| Hajime Ohara 大原はじめ | |
|---|---|
 Ohara as theNWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion | |
| Born | (1984-07-24)July 24, 1984 (age 40)[1][2] Kawasaki City,Kanagawa[1][2][3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Darke Dragon Hajime Ohara Kiki[4] Kiki Ohara[4] Maybach Suwa Jr. Ohara Rey Ohara |
| Billed height | 1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in)[1][2] |
| Billed weight | 90 kg (198 lb)[2] |
| Trained by | Jorge Rivera[3] Último Dragón[3] |
| Debut | May 16, 2004[2] |
Hajime Ohara (Japanese:大原 甫,Ōhara Hajime,ring name: 大原はじめ, born July 24, 1984)[1][2] is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler. Ohara worked forConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico for several years as part of his training, mixing thelucha libre style of Mexico with the JapanesePuroresu style of wrestling. In Japan, Ohara is best known for his work in theHustle,Smash andWrestling New Classic (WNC) promotions. He is signed toPro Wrestling Noah, where he is a one timeGHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and a six-timeGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.
Hajime Ohara began his professional wrestling career in Mexico, training at theToryumon Mexico dojo underÚltimo Dragón and Jorge Rivera, better known asSkayde. 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 andConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).[3] During his years in Mexico, Ohara also fought inmixed martial arts, obtaining a record of eleven wins and three losses with his most notable win coming againstAAA starElectroshock.[5]
Ohara lost toKazuchika Okada in the first round ofYoung Dragons Cup 2004 and teamed up with Okada in theYamaha Cup 2005, losing to Hiromi Horiguchi andRyusuke Taguchi in the semi-final. Ohara and Okada would meet again in the final of the Young Dragons Cup 2005 where Okada got the better of him once again to win the Young Dragons Cup. On August 28, 2005, Ohara made his debut for CMLL teaming withOkumura andRyusuke Taguchi and losing toBrazo de Plata,Negro Casas and Último Dragón. In late 2005, Ohara formedLa Ola Amarilla (Spanish for "The Yellow Wave") withMasada and Okumura. Ohara was part of the2006 International Grand Prix but was the first man eliminated when he was pinned byHeavy Metal.[6] 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 defeatedLa Máscara to win the vacantNWA World Welterweight Championship, becoming the first NWA Welterweight champion in almost two years.[7] Ohara made two successful title defences against Fantasma Jr. andEl Hijo del Fantasma. On January 20, 2007 Ohara lost the title toSuper Delfin during anOsaka Pro wrestling show in Japan, but regained the title on February 10 before returning to Mexico.[8] 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 the title to CMLL regularLa Sombra.[8]
Throughout 2008 and 2009, Ohara feuded with his mentor Último Dragón across three continents and multiple promotions includingDradition 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 alucha de apuestas match to Último Dragón and was forced to unmask.[3] On December 14, Ohara defeated Último Dragón to win theNWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship. In Japan, he debuted forHustle as Ray Ohara on December 24, joining the Monster Army and developing a one sided rivalry with the Hustle SupernovaKushida. After trading tag and trios wins, the pair finally met in a singles match on January 29, 2009 where Ohara emerged victories.[9] Nevertheless, on February 19, Kushida 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.[9] Back in Mexico, on August 22, Ohara and Último Dragón finally settled their rivalry in 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 toMineo Fujita on October 1, 2009.[10] At the final Hustle event on November 10, Ohara teamed withSuper Crazy and lost toKG and Último Dragón.
