is a
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
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 signed to
Gleat
Gleat (stylized as GLEAT) is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2020 by former Pro Wrestling Noah parent company Lidet Entertainment after the acquisition of Noah and DDT Pro-Wrestling by CyberAgent. Th ...
and is best known for his tenure with the
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
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* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
promotions 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, ...
(BJW) and
DDT Pro Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the promotion was eventually bo ...
(DDT).
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2009-present)
Kawakami is known for his work in various
promotions. He participated at the ''BJW/CZW CZW Arena In Japan ~ BJW For
MASADA
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'', an cross-over event 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 Nagasaki, ...
(BJW) and
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) is an American independent wrestling promotion. In 1998, John Zandig and five of his students, Ric Blade, T.C.K, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain, along with trainer Jon Dahmer, began to run professional wrestling sh ...
(CZW) from January 5, 2014 where he teamed up with
Kazuki Hashimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), competing in the Strong J division, where he is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Hashimoto enrolled in Animal Ham ...
to defeat
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 wre ...
and Takayuki Ueki. At ''BJW Endless Survival 2019'' on May 5, an event produced in partnership with
All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972 when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, ...
, he teamed up with Kazumi Kikuta and defeated Sweeper (
Jake Lee and
Koji Iwamoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his time in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Iwamoto has previously competed for DDT Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Heat Up. He is a former four time World Junior Heavyweight Championship (AJPW), AJP ...
) to win the
All Asia Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). It was created on November 16, 1955, in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA) when King Kong Czaya and Tiger Joginder Singh defeated JWA founder ...
.
At ''BJW/ZERO1/2AW 3 Groups Joint Performance'', an event produced by
BJW in partnership with
Pro Wrestling Zero1
(stylized as Pro Wrestling ZERO1), formerly known as Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max (stylised in all capital letters) and often referred to simply as Zero1, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001. I ...
and
Active Advance Pro Wrestling
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu
is the predominant style of profes ...
on August 11, 2020, Kawakami teamed up with Kazumi Kikuta and
Yuya Aoki in a losing effort to Okami (
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 Shiny ...
and
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 wre ...
) and
Hartley Jackson
Hartley Jackson (born 17 April 1980) is an Australian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) as a professional wrestler and head coach of their training dojo. The main body of his career has taken place in A ...
. He marked an appearance for
Pro Wrestling Noah
(stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left the ...
on the fourth night of the ''NOAH Higher Ground 2020'' from February 16, where he teamed up with
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 Heavyw ...
to defeat Kongo (
Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura).
Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2014)
Kawakami made several appearances for the
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
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** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
promotion
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Westside Xtreme Wrestling, commonly shortened to wXw, is a German professional wrestling promotion based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. wXw has been one of the leading professional wrestling promotions in Germany, and most of its event ...
(wXw) in his european tour. His first match for the promotion took place on January 18, 2014 at ''wXw Back To The Roots XIII'', where he teamed up with
Kazuki Hashimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), competing in the Strong J division, where he is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Hashimoto enrolled in Animal Ham ...
to unsuccessfully challenge Hot And Spicy (
Axel Dieter Jr.
Marcel Barthel (born 8 July 1990) is a German professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Ludwig Kaiser. He is a member of Imperium.
Before coming to WWE, Barthel wrestled primari ...
and
Da Mack
Mac Yeboah (born 4 May 1987), better known by his ring name Da Mack, is a German professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).
Professional wrestling career Early career (2008–2013)
Da Mack made his d ...
) for the
wXw World Tag Team Championship
The wXw World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the German professional wrestling promotion, Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). The inaugural champions was Swi$$ Money Holding (Claudio C ...
. He even participated in the ''
16 Carat Gold Tournament 2014'', falling short to
Robert Dreissker in the first-round on March 14.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2008-2021)
Kawakami made his
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 o ...
debut at a
house show
A house show or live event is a professional wrestling event produced by a major promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in on the exposure that they and their wrestlers receive du ...
hosted by
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, ...
(BJW) on December 19, 2008, where he teamed up with
Yuji Okabayashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom ...
and Katsumasa Inoue, scoring a defeat against Atsushi Ohashi,
Shinya Ishikawa
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014)
Ishikawa is known for his ap ...
and
Yoshihito Sasaki
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his time with the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Zero1.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2001-2013)
Sasaki made ...
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 m ...
.
