.jpg) Yoshimura in July 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1995-04-21)April 21, 1995 (age 30)[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Naomi Yoshimura |
| Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 117 kg (258 lb) |
| Debut | 2016[2] |
Naomi Yoshimura (吉村直巳,Yoshimura Naomi) is aJapaneseprofessional wrestler, working for the Japaneseprofessional wrestling promotionDramatic Dream Team (DDT),[4] where he is currently part of the Harimau faction.
Yoshimura is known for his matches from thejapanese independent scene, working for various promotions such asAll Japan Pro Wrestling, where atAJPW Zeus Festival 2017, an event which portrited eleven years since the debut ofZeus on November 11, he teamed up with Katsumi Oribe and Yasutaka Oosera in a losing effort to NEXTREAM (Kento Miyahara,Naoya Nomura andYuma Aoyagi).[5] He competed for a brief period of time in theamerican independent scene, working a couple of matches forIWA Mid-South, one of them taking place at the 22nd anniversary of the promotion from October 18, 2018, where he teamed up with Rekka in a losing effort to The Gym Nasty Boyz (Timmy Lou Retton and White Mike).[6]
He moved to theCanadian wrestling scene, where he competed in the Canadian Wrestling's Elite promotion, working in theCWE Struttin' And Cuttin' Tour, and on the 27th night from November 16, 2018, he participated in a22-man battle royal to establish the no.1 condentership for the CWE Championship, match where he went against other talent such as Adam Knight and Darren Dalton.[7] The most notable performance was a night later, where he teamed up withShigehiro Irie and Rekka to unsuccessfully challengeThe Kingdom (Matt Taven,T. K. O'Ryan andVinny Marseglia) for theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.[8]
Yoshimura made hisprofessional wrestling debut inDramatic Dream Team'sDDT Osaka Octopus 2016 event from December 4, where he teamed up withKudo andSoma Takao to defeatAkito,Keisuke Ishii andYuki Ueno in asix-man tag team match.[9] One of his biggest matches was atDDT New Year Special 2020! on January 3, where he teamed up withYuki Ueno as part of Nautilus to defeat Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki andSoma Takao) for theKO-D Tag Team Championship.[10] AtDDT UNIVERSE LIVE! One Chan Tuesday form March 3, 2020, Yoshimura took part in a9-man battle royal for a challenge anytime, anywhere contract also involving the winnerYuki Iino,Yukio Naya,Kazusada Higuchi,Kazuki Hirata,Makoto Oishi,Mao and others.[11]
Yoshimura also took part in the biggest events of the promotion. AtWrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, he teamed up withYuki Ueno as Disaster Box accompanied by Nobuhiro Shimatani and unsuccessfully challenged All Out (Shunma Katsumata,Yuki Iino) and Mizuki Watase in asix-man tag team match.[12] AtWrestle Peter Pan 2020, he teamed up with his Nautilus tag partnerYuki Ueno and successfully defended theKO-D Tag Team Championship against #StrongHearts (T-Hawk andEl Lindaman) on the second night of the event from June 7.[13]
He is known for his appearances in the promotion's signature tournaments. At the2019 edition of King of DDT, he defeatedKazuki Hirata in the first-round, but fell short toKonosuke Takeshita in the round two.[14] One year later, at the2020 edition of the event, he fell short early toKonosuke Takeshita in the first rounds.[15] In the second rounds, on August 9, he participated in a13-man battle royal for a second chance to enter thetournament, also involving the winnerTetsuya Endo,Chris Brookes,Mad Paulie,Yukio Sakaguchi and others.[16]
