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Harashima
Harashima (stylised in all capital letters) (born July 6, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently working in DDT Pro-Wrestling (formally Dramatic Dream Team), where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a former eleven-time KO-D Tag Team Champion.
After training in the Dramatic Dream Team dojo, Harashima made his professional wrestling debut in early 2001 as Konica Man and later became Hero! (stylised in all capital letters). Hero! challenged Asian Cougar for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship on several occasions in late 2001 but was unable to defeat him. Continuing in 2002, Hero! mainly worked on the under-card, often teaming with fellow masked wrestler Konica Man #2. On April 25, Konica Man #2, in storyline poisoned by Poison Sawada Julie, turned on Hero!, unmasked and renamed himself Toguro Habukage. The two men feuded, with Hero! attempting to remind his former partner who he truly was, culminating in a main event singles match on August 1 which Hero! won. On August 10, Hero! took on the man who poisoned his friend, Poison Sawada Julie, but lost. The storyline concluded in January 2003, when Hero!, supposedly on a business trip to Hong Kong, found Habukage disoriented and unable to remember anything from his past. On January 4, Hero! and the returning Habukage, now working under the name Kudo, defeated Takashi Sasaki and Thanomsak Toba. On June 15, 2003, Hero! won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from O.K. Revolution and lost it to Shoichi Ichimiya during a tag match on July 24.
On December 29, the Hero! and Kudo ended the year by defeating Seiya Morohashi and Tomohiko Hashimoto, and Mikami and Onryo in a three-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship. They went on to lose the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Gentaro and Takashi Sasaki on February 11, 2004. In May, Hero! entered the 2004 King of DDT tournament, beating one of the promotions' founder and top stars Sanshiro Takagi to make it to the finals, before losing to Poison Sawada Julie. Hero! quickly bounced back in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), winning a One Night Six Man Tag Tournament with Jaki Numazawa and Super-X on June 13. Back in DDT, Hero! and Kudo took part in the 2004 KO-D Tag League, eventually defeating Danshoku Dino and Glenn "Q" Spectre on September 30 to not only win the tournament, but to also regain the KO-D Tag Team Championship. However, Kudo's and Hero's second reign lasted just a month, before they were defeated by Seiya Morohashi and Thanomsak Toba on November 2. On November 8, Hero! debuted for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), teaming with Kudo to defeat Kota Ibushi and Seiya Morohashi.
In 2005, Hero! turned heel, becoming Darkside Hero!, and aligned himself with Toru Owashi and Shogo Takagi. On August 7, Darkside Hero! and Owashi defeated Seiya Morohashi and Thanomsak Toba to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship, and lost the title's to Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi on November 23.
In January 2006, Hero! unmasked and started wrestling under the name Harashima. Together with Owashi and Jet Shogo (formally Shogo Takagi), they formed the heel stable Disaster-Box. In October, Harashima left the stable after being dissatisfied with the achievements of stable leader Owashi. On December 29, Harashima beat Owashi for the KO-D Openweight Championship. In 2007, he defended his championship against Daichi Kakimoto on January 28, Danshoku Dino on February 25 and Sanshiro Takagi on April 1, before losing it to Koo on June 3. Harashima regained the KO-D Openweight Championship on October 21 and made one successful defence against Yasu Urano on March 9, 2008. He lost the championship to Dick Togo in a five-way match on May 6.
On June 1, Harashima defeated Poison Sawada Julie. At the following DDT show, Harashima, poisoned by Sawada, debuted as Jarashima, adopting a look and personality similar to Sawada. Calling themselves Jakai Tensho, they unsuccessfully challenged the Suicide Boyz (Mikami and Toba) for the KO-D Tag Team Championships on July 6. After the match, Jarashima drank an antidote to Sawada's poison, returning him to Harashima.
