Nobuhiko Oshima
Encyclopedia
, better known by his ring name Cima (stylized as CIMA and pronounced Shima), is a Japan
ese professional wrestler
who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate
and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA
. In both promotions he is the leader of the Blood Warriors stable and currently one half of the Open the Twin Gate
and Open the United Gate Champions
with Ricochet
.
under that name), then as Shiima, until finally shortening his stage name to CIMA, under which he still wrestles today. He was one of the founders of the Crazy MAX stable, and had a years long feud with Magnum Tokyo
, another first class graduate. He began as a high flyer, utilizing the Mad Splash as his finisher. This, however, took toll on his body and especially his knees. After returning from knee surgery he changed his style and started using the Schwein as his finisher. He wrestled in Toryumon Japan until 2004, when the promotion separated itself from Último Dragón's dojo, and changed its name to Dragon Gate. He still wrestles in Dragon Gate today. He created the Blood Generation stable in 2005, which had its final match in January 2007.
CIMA also made his first appearance in a North American wrestling promotion in about seven years in August 2005, appearing in Ring of Honor
in a match against A.J. Styles
, who CIMA defeated.
CIMA would return to North America for a three day tour with Ring of Honor
. On March 30, 2006, in Detroit, Michigan, CIMA teamed with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino
to defeat Ring of Honor faction Generation Next, represented by Austin Aries
, Roderick Strong
, and Jack Evans
.
On March 31, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois
, CIMA would once again team with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino in Ring of Honor, this time losing a match to another stable from Dragon Gate
, Do FIXER (Dragon Kid
, Ryo Saito, and Genki Horiguchi). The match is said to have completely stole the show. Dave Meltzer
of The Wrestling Observer gave the match the coveted 5 star rating.
On April 1, 2006, once again in Chicago, Illinois, at the third and final Ring of Honor
show, CIMA teamed with Naruki Doi in a losing attempt to win the Ring of Honor Tag Titles from champions Generation Next (Austin Aries and Roderick Strong).
In September 2006 during the Labor Day Weekend, CIMA participated in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Battle of Los Angeles super tournament. He was able to advance all the way to the finals where he lost to Davey Richards
.
CIMA's next return to Ring of Honor happened in late December 2006. CIMA teamed with Shingo
on December 22 in Hartford, Connecticut
to challenge Christopher Daniels
and Matt Sydal for the ROH World Tag Team Titles, but the Japanese stars came up short in the match. The next night, in Manhattan, New York
, CIMA and Shingo teamed with Matt Sydal to take on the team of Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Delirious
. This time, they were successful in their outing, when CIMA pinned Delirious. After the match, CIMA proclaimed "Thank you US, thank you ROH, see you in 2007".
On January 6, 2007, CIMA traveled to Australia
and competed in the Australasian Wrestling Federation. In the main event, he wrestled the AWF Champion Steve Ravenous & TNT
(also known as Aussie Ozbone on Japan) in a Triple Threat Elimination Match which CIMA won to become the AWF Champion. The next night in Newcastle, TNT defeated CIMA for the AWF Title.
On July 1, 2007, CIMA won Dragon Gate's main title, the Open the Dream Gate Championship
, from Jushin Liger
in Kobe, Japan. CIMA thus became the first wrestler to hold this title on two occasions.
On September 2, 2007, CIMA won Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Battle of Los Angeles tournament, defeating Human Tornado
, Shingo and PAC on his way to the finals where he eliminated both El Generico
and Roderick Strong
.
On September 5, 2007, CIMA made his debut in Hawaii (along with Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka and Shingo Takagi) for Action Zone Wrestling, losing to AZW Heavyweight Champion Kris Kavanaugh. After the match, CIMA thanked the fans and asked if Hawaii enjoyed Dragon Gate, to which the crowd started a loud Dragon Gate chant. He promised Dragon Gate would be back in Hawaii, and in AZW. He returned to AZW on January 7, 2008 at Battleclash III to defeat "Sweet & Sour" Larry Sweeney
. On September 8, 2008, CIMA appeared in a non-wrestling role at Dragon Gate's event Dragon Gate Hawaii at the Waikiki Shell, although he got involved in one match accidentally, hitting Stalker Ichikawa
with a steel chair.
