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Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship contested in Michinoku Pro Wrestling, where it is the primary singles title, and is strictly for Cruiserweight (professional wrestling), junior heavyweights. It was created on August 25, 2002, when Dick Togo defeated Tiger Mask IV, Tiger Mask in a round-robin tournament final. Title history A round-robin tournament took place to crown the inaugural tournament and the tournament took place between July 20 and August 25, 2002. The final took place at the 10th Anniversary Show of the promotion on July 25, where Dick Togo defeated Tiger Mask IV, Tiger Mask in the tournament final. Reigns Combined reigns As of , . See also *Michinoku Pro Wrestling *Tohoku Tag Team Championship References {{Michinoku Pro Wrestling Junior heavyweight wrestling championships Michinoku Pro Wrestling championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohiro Ishii
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is currently a double champion: being the Strong Openweight Champion in his first reign, and one-half of the current IWGP Tag Team Champions with Taichi in their first reign as a team (Ishii's second reign individually). He is a founding member of the now-defunct Chaos stable. He also makes additional appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Conglomeration. He is also known for his work with the independent Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (Riki Pro) promotion, where he worked backstage as the chairman. Though pushed for most of his career as an undercarder without any major championship wins, Ishii gathered a cult following, and in February 2013 was called "probably ne of themost underrated guys in the business" by Dave Meltzer of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter''. Ishii's status in NJPW finally began rising in early 2013, culminating in him w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Pro Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Osaka. The promotion was founded by Super Delfin on March 4, 1999 following his departure from Michinoku Pro Wrestling, and has been operated by Zeus (Japanese wrestler), Zeus since July 2021. Commonly associated with the comedy wrestling and lucha libre genres, Osaka Pro features a variety of masked wrestlers inspired by Osaka characters. History In January 1999, Super Delfin announced that due to disagreements with The Great Sasuke regarding the direction of Michinoku Pro Wrestling, he would be leaving the promotion alongside several wrestlers and backstage personnel. On March 4, he officially founded Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW) in his hometown of Osaka. Starting April 29, OPW produced their first tour, the Spicy Series 1999. The first event took place at the Namihaya Domenow the Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Domein Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Osaka and saw the team of Super Delfin, Masato Yakushiji and Naohiro Hoshikawa defeat Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the List of metropolitan areas in Japan, second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th-List of urban areas by population, largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Ōsaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaki Okimoto
(born May 21, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler from Neyagawa, Japan; he's a current member of the Michinoku Pro Wrestling roster as . He mainly uses a high-flying style. Career Toryumon (2002-2004) A former highschool amateur wrestler, Okimoto trained in the Último Dragón Gym and graduated in the 9th Toryumon school class term, debuting in Toryumon Mexico in 2002. He performed under the name of Small Dandy Fujii, a mini version of Toryumon Japan wrestler Sumo Dandy Fujii, and was a part of the Mini Crazy MAX stable along with SUWAcito and Mini CIMA. After a short individual participation in the ''Young Dragons Cup 2002'', where he was eliminated by Condotti Shuji at the first round, Small Dandy and SUWAcito competed at the ''Yamaha Cup'' tag tournament, taking out Henry III Sugawara and Naoki Tanizaki at the first round before falling to Sailor Boys ( Kei Sato and Shu Sato) at the second. Mini Crazy MAX developed a feud with Sailor Boys, led by Taiji Ishimori, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Oishi
is a Japanese professional wrestler 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, at one time holding all three titles simultaneously. In 2010, Oishi left Kaientai Dojo to become a freelancer, before making DDT his new home promotion in September 2011. Personal life Oishi became engaged to fellow professional wrestler Misaki Ohata on May 27, 2018. He married Ohata in January 2019. Their first child was born on 1 December 2019. Championships and accomplishments * Active Advance Pro Wrestling ** 2AW Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, current) – with Shiori Asahi * DDT Pro-Wrestling ** DDT Extreme Championship ( 1 time) ** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship ( 27 times) ** KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship ( 5 times) – with Danshoku Dino and Kensuke Sasaki (1), Aja Kong and Danshoku Dino (1), Mao and Shunma Katsumata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahaba, Iwate