Harashima would reform Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi and on October 26, they won the KO-D Tag Team Championships by defeating Mikami and Thanomsak Toba. On November 30, Harashima and Owashi successfully defended their titles against Shuji Ishikawa and Sanshiro Takagi. On December 28, Harashima unsuccessfully challenged Takagi for the KO-D Openweight Championship. On January 24, 2009, Harashima and Owashi lost the KO-D Tag Team Championships to Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega. At Judgement 2009, Harashima won a battle royal making him the number one contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship. On May 4, Harashima defeated Takagi to win his third KO-D Openweight Championship. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2009, DDT's first event at Sumo Hall, Harashima lost the KO-D Openweight Championship to Kota Ibushi when Ibushi debuted his new Phoenix-Plex finishing manoeuvre. The following year, on May 30, Harashima won the 2010 King of DDT which he used to challenge Daisuke Sekimoto for the KO-D Openweight Championship. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010, Harashima won his fourth KO-D Openweight Championship. Harashima made two successful defence against Daisuke Sasaki on August 29 and Danshoku Dino on October 24, before losing the title to Hikaru Sato on November 14. In late 2010, Owashi announced his retirement from professional wrestling and that he would be leaving DDT at the end of the year. On December 26, Harashima, Owashi and Yukihiro Abe won the UWA World Trios Championship from Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga. The trio would vacate the titles due to Owashi's retirement.
On February 27, 2011, Harashima unsuccessfully challenged Dick Togo for the KO-D Openweight Championship. On April 6, during a four way match against Antonio Honda, DJ Nira and Michael Nakazawa, Harashima was attacked by the three other wrestlers before being saved by his alter ego Hero!. On May 4, Harashima and Hero! unsuccessfully challenged KO-D Tag Team Champions Gentaro and Yasu Urano. On May 21, Harashima reached the finals of the 2011 King of DDT tournament but lost to his long time rival Kudo. On June 24, Harashima and Hero! won the KO-D Tag Team Championships from Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa. The duo would lose the titles to Daisuke Sekimoto and Masa Takanashi at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011. In August, Harashima's other alter ego, Darkside Hero!, debuted and turned on Harashima alongside Hero!. Harashima defeated both men in singles matches; Hero! on September 18 and Darkside Hero! on October 5. On November 27, Harashima unsuccessfully challenged Kudo for the KO-D Openweight Championship.
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Harashima
Harashima (stylised in all capital letters) (born July 6, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently working in DDT Pro-Wrestling (formally Dramatic Dream Team), where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a former eleven-time KO-D Tag Team Champion.
After training in the Dramatic Dream Team dojo, Harashima made his professional wrestling debut in early 2001 as Konica Man and later became Hero! (stylised in all capital letters). Hero! challenged Asian Cougar for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship on several occasions in late 2001 but was unable to defeat him. Continuing in 2002, Hero! mainly worked on the under-card, often teaming with fellow masked wrestler Konica Man #2. On April 25, Konica Man #2, in storyline poisoned by Poison Sawada Julie, turned on Hero!, unmasked and renamed himself Toguro Habukage. The two men feuded, with Hero! attempting to remind his former partner who he truly was, culminating in a main event singles match on August 1 which Hero! won. On August 10, Hero! took on the man who poisoned his friend, Poison Sawada Julie, but lost. The storyline concluded in January 2003, when Hero!, supposedly on a business trip to Hong Kong, found Habukage disoriented and unable to remember anything from his past. On January 4, Hero! and the returning Habukage, now working under the name Kudo, defeated Takashi Sasaki and Thanomsak Toba. On June 15, 2003, Hero! won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from O.K. Revolution and lost it to Shoichi Ichimiya during a tag match on July 24.
On December 29, the Hero! and Kudo ended the year by defeating Seiya Morohashi and Tomohiko Hashimoto, and Mikami and Onryo in a three-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship. They went on to lose the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Gentaro and Takashi Sasaki on February 11, 2004. In May, Hero! entered the 2004 King of DDT tournament, beating one of the promotions' founder and top stars Sanshiro Takagi to make it to the finals, before losing to Poison Sawada Julie. Hero! quickly bounced back in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), winning a One Night Six Man Tag Tournament with Jaki Numazawa and Super-X on June 13. Back in DDT, Hero! and Kudo took part in the 2004 KO-D Tag League, eventually defeating Danshoku Dino and Glenn "Q" Spectre on September 30 to not only win the tournament, but to also regain the KO-D Tag Team Championship. However, Kudo's and Hero's second reign lasted just a month, before they were defeated by Seiya Morohashi and Thanomsak Toba on November 2. On November 8, Hero! debuted for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), teaming with Kudo to defeat Kota Ibushi and Seiya Morohashi.
