Shuji Ishikawa

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Shuji Ishikawa
Dramatic Dream Team[2]
DebutMay 8, 2003[3]

Shuji Ishikawa (石川 修司, Ishikawa Shūji, born September 25, 1975)

Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, World Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2017 Champion Carnival.[4]

Ishikawa is also known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), as well as numerous other independent promotions. He is a former KO-D Openweight Champion, BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion and BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.

Early life

Ishikawa was friends with fellow future professional wrestler Takashi Sasaki as a teenager, whom he met through judo.[1]

Professional wrestling career

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2003–2018)

Ishikawa (far left) as part of Damnation

After meeting

Poison Sawada Julie, joining his Serpent Council stable. After achieving little success in his early career, Ishikawa began competing more sporadically in DDT, instead becoming a regular in DDT's sister promotion Union Pro Wrestling, where he gained considerable popularity due to his size. In 2007, Ishikawa officially became recognised as the ace of UPW after Poison Sawada Julie left the promotion. Ishikawa competed in high-profile feuds with Style-E's Kyosuke Sasaki and Pro Wrestling Zero1's Yoshihito Sasaki, as well as regularly competing in DDT once again under a mask as Koo in the Hawaii Army stable. On June 3, 2007, Ishikawa defeated Harashima to capture the KO-D Openweight Championship for the first time.[6] He held on to the belt until October, where he was defeated by Harashima in a rematch.[7] Ishikawa began his second reign in late 2009, defeating Kota Ibushi on November 29,[8] holding it until February 2010, when he was defeated by Daisuke Sekimoto at a Union Pro event.[9]

On March 27, 2011, at DDT's 14 Anniversary Show, Ishikawa won a battle royal, giving him the right to a KO-D Openweight Championship match in the future.

Mad Paulie and later Tetsuya Endo. Ishikawa captured the KO-D Openweight Championship for a fourth time in August 2016, defeating Konosuke Takeshita at Peter Pan.[15] Ishikawa held on to the belt until December, when he was defeated by Harashima at Osaka Octopus.[16] Beginning in 2017, Ishikawa's appearances in DDT began to decrease due to his commitments with All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW), however, he continues to make sporadic appearances.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2009–present)

Ishikawa in 2010

Ishikawa competed in his first ever deathmatch on January 2, 2009, teaming with

BJW World Tag Team Championship.[18] Irie and Ishikawa held the title until July of that year, when they were defeated by Shinobu and Yuji Okabayashi.[19] Ishikawa defeated longtime rival Abdullah Kobayashi to become the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion on January 2, 2013, four years after competing in his first ever deathmatch.[20] Ishikawa would go on to hold the championship for 11 months, until he was defeated by Isami Kodaka. After the loss to Kodaka, Ishikawa announced that he would no longer be competing in deathmatches, and would instead be focusing on the strong division. In 2014, Ishikawa achieved his first major success in BJW's strong division, defeating Daisuke Sekimoto to win the Ikkitosen Strong Climb tournament.[21] Later that year, Ishikawa began teaming with Kohei Sato as the "Twin Towers" with much success, defeating the team of Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka on May 31, 2014, to win the BJW Tag Team Championships.[22] Ishikawa and Sato successfully retained the championships for 516 days, until they were defeated by Yuji Okabayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto on October 29, 2015.[23] In 2016, Ishikawa won the Ikkitosen Strong Climb Tournament for a second time, defeating Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani in the semi-final and final respectively on the same night to win. Ishikawa and Sato once again captured the BJW World Tag Team Championships on May 30, 2016, defeating Hideyoshi Kamitani and Ryota Hama.[24]

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2015–present)

Ishikawa debuted for

World's Strongest Tag Determination League in December, where they defeated Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani in the finals to win the tournament. On January 3, they won the World Tag Team Championship by defeating Wild Burning (Takao Omori and Jun Akiyama). They dropped the belts to Kento Miyahara and Yoshi Tatsu on February 3. They won the belts back on June 30, beating Ryoji Sai and Dylan James.[28] They once again entered the World Tag League in December 2018, making it to the final where they lost to Dylan James and Joe Doering, however, they managed to retain the championships in the rematch. They dropped the belts to Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi at a BJW show on January 13, but regained them on March 19 in Korakuen Hall.[29]

Championships and accomplishments

In All Japan Pro Wrestling, Ishikawa is a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion

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