Some time in May 2008, CIMA developed a neck injury. He tried to recuperate from it early as best as he could, but by the end of June, it was becoming obvious that he would need to take considerable time off to rest and heal up properly. On June 29, he vacated the Dream Gate title, just a day shy of a one-year reign as champion. CIMA would return to the ring on December 28, 2008, when he teamed with Jushin Liger in a losing effort to capture the Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship
. It was also on this day that his Typhoon unit was brought to an end, after Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka lost in a Unit Split Survival Three-Way Six-Man Tag Match to teams from WORLD-1 and Real Hazard. After that, nothing more was heard from him for over a month.
The silence was broken when, on February 9, 2009, before WWE Friday Night SmackDown, he wrestled in a dark match against Jamie Noble
in a losing effort. He also wrestled for WPW in California on February 15 in a tag match. On March 1, he made his return to Dragon Gate, and announced the formation of the WARRIORS-5 stable along with Susumu Yokosuka, Gamma, and KAGETORA. The fifth member, RYOMA, was added on the 20th.
Two days later, he defeated Masato Yoshino to become the new Open the Brave Gate Champion
. On April 15, he, Gamma, and KAGETORA won the Open the Triangle Gate Titles from Shingo Takagi, Taku Iwasa, and Dragon Kid. They would eventually lose the belts to Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC. He also challenged Open the Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi to a Title vs. Title Match on July 19, and despite putting up a valiant effort, he lost the Brave Gate to Doi.
He and Gamma then participated in the 2009 Summer Adventure Tag League
Tournament, but they performed very poorly, only winning one match out of eight and finishing in last place. On December 29, they won the Open the Twin Gate Titles from Shingo Takagi & YAMATO, but they immediately handed them back, declaring themselves only tentative champions, and desired to face a strong team to determine the actual champions. On February 10, CIMA and Gamma defeated Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino, officially becoming the Open the Twin Gate Champions. This win made CIMA the first man to win every title in Dragon Gate. On March 22 CIMA and Gamma lost the titles to Takagi and Cyber Kong
. On May 13, 2010, CIMA, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi defeated Don Fujii
, Masaaki Mochizuki
and Akebono
to win the Open the Triangle Gate Championship. On October 25, 2010, CIMA, Gamma and Horiguchi lost the Open the Triangle Gate Championship to Naoki Tanisaki
, Yasushi Kanda
and Takuya Sugawara
. CIMA would regain the title on December 26, 2010, teaming with Dragon Kid and Ricochet
.
On January 14, 2011, CIMA and WARRIORS turned heel, revealing themselves as the masked men who had been interfering in matches, and attacking Masato Yoshino and the World–1 group, before joining forces with Naruki Doi's group. On January 18 the new group was named Blood Warriors, a combination of the names of CIMA's two previous stables, Blood Generation and Warriors. On May 15, the rest of Blood Warriors turned on Dragon Kid and kicked him out of the group, despite the fact that he still held the Open the Triangle Gate Championship with CIMA and Ricochet, and replaced him with Cyber Kong and Tomahawk T.T. As a result, the title was declared vacant. On July 17, CIMA and Ricochet defeated Dragon Kid and Pac of rival group Junction Three to win the Open the Twin Gate Championship. On September 11 at Way of the Ronin 2011, CIMA and Ricochet defeated Masato Yoshino and PAC in a title vs. title match to win Dragon Gate USA
's Open the United Gate Championship
. After their third successful defense of the Open the Twin Gate Championship on November 30, CIMA and Ricochet vacated the title in order for Ricochet to concentrate on defending the Open the Brave Gate Championship and CIMA to concentrate on chasing the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
Japan
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ese professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of Dragon Gate's wrestlers are graduates from Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling,...
and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate USA is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009 as an international expansion of the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.Gabe Sapolsky, former head booker of Ring of Honor, serves as the promotion's Vice President....
. In both promotions he is the leader of the Blood Warriors stable and currently one half of the Open the Twin Gate
Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship
The Open the Twin Gate Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. Dragon Gate had used the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship since 2006, until 2007 when Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino introduced the new Twin Gate after winning the Summer Adventure Tag League...
and Open the United Gate Champions
DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship
The DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship is a tag team championship within the Dragon Gate USA promotion. The first champions were World–1 and were crowned at United: Finale in a the tournament final, which was held in Union City, New Jersey. It aired on March 11, 2011 on pay-per-view tape...
with Ricochet
Ricochet (wrestler)
Trevor Mann is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Ricochet. He currently performs mainly for the American promotion Dragon Gate USA and its parent promotion, Japanese Dragon Gate. In both promotions he is a member of the Blood Warriors stable...
.
Professional wrestling career
Nobuhiko Oshima, otherwise known as CIMA, graduated from the first class of Último Dragón's Toryumon dojo. He quickly became the Toryumon wrestling promotion's biggest star. He first wrestled as Shiima Nobunaga (making a few appearances in WCWWorld Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
under that name), then as Shiima, until finally shortening his stage name to CIMA, under which he still wrestles today. He was one of the founders of the Crazy MAX stable, and had a years long feud with Magnum Tokyo
Katsumasa Kuroki
Katsumasa Kuroki is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Magnum TOKYO. He wrestles for the HUSTLE professional wrestling promotion, and has competed in the past for World Championship Wrestling, Toryumon, and Dragon Gate as Tokyo Magnum and Magnum TOKYO.-Professional...
, another first class graduate. He began as a high flyer, utilizing the Mad Splash as his finisher. This, however, took toll on his body and especially his knees. After returning from knee surgery he changed his style and started using the Schwein as his finisher. He wrestled in Toryumon Japan until 2004, when the promotion separated itself from Último Dragón's dojo, and changed its name to Dragon Gate. He still wrestles in Dragon Gate today. He created the Blood Generation stable in 2005, which had its final match in January 2007.
CIMA also made his first appearance in a North American wrestling promotion in about seven years in August 2005, appearing in Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
in a match against A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
, who CIMA defeated.
CIMA would return to North America for a three day tour with Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
. On March 30, 2006, in Detroit, Michigan, CIMA teamed with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino
Masato Yoshino
Masato Yoshino is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion.-Toryumon:...
to defeat Ring of Honor faction Generation Next, represented by Austin Aries
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy "Dan" Solwold, Jr. better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is the current X Division Champion...
, Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
, and Jack Evans
Jack Evans
Jack Edward Miller is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jack Evans. He currently performs for the Mexican-based promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he is the current World Cruiserweight Champion and a former World Tag Team Champion. He is the cousin...
.
On March 31, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, CIMA would once again team with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino in Ring of Honor, this time losing a match to another stable from Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of Dragon Gate's wrestlers are graduates from Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling,...
, Do FIXER (Dragon Kid
Dragon Kid
Dragon Kid is a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestles for Dragon Gate.-Professional wrestling career:...
, Ryo Saito, and Genki Horiguchi). The match is said to have completely stole the show. Dave Meltzer
Dave Meltzer
David A. Meltzer is the editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Sports Illustrated senior writer Frank Deford has praised Meltzer's work, saying that "Meltzer, I believe, is the most accomplished reporter in sports journalism." Meltzer has written for the Oakland Tribune, the Los Angeles...
of The Wrestling Observer gave the match the coveted 5 star rating.
On April 1, 2006, once again in Chicago, Illinois, at the third and final Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
show, CIMA teamed with Naruki Doi in a losing attempt to win the Ring of Honor Tag Titles from champions Generation Next (Austin Aries and Roderick Strong).
In September 2006 during the Labor Day Weekend, CIMA participated in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar...
Battle of Los Angeles super tournament. He was able to advance all the way to the finals where he lost to Davey Richards
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling...
.
CIMA's next return to Ring of Honor happened in late December 2006. CIMA teamed with Shingo
Shingo Takagi
Shingo Takagi is a former Japanese bodybuilder, turned professional wrestler. Shingo is currently competing for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate and American promotion Dragon Gate USA...
on December 22 in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
to challenge Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...
and Matt Sydal for the ROH World Tag Team Titles, but the Japanese stars came up short in the match. The next night, in Manhattan, New York
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, CIMA and Shingo teamed with Matt Sydal to take on the team of Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Delirious
Delirious (wrestler)
Hunter Johnston is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Delirious. He is currently wrestling for Ring of Honor, International Wrestling Cartel, Chikara, Pro Wrestling Noah, and Jersey All Pro Wrestling...
. This time, they were successful in their outing, when CIMA pinned Delirious. After the match, CIMA proclaimed "Thank you US, thank you ROH, see you in 2007".
On January 6, 2007, CIMA traveled to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and competed in the Australasian Wrestling Federation. In the main event, he wrestled the AWF Champion Steve Ravenous & TNT
Greg Bownds
Gregory James Bownds better known by his stage name TNT, is an Australian professional wrestler and promoter, currently owning and promoting the Australasian Wrestling Federation....
(also known as Aussie Ozbone on Japan) in a Triple Threat Elimination Match which CIMA won to become the AWF Champion. The next night in Newcastle, TNT defeated CIMA for the AWF Title.
On July 1, 2007, CIMA won Dragon Gate's main title, the Open the Dream Gate Championship
Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate Championship
The Open the Dream Gate Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. The wrestler who holds it is considered the top singles wrestler in Dragon Gate. It was created on July 4, 2004 when CIMA was awarded the title as a result of being the last Último Dragón...
, from Jushin Liger
Jushin Liger
, better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...
in Kobe, Japan. CIMA thus became the first wrestler to hold this title on two occasions.
On September 2, 2007, CIMA won Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Battle of Los Angeles tournament, defeating Human Tornado
Human Tornado
Craig Williams , better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American retired professional wrestler. His character was that of a stereotypical 1970s blaxploitation street pimp. He performed primarily on the Californian independent circuit, most prominently for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, the...
, Shingo and PAC on his way to the finals where he eliminated both El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
and Roderick Strong
Roderick Strong
Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...
.
On September 5, 2007, CIMA made his debut in Hawaii (along with Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka and Shingo Takagi) for Action Zone Wrestling, losing to AZW Heavyweight Champion Kris Kavanaugh. After the match, CIMA thanked the fans and asked if Hawaii enjoyed Dragon Gate, to which the crowd started a loud Dragon Gate chant. He promised Dragon Gate would be back in Hawaii, and in AZW. He returned to AZW on January 7, 2008 at Battleclash III to defeat "Sweet & Sour" Larry Sweeney
Larry Sweeney
Alexander K. Whybrow was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name Larry Sweeney...
. On September 8, 2008, CIMA appeared in a non-wrestling role at Dragon Gate's event Dragon Gate Hawaii at the Waikiki Shell, although he got involved in one match accidentally, hitting Stalker Ichikawa
Stalker Ichikawa
, better known by his stage name "Hollywood" , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate.- Career :Stalker Ichikawa is one of the most popular superstars from Dragon Gate...
with a steel chair.
Some time in May 2008, CIMA developed a neck injury. He tried to recuperate from it early as best as he could, but by the end of June, it was becoming obvious that he would need to take considerable time off to rest and heal up properly. On June 29, he vacated the Dream Gate title, just a day shy of a one-year reign as champion. CIMA would return to the ring on December 28, 2008, when he teamed with Jushin Liger in a losing effort to capture the Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship
Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship
The Open the Twin Gate Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. Dragon Gate had used the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship since 2006, until 2007 when Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino introduced the new Twin Gate after winning the Summer Adventure Tag League...
. It was also on this day that his Typhoon unit was brought to an end, after Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka lost in a Unit Split Survival Three-Way Six-Man Tag Match to teams from WORLD-1 and Real Hazard. After that, nothing more was heard from him for over a month.
The silence was broken when, on February 9, 2009, before WWE Friday Night SmackDown, he wrestled in a dark match against Jamie Noble
Jamie Noble
James Howard Gibson better known by his WWE ring name Jamie Noble, is an American former professional wrestler currently working for WWE as a trainer. He is best known for his work from 2002 to 2009 when a severe back injury forced him to retire from competition...
in a losing effort. He also wrestled for WPW in California on February 15 in a tag match. On March 1, he made his return to Dragon Gate, and announced the formation of the WARRIORS-5 stable along with Susumu Yokosuka, Gamma, and KAGETORA. The fifth member, RYOMA, was added on the 20th.
Two days later, he defeated Masato Yoshino to become the new Open the Brave Gate Champion
Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship
The Open the Brave Gate Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate; it has a weight limit of , though it has been defended against heavier wrestlers in the past. It can be considered the secondary singles title in Dragon Gate and is more of a light heavyweight...
. On April 15, he, Gamma, and KAGETORA won the Open the Triangle Gate Titles from Shingo Takagi, Taku Iwasa, and Dragon Kid. They would eventually lose the belts to Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC. He also challenged Open the Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi to a Title vs. Title Match on July 19, and despite putting up a valiant effort, he lost the Brave Gate to Doi.
