is a

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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 as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the

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Kaientai Dojo 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 that combines high-flying, technical wr ...

(K-Dojo).

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2008–present)

Sekine is known for his tenures with various promotions. He worked for

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, ...

(AJPW), making sporadic appearances starting with ''AJPW Chiba Extra Dream'' from March 16, 2013, where he competed in a losing effort against

Atsushi Aoki was a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as a wrestler, president of talent relations and head trainer at their dojo. Aoki began his career in Pro Wrestling Noah in 2005, where he went on to become a two ...

. At while later, on July 20, 2014, on the fourth night of the ''AJPW Summer Action Series 2014'' event, he fell short to

Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he also works as a backstage producer. Kanemaru is best known for his work in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he holds the records for the most reigns with the GHC ...

. He scored some notable participations in

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(W-1), where on the second night of the ''Wrestle-1 Tour 2017 Shining Winter'' from December 3, he competed in a 11-man royal rumble also involving

Kaz Hayashi is a Japanese professional wrestler known simply as . He is best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where in addition to being a wrestler for the promotion, he also served as the head booker for the company's junior heavyweight ...

Seiki Yoshioka , previously known as Seiki (stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, and a member of the ''Stinger'' stable, led by Yos ...

and

Masayuki Kono is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently working as a freelancer. He is best known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he is a former two-time Wrestle-1 Champion. Career All Japan Pro Wrestling (2003� ...

. On the same night, he teamed up with Daigoro Kashiwa in a losing effort to

Manabu Soya is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling. He previously lived in Canada training at the Can-Am Wrestling School under Scott D'Amore, working regularly for the Maximum Pro Wrestling promotion. He is c ...

and

Nosawa Rongai , better known by his ring names Nosawa and , (born December 17, 1976) is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions. Career Early career (19952004) Nos ...

. At ''Gatoh Move ChocoPro #83'', an event promoted by

Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling , lead=yes, often referred to simply as Gatoh Move is a Japanese ''Joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion established in 2012, by Emi Sakura. The promotion is most known for hosting shows in Tokyo at ''Ichigaya Chocolate Squar ...

(Gatoh Move) on January 23, 2021, he teamed up with Hagane Shinnou in a losing effort to

Mei Suruga is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) and Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (2018–present) Sur ...

and Baliyan Akki.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2008–present)

Sekine made his debut in

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 ...

(BJW) on April 30, 2009 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 in partnership with

(K-Dojo) where he teamed up with

Taishi Takizawa is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name . Trained by Taka Michinoku, Takizawa has spent most of his career working for his Kaientai Dojo promotion. From December 2011 to June 2012, Takizawa was signed to WWE, working in ...

in a losing effort to Atsushi Ohashi 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 ...

. He participated in one of the longest matches in

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 ...

history, a 108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between BJW,

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and K-Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as

Great Kojika , known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He co-founded the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Kojika is the oldest active Japanese wrestler as well as the one with the longest career, having debuted in 1963. He is als ...

Taka Michinoku (born October 26, 1973), better known by his ring name (with his first name usually stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for the ...

Kenny Omega Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name Kenny Omega, is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. Omega is an executive vice president of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in which he also performs. Omega is a former one-time ...

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 the winner of the match,

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 ...

. Sekine participated in the Saikyo Tag League multiple times. He made his first appearance at the 2014 edition of the event, teaming up with Saburo Inematsu and scoring a total of four points after going against the teams of

Ryuji Ito (born April 8, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Deathmatch division. He is well known for his death match style of wrestling. Career Big Japan Pro Wrestling (1999–present) It ...

and Abdullah Kobayashi,

Yuko Miyamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career in Wrestling Marvelous Future in August 2003, but later left the promotion and in 2004, signed with Dark Pro-Wrestling 666 (666). Miyamoto has since appeared in Big Japan Pro W ...

and

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 w ...

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 ...

and

Masato Inaba is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2007-present) Inaba made his professional ...

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

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 ...

, and

The Brahman Brothers and (both born on 5 July 1977) are identical twins and professional wrestlers better known by the ring names and and the team name . They are freelancers, currently working most notably for the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Michinoku Pro ...

. His last performance was at the 2020 edition of the event where he teamed up with Ryuji Ito and won the Deathmatch Block with a total score of ten points, towering the teams of Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto,

Masaya Takahashi Masaya Takahashi (高橋匡哉 ''Takahashi Masaya'', born October 14, 1986) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the deathmatch division. He is a former two-time BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion ...

and Kyu Mogami, Masashi Takeda and

Takumi Tsukamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2009–present) At ''BJW World Triangle Night In Korakuen'', a ...

Takayuki Ueki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Pro Wrestling Freedoms (Freedoms). Professional wrestling career Independent circ ...

and

Toshiyuki Sakuda is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014-present) As a freelancer, Saku ...

, Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka, and

Minoru Fujita (born September 5, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler who works as a freelancer. He is known for working at Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling. He is the current Super Asia Champion in his first reign. Career Fujita started in Big Japan Pro Wres ...

and Kankuro Hoshino. They fell short in the semi-finals against

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 Shinya ...

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 ...

. In the

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, he made his first appearance at 2015 edition starting with March 1, placing himself in the Block A and scoring a total of four points after going against

, Ryuji Ito, Kankuro Hoshino, Jaki Numazawa and Masaya Takahashi. His last presence was at the 2019 edition of the event, where in the A Block he scored a total of six points after competing against Isami Kodaka, Abdullah Kobayashi,

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, Ryuji Ito, Yuko Miyamoto and Yoshihisa Uto.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2008–2020)

Sekine regularly worked for DDT's sub-brand

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), making sporadic appearances in the promotion's signature events. At '' Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary'' on March 21, Sekine participated in a 12-man battle royal for a first contendesrhip contract for the

KO-D Openweight Championship The is a professional wrestling world openweight championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand division. It is one of CyberFight's top major world title ...

also involving the winner

Kazuki Hirata is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010-present) Hirata's first known match as a professional wrestle ...

