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Dan Tamura

Dan Tamura (田村男児, Tamura Dan) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former All Asia Tag Team Champions alongside Hikaru Sato.[3]

Dan Tamura
Tamura in October 2019
Born (1999-06-14) June 14, 1999 (age 25)[1]
Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Urayasu no Danji-chan
Dan Tamura
Billed height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Billed weight83 kg (183 lb)
Trained byAll Japan Pro Wrestling
DebutJanuary 2, 2019

Professional wrestling career

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Japanese independent scene (2019–present)

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Tamura in June 2019

Tamura seldomly competes for several promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At 2AW Infinity ~ 2020 Winter, an event promoted by Active Advance Pro Wrestling on December 20, 2020, he fell short to Tank Nagai.[4] At Pro Wrestling Zero1's Chikara Matsuri Special event from March 27, 2021, Tamura teamed up with Suwama and defeated Ryuki Honda and Shuji Ishikawa.[5] At Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary Festival, a cross-over event held by AJPW in partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling on April 16, 2022, Tamura teamed up with Runaway Suplex (Shotaro Ashino and Suwama) in a losing effort against Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Yoh and Yoshi-Hashi).[6] At Gleat G PROWRESTLING Ver. 3 on September 25, 2022, Tamura teamed up with Hayato Tamura (no relation) and Rising Hayato in a losing effort against Abdullah Kobayashi, Kaz Hayashi and Yuji Okabayashi.[7]

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2019–present)

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Tamura is best known for competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling, promotion in which he has also made his professional wrestling debut on January 2, 2019, on the first night of the AJPW New Year's Wars where he first competed in a 15-man battle royal won by Jake Lee and also involving notable opponents such as Gianni Valletta, Atsushi Aoki, Masanobu Fuchi, Kotaro Suzuki and Osamu Nishimura, and secondly in a tag team match in which he paired up with Dan Tamura in a losing effort against Hikaru Sato and Atsushi Aoki.[8] At AJPW 50th Anniversary on September 18, 2022, Tamura and Hikrau Sato defeated Voodoo Murders (Minoru and Toshizo) to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship.[9] At AJPW Summer Action Series 2022 on July 14, Tamura unsuccessfully challenged Tiger Mask for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[10] On the first night of the AJPW Raising An Army Memorial Series 2022 from October 2, Tamura unsuccessfully challenged Toshizo for the Gaora TV Championship.[11]

Tamura is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as the AJPW Junior Tag League, making his first appearance at the 2020 edition where he teamed up with Hikaru Sato as a sub-unit of the Evolution stable, defeating Yu Iizuka and Tetsuya Izuchi in the first rounds, Enfants Terribles (Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama) in the semifinals, and Atsuki Aoyagi and Raising Hayato in the finals from December 26.[12] At the 2021 edition, he teamed up with Hikaru Sato again and won the entire competition after defeating Black Menso~Re and Hiroshi Yamato in the first rounds, Atsuki Aoyagi and Yu Iizuka in the semifinals, but falling short to Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama) in the finals, with all matches occurring on December 27.[13] Another competition for which he is known to evolve in is the AJPW Junior League, making his first appearance at the 2021 edition where he fell short to Tatsuhito Takaiwa in the first rounds from June 2.[14] As for the Ōdō Tournament, Tamura made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he fell short to Shotaro Ashino in the first rounds from August 7.[15]

Championships and accomplishments

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Submission grappling record

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Result Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Notes
Loss Japan  Hideki "Shrek" Sekine Decision (unanimous) Gleat MMA Ver.0 December 14, 2022 1 10:00

References

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  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Dan Tamura • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Dan Tamura/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  3. ^ InternetWrestling Database (IWD). "Dan Tamura Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Active Advance Pro Wrestling (December 20, 2020). ReOStaff 株式会社 プレゼンツ 2AW INFINITY ～2020 WINTER～. 2aw.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Pro Wrestling Zero1 (March 27, 2021). 奉納プロレス 第19回大和神州 ちから祭りスペシャル～プロレスオールスター大チャリティー祭り～. z-1.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 6, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 16, 2022). "Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary Festival Results (4/16): NJPW And AJPW Supershow". fightful.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  7. ^ Dark Angelita (October 6, 2022). "GLEAT: "G Pro Wrestlign Ver.35" El Lindaman retiene". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Di Trolio, Gerard (January 4, 2019). "AJPW NEW YEAR WARS 2019 (JANUARY 2) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  9. ^ All Japan Pro Wrestling (September 18, 2022). 9月18日(日)日本武道館大会. all-japan.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  10. ^ Di Trolio, Gerard (July 14, 2022). "AJPW SUMMER ACTION SERIES 2022 (JULY 14) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  11. ^ Daly, Wayne (October 2, 2022). "AJPW Results: Raising An Army Memorial Series 2022 Day 1 – Tokyo, Japan (10/2)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  12. ^ Dark angel (January 14, 2021). "AJPW / Hikaru Sato Produces: «Jr. Tag Battle of Glory 2020 »". superluchas.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  13. ^ All Japan Pro Wrestling (December 26, 2021). 「2021 Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY TOURNAMENT」東京・新木場1stRING≪13:00開始≫. all-japan.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  14. ^ Dark angel (June 9, 2021). "AJPW: «Jr. Battle of Glory 2021 »Grand Final - Francesco Akira, the winner". superluchas.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  15. ^ Dark Angel (July 17, 2022). "AJPW: Participants and Calendar for the tournament «Royal Road Tournament 2022»". superluchas.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  16. ^ Wrestling Titles. "All Asia Tag Team Title [All Japan]". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  17. ^ Ross, Patrick (September 10, 2024). "Full 2024 PWI 500 list revealed". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
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