He and Gamma then participated in the 2009 Summer Adventure Tag League
Summer Adventure Tag League
Summer Adventure Tag League is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament held in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate since 2007. It features a round-robin first round, after which the top four teams participate in the single-elimination portion to crown the winner...
Tournament, but they performed very poorly, only winning one match out of eight and finishing in last place. On December 29, they won the Open the Twin Gate Titles from Shingo Takagi & YAMATO, but they immediately handed them back, declaring themselves only tentative champions, and desired to face a strong team to determine the actual champions. On February 10, CIMA and Gamma defeated Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino, officially becoming the Open the Twin Gate Champions. This win made CIMA the first man to win every title in Dragon Gate. On March 22 CIMA and Gamma lost the titles to Takagi and Cyber Kong
Cyber Kong
Takashi Yoshida is a Japanese wrestler better known by his ring name, Cyber Kong. He currently wrestles for Dragon Gate.-Biography:...
. On May 13, 2010, CIMA, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi defeated Don Fujii
Don Fujii
, is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate, best known by his ring name Don Fujii. He was one-half of the inaugural Open the Owarai Twin Gate Champions and a former Open the Twin Gate Champion with Masaaki Mochizuki. He was previously in the Crazy MAX and Blood Generation stables.-Biography:He was...
, Masaaki Mochizuki
Masaaki Mochizuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Dragon Gate, where he is the current Open the Dream Gate Champion in his second reign and the leader of the Junction Three stable...
and Akebono
Akebono Taro
is a retired American born-Japanese sumo wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining the professional sport in Japan in 1988, he was trained by pioneering Hawaiian sumo wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the rankings, reaching the top division in 1990...
to win the Open the Triangle Gate Championship. On October 25, 2010, CIMA, Gamma and Horiguchi lost the Open the Triangle Gate Championship to Naoki Tanisaki
Naoki Tanisaki
Naoki Tanisaki is a Japanese wrestler currently competing for Dragon Gate, where he is currently one third of the Open the Triangle Gate Champions.-Toryumon/Dragon Gate :...
, Yasushi Kanda
Yasushi Kanda
Hiroyuki Kanda, better known as Yasushi Kanda, born on August 29, 1978 in Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan, is a Japanese wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion in Japan. He is considered one of Toryumon's greatest heel characters, and was a founding member of the M2K stable...
and Takuya Sugawara
Takuya Sugawara
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX and Dragon Gate.-Toryumon/Dragon Gate:He debuted in the 9th term of T2P as Henry III Sugawara, a Prince character. He joined with and eventually with Anthony W. Mori and Phillip J. Fukumasa, forming the Royal...
. CIMA would regain the title on December 26, 2010, teaming with Dragon Kid and Ricochet
Ricochet (wrestler)
Trevor Mann is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Ricochet. He currently performs mainly for the American promotion Dragon Gate USA and its parent promotion, Japanese Dragon Gate. In both promotions he is a member of the Blood Warriors stable...
.
On January 14, 2011, CIMA and WARRIORS turned heel, revealing themselves as the masked men who had been interfering in matches, and attacking Masato Yoshino and the World–1 group, before joining forces with Naruki Doi's group. On January 18 the new group was named Blood Warriors, a combination of the names of CIMA's two previous stables, Blood Generation and Warriors. On May 15, the rest of Blood Warriors turned on Dragon Kid and kicked him out of the group, despite the fact that he still held the Open the Triangle Gate Championship with CIMA and Ricochet, and replaced him with Cyber Kong and Tomahawk T.T. As a result, the title was declared vacant. On July 17, CIMA and Ricochet defeated Dragon Kid and Pac of rival group Junction Three to win the Open the Twin Gate Championship. On September 11 at Way of the Ronin 2011, CIMA and Ricochet defeated Masato Yoshino and PAC in a title vs. title match to win Dragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate USA is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009 as an international expansion of the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.Gabe Sapolsky, former head booker of Ring of Honor, serves as the promotion's Vice President....
's Open the United Gate Championship
DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship
The DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship is a tag team championship within the Dragon Gate USA promotion. The first champions were World–1 and were crowned at United: Finale in a the tournament final, which was held in Union City, New Jersey. It aired on March 11, 2011 on pay-per-view tape...
