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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1969-02-14)February 14, 1969 (age 56)[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | See below Ichiba Shin "Ichi" Shoichi Ichimiya |
| Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 120 kg (265 lb) |
| Debut | 1997[2] |
Shoichi Ichimiya (一宮章一,Ichimiya Shōichi) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler and formermixed martial artist working for various Japaneseprofessional wrestling promotions such asDDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) andApache Pro-Wrestling Army.[4]
Ichimiya made hisprofessional wrestling debut atWAR 5th Anniversary of WAR & 10th Anniversary of the Tenryu Revolution, an event produced by Wrestler Association-R on July 6, 1997, where he teamed up withShigeo Okumura andTomohiro Ishii to defeatMasaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Okamura andYoshikazu Taru in asix-man tag team match.[5] On March 6, 1998, he competed atIWA Japan FUTURE TRIAL TOUR’98, an event produced byInternational Wrestling Association of Japan, where he teamed up withTomohiro Ishii in a losing effort toKeisuke Yamada and Takeshi Sato.[6] On January 25, 2003, Ichimiya teamed up withMasao Orihara,Mr. Pogo, Ofune andGoemon in a losing effort toMitsuhiro Matsunaga,Mr. Gannosuke,Kazuya Yuasa,Command Bolshoi andBad Boy Hido in aten-person tag team match which took place atBattle Decisive East vs. West, a freelance event.[7] His last known match was atAll Japan Pro Wrestling'sSuwamachi Revitalization Vol. 9 event from October 30, 2016, where he defeated Fuminori Abe under the name of Ichiba Shin "Ichi".[8]
Ichimiya is a formerKO-D Tag Team Champion, title which he won atDDT Max Bump 2003 on May 18, by teaming up with Seiya Morohashi to defeatSuper Uchuu Power and Takashi Sasaki in a tournament final for the vacant titles.[9] Ichimiya participated in a14-person battle royal for theIronman Heavymetalweight Championship, appearing two times under thering name of Giru Nakano and Keigi Mutoh parodies of the real wrestlersBull Nakano andKeiji Mutoh, competing against many popular wrestling figures such as the winnerToru Owashi,Michael Nakazawa,Riho andYumiko Hotta atRyōgoku Peter Pan 2009 on August 23.[10] He won theKO-D Openweight Championship atDDT Dead Or Alive 2003 on October 26 by defeating Takashi Sasaki in achain deathmatch.[11]
Throughout his career, Ichimiya has used manyring names that were parodies of real wrestlers. Those names were usually based onword play and included thekanji偽 (gi), meaning"fake". Onceromanized, some of those names can be indistinguishable from the real names. Those ring names included:
Ichimiya debuted as amixed martial artist as aheavyweight atDeep: 6th Impact, on September 7, 2002, falling short to Kazuki Okubo by way ofarmbar.[12] AtDeep: 7th Impact, he scored the first draw of his career against Azteca.[13] Hos last known contest was a loss against Hidehisa Matsuda by way of arear-naked choke atDeep: 10th Impact from June 25, 2003.[14] His final record of the career was (0-2-1).[15]
| 3 matches | 0 wins | 2 losses |
| By submission | 0 | 2 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–2–1 | Hidehisa Matsuda | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | Deep: 10th Impact | June 25, 2003 | 1 | 3:39 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Draw | 0–1–1 | Azteca | Draw (unanimous) | Deep: 7th Impact | December 12, 2002 | 3 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Kazuki Okubo | Submission (armbar) | Deep: 6th Impact | September 7, 2002 | 1 | 2:41 | Tokyo, Japan |
