DJ Nira

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DJ Nira
Niigata, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)DJ Nira
Mad Dog Nira
Date Masamune
Baka Michinoku
The Great Nira
Billed height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Billed weight75 kg (165 lb)
Trained byTaka Michinoku
Debut2002

DJ Nira (DJニラ, Dī Jē Nira, lit. "DJ

Kaientai Dojo.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2002–present)

As a freelancer, he is known for working with various promotions. At the 5th Anniversary of NEO Women's Pro Wrestling on May 5, 2005, Nira took part in one of the longest matches in

Kaientai Dojo (2002–2017)

Nira made his professional wrestling debut on April 20, 2002, at K-DOJO First Impression, an event promoted by

Apple Miyuki and Maya to unsuccessfully challenge Psycho in a 3-on-1 handicap match.[7] At K-DOJO Club-K Free on November 3, 2004, he competed in a 28-man battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the Strongest-K Championship also involving Gentaro, Hi69, Taka Michinoku, Quiet Storm and others.[8]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2004–present)

Nira is best known for his tenure with

DDT in partnership with Kaientai Dojo and Big Japan Pro Wrestling on October 14 where he teamed up with Ryuji Ito to beat Masa Takanashi and Ryuichi Sekine.[10]

He worked in many of the promotion's signature events. One of them is

Peter Pan 2009 from August 23 where he competed in this kind of match also involving Toru Owashi, Giru Nakano, Yumiko Hotta, Riho and others.[11] Two years later at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 on July 24, Nira competed in another rumble rules match again involving notable opponents such as Yuzuki Aikawa, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Emi Sakura and Cherry.[12] At Budokan Peter Pan on August 18, 2012, Nira defended the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in the rumble match unsuccessfully in front of the winner Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Mio Shirai, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Ken Ohka and others.[13]

As for the

Poison Sawada Julie, Kazuhiro Tamura and others.[14] At Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, 2016, Nira teamed up with Dai Suzuki defeating Seiya Morohashi and Hoshitango. Morohashi was the King of Dark Champion but Nira did not take the title off him due to the "loss meaning successful defense" of the title rule.[15]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "DJ Nira • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DJ Nira/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "DJ Nira & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  4. ^ InternetArchive (May 5, 2005). "NEO - 2005/05/05 - 5th Anniversary Show GO, NEO, GO, GO! GO, NEO, GO!". archive.org. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Puroresu Central (May 8, 2005). "NOAH "Differ Cup Night 2" on 5/8/05". puroresucentral.com. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Purolove (September 11, 2005). "AJPW/RO&D "RO&D FESTIVAL ~ BOOYAA THE WORLD!", 11.09.2005 Tokyo Differ Ariake". purolove.com. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Baseball Magazine. 4/20 K-DOJO KAIENTAI-DOJO旗揚げ戦~K-first impression!~. wp.bbm-mobile.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  8. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 3, 2004). "Events Database » K-DOJO Club-K Free". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  9. . ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  10. ^ Purolove (October 14, 2013). "DDT/BJW/K-DOJO "SAPPORO PRO-WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2013 - BEER GARDEN PRO-WRESTLING", 14.10.2013 Sapporo Teisen Hall". purolove.com. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  11. ^ Extreme Party. DDT “両国ピーターパン” 8/23 両国国技館大会その4. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  12. ^ Extreme Party. DDT “両国ピーターパン2011~二度あることは三度ある~” 7/24 両国国技館大会その4. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  13. ^ Extreme Party. DDT “武道館ピーターパン~DDTの15周年、ドーンと見せます超豪華4時間SP!~” 8/18 日本武道館大会その5. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  14. ^ "DDT "Judgement 2009" 4/5 後楽園ホール大会". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  15. ^ Justin, Dylan (March 25, 2016). "DDT JUDGEMENT 2016 (MARCH 21) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  16. ^ Wrestling Titles (July 25, 2021). "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  17. ^ Wrestling-Titles.com. "International Wrestling Association Triple Crown Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

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