 Hama in 2018. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1979-11-21)November 21, 1979 (age 46)[5] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | BigSushi[1] Captain All Japan[2] Mad Paulie[3] Ryota Hama S1 Mask[4] Yapper Man #4 |
| Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Billed weight | 226 kg (498 lb) |
| Trained by | Kaz Hayashi Kohei Suwama |
| Debut | November 3, 2008[5] |
Ryota Hama (濱 亮太,Hama Ryōta;ring name:浜 亮太)[6] (born November 21, 1979) is a retired Japanesesumo wrestler and currentprofessional wrestler, signed toBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division.
| Hokutoarashi Ryōta | |
|---|---|
| 北勝嵐 亮太 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Hama Ryōta (1979-11-21)21 November 1979 (age 46) Ibaraki, Osaka |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 182 kg (401 lb) |
| Career | |
| Stable | Hakkaku |
| Record | 235-169-114 |
| Debut | July, 1995 |
| Highest rank | Makushita 6 (November, 2001) |
| Retired | May, 2008 |
| Championships | 1 (Makushita) 1 (Jonidan) |
Last updated: Sep. 2021 | |
Hama joined sumo in July 1995, and he fought for theHakkaku stable run by formeryokozunaHokutoumi. Hisshikona wasHokutoarashi (meaning "North Victory Storm") and he reached a highest rank ofmakushita 6 in November 2001. Injury-prone in his knees, he fell greatly in rank and announced his retirement in May 2008. His career record was 235 wins to 169 losses, with 114 absences due to injury.
After retiring from sumo, Hama became a professional wrestler. Hama debuted in professional wrestling on November 3, 2008, losing to former Sumo championAkebono.
On September 23, 2009, Hama and Akebono, known collectively as SMOP (Super Megaton Ohzumo Powers), won theAll Asia Tag Team Championship, defeatingMinoru Suzuki andNosawa Rongai. With Akebono as his partner, Hama participated in the2009 World's Strongest Tag Determination League, finishing 5th out of 9 teams with four victories and four defeats. While still holding the All Asia Tag Team Championship, Hama won theTriple Crown Heavyweight Championship, defeating championSatoshi Kojima on March 21, 2010. Hama holds the record for fastest superstar to attain the Triple Crown title, winning the title 503 days after his debut.[7]
In 2010, Hama was also part ofSuwama's New Generation Forcestable, which rivaled Minoru Suzuki and his Partisan Forces faction. After internal trouble in the group, Hama faced fellow memberMasayuki Kono in a special match, but Kono defeated him thanks to the help ofKenso andVoodoo Murders, leading Kono to leave New Generation Force and join them. The stable then dissolved, with Hama following Suwama while the other two remaining members,Manabu Soya andSeiya Sanada, went apart.
Hama finished the 2010Champion Carnival in 4th place in Block A. He earned 4 points having defeated Minoru Suzuki and Seiya Sanada. Hama and Akebono ended up losing the All Asia Tag Team Championship at the hands of Voodoo Murders'Taru andBig Daddy Voodoo on April 29, 2010. Three days later, on May 2, 2010, he lost the Triple Crown Championship in a match against Minoru Suzuki. On June 19, 2013, Hama announced his resignation from All Japan out of loyalty toKeiji Mutoh, who had left the promotion when Nobuo Shiraishi took over as its new president at the beginning of the month.[8]
On July 10, 2013, Hama was announced as part of Keiji Mutoh's newWrestle-1 (W-1) promotion.[9][10][11] Hama wrestled on the promotion'sinaugural event on September 8, teaming withYasufumi Nakanoue in a tag team match, where they were defeated by thePro Wrestling Zero1 team ofKohei Sato andRyoji Sai.[12] He adopted clothing and mannerisms inspired onWWF'sRikishi, like his trademarkthong andStink Face maneuver. On September 21, 2014, Hama entered theWrestle-1 Championshiptournament, but was defeated in his first round match byAkira.[13] Through Wrestle-1's working relationship with American promotionTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Hama worked TNA'sBound for Glory event in Tokyo on October 12, losing toEthan Carter III.[14] On June 28, 2016, Hama announced he was leaving Wrestle-1 due to his contract with the company expiring.[15]
In 2015, whilst signed with Wrestle-1, Hama formed a tag team with Hideyoshi Kamitani named Hamakami inBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). They competed in that yearsSaikyou Tag League as part of the Strong Block.[16] Despite missing the semi-finals, they defeated eventual winners and newBJW Tag Team Champions Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto andYuji Okabayashi).[17] On December 30, they challenged Strong BJ to a rematch and won the BJW Tag Team Championship.[18] On January 24, 2016, Hama unsuccessfully challenge Okabayashi for theBJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.[19] Hamakami also lost the BJW Tag Team Championship to Kohei Sato andShuji Ishikawa on May 30.[20] After leaving Wrestle-1, Hama participated in Pro Wrestling Zero1'sFire Festival and briefly re-formed SMOP in BJW. At Ryogokutan 2016, on July 24, SMOP unsuccessfully challenged Sato and Ishikawa for the BJW Tag Team Championship.[21] Later they entered the2016 Saikyo Tag League as part of the Strong B Block, cruising through the block to win undefeated. On October 14, they lost to Strong BJ in the quarter-finals.[22] On February 23, 2017, at a Diamond Stars Wrestling event, Hama unsuccessfully challengedTim Storm for theNWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.[23] On May 25, he teamed with former Wrestle-1 talent Yasufumi Nakanoue to challenge BJW Tag Team Champions Strong BJ and lost.[24] In July, Hama officially signed with BJW.[25]
