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53-624: Hajime Ohara began his professional wrestling career in Mexico, training at the Toryumon Mexico dojo under Último Dragón and Jorge Rivera, better known as Skayde . On May 16, 2004, Ohara made his professional wrestling debut in a losing effort against Kanjyouro Matsuyama. Ohara spent the first five year of his career predominantly in Mexico, wrestling most notably with Toryumon Mexico and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). During his years in Mexico, Ohara also fought in mixed martial arts , obtaining

106-641: A combination of wrestlers from the Mexican Independent circuit , IWRG and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Mineo Fujita Mineo Fujita (born November 28, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler . He currently works for Pro Wrestling Zero1 , where he is a former International Junior Heavyweight and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion with Takuya Sugawara . Fujita made his professional wrestling debut on November 10, 2002, at Wrestling Marvellous Future and lost to Hisakatsu Oya . As

159-788: A mask vs hair match which Último Dragón won. On September 13, Ohara exacted some revenge as he defended his NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship against Último Dragón at Dradition. Ohara held the NWA International Junior Heavyweight championship for 291 days before losing the belt to Mineo Fujita on October 1, 2009. At the final Hustle event on November 10, Ohara teamed with Super Crazy and lost to KG and Último Dragón. Ohara would make his Pro Wrestling Zero1 debut on November 19, 2009, under Hajime Ohara and beat Shota Takanishi. Ten days later he would participate in Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2009 and

212-655: A match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Ohara received his title shot on January 19, 2014, but was defeated by Ishimori. Six days later, Ohara turned on No Mercy and jumped to the Choukibou-gun stable, forming a new tag team with Kenoh . On March 8, Ohara and Kenoh unsuccessfully challenged Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On August 2, Ohara and Kenoh won

265-718: A match for the ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and also involving Ikuto Hidaka . Fujita also had several opportunities to become one half of the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champions and lost them all. On August 26, Fujita's hard work finally paid off when he won the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship with Takuya Sugawara. However the celebration would be short lived because they lost

318-466: A mistake during an elbow surgery that caused nerve damage . In 2001 Dragón had another round of surgery on his elbow, restoring mobility and feeling. Following his rehabilitation Último Dragón made his return to active wrestling on a Toryumon / T2P co-promoted pay-per-view on September 8, 2002. In the following months Dragón wrestled regularly for Toryumon and various companies around the world. Because of his active scheduled Último Dragón stepped down as

371-511: A non-title match. On August 24, Suwa Jr. and Hirayanagi unsuccessfully challenged Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. During the match, Suwa Jr.'s mask was torn off, revealing his true identity. Afterwards, Ohara once again began working unmasked and under his real name. On December 14, Ohara pinned Taiji Ishimori to win the eleven-man Matsumoto Day Clinic Cup and afterwards challenged him to

424-561: A protégé of Tajiri's, working against wrestlers from the Finnish promotion, Fight Club Finland (FCF). On July 24 at Smash.5 , Ohara was squashed by the debuting Finn StarBuck . Later that same day on Smash.6 , Ohara turned on Tajiri, after he had lost the FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship to StarBuck in the main event. The following month, Ohara traveled to Helsinki, Finland to unsuccessfully challenge StarBuck for

477-512: A record of eleven wins and three losses with his most notable win coming against AAA star Electroshock . Ohara lost to Kazuchika Okada in the first round of Young Dragons Cup 2004 and teamed up with Okada in the Yamaha Cup 2005 , losing to Hiromi Horiguchi and Ryusuke Taguchi in the semi-final. Ohara and Okada would meet again in the final of the Young Dragons Cup 2005 where Okada got

530-560: A replacement for the injured GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Suwa . As part of his new character, Ohara wore a Maybach Taniguchi mask and worked under the ring name "Maybach Suwa Jr." In July, Suwa Jr. teamed with No Mercy stablemate Genba Hirayanagi in the 2013 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League for the now vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but the two failed to advance from their block. On July 26, Suwa Jr. got himself into title contention, when he defeated GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori in

583-496: A series of PPVs under the names Vamonos Amigos ("Let's go friends" in Spanish) and "Revolucion" ("Revolution") as well as an annual anniversary show. They also held an annual Numero Uno League that became one of the highlights of the promotional year. Since the split in 2004 Toryumon has not promoted any major shows or PPVs, focusing their promotional efforts on Toryumon Mexico. In Mexico Dragón promoted an annual DragonMania show, with

