Yasu Urano
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is a
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currently working as a
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. He is best known fot his tenures with
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(DDT) and
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promotions.


Professional wrestling career


Independent circuit (2001-present)

Although some sources state that Urano had his first
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match on November 19, 2000, the first documented one was at a
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of the
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promotion from January 11, 2001, where he defeated Hiroki. He is known for his early tenure with
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where he wrestled in 2001 at events such as the ''FMW Super Dynamism 2001'' from August 11 where he teamed up with Tomokazu Morita in a losing effort to Naohiko Yamazaki and
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. He wrestled a match for
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at ''Pro-Wrestling ACE Vol. 6'' event on July 2, 2017, where he defeated Andromeda Ken. He wrestled a match for
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at ''Ice Ribbon Tax Pro Wrestling Vol. 5 '' on February 21, 2021, where he teamed up with Ram Kaicho and Onryo, falling short to Fuminori Abe, Koju Takeda and Taro Yamada in a six-man intergender tag team match. At ''2AW Fujita Pro Wrestling School Performance ~ Winter Special Lesson 2020'' on February 15, Urano teamed up with
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and Yuma to defeat Kyu Mogami, Shu Asakawa and
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.


Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro Wrestling (2006-present)

Urano participated at ''
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'' on August 18, 2012, where he competed in 5 vs. 5 Soccer match, where he teamed up with
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,
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, Tanomusaku Toba and Yoshiko as ''Akira-waku FC'' and lost score 2–2 (2–0 on penalties) against ''Tonkatsu SC'' (
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,
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,
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, Tetsuya Endo and
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). At ''DDT Audience 2017'' on May 28, Urano unsuccessfully challenged
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for the
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. At ''DDT Sweet Dreams! 2017'' on January 29, he unsuccessfully challenged
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's
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for the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Urano teamed up with Takato Nakano and Takumi Tsukamoto at ''DDT BASARA 105 ~ Manji No Kitsune 2 Hikime ~'' on September 14, 2019 to defeat Sento Minzoku (Daiki Shimomura,
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and Ryuichi Sekine) to win the
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. Urano is a former multiple time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, title for which he latest competed at Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary in a gauntlet battle royal against the winner
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,
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, El Lindaman,
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and others.


Championships and accomplishments

* Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro-Wrestling :*
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( 6 times) :*
Jiyūgaoka 6-Person Tag Team Championship The was a six-person tag team title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dramatic Dream Team, today known as DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title, established in 2003, was named after the Jiyūgaoka neighborhood in Meguro. It has since bee ...
( 1 time) – with Kudo and
Antonio Honda is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . He is currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). He is the son of actor Tetsu Watanabe. Professional wrestling career Indepe ...
:*
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( 5 tmes) – with
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(2), Gentaro (1), Kudo (1) and
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(1) *
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:*
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 ...
( 1 time) – with Handsome Joe :*
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(
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) *
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:*
UWA World Tag Team Championship The UWA World Tag Team Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive unt ...
( 1 time) – with Hiroki *
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:*
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 pr ...
( 1 time) – with Takato Nakano and Takumi Tsukamoto


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Urano, Yasu 1976 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers People from Tokorozawa, Saitama 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions UWA World Tag Team Champions Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions Jiyūgaoka 6-Person Tag Team Champions KO-D Tag Team Champions Strongest-K Tag Team Champions UWA World Middleweight Champions