Hama continued teaming with Nakanoue and they won theYokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship withShogun Okamoto from Moon Vulcan (Hideki Suzuki,Takuya Nomura and Yoshihisa Uto) on July 3.[26] From September 6 and October 15, Hama and Nakanoue participated in the2017 Saikyo Tag League as part of the Strong Block; they failed to advance to the semi-finals with only four points.[27][28] On December 17, Hama, Nakanoue and Okamoto lost the Yokohama Shopping Street title to Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kohei Sato.[29] Hama entered the2018 Ikkitousen Strong Climb in Block A but failed to progress to the semi-finals.[30] On April 21, Hama, Nakanoue and Yoshihisa Uto won the Yokohama Shopping Street title from Sekimoto, Kamitani and Sato.[31] From May 22 to June 20, they lost and regained the championship on three occasions,[32] before losing the titles permanently to the 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda) on July 24.[33] Starting on August 12, Hama and Nakanoue entered the2018 Saikyo Tag League where the vacant BJW Tag Team Championship was held up.[34] They dominated the Strong Block, gaining ten points from five wins, and defeatedAbdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto in the semi-finals on October 16.[35] Three days later, they won the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship from the 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers with Takeshi Irei.[36] On October 25, Hama and Nakanoue won the Saikyo Tag League and BJW Tag Team Championship when they defeated Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani.[37] At Ryogokutan 2018, on November 11, they successfully defended their titles against Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda,[38] but lost the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship to the 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers six days later.[39] On December 9, after Hama and Nakanoue made their second successful title defence against Strong BJ, Hama challenged Daisuke Sekimoto for the BJW Strong World Heavyweight Championship.[40] On January 2, 2019, he lost to Sekimoto.[41] On July 21, Hama and Nakanoue lost the BJW Tag Team Championship to Sekimoto andThe Bodyguard.[42]
| Year | January Hatsu basho,Tokyo | March Haru basho,Osaka | May Natsu basho,Tokyo | July Nagoya basho,Nagoya | September Aki basho,Tokyo | November Kyūshū basho,Fukuoka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | x | x | x | (Maezumo) | East Jonokuchi #59 6–1 | East Jonidan #120 3–4 |
| 1996 | West Jonidan #146 4–3 | West Jonidan #111 0–1–6 | East Jonidan #182 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Jonokuchi #55 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | (Banzukegai) | (Banzukegai) |
| 1997 | (Maezumo) | West Jonokuchi #50 6–1 | West Jonidan #115 4–3 | East Jonidan #90 7–0–P | East Sandanme #81 5–2 | East Sandanme #48 4–3 |
| 1998 | West Sandanme #32 4–3 | West Sandanme #17 2–5 | East Sandanme #42 3–4 | West Sandanme #54 6–1 | West Sandanme #7 2–5 | West Sandanme #33 3–4 |
| 1999 | East Sandanme #48 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Jonidan #8 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Jonidan #78 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Jonidan #148 7–0–P Champion | East Sandanme #98 6–1 | East Sandanme #43 3–4 |
| 2000 | West Sandanme #61 2–5 | East Sandanme #83 6–1 | East Sandanme #30 6–1 | East Makushita #52 3–4 | East Sandanme #3 4–3 | East Makushita #52 4–3 |
| 2001 | West Makushita #42 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Sandanme #22 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Sandanme #83 6–1 | West Sandanme #25 5–2 | West Makushita #59 7–0 Champion | East Makushita #6 1–6 |
| 2002 | East Makushita #26 4–3 | East Makushita #22 4–3 | West Makushita #16 0–4–3 | East Makushita #51 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | East Makushita #51 4–3 | East Makushita #41 5–2 |
| 2003 | West Makushita #24 2–5 | West Makushita #45 2–5 | West Sandanme #4 1–6 | West Sandanme #38 5–2 | East Sandanme #13 3–4 | East Sandanme #28 1–0–6 |
| 2004 | West Sandanme #58 2–1–4 | East Sandanme #79 5–2 | West Sandanme #46 5–2 | West Sandanme #15 4–3 | West Sandanme #5 5–2 | West Makushita #51 4–3 |
| 2005 | West Makushita #42 1–6 | West Sandanme #9 5–2 | West Makushita #52 4–3 | East Makushita #44 0–7 | West Sandanme #19 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Sandanme #79 6–1 |
| 2006 | East Sandanme #22 5–2 | West Makushita #58 2–5 | East Sandanme #22 5–2 | West Makushita #58 3–4 | East Sandanme #15 5–2 | West Makushita #54 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 |
| 2007 | West Sandanme #34 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Sandanme #94 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Jonidan #54 Sat out due to injury 0–0–7 | West Jonidan #124 6–1 | West Jonidan #42 5–2 | East Jonidan #7 5–2 |
| 2008 | West Sandanme #74 2–5 | East Sandanme #95 6–1 | West Sandanme #35 Retired 0–3–4 | x | x | x |
| Record given aswins–losses–absences Top division champion Top division runner-up Retired Lower divisions Non-participation Sanshō key:F=Fighting spirit;O=Outstanding performance;T=Technique Also shown:★=Kinboshi;P=Playoff(s) | ||||||
1This championship is not officially recognized by All Japan Pro Wrestling.
