Yoshinari Ogawa

Yoshinari Ogawa (November 2, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. He has earned the nickname of "Rat Boy" due to his sneaky, clever in-ring tactics and baiting his opponents into quick pins.

Career[]

Yoshinari Ogawa debuted in All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1985, working on the undercard, until joining Genichiro Tenryu's group Revolution, which helped him elevated higher in the card. He remained in the group until it disbanded in 1990, upon Tenryu's abrupt departure from AJPW.

After Tenryu left, Ogawa became one of the top stars in AJPW's junior heavyweight division in the 1990s, winning the junior heavyweight championship three times. He also reigned as tag team champion with his mentor, Mitsuharu Misawa. Ogawa left AJPW for Misawa's newly started Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000, where he continued his tag team with Misawa. On April 4, 2002 he scored a huge upset, beating Jun Akiyama very quickly to become the GHC Heavyweight Champion.

In wrestling[]

• Finishing nature moves
  • Bridging belly to back suplex

• Signature moves
  • Double foot stomp
  • Enzuigiri
  • Inside cradle
  • Jackknife hold
  • Jawbreaker
  • Multiple belly to back suplex
  • Snap DDT

• Tag teams and stables
  • Holy Demon Army
  • Revolution
  • Stinger
  • Tsuruta-gun
  • Untouchables
  • WAVE

• Nicknames
  • "Rat Boy"
  • "Lonely Technician

• Wrestlers trained
  • Akihito Ito
  • Eddie Edwards
  • Go Shiozaki
  • Hitoshi Kumano
  • Ippei Ota
  • Kaito Kiyomiya
  • Kotaro Suzuki
  • Shuhei Taniguchi
  • Taiyo Kea
  • Zack Sabre, Jr.

Championships and accomplishments[]

• All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Mitsuharu Misawa
  • AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Mitsuharu Misawa
  • AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  • January 3 Korakuen Hall Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal (1991, 1995)

• Dragongate Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • Open The Triangle Gate Championship (1 time) with Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu

• Pro Wrestling NOAH
  • GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Mitsuharu Misawa
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (9 times) with Zack Sabre, Jr. (2), Minoru Tanaka (1), Kotaro Suzuki (1), HAYATA (3), Chris Ridgeway (1) and Eita (1)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • 5 Star Match (1992) with Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi on July 5
  • 5 Star Match (1993) with Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Jun Akiyama on July 2
  • 5 Star Match (1999) with Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama on October 23

External links[]

• Profile
• Profile