Kota Minoura (箕浦康太, Minoura Kōta) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion…
Kota Minoura (箕浦康太, Minoura Kōta) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Twin Gate Champion and Open the Triangle Gate Champion.
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Famous People from Gifu Prefecture
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Yuto Nakashima (中島佑斗, Nakashima Yūto; born January 7, 1997) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New…
Yuto Nakashima (中島佑斗, Nakashima Yūto; born January 7, 1997) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he performs under the ring name Yuto-Ice. He is a member of the Unbound Co. stable and is one-half of the Knock Out Brothers with stablemate Oskar. With Oskar, he is one-half of the current IWGP Tag Team Champions in their second reign as a team, and also one-third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with Oskar and Jeff Cobb. Known for his martial arts background, he has competed internationally, including notable appearances in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).
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Shun Watanabe (渡辺俊, Watanabe Shun) (born May 30, 1996), known by the ring name Shun Skywalker (シュン・スカイウォーカー, Shun…
Shun Watanabe (渡辺俊, Watanabe Shun) (born May 30, 1996), known by the ring name Shun Skywalker (シュン・スカイウォーカー, Shun Sukaiwōkā), is a Japanese luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler). He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of House of Torture and the current NJPW World Television Champion in his first reign. He is best known for his ten-year tenure with Dragongate. Watanabe is also best known for his work in international promotions such as International Wrestling Revolution Group (IRWG), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Toryumon Mexico and Major League Wrestling (MLW). He has also made appearances for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro-Wrestling Noah (NOAH).
Yuki Yoshioka (吉岡有紀, Yoshioka Yūki) (born September 14, 1994) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to…
Yuki Yoshioka (吉岡有紀, Yoshioka Yūki) (born September 14, 1994) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragongate. He is a former Open the Dream Gate Champion.
Neko Nitta (新田猫子, Nitta Neko) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and is best known for her tenure with the…
Neko Nitta (新田猫子, Nitta Neko) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotion Ice Ribbon where she is a former Triangle Ribbon Champion.
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Naofumi Yamamoto (山本 尚史, Yamamoto Naofumi; born August 1, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by…
Naofumi Yamamoto (山本 尚史, Yamamoto Naofumi; born August 1, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Yoshi Tatsu. Yamamoto started his professional wrestling career under his real name in October 2002 with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he remained until 2007, when he signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In 2009, Yamamoto left WWE's developmental territory to join the promotion's main roster under the ring name Yoshi Tatsu (ヨシ・タツ, Yoshi Tatsu). After his release from WWE in June 2014, Yamamoto returned to NJPW the following October, performing under the tweaked ring name Yoshitatsu (ヨシタツ, Yoshitatsu). Following his departure from NJPW in late 2017, Yamamoto became a freelancer, and started working most notably for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), who he signed full time for between 2020 and 2023.
Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至, Tanahashi Hiroshi; born November 13, 1976) is a Japanese sports executive, podcaster and…
Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至, Tanahashi Hiroshi; born November 13, 1976) is a Japanese sports executive, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he serves as the president and representative director, whilst also wrestling for them from 1999 until 2026. Hiroshi Tanahashi has held 26 championships in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), including a record eight reigns as IWGP Heavyweight Champion and three as IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion. His other titles include two IWGP Intercontinental Championships, one NJPW World Television Championship, three IWGP Tag Team Championships, one NEVER Openweight Championship, six NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships, and two IWGP U-30 Openweight Championships. Tanahashi won the G1 Climax tournament three times, in 2007, 2015, and 2018, and the New Japan Cup twice, in 2005 and 2008. He was also the fourth wrestler to complete NJPW's Triple Crown and the second to achieve its Grand Slam. Through NJPW's working agreements with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Pro Wrestling NOAH, Ring of Honor (ROH), All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Revolution Pro Wrestling, Tanahashi has also held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the CMLL Universal Championship, GHC Tag Team Championship, and the RevPro British Heavyweight Championship. Between NJPW, CMLL, Noah, ROH and RevPro, he has 27 championship reigns. When Tanahashi was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in 2013, Dave Meltzer stated that "you could make a strong case for him as the best in-ring performer in the business today", adding that he was "the leading star in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's comeback from being in terrible shape a few years back to being the No. 2 pro wrestling company in the world". Readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter named Tanahashi as the best wrestler of the 2010s in March 2020.
🎓 Ritsumeikan University🏫 Ogaki Nishi High School📅 Born November 13🎂 Born 1976📍 From Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture💼 Wrestler💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Kanji Ichikawa (市川 寛二, Ichikawa Kanji; born October 12, 1974), better known by his stage name "Hollywood" Stalker…
Kanji Ichikawa (市川 寛二, Ichikawa Kanji; born October 12, 1974), better known by his stage name "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa (“ハリウッド”ストーカー市川, “Hariuddo” Sutōkā Ichikawa), is a Japanese retired professional wrestler he is best known tenure for Dragon Gate.
Shinya Hashimoto (橋本 真也, Hashimoto Shin'ya; July 3, 1965 – July 11, 2005) was a Japanese professional wrestler…
Shinya Hashimoto (橋本 真也, Hashimoto Shin'ya; July 3, 1965 – July 11, 2005) was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter and actor. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in the mid-1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s. He is one of three wrestlers (the others being Keiji Mutoh and Satoshi Kojima) that have held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and is an overall five-time world champion.
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