Ohara would make hisPro 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 was defeated by Fujita Hayato in the second round. Ohara would go on to team up withShiro Koshinaka to take part inFurinkazan, a round-robin tag team tournament, in block B. Their first match against Kamikaze andKohei 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 onIkuto Hidaka for theZero1 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.[11]
In March 2010, Ohara began working forYoshihiro Tajiri's newSmash promotion, losing to Kushida in the main event of the promotion's first ever show on March 26.[12] Initially, Ohara worked as a face as part of the Smash Seikigun and a protégé of Tajiri's, working against wrestlers from theFinnish promotion,Fight Club Finland (FCF). On July 24 atSmash.5, Ohara wassquashed by the debuting FinnStarBuck.[13] Later that same day onSmash.6, Ohara turned on Tajiri, after he had lost the FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship to StarBuck in the main event.[14] The following month, Ohara traveled toHelsinki, Finland to unsuccessfully challenge StarBuck for the title, after which he kneeled before him and adopted him as his new mentor.[15] 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.[16][17] The rivalry ended on March 31, 2011, atSmash.15, when Ohara defeated Kushida with his new finishing manoeuvre, the Finnish Forearm, in Kushida's final Smash match, before leaving forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling.[18] On June 9, Ohara entered a tournament to determine the first everSmash Champion, defeatingÚltimo Dragón in his first round match.[19] However, on August 11, Ohara was eliminated from the tournament by Veneno.[20] In October, the Smash Seikigun and Fight Club Finland groups were brought together by the arrival ofDave Finlay. On November 24 atSmash.23, Ohara pinned Tajiri in a tag team match, where he teamed with the returning Jessica Love and Tajiri with Último Dragon.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] On March 14, Ohara wrestled in Smash's final match, where he and StarBuck were defeated byAkira and Tajiri.[24]
On April 5, 2012, Ohara was announced as part of the roster ofWrestling New Classic (WNC), the follow-up promotion to Smash.[25][26] For WNC's first event, Ohara wanted to faceNew Japan Pro-Wrestling'sIWGP Heavyweight ChampionKazuchika 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.[27] On April 26, Ohara was defeated by Gedo at WNC's first event.[28] On May 24 at WNC's second event, Ohara was defeated by Okada and Gedo'sChaos stablemateToru Yano.[29] Afterwards, Ohara was attacked byPro Wrestling Noah'sMaybach Taniguchi, who, on June 22, extended Ohara's big match losing streak by defeating him in a singles match.[30] Ohara's losing streak continued on July 15, when he was pinned byNaomichi Marufuji in a tag team match, where he teamed with the returning StarBuck and Marufuji with Tajiri.[31] Following the match, StarBuck attacked Ohara and announced that their partnership was over, before revealing Akira as his new partner.[32] In the following day's main event, Ohara was defeated by StarBuck, continuing his losing streak.[33] On August 2, WNC's new top villainous alliance, StarBuck, Akira andSyuri, defeated Ohara,Kana and Tajiri in a six-person tag team main event, with Akira pinning Ohara to add another loss to his record.[34] Following the loss, Ohara turned on his partners and WNC, forming a new partnership with debuting female wrestlerNagisa Nozaki.[35][36] The following day, Ohara ended his losing streak by defeatingEl Hijo del Pantera in a singles match.[37] On August 30, Ohara and Nozaki were joined byJiro Kuroshio.[38] Meanwhile, Ohara resumed his losing streak, losing to longtime rival Último Dragón via disqualification, after unmasking him, and toZeus and Veneno following interference from Nozaki.[39][40][41] On September 20, Ohara was defeated by Naomichi Marufuji via another disqualification, after attacking the referee of the match.[42] On October 19, Ohara, Nozaki and Kuroshio named their stable "Kabushiki gaisha DQN"[43] On October 26, Ohara entered theWNC Championshiptournament, defeating StarBuck in his first round match, following interference from Nozaki and Kuroshio.[44] On November 28, Ohara was eliminated in the semifinals of the tournament by Tajiri.[45] 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.[46] On December 27, Ohara was defeated by Zeus in a singles grudge match.[47] On January 31, 2013, WNC announced that Ohara had decided to part ways with the promotion.[48]
On May 12, 2013, Ohara began working for Pro Wrestling Noah as a replacement for the injuredGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team ChampionSuwa. As part of his new character, Ohara wore a Maybach Taniguchi mask and worked under the ring name "Maybach Suwa Jr."[49] In July, Suwa Jr. teamed with No Mercy stablemateGenba Hirayanagi in the2013 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.[50] On July 26, Suwa Jr. got himself into title contention, when he defeatedGHC Junior Heavyweight ChampionTaiji Ishimori in a non-title match.[51][52] On August 24, Suwa Jr. and Hirayanagi unsuccessfully challengedJyushin Thunder Liger andTiger Mask for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. During the match, Suwa Jr.'s mask was torn off, revealing his true identity.[53][54] Afterwards, Ohara once again began working unmasked and under his real name.[55] On December 14, Ohara pinned Taiji Ishimori to win the eleven-man Matsumoto Day Clinic Cup and afterwards challenged him to a match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[56] Ohara received his title shot on January 19, 2014, but was defeated by Ishimori.[57]