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636-601: A six-person tag team main event, with Akira pinning Ohara to add another loss to his record. Following the loss, Ohara turned on his partners and WNC, forming a new partnership with debuting female wrestler Nagisa Nozaki . The following day, Ohara ended his losing streak by defeating El Hijo del Pantera in a singles match. On August 30, Ohara and Nozaki were joined by Jiro Kuroshio . Meanwhile, Ohara resumed his losing streak, losing to longtime rival Último Dragón via disqualification, after unmasking him, and to Zeus and Veneno following interference from Nozaki. On September 20, Ohara

689-497: A surprise appearance for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, offering Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask a shot at their title. This led to Ohara and Kenoh's first title defense on December 6, where they defeated Liger and Tiger Mask. Their second defense took place on December 27, when they defeated Pesadilla and Super Crazy in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match . On January 18, the two made another successful defense against Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi. On March 15, Ohara and Kenoh lost

742-691: A tag team match, where he teamed with the returning Jessica Love and Tajiri with Último Dragon. After the main event, where Finlay defeated StarBuck for the Smash Championship, Ohara agreed to team up with Tajiri to protect Smash from the Irishman. On February 10, 2012, Smash announced that the promotion would be folding after its March 14 event, after which Ohara would become a free agent. On March 14, Ohara wrestled in Smash's final match, where he and StarBuck were defeated by Akira and Tajiri. On April 5, 2012, Ohara

795-433: A tag team match, where he teamed with the returning StarBuck and Marufuji with Tajiri. Following the match, StarBuck attacked Ohara and announced that their partnership was over, before revealing Akira as his new partner. In the following day's main event, Ohara was defeated by StarBuck, continuing his losing streak. On August 2, WNC's new top villainous alliance, StarBuck, Akira and Syuri , defeated Ohara, Kana and Tajiri in

848-763: Is customary in most wrestling promotions, especially Japan , Fujita lost the majority of his matches to gain in-ring experience and to put over more experienced wrestlers. His first win came on March 23, 2003, when he defeated fellow Naoya Takase. On November 20, Fujita took on Tomoya Adachi for the WMF Junior Heavyweight Championship and lost. In November 2004, Fujita entered WMF Round Robin Tournament where he gained only four points, defeating Garuda for two points and reaching two time limit draws against Onryo and Seiji Ikeda for one point from each, therefore not progressing further. Fujita had another shot at

901-477: The 2014 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League by defeating Daisuke Harada and Quiet Storm in the finals. As a result of pinning Harada in the finals, Ohara was granted a shot at his GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship on August 17, but was defeated in a three-way match, also involving Zack Sabre Jr. On October 12, Ohara and Kenoh defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On November 1, Ohara and Kenoh made

954-507: The ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and lost. He also took part in Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2011 and made it to the semi-final where he lost to Fujita Hayato . Fujita then teamed up with Shito Ueda to take part Furinkazan Tag League 2011 in block B. They won only won match in an upset victory over Akebono and Daichi Hashimoto . In January 2012, Fujita lost to Takuya Sugawara in

1007-556: The Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and lost. Ohara would spend the rest of his time at Zero1 teaming up with wrestlers from Hustle such as Tajiri. In March 2010, Ohara began working for Yoshihiro Tajiri 's new Smash promotion, losing to Kushida in the main event of the promotion's first ever show on March 26. Initially, Ohara worked as a face as part of the Smash Seikigun and

1060-586: The Finnish Forearm, in Kushida's final Smash match, before leaving for New Japan Pro-Wrestling . On June 9, Ohara entered a tournament to determine the first ever Smash Champion , defeating Último Dragón in his first round match. However, on August 11, Ohara was eliminated from the tournament by Veneno. In October, the Smash Seikigun and Fight Club Finland groups were brought together by the arrival of Dave Finlay . On November 24 at Smash.23 , Ohara pinned Tajiri in

1113-787: The Fukumen MANIA Super Lightweight Champion. In December, at Fukumen MANIA 13, he lost the championship in his first defence against Ken45º . At Fukumen MANIA 14, 15 and 16, he participated in tag team matches. At Fukumen MANIA 18, he lost an elimination Fukumen MANIA Super Lightweight Championship number-one contendership match. He appeared for the last two Fukumen MANIAs. Fujita made his debut for Pro Wrestling Zero1 on January 23, 2009 and teamed with Yusaku Obata to defeat Shito Ueda and Yuzuru Saito . In late 2010 to early 2011, Fujita participated in numerous number-one contendership matches for various championships. On July 14, 2011, Fujita took on Takuya Sugawara for