Kawakami is known for participating in signature events of the
promotion
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
such as the
Ikkitousen Strong Climb
Ikkitousen Strong Climb is a professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tournament held by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) with a span of two years to determine the best wrestler of BJW's Strong BJ division. The tournament was first held in 2014. ...
. At the
inaugural edition of the event from 2012, he took part of the Block A and scored a total of two points after competing against
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 Heavyw ...
,
Sami Callihan
Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, currently signed with Impact Wrestling and is a former Impact World Champion. He also wrestled for Luch ...
,
Yuji Okabayashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom ...
, Masashi Otani and
Takumi Tsukamoto.
Another event where he fought is the
Saikyo Tag League, making his first appearance at the
2011 edition of the event where he teamed up with
Shinya Ishikawa
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014)
Ishikawa is known for his ap ...
, placing themselves in the Block A, and scoring one point after competing against the teams of
Shadow WX
is a professional wrestler best known for his time in Big Japan Pro Wrestling under the ring name Shadow WX. He debuted in 1995 in IWA Japan and moved to Big Japan in 1996, where he became a protege of Mr. Pogo and won the BJW Deathmatch Heavy ...
and
Kankuro Hoshino
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his time with the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). He performs under the ring name .
Professional wrestling career Independ ...
,
Tommy End
Tom Budgen (born 19 May 1985) is a Dutch professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Malakai Black. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Aleister Black from 2017 ...
and Michael Dante,
Abdullah Kobayashi
, is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his ring name after Abdullah the Butcher, who was one of his trainers.
Professional wrestling career
He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in ...
and
Masashi Takeda
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Mixed Martial Arts, mixed martial artist, primarily working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division. Takeda also competes as a freelancer for ...
,
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 Heavyw ...
and
Yuji Okabayashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom ...
, and
Jun Kasai
(born September 9, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler, primarily competing for Pro Wrestling Freedoms. Dubbed the for his violent and often self-harmful style of hardcore wrestling, Kasai is considered a breakthrough talent in Japanese ...
and
Jaki Numazawa
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name . He currently wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Deathmatch division, where he has held the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship on one occasion.
Personal life
Numazaw ...
. His marked his best result at the
2018 edition after he teamed up with Kazumi Kikuta in the Strong Style Block and scoring a total of six points after competing against
Kazuki Hashimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), competing in the Strong J division, where he is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Hashimoto enrolled in Animal Ham ...
and
Yuya Aoki,
Takuya Nomura
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 Indep ...
and
Fuminori Abe
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Basara (Basara) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent ci ...
,
Hideki Suzuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). He previously wrestled in WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand under the ring name Hachiman as a member of Diamond Mine, and also worked as a coach at ...
and
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 Heavyw ...
,
Tatsuhiko Yoshino
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name , currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong J division, where he is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion. He was trained by Guts Ishijima and debuted f ...
and Kota Sekifuda,
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 Shiny ...
and
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 wre ...
, and
Ryota Hama
(born November 21, 1979) is a retired Japanese sumo wrestler and current professional wrestler, signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division.
Sumo career
Hama joined sumo in July 1995, and he fought for the Hakkaku stable ...
and
Yasufumi Nakanoue
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name , currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division, where he is the current BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion. He started his career in All Japan P ...
.
Kawakami participated in other notable
tournaments
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
hosted by
BJW. He won the ''2009 D-Dash Tag Team Tournament'' teaming up with
Shinya Ishikawa
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014)
Ishikawa is known for his ap ...
, defeating
Shigehiro Irie
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Irie has also competed for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and a number of North American inde ...
and Shun Kasagi in a
first-round match,
Masashi Takeda
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Mixed Martial Arts, mixed martial artist, primarily working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division. Takeda also competes as a freelancer for ...
and Takuma Obe in the semi-finals and
Yuji Okabayashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom ...
and Atsushi Ohashi in the finals on December 21. He also won the ''2013 Strong Style Rising Tournament'' by defeating
D. J. Hyde in the
first round
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, Masato Inaba in the quarter-finals,
Shinya Ishikawa
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014)
Ishikawa is known for his ap ...
in the semi-finals and
Yuji Okabayashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom ...
in the finals on June 5.
DDT Pro Wrestling/Pro Wrestling Basara (2013-2021)
Kawakami also works for the
Pro-Wrestling Basara
is a Japan, Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The promotion was founded in 2015 as a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling and was essentially a relaunch of :ja:ユニオンプロレス, Union Pro Wrestling, acqu ...
(Basara) branch of
DDT Pro Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the promotion was eventually bo ...