is a town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 27,227, and a population density of 400 persons per km2 in 10,131 households. The total area of the town is . Geography Yahaba is located in central Iwate Prefecture, bordered by Morioka city to the north, Shiwa town to the south and Shizukuishi to the west. Neighboring municipalities Iwate Prefecture *Morioka * Shiwa * Shizukuishi Climate Yahaba has a humid oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Yahaba is 10.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1341 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.6 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Yahaba has seen a long and steady increase over the past century. History The area of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strongest-K Championship
The Strongest-K Championship was the top singles title in Kaientai Dojo and was established in 2004. The holder of the title was referred to as the "Champion of Strongest-K". There have been a total of 27 reigns and one Glossary of professional wrestling terms, vacancy shared between 16 different champions. The final title holder was Ayato Yoshida. Title history Reigns Combined reigns , . {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Wrestler !No. ofreigns !Combineddefenses !Combineddays , - !1 , Kengo Mashimo , , 6 , , 34 , , 1,965 , - !2 , Yuji Hino , , 4 , , 9 , , 724 , - !3 , Taka Michinoku , , 2 , , 12 , , 549 , - !4 , Taishi Takizawa , , 2 , , 6 , , 534 , - !5 , Tank Nagai , , 2 , , 6 , , 356 , - !6 , Kazma Sakamoto, Kazma , , 1 , , 5 , , 301 , - !7 , Joe , , 1 , , 3 , , 276 , - !8 , Kaz Hayashi , , 1 , , 2 , , 121 , - !9 , Isami Kodaka , , 1 , , 2 , , 113 , - !10 , Daisuke Sekimoto , , 1 , , 3 , , 83 , - !11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) is a professional wrestling world Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling, contested exclusively among Cruiserweight (professional wrestling), junior heavyweight (<) wrestlers. It was created on July 31, 1986, when Hiro Saito defeated Brad Armstrong (wrestler), Brad Armstrong in a tournament final. The original World Junior Heavyweight Championship belt had a similar design to the title it replaced, the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, which had been around since 1982 and only replacing the word "International" with "World". This belt was replaced with a new belt on August 27, 2017. On June 3, 2019, then-champion Atsushi Aoki died in a motorcycle accident and the belt was retired and given to Aoki's family. A new belt with a new design debuted on January 3, 2020. There have been a total of 40 recognized champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaientai Dojo
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Professional wrestling in Japan, Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of Professional wrestling in Japan, puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling, and martial arts. The promotion was originally called Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO for short). This style was largely contributed to by Taka Michinoku and is gaining popularity in Japan and abroad. K-DOJO is also heavily influenced by American-style wrestling and places a large amount of importance on presentation. For instance, each Club-K 3000 show that K-DOJO runs is equipped with a large screen near the entrance gate, similar to the Titantron, where a short introductory vignette is played during each wrestler's entrance and where the crowd can follow the action on-screen. They had a home building that doubles as their training facility, Chiba Blue Field, where all o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiwa, Iwate
is a Towns of Japan, town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 32,147 across 11,368 households, and a population density of 134 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Shiwa is located in central Iwate Prefecture, in the Kitakami River basin, south of the prefectural capital of Morioka. The Sannōkai Dam is located in Shiwa. Neighboring municipalities Iwate Prefecture *Hanamaki, Iwate, Hanamaki *Morioka, Iwate, Morioka *Shizukuishi, Iwate, Shizukuishi *Yahaba, Iwate, Yahaba Climate Shiwa has a humid oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Shiwa is 10.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1326 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.3 °C. Demographics Per Japanese ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapporo
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2023, the city has a population of 1,959,750, making it the largest city in Hokkaido and the largest north of Tokyo. It is the List of cities in Japan, fifth-most populous city in Japan and is Hokkaido's cultural, economic, and political center. Originally a plain sparsely inhabited by the indigenous Ainu people, there were a few trade posts of the Matsumae clan, Matsumae domain in the area during the Edo period. The city began as an administrative centre with the establishment of the Hokkaidō Development Commission, Hokkaido Development Commission headquarters in 1869. Inspired by the ancient cities of Kyoto and Heijō-kyō, it adopted a grid plan and developed around Odo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
