and the winner of the match, Jun Kasai.

Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro Wrestling (2009–present)

During his tenure with DDT, Ihashi won various titles such as the King of Dark Championship, a title which was awarded to the loser of the match, which he first won at ''Saitama Super DDT 2015'' on February 15, where he lost a

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

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with DJ Nira against Hiroshi Fukuda and Hoshitango, with Fukuda pinning Ihashi, therefore "branding" him to be the inaugural champion. At ''Road to Ryōgoku in Hiroshima'' on May 26, 2013, he teamed up with

and

as Golden☆Rendezvous～ to defeat Monster Army (Antonio Honda,

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and Yuji Hino) for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On May 22, 2016 at ''DDT Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 3 ~Hana Mo Hana Nare Hito Mo Hito Nare~'', Ihashi teamed up with a returning

to win a luxury prize tag team rumble match also involving teams such as Kat-Too (

Makoto Oishi is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). Oishi started his career in Kaientai Dojo, where he became a Strongest-K Tag Team, Independent World Junior Heavyweight and UWA World Middleweight Champio ...

and Shunma Katsumata), Atsushi Maruyama and Joey Ryan or

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and Masa Takanashi. Ihashi is a former multiple-time

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, title which he last won two times, at ''DDT Saitama Slam! Vol. 16'' on November 26, 2016 by defeating Kazuki Hirata and Nobuhiro Shimatani. Ihasi participated in a

Ten-person tag team match Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder ...

which took place at Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary on March 25, where he teamed up with Cherry, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango and Mad Paulie to defeat Mizuki Watase, Rekka, Gran MilliMeters (Daiki Shimomura and Nobuhiro Shimatani) and Takato Nakano. He worked with many other personalities in DDT. At ''Who’s Gonna Top?'' on September 29, 2019, he teamed up with

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 nam ...

and Hoshitango to face Disaster Box ( Kazuki Hirata and

Toru Owashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion and two time KO-D Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Initially ...

), and

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, match which ended in a no-contest. At ''DDT TV Show! #2'' on May 9, 2020, Ihashi battled

Konosuke Takeshita is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to both All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in the United States and DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) in Japan. Takeshita was named the Rookie of the Year by '' Tokyo Sports'' in 2013 and is the youngest KO ...

in a losing effort.

Championships and accomplishments

*Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling **BBW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with

* Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro Wrestling ** King of Dark Championship ( 6 times) **

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( 7 times) ** KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with

and

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ihashi, Gota 1983 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions King of Dark Champions KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions