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 ...

and former

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

working for various Japanese

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such as

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(DDT) and

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Professional wrestling career

Incependent circuit (1997–present)

Ichimiya 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 ''WAR 5th Anniversary of WAR & 10th Anniversary of the Tenryu Revolution'', an event produced by Wrestler Association-R on July 6, 1997, where he teamed up with

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and

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to defeat

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, Takashi Okamura and

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in a

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. On March 6, 1998, he competed at ''IWA Japan FUTURE TRIAL TOUR’98'', an event produced by

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, where he teamed up with

in a losing effort to

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and Takeshi Sato. On January 25, 2003, Ichimiya teamed up with Masao Orihara,

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, Ofune and Goemon in a losing effort to

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and Bad Boy Hido in a ten-person tag team match which took place at ''Battle Decisive East vs. West'', a freelance event. His last known match was at

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's ''Suwamachi Revitalization Vol. 9'' event from October 30, 2016, where he defeated Fuminori Abe under the name of Ichiba Shin "Ichi".

Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro Wrestling (2002–present)

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and Takashi Sasaki in a tournament final for the vacant titles. Ichimiya participated in a 14-person battle royal for the

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, appearing two times under the

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 projecting ...

of Giru Nakano and Keigi Mutoh parodies of the real wrestlers

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and

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, competing against many popular wrestling figures such as the winner

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and

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at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2009 on August 23. He won the

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at ''DDT Dead Or Alive 2003'' on October 26 by defeating Takashi Sasaki in a chain deathmatch.

Professional wrestling persona

Throughout his career, Ichimiya has used many

ring names Ring may refer to: * Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry * To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell :(hence) to initiate a telephone connection Arts, entertainment and media Film and ...

that were parodies of real wrestlers. Those names were usually based on

word play Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonet ...

and included the

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(''gi''), meaning "fake". Once

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, some of those names can be indistinguishable from the real names. Those ring names included: * * * * * * * * *

Mixed martial arts career

Ichimiya debuted as a

as a

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...

at Deep: 6th Impact , on September 7, 2002, falling short to Kazuki Okubo by way of

armbar An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint or shoulder joint. An armlock that hyper-extends the arm is known as an armbar, and it includes the traditional armbar, pr ...

. At Deep: 7th Impact, he scored the first draw of his career against Azteca. Hos last known contest was a loss against Hidehisa Matsuda by way of a

rear-naked choke The rear naked choke (RNC) is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. The word "naked" in this context suggests that, unlike other strangulation techniques found in jujutsu/judo, this hold does not require the use of a keikogi ...

at Deep: 10th Impact from June 25, 2003. His final record of the career was (0-2-1).

Mixed martial arts record

, - , Loss , align=center, 0–2–1 , Hidehisa Matsuda , Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) , Deep: 10th Impact , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:39 ,

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, , - , Draw , align=center, , Azteca , Draw (unanimous) , Deep: 7th Impact , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , Kazuki Okubo , Submission (armbar) , Deep: 6th Impact , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:41 ,

Championships and accomplishments

WEW World Tag Team Championship The WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) World Tag Team Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and World Entertainment Wrestling and currently con ...

( 1 time) – with

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* Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro-Wrestling :*

( 20 times) :*

( 1 time) :*

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( 1 time) – with

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* :*

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( 1 time) – with Daisuke and Yuri Urai *

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( 1 time) – with

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ichimiya, Shoichi 1969 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions KO-D Tag Team Champions KO-D Openweight Champions