Gorgeous Matsuno is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Gorgeous Matsuno, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2001–pres ...

Ken Ohka is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career Dramatic Dream Team (2001-present) Ohka made his professional wrestling debut on Dram ...

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 Championship, KO-D Openweight Champion and two time KO-D Tag Team Championship, KO-D Ta ...

and others. His last appearance at the '' DDT Judgement'' event was at '' Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary'' on February 17, where he teamed up with Daiki Shimomura as Sento Minzoku to defeat Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino.* Sekine also worked in the '' DDT Into The Fight'' events series. He made his first appearance at ''

Into The Fight 2016 Into The Fight 2016 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on February 28, 2016, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The event featured eight matches with three championships at stake and was h ...

'' on February 28, he teamed up with Isami Kodaka and picked up a win against Smile Squash (

Yasu Urano is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. He is best known fot his tenures with Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and Kaientai Dojo promotions. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2001-present) Although some ...

and Akito), Shuten-dōji (

Yukio Sakaguchi is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor and judoka, who is currently signed with DDT Pro-Wrestling and has fought and competed for World Victory Road, DREAM, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, Pancrase, Pro Wrestli ...

and

Masa Takanashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Takanashi was trained by Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and has worked for the promotion since his debut in September 2003, becoming a one-time KO-D Openweight Champion, a two-time ...

) and Team Dream Futures (

Keisuke Ishii is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Ishii also competes for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Professional wrestling career DDT (2008–pr ...

and

Soma Takao is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Takao has taken part in every edition of DDT's flagship annual event, Peter Pan, where he had a series of 13 stra ...

) in a Four-way tag team match. At '' Into The Fight 2018'' on February 25, Sekine teamed up with

Ryota Nakatsu is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro-Wrestling Basara. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–prese ...

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 ...

and unsuccessfully challenged Shuten-dōji ( Kudo, Yukio Sakaguchi and

Masahiro Takanashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Takanashi was trained by Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and has worked for the promotion since his debut in September 2003, becoming a one-time KO-D Openweight Champion, a two-time ...

) for the

KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling championship owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. The title was first announced during DDT's year-end event on December 23, 2012, becoming the promotion's fifth active title. The first champions were c ...

. Another popular event promoted by DDT where he competed was the

Ultimate Party 2019 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on November 3, 2019, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It was the first event under the DDT Ultimate Party, Ultimate Party chronology. The event featur ...

from November 3, where he dropped 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 ...

to Masahiro Takanashi. In 2020, when Basara split from DDT to become an independent company, he continued his tenure with it.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2011–2013)

Sekine worked for a brief period of time in

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...

(NJPW). At NEVER.9: Road To The Super Junior 2, he picked up a victory over

Takaaki Watanabe , better known by his ring name Evil (stylized as EVIL), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After debuting in NJPW in 2011, Evil competed in the United States on excursion, working for ...

in the first night from April 13, 2012. Two days later, on the semi-finals from April 15, he fell short to Nosawa Rongai who portraited the gimmick of

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. In a first-round match of the NEVER Tokyo SHIBUYA-AX: NEVER Openweight Championship Tournament which took place on November 15, 2012, he fell short to

Yoshi-Hashi is a Japanese professional wrestler. He currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as Yoshi-Hashi (stylized in all capital letters), where he is a former IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion alongside Hirooki Goto. As well as a former ...

. On the finals of the same event from November 19, he teamed up with

Daisuke Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where is a former two-time DDT Universal Champion. In addition to that, in DDT, he is also a former three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, one-time DDT Extreme Champion ...

and Hiro Tonai, unsuccessfully challenging Bushi,

Hiromu Takahashi (born December 4, 1989) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he is a member of the ''Los Ingobernables de Japón'' stable. Takahashi made his debut for NJPW on August 28, 2010, and worked ...

and

Kushida is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, better known by his mononymous ring name Kushida. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), as well as Impact Wrestling. He is best known for his tenure in NJP ...

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 ...

Championships and accomplishments

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 ...

( 1 time) – with

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 ...

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship The is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight in its DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand. Open to anyone, regardless of gender or DDT employment status, the championship is defended " 24/7", as i ...

( 1 time) :*

UWA World Trios Championship The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. Since then, the championship has been defended in various p ...

( 1 time) – with

and

Daiki Shimomura is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–present) Shimomura made his pr ...

:*Iron Fist Tag Team Tournament (2018) – with

Strongest-K Tag Team Championship The Strongest-K Tag Team Championship is a tag team championship in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, Kaientai Dojo. It has existed since 2005, and it is currently inactive. Reigns There are a total of 41 reigns and 3 vacancies, sha ...

(

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) – with

Kengo Mashimo is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW). His style is a combination of submission wrestling and hard, martial arts style strikes. Professional wrestling career Kengo Mashimo debuted in Pue ...

UWA World Middleweight Championship The UWA World Middleweight Championship (''Campeonato Mundial de Peso Medio UWA'' in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship originally created and sanctioned by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) fro ...

(

) :*

FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship The FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling from April 2000 until FMW closed in February 2002. The title was picked up by Big Japan Pro Wrestling that same ...

( 4 times) – with Kotaro Nasu (1), Saburo Inematsu (1) and

(2) *

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 ...

NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship The International Lightweight Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1, contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (<)

( 1 time) – with Ryota Nakatsu

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sekine, Ryuichi 1988 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions Union Max Champions Strongest-K Tag Team Champions UWA World Middleweight Champions Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champions