| Towa Iwasaki | |
|---|---|
 Iwasaki in May 2021 | |
| Born | (1998-09-17)September 17, 1998 (age 26)[1] Shimane, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Towa Iwasaki |
| Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Debut | 2017 |
Towa Iwasaki (岩崎永遠,Iwasaki Towa) is aJapaneseprofessional wrestler, currently working for theprofessional wrestling promotionPro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1), where he is a formerUnited National Heavyweight Champion.[3]
Iwasaki worked for the defunctWrestle-1 (W-1) for a brief period of time. On the third night of theW-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2019 Sunrise from January 20, he unsuccessfully challengedKaz Hayashi.[4] AtWAVE Niigata WAVE ~ Hiroe Nagahama Local Triumphant, an event promoted byPro Wrestling Wave on February 4, 2018, he scored a victory against Keisuke Goto.[5]
Iwasaki made hisprofessional wrestling debut at theZERO1Ikuto Hidaka Pro-Wrestling Debut 20th Anniversary event from October 13, 2017 promoted byPro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1), where he picked up a victory over Shoji Fukushima.[6] AtZERO1 Sayonara West Holy Land Hakata Star Lanes on March 10, 2019, Iwasaki defeatedShogun Okamoto to win theUnited National Heavyweight Championship.[7] He worked in cross-over events such asBJW/ZERO1 Clash I, a show promoted by bothBig Japan Pro Wrestling and Zero1 on April 24, 2019, where he teamed up withShoki Kitamura andKohei Sato and fell short toDaisuke Sekimoto & Okami (Daichi Hashimoto andHideyoshi Kamitani) in asix-man tag team match.[8] AtBJW/ZERO1/2AW 3 Groups Joint Performance, a cross-over event promoted by Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1 andActive Advance Pro Wrestling on August 11, 2020, Iwasaki teamed up with Takuya Nomura and Tank Nagai in a losing effort toAyato Yoshida, Daisuke Sekimoto andMasato Tanaka.[9]
He participated in signature events of the promotion. One of them is theFire Festival and at the 2018 edition of the event he placed himself in the Block A, scoring a total of ten points after competing againstYuko Miyamoto, Masato Tanaka,Jiro Kuroshio, Shogun Okamoto, Chris Vice andTakuya Sugawara.[10] At the2019 edition of the event, he scored his best performance by winning the Block B with a total of nineteen points over Yuko Miyamoto,Masashi Takeda, Kohei Sato, Takuya Sugawara, Shogun Okamoto and Yasu Kubota.[11] He lastly fell short into the finals toYuji Hino.[12]
Another important event promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1 in which Iwasaki took part is theFurinkazan Tag Tournament, making his first appearance at the2019 edition, where he teamed up with Kohei Sato, defeating Yasu Kubota and Hide Kubota in the first-round, Masato Tanaka andTetsuhiro Kuroda in the semi-finals, but fell short to Yuji Hino andYuji Okabayashi in the finals.[13] At the2020 edition he teamed up with his New Spirits tag team partner Tsugutaka Sato, falling short to The Kubota Brothers (Yasu Kubota and Hide Kubota) in the first round from December 19, 2020.[14]
Outside of the ring, Iwasaki works as a personal trainer for a fitness center called FLENJI. The gym is owned by Ikuto Hidaka and employs fellow wrestlersMunenori Sawa andFuminori Abe.[15]
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