is a Japanese

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best known for his time with the Japanese

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where he is a former

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2015–present)

Umeda is known for seldomly competing for various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. He competed in the 2015 edition of

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's Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League where he teamed up with Kudo and scored a total of two points after going against the teams of El Desperado and

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, Yoshinari Ogawa and

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and

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, and Captain Noah and

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. On the first night of the ''

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Super Power Series 2015'', from May 6, Umeda teamed up with Keisuke Ishii to defeat Xceed (

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DDT Pro-Wrestling (2014–2019)

Umeda made his

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debut in

on October 18, 2014, at ''DDT Dramatic Fanclub Vol. 1'', where he gell short to

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. He is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as the

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, making his first appearance at

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on August 23, where he teamed up with

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and

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in a losing effort against

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, Akito and

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as a result of a

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. At

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on August 28, he teamed up with

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and

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in a losing effort against

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and

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. At

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on October 21, he teamed up with Kazusada Higuchi and competed in a Gauntlet tag team match won by Shuten-dōji ( Kudo and

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) and also involving Mike Bailey and

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, Renegades (Mizuki Watase and Jason "The Gift" Kincaid),

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, and

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and

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. At

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on July 15, Umeda competed twice, first in a Singles match where he defeated

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, and secondly in a

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where he paired up with

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in a losing effort against Kazusada Higuchi and Ryota Nakatsu. At

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on August 20, he teamed up with

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and Keisuke Okuda in a losing effort against

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and Eruption (Yukio Sakaguchi and

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). Another branch of events in which Umeda competed is

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, in which he made his first appearance at Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, where he teamed up with

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and Mizuki Watase to defeat

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. At Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary, he teamed up with Yuki Ueno and Koju Takeda and defeated Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) to win the

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. At Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary on February 17, he teamed up with

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and Mizuki Watase to defeat

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, Pokotan and Kudo. As for the

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series, he made his first appearance at

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on February 28, where he teamed up with Mizuki Watase to defeat

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and

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in a match disputed for the

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. At

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on February 25, Umeda teamed up with Makoto Oishi and competed in a Tag team rumble rules match won by

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and Mao and also involving Yuki Ueno and Koju Takeda, T2Hii (

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and Kazuki Hirata), and Sanshiro Takagi and

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. At Into The Fight 2019 on March 21, he teamed up with

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and Naomi Yoshimura to defeat

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( Tetsuya Endo,

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and

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). In the

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, Umeda made his first appearance at the 2015 edition where he fell short to

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in the first rounds. At the 2016 edition, he fell short to

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in the first rounds. At the 2019 edition, Umeda fell short to Kazusada Higuchi again just in the first rounds.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) – with

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and

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**Maji Manji Tournament (2018) * Kyushu Pro-Wrestling **Kyushu Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Hitamaru Sasaki

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Umeda, Kota 1995 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers People from Kumamoto Prefecture Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture 21st-century professional wrestlers