In 2005, Hero! turned heel, becoming Darkside Hero!, and aligned himself with Toru Owashi and Shogo Takagi. On August 7, Darkside Hero! and Owashi defeated Seiya Morohashi and Thanomsak Toba to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship, and lost the title's to Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi on November 23.
In January 2006, Hero! unmasked and started wrestling under the name Harashima. Together with Owashi and Jet Shogo (formally Shogo Takagi), they formed the heel stable Disaster-Box. In October, Harashima left the stable after being dissatisfied with the achievements of stable leader Owashi. On December 29, Harashima beat Owashi for the KO-D Openweight Championship. In 2007, he defended his championship against Daichi Kakimoto on January 28, Danshoku Dino on February 25 and Sanshiro Takagi on April 1, before losing it to Koo on June 3. Harashima regained the KO-D Openweight Championship on October 21 and made one successful defence against Yasu Urano on March 9, 2008. He lost the championship to Dick Togo in a five-way match on May 6.
On June 1, Harashima defeated Poison Sawada Julie. At the following DDT show, Harashima, poisoned by Sawada, debuted as Jarashima, adopting a look and personality similar to Sawada. Calling themselves Jakai Tensho, they unsuccessfully challenged the Suicide Boyz (Mikami and Toba) for the KO-D Tag Team Championships on July 6. After the match, Jarashima drank an antidote to Sawada's poison, returning him to Harashima.
Harashima would reform Disaster-Box with Toru Owashi and on October 26, they won the KO-D Tag Team Championships by defeating Mikami and Thanomsak Toba. On November 30, Harashima and Owashi successfully defended their titles against Shuji Ishikawa and Sanshiro Takagi. On December 28, Harashima unsuccessfully challenged Takagi for the KO-D Openweight Championship. On January 24, 2009, Harashima and Owashi lost the KO-D Tag Team Championships to Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega. At Judgement 2009, Harashima won a battle royal making him the number one contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship. On May 4, Harashima defeated Takagi to win his third KO-D Openweight Championship. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2009, DDT's first event at Sumo Hall, Harashima lost the KO-D Openweight Championship to Kota Ibushi when Ibushi debuted his new Phoenix-Plex finishing manoeuvre. The following year, on May 30, Harashima won the 2010 King of DDT which he used to challenge Daisuke Sekimoto for the KO-D Openweight Championship. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010, Harashima won his fourth KO-D Openweight Championship. Harashima made two successful defence against Daisuke Sasaki on August 29 and Danshoku Dino on October 24, before losing the title to Hikaru Sato on November 14. In late 2010, Owashi announced his retirement from professional wrestling and that he would be leaving DDT at the end of the year. On December 26, Harashima, Owashi and Yukihiro Abe won the UWA World Trios Championship from Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga. The trio would vacate the titles due to Owashi's retirement.
On February 27, 2011, Harashima unsuccessfully challenged Dick Togo for the KO-D Openweight Championship. On April 6, during a four way match against Antonio Honda, DJ Nira and Michael Nakazawa, Harashima was attacked by the three other wrestlers before being saved by his alter ego Hero!. On May 4, Harashima and Hero! unsuccessfully challenged KO-D Tag Team Champions Gentaro and Yasu Urano. On May 21, Harashima reached the finals of the 2011 King of DDT tournament but lost to his long time rival Kudo. On June 24, Harashima and Hero! won the KO-D Tag Team Championships from Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa. The duo would lose the titles to Daisuke Sekimoto and Masa Takanashi at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011. In August, Harashima's other alter ego, Darkside Hero!, debuted and turned on Harashima alongside Hero!. Harashima defeated both men in singles matches; Hero! on September 18 and Darkside Hero! on October 5. On November 27, Harashima unsuccessfully challenged Kudo for the KO-D Openweight Championship.