Tomomitsu Matsunaga

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Tomomitsu Matsunaga
松永智充20160529
Matsunaga in May 2016
Born (1980-11-13) November 13, 1980 (age 43)[1]
Koga, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Darkside HERO!
Omori Utaemon
Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Billed height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Billed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Trained byDick Togo
Debut2006

Tomomitsu Matsunaga (松永智充, Matsunaga Tomomitsu, born November 13, 1980) is a Japanese

promotion where he is a former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2006-present)

Matsunaga is known for competing in various promotions. He participated in one of the longest matches in

Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Great Kojika, Taka Michinoku, Yoshihito Sasaki, Abdullah Kobayashi,[4] and the winner of the match, Jun Kasai.[5] At BJW/DDT/K-DOJO New Year's Eve Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling, a cross-over event produced by BJW, K-Dojo and DDT on December 31, 2012, he wrestled in a 12-man Cinderella Title battle royal also involving Emi Sakura, Ricky Fuji, Yasu Urano and others.[6]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2006-present)

Matsunaga made his professional wrestling debut in DDT at DDT Non-Fix 5/19, an event promoted on May 19, 2006, where he teamed up with

six-man tag team match.[7]

Matsunaga is known for his appearance in various signature events promoted by the promotion such as the

Tanomusaku Toba and Keisuke Okuda.[9] At Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, he participated in a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving the winner Yukio Sakaguchi, Gorgeous Matsuno, Shiro Koshinaka, Joey Ryan and others.[10] His last match occurred on the first night of the Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 from June 6, where he teamed up with Sanshiro Takagi and Kazusada Higuchi in a losing effort to Kongo (Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya and Haoh).[11]

Matsunaga is also known for competing in the

Poison Sawada Julie, Gentaro, Munenori Sawa and others.[13] At Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, Matsunaga competed in a #1 Contendership & Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal with the winner getting an opportunity to battle for the KO-D Openweight Championship also involving Ryuichi Sekine, Masa Takanashi, Cherry, Ken Ohka and others.[14]

Another event promoted by DDT in which Mastunaga competed is the DDT Ultimate Party. His only match occurred at Ultimate Party 2019 on November 3 where he teamed up with Mizuki Watase and Keigo Nakamura in a losing effort to Daichi Kazato, Masato Kamino and Shuhei Washida.[15]

On the

Five-on-one handicap match, and in the second one he teamed up with Nakazawa as "Nuru Nuru Brothers" and Takanashi to defeat Sanshiro Takagi, Keisuke Okuda and Hiroshi Yamato.[16]

As for the King of DDT Tournament, Matsunaga scored his best result at the 2014 edition of the event where he defeated Kenny Omega in the first-round but fell short to Kudo in the second round.[17]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Tomomitsu Matsunaga • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Tomomitsu Matsunaga/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Tomomitsu Matsunaga Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  4. ^ Jayaram, Nishant (December 12, 2019). "10 longest matches in pro-wrestling history/#5 Battle Royal - BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special (2009) - 85:12". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  6. ^ VSPlanet (January 2, 2013). "New Year's Eve Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling 2012". vsplanet.net (in Russian). Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. ^ Purolove (May 19, 2006). "DDT "NON-FIX 5.19", 19.05.2006 Shin-Kiba 1st RING". purolove.com. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  8. ^ DDT “両国ピーターパン” 8/23 両国国技館大会その４. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  9. ^ 両国ピーターパン2018～秋のプロレス文化祭～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 21, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  10. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (July 15, 2019). "Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 Results". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  11. DDT Pro Wrestling (July 6, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" WRESTLE PETER PAN 2020【DAY1】
    . ddtpro.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  12. ^ Fischbeck, Thomas (February 20, 2019). "DDT JUDGEMENT 2019 (FEBRUARY 17) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  13. ^ Justin, Dylan (March 26, 2017). "DDT JUDGEMENT 20TH ANNIVERSARY (MARCH 20) REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  14. ^ Justin, Dylan (March 25, 2016). "DDT JUDGEMENT 2016 (MARCH 21) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  15. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling. "Ultimate Party 2019～DDTグループ大集合！～". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ^ Dark angel (March 28, 2019). "DDT: "Into the Fight 2019" goodbye Nakazawa, message from Kenny Omega". superluchas.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  17. ^ "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2014 ~ Maybe Summer Will Change My Life". Cagematch. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  18. ^ Wrestling Titles (July 25, 2021). "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  19. ^ Wrestling Titles. "Jiyūgaoka 6-person Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  20. ^ Wrestling Titles (June 26, 2021). "KO-D (King Of DDT) Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  21. ^ 日本海6人タッグ選手権. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  22. ^ Wrestling Titles (July 4, 2021). "Universal Wrestling Association World Trios Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
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