Ryuichi Sekine

Sekine in June 2017
Personal information
Born	(1988-06-11)June 11, 1988 (age 37)[3] Sukagawa,Fukushima, Japan
Spouse	Nodoka Tenma ​ (m. 2022)​
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Trans-Am*Hiroshi #8 Karate Brahman #2 Ryuselmo Sekine Danbira Sekine Ryuichi Sekine
Billed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Billed weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Trained by	Taka Michinoku
Debut	2008[2]

Ryuichi Sekine (関根龍一,Sekine Ryūichi) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in theprofessional wrestling promotionKaientai Dojo (K-Dojo).^[4]

Sekine is known for his tenures with variouspromotions. He worked forAll Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), making sporadic appearances starting withAJPW Chiba Extra Dream from March 16, 2013, where he competed in a losing effort againstAtsushi Aoki.^[5] At while later, on July 20, 2014, on the fourth night of theAJPW Summer Action Series 2014 event, he fell short toYoshinobu Kanemaru.^[6] He scored some notable participations inWrestle-1 (W-1), where on the second night of theWrestle-1 Tour 2017 Shining Winter from December 3, he competed in a11-man royal rumble also involvingKaz Hayashi,Seiki Yoshioka andMasayuki Kono. On the same night, he teamed up with Daigoro Kashiwa in a losing effort toManabu Soya andNosawa Rongai.^[7] AtGatoh Move ChocoPro #83, an event promoted byGatoh Move Pro Wrestling (Gatoh Move) on January 23, 2021, he teamed up withHagane Shinnou in a losing effort toMei Suruga and Baliyan Akki.^[8]

Sekine made his debut inBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) on April 30, 2009 at ahouse show hosted in partnership withKaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) where he teamed up withTaishi Takizawa in a losing effort to Atsushi Ohashi andYoshihito Sasaki.^[9] He participated in one of the longest matches inprofessional wrestling history, a108-man battle royal atTenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between BJW,DDT and K-Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such asGreat Kojika,Taka Michinoku,Kenny Omega,Abdullah Kobayashi,^[10] and the winner of the match,Jun Kasai.^[11]

Sekine participated in theSaikyo Tag League multiple times. He made his first appearance at the2014 edition of the event, teaming up with Saburo Inematsu and scoring a total of four points after going against the teams ofRyuji Ito and Abdullah Kobayashi,Yuko Miyamoto andIsami Kodaka,Kankuro Hoshino andMasato Inaba,Masashi Takeda andJaki Numazawa, andThe Brahman Brothers.^[12] His last performance was at the2020 edition of the event where he teamed up with Ryuji Ito and won the Deathmatch Block with a total score of ten points, towering the teams of Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto,Masaya Takahashi andKyu Mogami, Masashi Takeda andTakumi Tsukamoto,Takayuki Ueki andToshiyuki Sakuda, Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka, andMinoru Fujita and Kankuro Hoshino. They fell short in the semi-finals againstDaichi Hashimoto andHideyoshi Kamitani.^[13]

In theIkkitousen Deathmatch Survivor, he made his first appearance at2015 edition starting with March 1, placing himself in the Block A and scoring a total of four points after going againstMasashi Takeda, Ryuji Ito, Kankuro Hoshino, Jaki Numazawa and Masaya Takahashi.^[14] His last presence was at the2019 edition of the event, where in the A Block he scored a total of six points after competing against Isami Kodaka, Abdullah Kobayashi,Jimmy Havoc, Ryuji Ito, Yuko Miyamoto and Yoshihisa Uto.^[15]

Sekine regularly worked for DDT's sub-brandPro-Wrestling Basara (Basara), making sporadic appearances in the promotion's signature events. AtJudgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, Sekine participated in a 12-man battle royal for a first contendesrhip contract for theKO-D Openweight Championship also involving the winnerKazuki Hirata,Gorgeous Matsuno,Ken Ohka,Toru Owashi and others.^[16] His last appearance at theDDT Judgement event was atJudgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary on February 17, where he teamed up with Daiki Shimomura as Sento Minzoku to defeat Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino.^[17]*

Sekine also worked in theDDT Into The Fight events series. He made his first appearance atInto The Fight 2016 on February 28, he teamed up with Isami Kodaka and picked up a win against Smile Squash (Yasu Urano andAkito), Shuten-dōji (Yukio Sakaguchi andMasa Takanashi) and Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii andSoma Takao) in aFour-way tag team match.^[18] AtInto The Fight 2018 on February 25, Sekine teamed up withRyota Nakatsu andFuminori Abe and unsuccessfully challenged Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Yukio Sakaguchi andMasahiro Takanashi) for theKO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.^[19]

Another popular event promoted by DDT where he competed was theUltimate Party 2019 from November 3, where he dropped theUnion Max Championship to Masahiro Takanashi.^[20]

In 2020, when Basara split from DDT to become an independent company,^[21] he continued his tenure with it.

Sekine worked for a brief period of time inNew Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). AtNEVER.9: Road To The Super Junior 2, he picked up a victory overTakaaki Watanabe in the first night from April 13, 2012.^[22] Two days later, on the semi-finals from April 15, he fell short to Nosawa Rongai who portraited the gimmick ofBlack Tiger.^[23] In a first-round match of theNEVER Tokyo SHIBUYA-AX: NEVER Openweight Championship Tournament which took place on November 15, 2012, he fell short toYoshi-Hashi.^[24] On the finals of the same event from November 19, he teamed up withDaisuke Sasaki and Hiro Tonai, unsuccessfully challengingBushi,Hiromu Takahashi andKushida in asix-man tag team match.^[25]

Sekine married fellowprofessional wrestlerNodoka Tenma in December 2022.^[26]

• Big Japan Pro Wrestling

• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withIsami Kodaka andMinoru Fujita^[27]

• DDT Pro-Wrestling/Pro-Wrestling Basara

• Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)^[28]
• Union Max Championship (1 time)^[29]
• UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – withIsami Kodaka andDaiki Shimomura^[30]
• Iron Fist Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withFuma
• Iron Fist Tag Team Tournament (2018) – withRyota Nakatsu^[31]

• Kaientai Dojo

• Strongest-K Tag Team Championship (2 times) – withKengo Mashimo^[32]
• UWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)^[33]
• FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Kotaro Nasu (1), Saburo Inematsu (1) andKengo Mashimo (2)^[34]

• Pro Wrestling Zero1

• NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ryota Nakatsu^[35]

• Media related toRyūichi Sekine at Wikimedia Commons

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• Strongest-K Tag Team Champions
• UWA World Middleweight Champions
• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champions
• International Lightweight Tag Team Champions (Zero1)
• Iron Fist Tag Team Champions

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