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1166-442: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time by defeating Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada. They lost the title back to Kotoge and Harada on April 5. Kenoh and Ohara officially broke up on December 23. On January 7, 2017, Ohara defeated Taiji Ishimori in a decision match to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time. After successfully defending the title against Hitoshi Kumano on March 12,

1219-476: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Suzuki-gun 's El Desperado and Taka Michinoku in a three-way match, also involving Harada and Hirayanagi. On March 28, Noah announced Ohara had signed a contract with the promotion, officially ending his days as a freelancer. On August 22, Ohara and Kenoh received a rematch for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were again defeated by Desperado and Michinoku. On March 19, 2016, Ohara and Kenoh won

1272-749: The United States Japanese wrestler Último Dragón decided to open up a wrestling school in Naucalpan , Mexico to give Japanese hopefuls the chance to learn the Mexican lucha libre style like Dragón had. The wrestling school operated after the same principles of a university, divided into classes with several terms where wrestlers would "graduate" (debut) at the same time. The Ultimo Dragon Gym's first graduating term consisted of Cima , Don Fujii , Dragon Kid , Magnum Tokyo and Suwa who collectively became known as Toryumon Japan (a name that would be used for

1325-488: The WMF Junior Heavyweight Championship, in 2005, when he took on GOEMON and lost. In 2005, he changed his name to MINEPYON for a short period. In the Marvelous Future Tag Team Tournament, Fujita teamed up with Kitten Kid and won the tournament by defeating Gosaku and Kamui in the final. Fujita would perform more sporadically for WMF after 2006 due to competing more regularly for other promotions and

1378-419: The better of him once again to win the Young Dragons Cup. On August 28, 2005, Ohara made his debut for CMLL teaming with Okumura and Ryusuke Taguchi and losing to Brazo de Plata , Negro Casas and Último Dragón. In late 2005, Ohara formed La Ola Amarilla ( Spanish for "The Yellow Wave") with Masada and Okumura. Ohara was part of the 2006 International Grand Prix but was the first man eliminated when he

1431-471: The director of Toryumon leaving the job to Takashi Okamura . Okamura handled the job while Dragón began working full-time for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in the United States. After his run with WWE ended Dragón returned to Japan and announced that he was leaving Toryumon and taking all the trademarks he owned with him. Toryumon Japan changed its name to Dragon Gate as a result of this, continuing

1484-587: The fact that WMF was slowly dying. On May 14, 2006, Fujita debuted for Osaka Pro Wrestling and teamed with Flash Moon and Tigers Mask to defeat Billyken Kid, Black Buffalo and Yuko Miyamoto . In August, Fujita had his first title shot at Osaka Pro when he participated in a battle royal for the Osaka Pro Wrestling Battle Royal Championship which was won by Mr. Carasco. Fujita participated in Tenno-Zan 2006 and lost to Asian Cougar in

1537-1129: The first four terms). Toryumon promoted their first show on May 11, 1997, in Naucalpan, Mexico on a show that was co-promoted with International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). Toryumon and IWRG would co-promote shows in Japan from 1997 until 2001, allowing the Ultimo Dragon Gym graduates to work on IWRG shows and even saw several graduates wrestlers win IWRG Championship. Through his contacts with WCW Último Dragón also arranged for some of his first term graduates to wrestle on World Championship Wrestling shows. On January 1, 1999, Toryumon held its first show in Japan and from that point forward began promoting regular shows in Japan. Toryumon's combination of traditional Japanese Puroresu , Mexican Lucha Libre and elements of Sports Entertainment that Último Dragón had observed while working for WCW such as outside interference and referee's being knocked out, something that at

1590-490: The first half of 2009 he mostly competed in battle royals. On October 1, 2009, Fujita defeated Hajime Ohara for the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship . He would hold the championship until July 19, 2010 when he lost it to Último Dragón. On July 6, 2009, Fujita debuted for Fukumen MANIA at Fukumen MANIA.12 and won a one night tournament called where the winner would become

1643-675: The first round of the tournament. Since the end of 2006, Fujita has competed for Osaka Pro sporadically, returning every year for a couple of matches, this included teaming with Amigo Suzuki Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada for the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship and lost. In 2008, Fujita joined Dradition Pro-Wrestling , known simply as Dradition which is a combination of "dragon" and "tradition". On February 23, 2008, Fujita teamed up with Mr. Gannosuke and lost to Takeshi Minamino and Último Dragón . In 2008 he mostly competed in tag team matches and for

