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Yoshinari Ogawa
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 198lbs
Date of Birth: 11/2/66
Place of Birth: Toride City, Ibaraki
Debut: September 3rd, 1985 (vs. Shinji Sasazaki)

Title History:

GHC Heavyweight Title (1):
- Jun Akiyama (4/7/02) / Yoshihiro Takayama (9/7/02)

GHC Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Mitsuharu Misawa) Vader & Scorpio (11/30/01) / Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (12/9/01)
- (w/ Mitsuharu Misawa) Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi (1/10/04) / Scorpio & Doug Williams (1/23/05)

AJPW World Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Mitsuharu Misawa) Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (8/25/99) / Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (10/23/99)

AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title (3):
- Dan Kroffat (9/10/95) / Masanobu Fuchi (6/30/96)
- Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (1/15/97) / Maunakea Mossman (8/22/97)
- Satoru Asako (7/19/98) / Vacated (6/00)

All Asia Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Mitsuharu Misawa) Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (8/25/99) / Vacated (8/25/99)

Tournament History:

- AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament (1998): Yoshinari Ogawa beat Satoru Asako (15:31) with a backdrop hold.

Signature Moves:

- Backdrop hold
- Inside cradle

Profile:

In the mid-to-late 1990's, Ogawa became the dominant ace of All Japan's junior heavyweight division, but also won both the AJPW World Tag Team Title and All Asia Tag Team Title with his mentor, Mitsuharu Misawa. When Misawa split from All Japan in mid-2000, Ogawa, along with all but two of All Japan's native wrestlers, followed Misawa's cause. In NOAH, Ogawa scored what was and probably forever will be the biggest win over his career, upsetting Jun Akiyama in short time on 4/7/02 to win the GHC Heavyweight Title. Now a peer in NOAH, Ogawa combines trickery and technique to hold a very good win-loss record.