| Yoshihisa Uto | |
|---|---|
 Uto in March 2017 | |
| Born | (1988-05-12)May 12, 1988 (age 36)[1] Aichi,Japan |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Orca Uto Yoshihisa Uto Battosai Shichiten |
| Billed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 110 kg (243 lb) |
| Trained by | Yuji Okabayashi Hideki Suzuki |
| Debut | 2012 |
Yoshihisa Uto (宇藤純久,Uto Yoshihisa) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the JapanesepromotionBig Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a formerYokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion.[3]
Due to his freelancing time, Uto is known for competing for various promotions from theJapanese independent scene. AtFREEDOMS No Pain, No Gain 2022, an event promoted byPro Wrestling Freedoms on February 10, 2022, he teamed up with ERE (Takayuki Ueki andViolento Jack) to defeat Kamui, Kenji Fukimoto andMammoth Sasaki.[4] Uto often competed in women's promotions. AtIce Ribbon Risa Sera's 5th Produced Show on October 24, 2020, he fought in aniron woman hardcore match disputed for Sera'sFantastICE Championship which ended in a draw ans also involved notable opponents such asAkane Fujita,Hiragi Kurumi,Itsuki Aoki,Suzu Suzuki, andTakashi Sasaki.[5] He also competed in various independent shows produced by the members of theProminence stable such asProminence Put Your Hand On The Flame from December 11, 2022, where he fought in agauntlet match in which he, alongside Akane Fujita, Hiragi Kurumi, Miyako Matsumoto, Mochi Natsumi, Risa Sera, Super Hardcore Machine, Suzu Suzuki, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda defeatedFella Risa.[6]
Uto is best known for his work inBig Japan Pro Wrestling where he was part of the "Moon Vulcan" stable. He made his first appearance atBJW 20th Anniversary 0th Edition on February 22, 2015, where he fell short toRyuichi Kawakami in anexhibition match.[7]
Uto is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events. In theIkkitousen Strong Climb, he made his first appearance at the 2016 edition where he fought in the block B and scored a total of two points after competing against Hideki Suzuki,Shuji Ishikawa, Ryota Hama,Yuji Okabayashi andShinobu.[8] At the 2018 edition, he fought again in the block B, this time scoring five points after going against Hideki Suzuki,Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuichi Kawakami,Kazuki Hashimoto and Kazumi Kikuta.[9] In theIkkitousen Deathmatch Survivor, Uto made his only appearance at the 2019 edition where he fought in the A block, failing to score any points after competing againstIsami Kodaka, Abdullah Kobayashi,Jimmy Havoc,Ryuichi Sekine,Ryuji Ito, andYuko Miyamoto.[10]
In theSaikyo Tag League, Uto made his first appearance at the 2015 edition where he teamed up with Hideki Suzuki, placing themselves in the A block where they scored a total of two points after competing against the teams of Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi, Shuji Ishikawa andKohei Sato, Ryota Hama andHideyoshi Kamitani, Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi andHercules Senga) andDaichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto.[11] At the 2016 edition he teamed up withKazumi Kikuta and fought in the block B where they failed to score any points after going against the teams ofAkebono and Ryota Hama, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Daichi Hashimoto, and Ryuichi Kawakami andYasufumi Nakanoue.[12] In 2017, he teamed up with Ryuichi Kawakami and fought in the block A where they scored a total of four points against Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato, Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani,Shingo Takagi and Yuji Okabayashi, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue, and Hideki Suzuki andShogun Okamoto.[13] In 2018, he teamed up with Abdullah Kobayashi in the block B where thet scored eight points against the teams of Ryuji Ito and Ryuichi Sekine,Masaya Takahashi and Kyu Mogami,Masashi Takeda andTakumi Tsukamoto,Takayuki Ueki andToshiyuki Sakuda, Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka, andMinoru Fujita and Kankuro Hoshino.[14]
Due to BJW holding various business partnerships with different promotions, Uto worked in various cross-over events co-promoted alongside them. AtBJW/DDT/K-DOJO Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling 2015 from December 31, he teamed up withKazusada Higuchi in a losing effort againstHarashima and Yuko Miyamoto.[15]
One of the related to BJW promotions in which Uto marked notable work isAll Japan Pro Wrestling. AtAJPW AJ Phoenix Vol.1 on February 15, 2016, he fell short toZeus.[16] On the second night of theAJPW Super Power Series 2016 from May 21, Uto teamed up with Toshiyuki Sakuda in a losing effort against Axe Bombers (Kazuhiro Tamura andTakao Omori).[17] On the fifth night of theAJPW Summer Action Series 2017 from July 23, he teamed up with his Moon Vulcan stablemate Takuya Nomura in a losing effort against Evolution (Joe Doering andSuwama).[18]
Uto married fellowprofessional wrestlerRisa Sera in 2019.[19] They divorced in 2023.