Six days later, Ohara turned on No Mercy and jumped to theChoukibou-gun stable, forming a new tag team withKenoh.[58] On March 8, Ohara and Kenoh unsuccessfully challengedYoshinari Ogawa andZack Sabre Jr. for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[59] On August 2, Ohara and Kenoh won the2014 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League by defeatingDaisuke Harada and Quiet Storm in the finals.[60] 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.[61] On October 12, Ohara and Kenoh defeatedAtsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[62] On November 1, Ohara and Kenoh made a surprise appearance for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, offering Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask a shot at their title.[63] This led to Ohara and Kenoh's first title defense on December 6, where they defeated Liger and Tiger Mask.[64] Their second defense took place on December 27, when they defeated Pesadilla andSuper Crazy in aTables, Ladders, and Chairs match.[65] On January 18, the two made another successful defense against Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi.[66] On March 15, Ohara and Kenoh lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship toSuzuki-gun'sEl Desperado andTaka Michinoku in a three-way match, also involving Harada and Hirayanagi.[67] On March 28, Noah announced Ohara had signed a contract with the promotion, officially ending his days as a freelancer.[68] 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.[69] On March 19, 2016, Ohara and Kenoh won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time by defeating Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada.[70] They lost the title back to Kotoge and Harada on April 5.[71] Kenoh and Ohara officially broke up on December 23.[72]
On January 7, 2017, Ohara defeated Taiji Ishimori in a decision match to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[73] After successfully defending the title againstHitoshi Kumano on March 12, the two came together to form a new tag team,[74] later named Back Breakers.[75] On May 27, Ohara lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship toHayata.[76] Ohara and Kumano participated in the2017 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 the team from joining a three-way tie for first place in the group.[77]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Último Dragón (mask) | Dark Dragon (mask) | Madrid, Spain | Live event | June 25, 2008 | [3] |
| Hajime Ohara (hair) | Brazo de Platino (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | March 1, 2009 | |
| Último Dragón (mask) | Hajime Ohara (hair) | Mexico City | Dragonmania IV | August 22, 2009 | [80] |
| 14 matches | 11 wins | 3 losses |
| By submission | 11 | 3 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 11–3 | Alberto Castillo | Submission (kneebar) | Xtreme Fighters 1 | March 27, 2010 | 2 | 1:31 | Ciudad Obregón,Mexico | |
| Win | 11–2 | Hato Kiyoshi | Submission (triangle choke) | Cage of Combat 4: Spanish Bombs | February 27, 2010 | 1 | 1:53 | Madrid,Spain | |
| Win | 10–2 | Dante Jimenez | Submission (armbar) | Cage of Combat 3: San Vale Tudo | February 13, 2010 | 1 | 1:32 | Torreón,Mexico | |
| Win | 9–2 | Carlo Rangel | Submission (rear naked choke) | Cage of Combat 2: Battleground | January 23, 2010 | 1 | 1:21 | Toluca,Mexico | |
| Win | 8–2 | Electroshock | Submission (guillotine choke) | Cage of Combat 1 | December 26, 2009 | 1 | 2:04 | Veracruz,Mexico | |
| Win | 7–2 | Gonzalo Americo | Submission (triangle choke) | Gracie Evolution of Combat 4 | November 29, 2009 | 2 | 1:24 | León,Mexico | |
| Win | 6–2 | Galo Robles | Submission (rear naked choke) | MMA Xtreme 20 | March 15, 2008 | 1 | 1:12 | Mexico | |
| Win | 5–2 | Beneto Porti | Submission (armbar) | MMA Xtreme 17 | December 15, 2007 | 2 | 1:01 | Honduras | |
| Win | 4–2 | Nestor Martinez | Submission (rear naked choke) | MMA Xtreme 14 | October 13, 2007 | 1 | 1:12 | Honduras | |
| Win | 3–2 | Marco Galavit | Submission (rear naked choke) | MMA Xtreme 10 | March 31, 2007 | 1 | 1:21 | Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | |
| Win | 2–2 | Carlo Angel | Submission (armbar) | MMA Xtreme 5 | September 23, 2006 | 3 | 0:00 | Argentina | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Akbarh Arreola | Submission (armbar) | MMA Xtreme 4 | August 19, 2006 | 1 | N/A | Tijuana,Mexico | |
| Win | 1–1 | Mazada Matsuki | Submission (guillotine choke) | Vallarta Extremo 3 | July 4, 2006 | 1 | 2:13 | Mexico | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mazada Matsuki | Submission (rear naked choke) | Vallarta Extremo 1 | March 25, 2006 | 1 | 1:01 | Mexico |
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