. After their third successful defense of the Open the Twin Gate Championship on November 30, CIMA and Ricochet vacated the title in order for Ricochet to concentrate on defending the Open the Brave Gate Championship and CIMA to concentrate on chasing the Open the Dream Gate Championship.
Personal life
Oshima is married to television personality Eleni Masuda. The pair met in 2003 during a baseball game in Fukuoka, where he threw out the first pitch. He proposed to her in 2005 during a vacation in Greece and they finally wed in June 2009.Factions
- Crazy Max (1997–2004)
- Blood Generation (2005–2006)
- Typhoon (2007–2008)
- WARRIORS (2009–2011)
- Blood Warriors (2011)
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
-
- Crossfire (Double wrist-clutch sitout powerbomb)
- Crossfire Naciente (Double wrist-clutch sitout powerbomb into a straight jacket triangle choke)
- EgoistEgoistEgoist may refer to:*A person with self-esteem and self-love egoism*An adherent of egoist anarchism*The Egoist , 1879 novel by George Meredith*The Egoist , literary magazine founded by Dora Marsden...
Schwein (Pumphandle sidewalk slam) - MadKurutta Taiyouis the sixth album by Buck-Tick, released on cassette and CD on February 21, 1991. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with two bonus tracks. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. "M・A・D" and "Jupiter" were rerecorded for the 1992...
Splash (Frog splash) - MeteoraMeteoraThe Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in...
(Diving double knee drop to a seated opponent's chest) - Nagoya CastleNagoya Castleis a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, central Japan. During the Edo period, Nagoya Castle was the center of one of the most important castle towns in Japan—Nagoya-juku— and it included the most important stops along the Minoji, which linked the Tōkaidō with the Nakasendō.-History:In...
/ Drug Bomb (Crucifix powerbomb lift flipped forward into a sitout facebuster) - SchweinSchweinSchwein is a music group comprising members of Buck-Tick, KMFDM, and PIG. Members Raymond Watts and Hisashi Imai , both having worked together in Schaft, were joined by Atsushi Sakurai , Sascha Konietzko and Lucia Cifarelli...
(Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver), sometimes:- Schwein-Gatame (dropped over the knee for a figure four leglock)
- Schwein Redline (while applying a wrist-clutch)
- Schwein Steiner (from the second or top rope)
- Signature moves
- Blood Silk Road (Arm trap inverted Gannosuke clutch)
- CerebroCerebroIn the Marvel Comics universe, Cerebro is a device that the X-Men use to detect humans, specifically mutants. It was created by Xavier and Magneto, and was later enhanced by Dr. Hank McCoy...
Lock (Head vice with bodyscissors) - Corkscrew back elbow
- Diving leg lariat
- Dos Caras Clutch (Standing hammerlock rolled forward into a leg hook cradle)
- Goriconoclasm (Cross-armed iconoclasm)
- Iconoclasm
- Jorge Complete (Scoop powerslam into a modified reverse rolling prawn hold)
- Jorge Clutch (Arm drag takedown into a modified reverse rolling prawn hold)
- LA Mart (Inverted Gannosuke clutch)
- Mona Lisa OverdriveMona Lisa Overdrive (album)Mona Lisa Overdrive is the thirteenth album by Buck-Tick, released on February 13, 2003. The album is named after the 1989 novel Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson. It reached number seven on the Oricon chart.- Track listing :...
(Somersault corner-to-corner missile dropkick) – innovated - Nakayubi (Front facelock into a DDTDDT (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler has the opponent in a front facelock, and falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's head into the mat...
) - Neji to HashiChopsticksChopsticks are small, often tapered, sticks used in pairs of equal length as the traditional eating utensils of China and its diaspora, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Northern provinces of Laos, Thailand and Burma. Generally believed to have originated in ancient China, they can also be found in some...
(Cross-legged cradle suplex) - Perfect Driver (Cross–legged sitout scoop slam piledriver)
- SalmonellaSalmonellaSalmonella is a genus of rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, predominantly motile enterobacteria with diameters around 0.7 to 1.5 µm, lengths from 2 to 5 µm, and flagella which grade in all directions . They are chemoorganotrophs, obtaining their energy from oxidation and reduction...
(Spike piledriver) - Sasoriza-Gatame (Elevated sharpshooterSharpshooter (professional wrestling)The Sharpshooter, originally named Sasori-gatame, Scorpion Hold in English, is a professional wrestling submission hold. The move is also known by several other names: cloverleaf leg-lace Boston crab, standing reverse figure-four leglock, and, the most commonly known alternative, Scorpion Deathlock...
