Irie was born in Osaka. He began his initial pro wrestling training in 2002 at the age of 15, training alongsideAtsushi Kotoge withOsaka Pro Wrestling (OPW). Irie eventually decided to pursue MMA, competing in a number of amateur fights, including some inPancrase. Irie resumed training in 2007 with Dera Pro Wrestling in Nagoya and made his debut in April 2008 againstShota Takanashi.[4]
Beginning in May 2008, Irie began sporadically appearing forDDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), primarily teaming with other rookies against established wrestlers. In August 2010, Irie defeatedSoma Takao to win a special one day tournament.[5] DDT ownerSanshiro Takagi became a fan of Irie after watching him compete and offered him more regular bookings with DDT as a result.[4]
Representing DDT, Irie debuted forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2011, teaming with fellow DDT rookieKeisuke Ishii in a loss to NJPW'sTomoaki Honma and freelancerTsuyoshi Kikuchi.[6] Irie began to achieve more success in 2011, beginning on May 21 when he defeated established DDT veteranKota Ibushi, eliminating him from the 2011 King of DDT tournament.[7] The next month, Irie formed a tag team withMunenori Sawa, and the duo defeatedGentaro andYasu Urano to win theKO-D Tag Team Championship,[8] but lost the titles just days later toKenny Omega andMichael Nakazawa.[9] Irie participated in a falls count anywhere match the following month, teaming up with Takagi andSeXXXy Eddy in a loss to Omega, Ibushi and Nakazawa.[10] On October 10, Irie captured the KO-D Tag Team Championship once again, this time teaming with Keisuke Ishii to defeatMakoto Oishi andDanshoku Dino.[11] They dropped the championship to Urano andYuji Hino on December 31[12] and unsuccessfully challenged them in a rematch on February 11.[13]
On April 1, 2012, Irie unsuccessfully challengedAll Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) competitor Kenny Omega for theWorld Junior Heavyweight Championship.[14] On May 4 at a Union Pro Wrestling event, Irie teamed up withShuji Ishikawa to capture theBJW Tag Team Championship, defeatingShinobu and Yoshihito Sasaki.[15] They dropped the titles to Shinobu andYuji Okabayashi on July 15.[16] Irie and Ishii teamed up with Soma Takao as Team Dream Futures to enter the tournament for the vacantKO-D 6 Man Tag Team Championship and captured the titles by defeating Oishi, Akito and Takagi in the final on January 12.[17] The trio lost the championship to Monster Army (Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda andDaisuke Sasaki) on January 27.[18] Irie won the right to challenge for theKO-D Openweight Championship on February 24 and defeated Kenny Omega on March 20 to win the championship for the first time.[19] He lost the championship toHarashima on August 18.[20] On January 26, 2014, Irie unsuccessfully challenged Harashima in a rematch for the championship.[21] Irie, Ishii and Soma Takao successfully captured the KO-D 6 Man Championship once again in February 2014, defeatingAja Kong, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi,[22] but dropped them to Ibushi, Omega and Sasaki in April.[23]
Im August 2014, Irie, Ishii and Takao captured the KO-D 6 Man Tag Team Championship once again, defeating Shuten-dōji (Yukio Sakaguchi,Masa Takanashi and Kudo).[24] They dropped the championship to T2Hii (Takagi,Toru Owashi andKazuki Hirata) on September 28.[25] On March 1, 2015, Irie, Ishii and Takao defeated Shuten-dōji to once again become KO-D 6 Man Champions,[26] but dropped the championship back to them in their first defence.[27] Team Dream Futures defeated Shuten-dōji on April 11 to regain the championship and successfully defended them until September when they lost to #OhkaTeikoku (Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino andSuper Sasadango Machine).[28] Team Dream Futures once again captured the KO-D 6 Man Championship in May, defeatingKazusada Higuchi,Kouki Iwasaki andShunma Katsumata.[29] In his farewell match, Irie teamed with Yukio Sakaguchi to defeat Harashima and Keisuke Ishii.[30]
In April 2018, Irie defeatedKonosuke Takeshita to once again becomeKO-D Openweight Champion. Irie would lose the championship toSami Callihan on August 1, 2018. On September 25, 2018, Irie announced his departure from DDT.
Irie debuted in the United States on July 24 for GALLI Lucha Libre (GALLI), unsuccessfully challenging Marshe Rockett for the GALLI Junior Heavyweight Championship.[31] Irie again competed for GALLI on July 29, teaming with Gringo Loco and Skayde Jr. to defeatZema Ion, GPA and Matt Knicks.[32] Irie debuted forIndependent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA Mid-South) on August 4, losing to Reed Bentley. Two days later he debuted for Hoosier Pro Wrestling (HPW), defeating JKO.[33] He wrestled his final match before returning to Japan on September 6 for IWA Mid-South, losing to Chris Hero in a triple threat match also featuring Kongo Kong.[34] Irie has also competed in various other American indy promotions including WCWO, AAW, Pro Wrestling Blitz, Freelance Wrestling, Resistance Pro Wrestling, MIAW, UPW, AIW, Global Force Wrestling, AWS, and Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. Irie defeated Silas Young to become the new MIAW Heavyweight Champion on September 6 in Milwaukee. Irie also won the WCWO Young Guns Tournament featuring the top 12 prospects of the mid-west area held on October 5, 2016 in Indianapolis.
Irie returned to the west on January 10, debuting for Canada-based Canadian Wrestling's Elite (CWE) defeating Jacob Creed.[35]
Irie won UK's SOUTHSIDE WRESTLING's World Heavyweight Championship from Rob Lynch on 3 March 2019 in St. Neots. Irie participated in wXw promotion's "Ambition 10" tournament in Oberhausen, Germany on 9 March. Irie defeated Laurance Roman in 1st round, Chris Ridgeway in semi-final, then Rico Bushido in the final.
Irie has appeared in 5 shows during 2019 Mania Week in NY.
In 2023, at WXW 16 CARAT GOLD finals, Irie defeatedAxel Tischer, to become wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion.
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