 Chōun in February 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1978-11-21)November 21, 1978 (age 47)[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Cho-un "Bones" Shiryu Choun-Akitoshi Super Chino Ryan Upin Choun Shiryu |
| Billed height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Debut | 2004 |
Choun Shiryu (趙雲子龍,Chō'un Shiryū) is aJapaneseprofessional wrestler currently working as afreelancer and is best known for his time in the JapanesepromotionsDDT Pro-Wrestling andGatoh Move Pro Wrestling.[3] Hisring name is based on the Chinese military generalZhao Yun who lived during the lateEastern Han dynasty and earlyThree Kingdoms period of China.
As a freelancer, Chōun is known for competing in various promotions. He once competed forOsaka Pro Wrestling on March 24, 2009 atOsaka Happy Weekday where he teamed up withMuscle Sakai to defeatBlack Buffalo andTigers Mask.[4] Dotonbori 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 betweenBig Japan Pro Wrestling,DDT andKaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such asKankuro Hoshino,Taka Michinoku,Kenny Omega,Abdullah Kobayashi,[5] and the winner of the match,Jun Kasai.[6] AtAJPW Dream Power Series 2018, an event promoted byAll Japan Pro Wrestling on March 19, he fought into a 17-man battle royal also involving Atsushi Maruyama,Survival Tobita, Naoshi Sano, Chango and others.[7] On January 22, 2017, he participated atKyoko Kimura's Retirement Produce where he competed in aToshimen Pool Ticket Contest Battle Royal also involving the winnerKagetsu,Kaoru,Mayu Iwatani,Mayumi Ozaki,Tsukasa Fujimoto and others.[8] AtW-1 Tour 2017 Outbreak, an event promoted byWrestle-1 on June 11, Chōun picked up a victory overAndy Wu.[9]
Chōun made his professional wrestling debut atDDT Muscle 1, an event promoted byDDT Pro-Wrestling on October 13, 2004 where he defeatedMunenori Sawa and Rikiya in athree-way match.[10] AtDecember 21, 2017 on February 16, he competed in a 13-man battle royal to determine the newest member of the "Junretsu" stable won by Andreza Giant Panda and also involvingKonosuke Takeshita,Akito,Saki Akai,Yukio Sakaguchi and others. Earlier that night, he competed in asix-man tag team match in which he teamed up with Pedro Takaishi andGreat Kojika to defeatKen Ohka,Makoto Oishi andYasu Urano.[11]
Though he appeared mainly in DDT's sub-brand New Beijing Pro-Wrestling (a parody of bothNew Japan Pro-Wrestling and Chinese history) Chōun also competed in various DDT signature events. He made his firstDDT Peter Pan appearance atRyōgoku Peter Pan on August 23, 2009 where he competed in aRumble rules match for theIronman Heavymetalweight Championship won byToru Owashi and also involvingShoichi Ichimiya,DJ Nira and others.[12] AtBudokan Peter Pan on August 18, 2012, he teamed up withKazuhiro Tamura,Masashi Takeda,Masato Shibata,Shota and Kotaro Nasu as Team Style-E in a losing effort to Team Muscle (Muscle Sakai, Pedro Takaishi, Kazuyoshi Sakai HG, Norokazu Fujioka, Mr. Magic andSeiya Morohashi) as a result of aTwelve-man tag team match.[13]
As for theDDT Judgement branch of events, Chōun first wrestled atDDT 10th Anniversary: Judgement 2007 on March 11 where he teamed up with Norikazu Fujioka and defeatedIsami and 726, Yusuke Inokuma andGorgeous Matsuno, andMikami andSusumu in aFour-way tag team match.[14]
Chōun spent a considerable part of his career working forGatoh Move Pro Wrestling. AtGatoh Move Japan Tour #328 on December 21, 2017, he teamed up with Baliyan Akki to unsuccessfully challengeEmi Sakura andMasahiro Takanashi for theAsia Dream Tag Team Championship.[15] AtGatoh Move Good Work Summer on July 28, 2018, he teamed up withBaliyan Akki in a losing effort toSaki andRyuichi Sekine.[16]
Chōun had a long tenure with theJoshi puroresu promotionIce Ribbon despite being a male wrestler. AtIce Ribbon 298 on June 11, 2011, he teamed up with Makoto Oishi and defeated Lovely Butchers (Hamuko Hoshi and Mochi Miyagi) to win theInternational Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[17] AtYokohama Ribbon on November 24, 2018, he defeated Akane Fujita andMatsuya Uno in athree-way match to win theTriangle Ribbon Championship, thus becoming the first male wrestler to hold the title.[18]
