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*'''[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]'''
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]'''

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Yoshinari Ogawa
Born (1966-11-02) November 2, 1966 (age 58)
Toride, Ibaraki, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Yoshinari Ogawa
Billed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Billed weight90 kg (200 lb)
Trained byAJPW Dojo
Genichiro Tenryu
Giant Baba
Kazuharu Sonoda
DebutSeptember 3, 1985

Yoshinari Ogawa (小川良成; Ogawa Yoshinari) (born 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 elevate higher on 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
  • Signature moves

Championships and accomplishments

  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Great Voyage 2013 in Tokyo vol.2~田上明引退記念大会~". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-07.