DJ Nira explained
DJ Nira |
Birth Date: | January 14[1] |
Birth Place: | Niigata, Japan |
Names: | DJ Nira Mad Dog Nira Date Masamune Baka Michinoku The Great Nira |
Height: | 170 cm[2] |
Weight: | 75 kg |
Trainer: | Taka Michinoku |
Debut: | 2002 |
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo.[3]
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2002 - present)
As a freelancer, he is known for working with various promotions. At the 5th Anniversary of NEO Women's Pro Wrestling on May 5, 2005, Nira took part in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 55-person battle royal in which he competed against notable opponents such as the winner Kyoko Inoue, Yuki Miyazaki, Kayoko Haruyama, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Command Bolshoi and many others.[4] On the second night of the Differ Cup 2005 of Pro Wrestling Noah, Nira teamed up with Stalker Ichikawa and got defeated by Awesome Kong in a 2-on-1 handicap match.[5] At AJPW/RO&D RO&D Festival, an event promoted by All Japan Pro Wrestling on September 11, 2005, Nira teamed up with Kikutaro and Eggman in a losing effort to Voodoo Murders (Chuck Palumbo, Johnny Stamboli and Taru) as a result of a six-man tag team match.[6]
Kaientai Dojo (2002 - 2017)
Nira made his professional wrestling debut on April 20, 2002, at K-DOJO First Impression, an event promoted by Kaientai Dojo where he teamed up with Apple Miyuki and Maya to unsuccessfully challenge Psycho in a 3-on-1 handicap match.[7] At K-DOJO Club-K Free on November 3, 2004, he competed in a 28-man battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the Strongest-K Championship also involving Gentaro, Hi69, Taka Michinoku, Quiet Storm and others.[8]
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2004 - present)
Nira is best known for his tenure with DDT Pro-Wrestling. He often wrestled in unusual matches such as the 34-person tag team match from DDT New Year's Gift Special 2015 where he teamed up with sixteen tag partners among which were Daisuke Sasaki, Kota Ibushi, Michael Nakazawa, Saki Akai and Super Sasadango Machine to defeat the likes of Makoto Oishi, Shuji Ishikawa, Konosuke Takeshita, Sanshiro Takagi and Shigehiro Irie.[9] Another special match in which he worked was a drinking match at BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Sapporo Pro-Wrestling Festa 2013, a cross-over event produced by DDT in partnership with Kaientai Dojo and Big Japan Pro Wrestling on October 14 where he teamed up with Ryuji Ito to beat Masa Takanashi and Ryuichi Sekine.[10]
He worked in many of the promotion's signature events. One of them is DDT Peter Pan, branch of events in which he wrestled most of the times in Rumble rules matches for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. He made his first appearance at Peter Pan 2009 from August 23 where he competed in this kind of match also involving Toru Owashi, Giru Nakano, Yumiko Hotta, Riho and others.[11] Two years later at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 on July 24, Nira competed in another rumble rules match again involving notable opponents such as Yuzuki Aikawa, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Emi Sakura and Cherry.[12] At Budokan Peter Pan on August 18, 2012, Nira defended the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in the rumble match unsuccessfully in front of the winner Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Mio Shirai, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Ken Ohka and others.[13]
As for the DDT Judgement branch of events, Nira made his first appearance at Judgement 2009 on April 5, 2009, where he firstly defeated Mammoth Handa and Yoshiaki Yago in a three-way match to qualify in a
- 1 Conterdership Double Chance Battle Royal
with a contract suspended above the ring to challenge for the
KO-D Openweight Championship, match which also involved the winner
Harashima,
Daisuke Sekimoto,
Poison Sawada Julie,
Kazuhiro Tamura and others.
[14] At on March 21, 2016, Nira teamed up with
Dai Suzuki defeating
Seiya Morohashi and
Hoshitango.
Morohashi was the
King of Dark Champion but Nira did not take the title off him due to the "loss meaning successful defense" of the title rule.
[15]
Championships and accomplishments
Notes and References
- Web site: DJ Nira • General Information. wrestlingdata.com. Axel. Saalbach. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: DJ Nira/Career Data. cagematch.de. German. Philip. Kreikenbohm. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: DJ Nira & Match Listing. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). profightdb.com. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: NEO - 2005/05/05 - 5th Anniversary Show GO, NEO, GO, GO! GO, NEO, GO!. archive.org. InternetArchive. May 5, 2005. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: NOAH "Differ Cup Night 2" on 5/8/05. puroresucentral.com. Puroresu Central. May 8, 2005. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: AJPW/RO&D "RO&D FESTIVAL ~ BOOYAA THE WORLD!", 11.09.2005 Tokyo Differ Ariake. purolove.com. Purolove. September 11, 2005. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: https://wp.bbm-mobile.com/sp2/Result/ResultShow.asp?s=001357. ja:4/20 K-DOJO KAIENTAI-DOJO旗揚げ戦~K-first impression!~. wp.bbm-mobile.com. Baseball Magazine. Japanese. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: Events Database » K-DOJO Club-K Free. cagematch.net. Philip. Kreikenbohm. German. November 3, 2004. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: DDT ProWrestling . ja:【後楽園リポート】マイケル軍勝利! サプライズ登場の佳耶子夫人の返答は「シンガポールにはいきません。これからも頑張ってください」/2・15さいたまでササダンゴvs「さいたまSAと言えばあの男」/赤井がアイアンマンヘビーメタル級王座奪取も…アジャが襲撃して強奪。2・15さいたまのアイアンマンバトルロイヤルにアッカも参戦/アラサーちゃんとコラボ。峰なゆかさんデザインのTシャツが2・15さいたまから発売. ddtpro.com. DDT Pro Wrestling. Japanese. January 3, 2015. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: DDT/BJW/K-DOJO "SAPPORO PRO-WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2013 - BEER GARDEN PRO-WRESTLING", 14.10.2013 Sapporo Teisen Hall. purolove.com. Purolove. October 14, 2013. August 19, 2021.
- Web site: http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2009/d090823-4.htm . ja:DDT “両国ピーターパン” 8/23 両国国技館大会その4 . January 28, 2020 . . ddtpro.com . Japanese . May 26, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180526080427/http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2009/d090823-4.htm . dead .
- Web site: http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2011/d110724-4.htm . ja:DDT “両国ピーターパン2011~二度あることは三度ある~” 7/24 両国国技館大会その4 . January 23, 2020 . . ddtpro.com . Japanese . October 31, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031074933/http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2011/d110724-4.htm . dead .
- Web site: http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2012/d120818-5.htm . ja:DDT “武道館ピーターパン~DDTの15周年、ドーンと見せます超豪華4時間SP!~” 8/18 日本武道館大会その5 . January 24, 2020 . . ddtpro.com . Japanese . May 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130528163337/http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2012/d120818-5.htm . dead .
- Web site: DDT "Judgement 2009" 4/5 後楽園ホール大会 . Extreme Party . February 12, 2020 . ja . September 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904030406/http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2009/d090405.htm . dead .
- Web site: DDT JUDGEMENT 2016 (MARCH 21) RESULTS & REVIEW. voicesofwrestling.com. Dylan. Justin. March 25, 2016. April 18, 2021.
- Web site: Ironman Heavymetalweight Title. wrestling-titles.com. Wrestling Titles. July 25, 2021. August 18, 2021.
- Web site: International Wrestling Association Triple Crown Title. wrestling-titles.com. Wrestling-Titles.com. August 18, 2021.