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1696-597: The hottest independent promotions in the country. The promotion would run for five years. On July 4, 2004, Último Dragón left the promotion and took the name and trademarks with him. Toryumon Japan's wrestlers and officials decided to form a new promotion, adopting the name Dragon Gate (later Dragongate) and continuing in the traditions of Toryumon. Since then Último Dragón would continue to promote Toryumon events mainly in Mexico but also has occasionally held shows in Japan until 2020 when he signed with Dragongate. During his time working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in

1749-507: The last being DragonMania XI held on May 28, 2016. In August 2017 Toryumon Mexico started working with All Japan Pro Wrestling in with a collaborated event tour called Lucha Fiesta . Before the Dragon Gate split in 2004 Toryumon Japan promoted a series of championships, only one of which originated in the promotion, Último Dragón Gym Championship , the rest were either bought from its previous owner or acquired after promotions closed. When

1802-399: The lucha libre term for submission locks). T2P ran until January 27, 2003, when the roster was absorbed into Toryumon. The third graduating class was known as "Toryumon X" and like T2P also started their own promotion under their class name. Toryumon X made its debut on August 22, 2003, and lasted until early 2004. Último Dragón had been forced to retire from active competition in 1998 after

1855-438: The promotion dragondoor, a promotion that only ran six shows. The group launched another wrestling venture in 2006 called El Dorado: Next Door Project. In 2020, Toryumon Mexico would quietly close its doors with Dragón later founding Toryumon Casa in 2022, as base to serve as the home promotion for Japanese wrestlers from Dragongate and Pro Wrestling Noah who had been sent on learning excursions in Mexico. Toryumon Japan ran

1908-463: The promotion turned to Dragon Gate all its championships were vacated, leaving only the Toryumon Mexico promoted titles. Suzuki Cup is a Team Tournament that began in 2007 Every year Toryumon Mexico holds the Young Dragons Cup, an annual tournament that began in 1997. The tournament is used to showcase Dragon Gym students. Originally it was a traditional single-elimination tournament, in 2006 it

1961-434: The team from joining a three-way tie for first place in the group. Toryumon (%C3%9Altimo Drag%C3%B3n) Toryumon ( 闘龍門 , Tōryūmon ) is the name of several professional wrestling promotions that have operated in Japan and Mexico. The promotions were owned and operated by Yoshihiro Asai, who is best known under the ring name Último Dragón . Toryumon is a coined word that means Fighting Dragon Gate . The word

2014-547: The time was not traditionally used in Japanese wrestling. The second class of Último Dragón Gym graduates began their own promotion, called the Toryumon 2000 Project, or T2P for short. The T2P promotion debuted on November 13, 2001, and became known for their use of the six-sided wrestling ring, the first promotion to regularly use such a ring shape. T2P wrestlers primarily used a submission based style called Llave ( Spanish for "Key"

2067-468: The title to Super Delfin during an Osaka Pro wrestling show in Japan, but regained the title on February 10 before returning to Mexico. On May 13, Ohara successfully defend his title against La Máscara. By the end of 2007 a deal had been struck between Último Dragón, who owned the NWA title and CMLL to return ownership of the championship to CMLL, who had owned the title until 1996. On November 27, 2007 Ohara lost

2120-473: The title to CMLL regular La Sombra . Throughout 2008 and 2009, Ohara feuded with his mentor Último Dragón across three continents and multiple promotions including Dradition in Japan, Nu-Wrestling Evotolution (NWE) in Europe and Toryumon in Mexico. In NWE, Ohara wrestled under a mask as Dark Dragon, an evil counterpart to Último Dragon. On June 28, 2008, Ohara lost a lucha de apuestas match to Último Dragón and

2173-442: The title, after which he kneeled before him and adopted him as his new mentor. Later that same month, Ohara began representing FCF in Smash, forming a regular partnership with transsexual wrestler Jessica Love and often accompanying StarBuck to his matches, while also starting a feud with Tajiri's number one protégé, Kushida. The rivalry ended on March 31, 2011, at Smash.15 , when Ohara defeated Kushida with his new finishing manoeuvre,

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2226-478: The tournament by Tajiri. For WNC's final event of 2012, Ohara reignited his rivalry with Zeus, who attacked him during a DQN press conference, looking for revenge for their previous encounter in August. On December 27, Ohara was defeated by Zeus in a singles grudge match. On January 31, 2013, WNC announced that Ohara had decided to part ways with the promotion. On May 12, 2013, Ohara began working for Pro Wrestling Noah as

