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 o ...

, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the

professional wrestling promotions A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling that has little relationship to the rules of the amateur olympic form. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails manag ...

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

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. ...

(Zero1).

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2016–present)

Nomura is known for his tenures with various promotions. He participated at the '' Lion's Gate Project'', a developmental branch of professional wrestling promotion

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a Puroresu, Japanese professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, 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 ...

(NJPW) which hosted its sixth event on June 15, 2017, where he teamed up with Dinosaur Takuma in a losing effort to

Hiroyoshi Tenzan is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name . With Satoshi Kojima, in 2008, they won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the ...

and

Tiger Mask is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's ''Bokura Magazine'' from 1968 to 1970 and was later published in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1970 to ...

. At the ''Toshiwasure! Shuffle Tag Tournament 2020'', a one-night event promoted by

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) in partnership with BJW, Nomura teamed up with

Konosuke Takeshita is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to both All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in the United States and DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) in Japan. Takeshita was named the Rookie of the Year by '' Tokyo Sports'' in 2013 and is the youngest KO-D ...

and obtained a victory over the team of Akira Hyodo &

Makoto Oishi is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). Oishi started his career in Kaientai Dojo, where he became a Strongest-K Tag Team, Independent World Junior Heavyweight and UWA World Middleweight Champion ...

but fell short to

Harashima Harashima (stylised in all capital letters) (born July 6, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling (formally Dramatic Dream Team), where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a current ...

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 semi-finals.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–2021)

Nomura made sporadic appearances in

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). At ''AJPW AJ Phoenix Vol. 5'', on October 25, 2016, he teamed up with Kazumi Kikuta and defeated NEXTREAM ( Naoya Nomura and

Yuma Aoyagi is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is part of the stable Nextream. He is a two time AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion, as well as a AJPW World Tag Team Champion. He is also the older brother ...

). On the first night of the ''AJPW New Year Wars 2021'', on January 2, he teamed up with Fuminori Abe as Astronauts and defeated

Ikuto Hidaka (born August 5, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Hidaka was the regular partner of Minoru Fujita, with whom he has held the Zero1-Max International Lightweight Tag Team and Intercon ...

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 AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, as well ...

Pro Wrestling Noah (2017)

Nomura participated in the ''

N-1 Victory The Global League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah, established in 2010. In 2019, the Global League was rebranded as the N-1 Victory. The Global League adopts a points system, with two points f ...

'' event of

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 ...

(Noah), marking appearances in several tag team matches outside of the proper tournament. On the twelfth night from November 11 2017, 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 ...

in a losing effort to

Naomichi Marufuji (born September 26, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), ...

and

Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler ...

. Three night later, on November 14, he teamed up again with Sekimoto, this time falling short to Sugiura and

Go Shiozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion where he is the former GHC Heavyweight Champion in a record breaking fifth reign. He made his debut for the promotion in July 2004 and remained with it unti ...

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–present)

Nomura made his professional wrestling debut in

(BJW), on the third night of the 2016 edition of the Ikkitousen Strong Climb tournament which took place on March 19, 2016, where he went in a time-limit draw against Toshiyuki Sakuda in an

exhibition match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

. On a house show from February 23, 2021, Nomura and his ''Astronauts'' tag team partner Fuminori Abe recaptured the

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 ...

from Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami. Nomura participated in several signature events promoted by BJW such as the Saikyo Tag League, making his first appearance at the 2016 edition, where he teamed up with

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 ...

, placing themselves in the Strong Style Block, finishing with no points after competing against the teams of

Kohei Sato is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted with Pro Wrestling Zero1. Sato is also a former mixed martial artist. Career A former judoka and amateur wrestler, Sato made his transition to mixed martial arts after meeting Kazunari Murakami and ...

and

Shuji Ishikawa is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, World Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2017 Champion Carnival. Ishikawa is also known f ...

and

, and Speed Of Sounds ( Tsutomu Oosugi and

Hercules Senga is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by his ring name . He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit and as a regular in both Michinoku Pro Wrestling (Michinoku Pro) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). P ...

). Two years later, at the 2018 edition of the event, he teamed up with his Astronauts tag team partner Fuminori Abe, placing themselves in the Strong Style Block, scoring a total of four points after competing against the teams of

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 ...

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 ...

, Ryuichi Kawakami and Kazumi Kikuta,

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,

and

, and

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. He took part in other sporadic tournaments of the promotion such as the '' BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament'' from 2017, where he finished the block with a total of four points after competing against

, Shinobu,

, Toshiyuki Sakuda and Yuya Aoki. The event determined the inaugural BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion. Nomura made his first appearance in 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. ...

event, at the 2018 edition, where he placed himself in the Block A, and scoring a total of two points after competing against

and Yuya Aoki.

Championships and accomplishments

BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship The is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Japanese Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. It is one of two heavyweight championships promoted by BJW, the other being the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championshi ...

( 1 time) :*

( 3 times, current) – with Fuminori Abe :*

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 Yoshihisa Uto *

Japan Indie Awards The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out annually since 2007 by the program '' Indie no Oshigoto'', broadcast on the Fighting TV Samurai TV channel. Unlike the more widely publicized and recognized ...

:* Best Bout Award (2021) vs.

on October 18 :* Newcomer Award (2016) *

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 ...

Iron Fist Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the Pro-Wrestling Basara professional wrestling promotion, promotion, a former DDT Pro-Wrestling sub-brand before it became an independent prom ...

( 1 time) – with Fuminori Abe *''

Pro Wrestling Illustrated ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publi ...

'' :* Ranked No. 350 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

PWI 500 ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publi ...

'' in 2017 *''

Wrestling Observer Newsletter The ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON'') is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four W ...

'' :* Ranked No. 5 of the top 10 '' Rookie Of The Year'' wrestlers in 2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nomura, Takuya 1993 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers Iron Fist Tag Team Champions BJW Tag Team Champions BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champions Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champions