Daiki Inaba

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Daiki Inaba
Keiji Mutoh
El Pantera
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Bobby Sharp
DebutMay 3, 2013

Daiki Inaba (稲葉 大樹, Inaba Daiki, born February 28, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently competes as a freelancer, majorly for Pro Wrestling Noah. He's best known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he was a two-time Wrestle-1 Champion, and the winner of the 2019 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix.[3] His nickname is Mad Dog and he currently works as a babyface (hero).[4]

Early career

Inaba participated in Amateur wrestling and Judo while attending college. After college, he continued his training while working for former New Japan Pro-Wrestling wrestler and medical trainer Takeshi Misawa's osteopathic clinic.[5]

Professional Wrestling career

AJPW/North American promotions (2012–2013)

In January 2012, Inaba successfully passed a public audition for

Keiji Muto.[4][6]

Wrestle-1 (2013–2020)

Inaba returned to Japan and made his debut for Wrestle-1 at the promotion's inaugural event Wrestle-1 Hataage Sen on September 8, 2013. In W-1's first ever match, he teamed with Hiroshi Yamato in a winning effort against Tokyo Gurentai (Mazada and Nosawa Rongai).[11]

On March 2, 2014, at Kaisen: Outbreak, Inaba teamed with Andy Wu and Hiroshi Yamato in a losing effort against Kazushi Miyamoto and Tokyo Gurentai (Mazada and Nosawa Rongai).[12] On March 15, Inaba competed in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship, which was won by Seiki Yoshioka.[13]

On July 29, 2016, Inaba along with Andy Wu and Seiki Yoshioka defeated

Lariat.[6]

On February 22, 2017, Inaba again won the UWA World Trios Championship, this time with Kohei Fujimura (who had recently joined Newera) & Yusuke Kodama. The three would hold the belt for 46 days, defending successfully once before losing them to Trigger representatives (Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo) & Kaz Hayashi.[17]

In 2018, Newera broke up after repeated infighting.

On July 2, 2019, Inaba won the Wrestle-1 Grand Prix, in his third attempt. He defeated Shotaro Ashino in the final and on September 1, 2019, at W-1 Pro-Wrestling Love In Yokohama 2019, Inaba defeated T-Hawk to become a two time Wrestle-1 Champion.[18] He would defend the title successfully against Kuma Arashi before losing it to Katsuhiko Nakajima of Pro Wrestling Noah on January 12, 2020.[6]

On February 21, 2020, Wrestle-1 announced it would be indefinitely suspended on April 1 and that all wrestlers would be immediately released from their contracts.[6] On March 15, Inaba and Koji Doi became the final Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions after defeating Shotaro Ashino & Yusuke Kodama. On April 1, Wrestle-1 held its to-date final show, Wrestle-1 Tour 2020 Trans Magic in Korakuen Hall, and Inaba was part of the winning team in an 8-man tag team match opposing Wrestle-1 executives Keiji Muto & Kaz Hayashi.[6] His W-1 Tag Team Championship was retired immediately afterward.

Freelancer (2020–present)

After finishing up with Wrestle-1, Inaba was now a freelancer. He appeared in Pro Wrestling Noah on their Noah New Hope show on May 31, challenging Kaito Kiyomiya after the main event.[19] On July 5, the two had a match, and Kiyomiya was victorious. Afterwards though, Kiyomiya agreed to team with him, and Inaba officially welcomed into Noah's Home Team, while not being a contracted wrestler.[20]

In February 2021, Inaba suffered an injury. After 5 months, Inaba returned as a surprise tag partner of Kiyomiya & Masa Kitamiya at Noah Up To Emotion 2021 in Korakuen Hall. They were unsuccessful against Kongo (Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya), with Inaba being pinned by Soya, who was also a part of Wrestle-1 throughout its entire history, after a Powerbomb.[21] Inaba wished to face Kiyomiya one-on-one again, and he accepted. Their match was scheduled for July 27 at Noah Sanctuary in Kawasaki, and Kiyomiya won with a Tiger Suplex.[22] On August 6, Inaba was announced as a participant in the 2021 N-1 Victory, where he would fight in B Block against Kenoh, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kazunari Murakami.[23]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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