2279-414: The traditions of Toryumon Japan including references to Último Dragón. Since the break Toryumon has primarily promoted shows in Mexico, featuring students trained by Dragón and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera and a number of wrestlers from various Mexican and American promotions. In Japan a group of remaining Toryumon students, including ousted members of Dragon Gate, joined with the internet-firm Livedoor to create

2332-427: The two came together to form a new tag team, later named Back Breakers. On May 27, Ohara lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to Hayata . Ohara and Kumano participated in the 2017 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League between July 13 and July 27. The pair had a strong showing with eight points and finished third in the group stage, however were defeated on the final day by Mao and Shunma Katsumata which prevented

2385-429: Was announced as part of the roster of Wrestling New Classic (WNC), the follow-up promotion to Smash. For WNC's first event, Ohara wanted to face New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada , but when he went to confront Okada backstage at a NJPW event, he was stopped by his spokesman, Gedo , who told him he was unqualified to meet Okada and challenged him to a match himself. On April 26, Ohara

2438-475: Was changed into a torneo cibernetico and has had that format ever since. Rocky Romero , Kota Ibushi , Ryuji Yamaguchi and Trauma II are the only tournament winners who were not actually trained by Último Dragón. Toryumon Mexico holds the Yamaha Cup about once a year, although there have been years without a Cup. The Yamaha Cup is a tag team tournament that features a mixture of Último Dragón trainees and

2491-495: Was defeated by Fujita Hayato in the second round. Ohara would go on to team up with Shiro Koshinaka to take part in Furinkazan , a round-robin tag team tournament, in block B. Their first match against Kamikaze and Kohei Sato ended in a time limit draw and the team would go on the win two matches and lost another giving them a total of 5 points which was not enough to progress to the final. Ohara would also take on Ikuto Hidaka for

2544-408: Was defeated by Gedo at WNC's first event. On May 24 at WNC's second event, Ohara was defeated by Okada and Gedo's Chaos stablemate Toru Yano . Afterwards, Ohara was attacked by Pro Wrestling Noah 's Maybach Taniguchi , who, on June 22, extended Ohara's big match losing streak by defeating him in a singles match. Ohara's losing streak continued on July 15, when he was pinned by Naomichi Marufuji in

2597-467: Was defeated by Naomichi Marufuji via another disqualification, after attacking the referee of the match. On October 19, Ohara, Nozaki and Kuroshio named their stable " Kabushiki gaisha DQN" On October 26, Ohara entered the WNC Championship tournament , defeating StarBuck in his first round match, following interference from Nozaki and Kuroshio. On November 28, Ohara was eliminated in the semifinals of

2650-431: Was derived from the homonym Tōryūmon ( 登龍門 ) that literally means climbing up the dragon gate (or less literally climbing up the gateway to success ). The Toryumon Mexico promotion was originally created to give graduates of the Último Dragón Gym a promotion to gain their initial in-ring experience in. Its Japan-based sister promotion Toryumon Japan developed a major cult following and grew into becoming one of

2703-577: Was forced to unmask. On December 14, Ohara defeated Último Dragón to win the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship . In Japan, he debuted for Hustle as Ray Ohara on December 24, joining the Monster Army and developing a one sided rivalry with the Hustle Supernova Kushida . After trading tag and trios wins, the pair finally met in a singles match on January 29, 2009 where Ohara emerged victories. Nevertheless, on February 19, Kushida

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2756-446: Was pinned by Heavy Metal . On April 16, 2006, Ohara wrestled his first match in Japan as part of an Último Dragón produce show, defeating Guillermo Akiba. On May 13, 2006 Ohara defeated La Máscara to win the vacant NWA World Welterweight Championship , becoming the first NWA Welterweight champion in almost two years. Ohara made two successful title defences against Fantasma Jr. and El Hijo del Fantasma . On January 20, 2007 Ohara lost

2809-470: Was rewarded a title shot for Ohara's NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship which ended in a no contest. Three days later, Kushida defeated Ohara in a tag team match and demanded another title shot. Ohara agreed on the condition that Kushida would leave Hustle should he lose; Kushida accepted. On March 25, Ohara defeated Kushida, forcing Kushida to leave the promotion. Back in Mexico, on August 22, Ohara and Último Dragón finally settled their rivalry in

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