Miyawaki (wrestler)

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Miyawaki
Miyawaki in February 2007
Born (1977-06-28) June 28, 1977 (age 46)[1][2][3]
Osaka, Japan[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Harley Miyawaki[4]
Miyawaki
Orochi
Billed height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1][2]
Billed weight95 kg (209 lb)[1]
DebutOctober 18, 2001[1][2][3]

Miyawaki (stylized in all capital letters; born June 28, 1977)

promotions. He has also wrestled in the United States for Chikara and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
(PWG).

Professional wrestling career

Miyawaki made his

Kazma.[6]

(Left to right) Kudo, Miyawaki and Yoshiaki Yago at Chikara King of Trios in February 2007

Miyawaki has also made several wrestling trips to the

The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) for the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas.[8] In February 2007, Miyawaki took part in Chikara's first-ever King of Trios tournament, where he, Yago and Kudo made it all the way to the finals, before losing to Jigsaw, Mike Quackenbush and Shane Storm.[9] A year later, Miyawaki, Kudo and Susumu made it to the quarterfinals of the 2008 King of Trios tournament, before losing to Eddie Kingston, Joker and Ruckus.[10] The following July, Miyawaki made his debut for Southern California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), teaming with Kazma in a three-way tag team match, where they were defeated by The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).[11]

On November 20, 2008, Miyawaki made his debut for

Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai and Independent World Junior Heavyweight Champion.[13][14][15][16] In April 2013, Orochi, along with Joker stablemates Hayata, Hideyoshi, Kuuga and Masamune left Osaka Pro to join Kuuga's new Doutonbori Entertainment System promotion.[17][18] In June, during the promotion's inaugural event, Miyawaki revealed that he had wrestled under the Orochi mask and made all subsequent appearances for the promotion unmasked and under his original ring name.[19] On June 22, 2014, Miyawaki defeated Saburo Inematsu to win Kaientai Dojo's top singles title, the Strongest-K Championship, after Inematsu legitimately dislocated his left shoulder and was unable to continue the match.[20] Initially, Miyawaki refused the title, but the Kaientai Dojo commission recognized him as the official champion on June 25.[21] He lost the title to Kengo Mashimo in his second defense on August 24.[22]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^
    Kaientai Dojo
    (in Japanese). Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Miyawaki". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Miyawaki". Puroresu Central. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  4. ^ Miyawaki (August 26, 2006). ジ・アメリカンドリーム (in Japanese). Livedoor. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  5. Kaientai Dojo (in Japanese). Archived from the original
    on December 18, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  6. Kaientai Dojo (in Japanese). Archived from the original
    on October 9, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  7. ^ Vetter, Chris (April 21, 2006). "Tape Review: Chikara Pro, "Tag World Grand Prix," night 1, Feb. 24, 2006, with Hero, Castognoli, Delirious, Necro surprise". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "Chikara: Campeonatos de Parejas". Chikara. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  9. ^ Vetter, Chris (February 23, 2007). "Torch Indy Weekend Preview: Whitmer-Morishima, Cannon-Low Ki, Shelley & Sabin team in PWG". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  10. ^ Vetter, Chris (March 4, 2008). "Torch Indy Weekend Report: Mexican team wins in Chikara, Christian over Styles, Kingston over Scorpio". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  11. ^ "Life During Wartime". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  12. ^ a b ヲロチ. Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  13. ^ a b １１月２８日試合結果. Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). November 28, 2010. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  14. ^ a b ３月１９日試合結果. Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). March 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  15. ^ a b ９月２６日試合結果. Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). September 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  16. ^ a b ２月９日試合結果. Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). February 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  17. ^ ３月３０日試合結果. Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). March 30, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  18. ^ 大阪プロレスに激震！６人大量離脱. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. March 30, 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  19. ^ Leung, Jonathan (August 27, 2013). "Tuesday Roundup: BKK Produced, Osaka Pro in Z1 Tournament". Osaka Holiday Paradise. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  20. Kaientai Dojo (in Japanese). Archived from the original
    on July 25, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  21. Kaientai Dojo (in Japanese). Archived from the original
    on June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  22. Kaientai Dojo (in Japanese). Archived from the original
    on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  23. ^ "道頓堀プロレスの「道頓堀最強男決定戦トーナメント2015」1回戦の組み合わせが決定！Hun＆ヲロチがWDWタッグ王座を奪取". Battle News (in Japanese). June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  24. ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  25. ^
    Kaientai Dojo
    (in Japanese). Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  26. Kaientai Dojo (in Japanese). Archived from the original
    on August 5, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2013.

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