) - Skayde Special (Inverted cloverleaf)
- Springboard double axe handle
- Superdrol (Double knee backbreaker or a running double high knee strike to the back or chest of a cornered opponent)
- Superkick
- TokarevTokarevTokarev , or Tokareva , may refer to:* Anton Tokarev , a Russian pair skater* Boris Tokarev , a Russian athlete* Boris Tokarev , a Russian actor...
(Corner-to-corner missile dropkick) - Turkey (Arm triangle choke)
- Venus (Leaping palm strike to an opponent sitting on the top rope)
Championships and accomplishments
- Australasian Wrestling Federation
- AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Dragon GateDragon Gateis a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of Dragon Gate's wrestlers are graduates from Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling,...
- Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate ChampionshipDragon Gate Open the Brave Gate ChampionshipThe Open the Brave Gate Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate; it has a weight limit of , though it has been defended against heavier wrestlers in the past. It can be considered the secondary singles title in Dragon Gate and is more of a light heavyweight...
(1 time) - Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate ChampionshipDragon Gate Open the Dream Gate ChampionshipThe Open the Dream Gate Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. The wrestler who holds it is considered the top singles wrestler in Dragon Gate. It was created on July 4, 2004 when CIMA was awarded the title as a result of being the last Último Dragón...
(2 times) - Dragon Gate Open the Owarai Gate ChampionshipDragon Gate Open the Owarai Gate ChampionshipThe Open the Owarai Gate Championship is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. The word owarai in the title's name is the Japanese word for comedy....
(2 time) - Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate ChampionshipDragon Gate Open the Twin Gate ChampionshipThe Open the Twin Gate Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. Dragon Gate had used the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship since 2006, until 2007 when Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino introduced the new Twin Gate after winning the Summer Adventure Tag League...
(3 times) – with Gamma (2) and RicochetRicochet (wrestler)Trevor Mann is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Ricochet. He currently performs mainly for the American promotion Dragon Gate USA and its parent promotion, Japanese Dragon Gate. In both promotions he is a member of the Blood Warriors stable...
(1) - Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate ChampionshipDragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate ChampionshipThe Open the Triangle Gate Championship is a professional wrestling trios title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. It was created on November 7, 2004 when The Italian Connection faction of Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO defeated Aagan Iisou's Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara &...
(10 times) – with Naruki DoiNaruki Doiis a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate, where he is currently one third of the Open the Triangle Gate Champions. He also wrestled for Ring of Honor, where he is a former World Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi, as well as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....
and Shingo TakagiShingo TakagiShingo Takagi is a former Japanese bodybuilder, turned professional wrestler. Shingo is currently competing for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate and American promotion Dragon Gate USA...
(1), Naruki Doi and Don Fujii (1), Magnitude KishiwadaMagnitude Kishiwada, better known under his current stage name Magnitude Kishiwada is a Japanese wrestler.-Career:...
and Masato YoshinoMasato YoshinoMasato Yoshino is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion.-Toryumon:...
(1), Jack EvansJack EvansJack Edward Miller is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jack Evans. He currently performs for the Mexican-based promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, where he is the current World Cruiserweight Champion and a former World Tag Team Champion. He is the cousin...
and BxB Hulk (1), Ryo SaitoRyo Saito, is a Japanese professional wrestler . he wrestled for Dragon Gate, where he was a member of the Blood Warriors stable. His name is sometimes abbreviated as SaiRyo, so as not to confuse him with Toryumon/DG alumni SAITO.-Toryumon:...
and Susumu YokosukaSusumu MochizukiSusumu Mochizuki , better known by his ring name Susumu Yokosuka is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate professional wrestling promotion...
(2), Gamma and KAGETORAFumiyuki Hashimoto, known by his stage name Kagetora , is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for Dragon Gate. He wrestles in independent wrestling leagues all around Japan and has wrestled in the United States for Chikara and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla...
(1), Gamma and Genki HoriguchiGenki Horiguchi, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently a full time wrestler and booker for Dragon Gate, where he is currently a member of the Blood Warriors stable. He has also competed in Wrestling Society X and Ring of Honor....
