(born June 16, 1969) is a Japanese

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. Orihara is known by his career in numerous Japanese promotions such as

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, Wrestle Association R, Battlarts and Dramatic Dream Team.

Professional wrestling career

Orihara was trained in the

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Dojo under Genichiro Tenryu's tutelage. When Tenryu left for Super World of Sports, Orihara and others followed him to the new promotion. In 1992, Orihara was sent to

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, where he learnt the high-flying lucha libre style and wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as Iga, a masked

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character. Upon his return to SWS, now named Wrestle Association R, Masao showed his new style and competed in memorable cruiserweight bouts with Ultimo Dragon, with whom he formed a long friendship. After the WAR demise, Orihara landed in

, where he became Sasuke the Great, a The Great Sasuke copycat. Orihara formed a tag team with Takeshi Ono (who competed as Masked Tiger) and feuded with Sasuke and Tiger Mask. Alongside their work in Michinoku Pro, Orihara and Ono became a mainstay team on Battlarts. In 1999, Orihara competed in

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and Dramatic Dream Team. Currently, Orihara is a part of Satoru Sayama's Real Japan Pro Wrestling and Tenryu Project.

Championships and accomplishments

* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre :*CMLL Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Nosawa * Dramatic Dream Team :*

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( 1 time) *Guts World Pro-Wrestling :*GWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masked Mystery :* GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship (

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) – with Dick Togo and Ryan Upin (1), Amigo Suzuki and Ryan Upin (1) *

:*Apex of Triangle Championship (1 time) – with Takeshi Ono and Cow Cow :*Futaritabi Tag Team League (2003) – with Dick Togo *Mobius :*Apex of Triangle Championship (4 times) – with Dick Togo and Buho Mochero (2),

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and El Jalapeño (2) *'' Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' :*PWI ranked him # 47 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000 * Real Japan Pro Wrestling :* Legend Championship ( 1 time) * Tenryu Project :* Tenryu Proyect International Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) :* Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (

) – with Black Tiger V (1) and Hiroki (1, current) *'' Tokyo Sports'' :* Rookie of the Year (1991) * Universal Wrestling Association / Universal Wrestling Federation :* UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with The Great Sasuke *Wrestling Entertainment Wrestling :*Apex of Triangle Championship (1 time) – with Dick Togo and Kintaro Kanemura * Wrestling and Romance :*

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( 1 time) *''

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'' :* Best Wrestling Maneuver (1991) Moonsault to the outside of the ring

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orihara, Masao Japanese male professional wrestlers 1969 births Living people People from Gunma Prefecture 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers KO-D Openweight Champions International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Champions