(DDT) under the name of Trans-Am★Ryuichi. His most notable victory was against Fuma a ''DDT Tavern Pro Wrestling: Alcohol Mania'' on March 23, 2017 when he captured the
Union Max Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion Pro-Wrestling Basara. The title was established in 2013.
History
Union Pro Wrestling was a promotion that was revived by DDT Pro-Wrestling ...
. He won the Heaven Summit Itadaki tournament from 2017 by defeating Fuma in the finals from July 5, 2017, match which was also for the
Union Max Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion Pro-Wrestling Basara. The title was established in 2013.
History
Union Pro Wrestling was a promotion that was revived by DDT Pro-Wrestling ...
. Kawakami placed himself in the Block A and scored a total of ten points against
Isami Kodaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). He originally started his career in the Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion in July 2002, but later left the promotion to become a freelancer, before signing wi ...
, Ryota Nakatsu, Sagat, Gouma Ryu and Smoke.
Gleat (2021-present)
Kawakami made his debut in the
Gleat
Gleat (stylized as GLEAT) is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2020 by former Pro Wrestling Noah parent company Lidet Entertainment after the acquisition of Noah and DDT Pro-Wrestling by CyberAgent. Th ...
promotion at ''GLEAT Ver. 1'' on July 1, 2021 where he picked up a victory against
T-Hawk.
Championships and accomplishments
*
All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972 when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, ...
**
All Asia Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). It was created on November 16, 1955, in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA) when King Kong Czaya and Tiger Joginder Singh defeated JWA founder ...
(
1 time) – with Kazumi Kikuta
*
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, ...
**
BJW Tag Team Championship
The is the top tag team title defended in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. The championship has been the leading tag team championship in the promotion since 1997. There have been a total of 57 reigns shared ...
(
1 time) – with Kazumi Kikuta
**
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling six-man tag team championship owned by the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. The title was created on August 4, 2012. As the name suggests, the title is usuall ...
(
2 times
"2 Times" is a song co-written and recorded by British Italian-based singer Ann Lee. It was released in 1999 as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999). The single entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Outside ...
) – with
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 Shiny ...
and
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 wre ...
(1) and
Shinya Ishikawa
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014)
Ishikawa is known for his ap ...
and
Yuji Okabayashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom ...
**
Strong Style Rising Tournament (2013)
**
D-Dash Tag Team Tournament (2009) – with
Shinya Ishikawa
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–2014)
Ishikawa is known for his ap ...
*
Gleat
Gleat (stylized as GLEAT) is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2020 by former Pro Wrestling Noah parent company Lidet Entertainment after the acquisition of Noah and DDT Pro-Wrestling by CyberAgent. Th ...
**
G-Infinity Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team championship in the Japanese promotion Gleat. The title is the first tag team title to be created by the promotion and the second overall. The title is currently vacant.
History
Gleat was founded in 2020 ...
(
1 time) – with
Kazma Sakamoto
Kazma Parmar Sakamoto (born 1 October 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler.
He originally started his career working for Kaientai Dojo in Japan, where he became a one-time Strongest-K Champion and a three-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champi ...
*Niigata Pro Wrestling
**Niigata Openweight Championship (1 time)
**Niigata Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kazumi Kikuta
*
Pro-Wrestling Basara
is a Japan, Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The promotion was founded in 2015 as a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling and was essentially a relaunch of :ja:ユニオンプロレス, Union Pro Wrestling, acqu ...
**
Union Max Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion Pro-Wrestling Basara. The title was established in 2013.
History
Union Pro Wrestling was a promotion that was revived by DDT Pro-Wrestling ...
(
1 time)
**Heaven Summit Itadaki (2017)
*
Tenryu Project
is an independent Japanese professional wrestling promotion. The promotion was founded by and is owned by puroresu legend Genichiro Tenryu, who has owned and operated it since its creation in 2010. The Tenryu project is the successor to Tenryu's ...
**
Tenryu Project 6-Man Tag Team Championship
The is a six-man tag team title contested for in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Tenryu Project. The title was established in Wrestle Association R (WAR) in 1994, the first title of its kind in Japan.
History Names
Inaugural tou ...
(
1 time) – with Buki,
Classic Kid and Heddi French
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kawakami, Ryuichi
1988 births
Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
Living people
Japanese male professional wrestlers
21st-century professional wrestlers
All Asia Tag Team Champions
Union Max Champions
Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Champions
BJW Tag Team Champions
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champions