(2), and Dragon KidDragon KidDragon Kid is a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestles for Dragon Gate.-Professional wrestling career:...
and Ricochet (1) - Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate League (2006)
- One Night Tag Tournament (2002)
- Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship
- Dragon Gate USADragon Gate USADragon Gate USA is an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009 as an international expansion of the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.Gabe Sapolsky, former head booker of Ring of Honor, serves as the promotion's Vice President....
- DGUSA Open the United Gate ChampionshipDGUSA Open the United Gate ChampionshipThe DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship is a tag team championship within the Dragon Gate USA promotion. The first champions were World–1 and were crowned at United: Finale in a the tournament final, which was held in Union City, New Jersey. It aired on March 11, 2011 on pay-per-view tape...
(1 time, current) – with Ricochet
- DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship
- International Wrestling Revolution GroupInternational Wrestling Revolution GroupInternational Wrestling Revolution Group is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. Founded in 1996 by Adolfo Moreno and since Moreno's death in late 2007 has been controlled by his sons Alfredo and Marco Moreno...
- IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight ChampionshipIWRG Intercontinental Welterweight ChampionshipThe IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship is an inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group since 1998...
(2 times)
- IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
- Michinoku Pro WrestlingMichinoku Pro WrestlingMichinoku Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded by The Great Sasuke in 1993. Michinoku Pro was the first independent wrestling promotion in Japan to not base its operations in Tokyo, but rather in Morioka, Iwate...
- Futaritabi Tag Team League (1999) – with SuwaTakahiro Suwa, better known by his ring name Suwa , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, formerly of Pro Wrestling Noah.-Toryumon and Dragon Gate:...
- Futaritabi Tag Team League (1999) – with Suwa
- Pro Wrestling GuerrillaPro Wrestling GuerrillaPro Wrestling Guerrilla is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar...
- Battle of Los Angeles (2007)
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him #158 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
- Toryumon Japan
- NWA International Light Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA International Light Heavyweight ChampionshipThe NWA International Light Heavyweight Championship was a Professional Wrestling Championship that was promoted by Último Dragón's Toryumon 2000 Project promotion. Although having the "NWA" initials, it was not officially sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance. T2P closed a month after...
(1 time) - Último Dragón Gym ChampionshipUltimo Dragon Gym ChampionshipThe Último Dragón Gym Championship was the top title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Toryumon.-Title history:-References:**-See also:*Toryumon Mexico*Dragon Gate...
(2 times) - UWA World Trios ChampionshipUWA World Trios ChampionshipThe UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995....
(4 times) – with Suwa and Big/Don Fujii (3), and Big Fuji and TaruYoshikazu TaruYoshikazu Taru is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name TARU. He works for All Japan Pro Wrestling and El Dorado Wrestling.-Professional wrestling career:...
(1) - El Numero Uno League (2003)
- UDG Championship Tournament (2004)
- NWA International Light Heavyweight Championship
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 5 Star Match (2006)
- Match of the Year (2006)
Lucha de Apuesta record
| Wager | Winner(s) | Loser(s) | Location | Date | Notes |
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| Hair | CIMA | Masaaki Mochizuki Masaaki Mochizuki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Dragon Gate, where he is the current Open the Dream Gate Champion in his second reign and the leader of the Junction Three stable... |
Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Lumberjack match. | |
| Hair | Gamma Gamma (wrestler) Yoshito Sugamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Gamma. He is currently working for the Dragon Gate promotion.-Professional wrestling career:... |
CIMA | Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| Hair | CIMA | Yasushi Kanda Yasushi Kanda Hiroyuki Kanda, better known as Yasushi Kanda, born on August 29, 1978 in Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan, is a Japanese wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion in Japan. He is considered one of Toryumon's greatest heel characters, and was a founding member of the M2K stable... |
Aichi, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Six-way steel cage match, which also included BxB Hulk BxB Hulk , better known by his ring name BxB Hulk , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Dragon Gate, where he is currently one half of the Open the Twin Gate Champions, and Dragon Gate USA.-Professional wrestling career:... , Dragon Kid Dragon Kid Dragon Kid is a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestles for Dragon Gate.-Professional wrestling career:... , Masato Yoshino Masato Yoshino Masato Yoshino is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion.-Toryumon:... and YAMATO Masato Onodera is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, known by his ring name Yamato , who competes for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA.-Dragon Gate:... . |