Onryo (wrestler)
| Onryo | |
|---|---|
Ota, Gunma, Japan | |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
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| Billed height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
| Trained by | Wrestle Dream Factory |
| Debut | March 31, 1995 |
Ryo Matsuri (祭 遼, Matsuri Ryō, born May 27, 1971), known by the
promoter. Matsuri, as Onryo, portrays a ghost wrestler who was killed after winning a cursed championship. He is known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling and is the founder of the Wrestling of Darkness 666 (666) promotion, who he co-owned with Qp-Crazy frontman Yasuhiro "Crazy SKB" Sakano
] until 2018.
Professional wrestling career
Onryo started his career as Wolf Ozawa in the
invisible to his opponents and disappear at will.[3]
Onryo gained popularity and began appearing in promotions like
Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (FMW) in 2000. He also participated in that year's Super J-Cup, eliminating Curry Man before being eliminated himself by Cima. His FMW tenure would be the most prolific one, however. He participated in a feud with Goemon about a cursed championship that slowly killed his champion, which was revealed as the reason why Onryo became a ghost in the past.[2]
In 2003, Onryo founded Wrestling of Darkness 666, also known as simply 666 (Triple Six), along with The Crazy SKB.[2][3] Along with his participations in 666, he found his niche in Big Japan Pro Wrestling teaming with (and occasionally facing) Men's Teioh in cruiserweight matches.
Championships and accomplishments
- 666
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
- WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Goemon
- WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Goemon
- Kaientai Dojo
- UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- Wrestling Marvelous Future
- WMF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tetsuhiro Kuroda
References
- ^ a b "BAHU'S FMW Profiles". BAHU's FMW World. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Tights, Lights, Turnbuckles - professional wrestling in East, Southeast Asia". Efe.com. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ a b "Wrestlemaniacs!: The Top 10 Horror-Influenced Wrestlers". Daily Grind House. Retrieved October 31, 2015.