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Daisuke Masaoka

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Daisuke Masaoka
Born (1983-10-10) 10 October 1983 (age 41)[1]
Ehime, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Dai-chan Masaoka
    Daisuke Masaoka
Billed height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Billed weight70 kg (154 lb)
Trained byDick Togo
Taro Toyotomi
Debut2005

Daisuke Masaoka (正岡大介, Masaoka Daisuke) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms, mainly competing in the deathmatch branch. He is also known for his tenures with other promotion from the Japanese independent scene such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling.[3][4]

Professional wrestling career

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Japanese independent circuit (2004–present)

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Masaoka made his professional wrestling debut in JWA Tokai Pro Wrestling on January 10, 2005, a promotion in which he has roughly spent one year.[2]

At the 2012 Dragon Gate Summer Adventure Tag League of Dragongate, Masaoka made an appearance during the twelvth night of the competition from August 22, 2010, where he competed in a Survival battle royal won by Genki Horiguchi and also involving various other notable opponents such as BxB Hulk, Cima, Shingo Takagi, Kzy, Yamato and others.[5] Masaoka competed in several other matches for Dragongate.[2] On the second night of the Wrestle-1 Tour 2018 from January 14, Masaoka teamed up with Koji Doi and Kumagoro to defeat Daiki Inaba, K-ness and Tsugutaka Sato.[6] At Prominence Smoke And Flame Rising To The Sky on August 28, 2022, Masaoka defeated Suzu Suzuki in one of the latter's "Ten Death Match Series".[7]

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2009–2010; 2014)

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Masaoka made his debut in Big Japan Pro Wrestling at BJW Death Match Wars on March 3, 2009, where he teamed up with Yuya Susumu and Atsushi Kotoge in a losing effort against Kudo, Mineo Fujita and Masa Takanashi.[8] He roughly spent one year with the promotion, having wrestled his last match before taking a hiatus at BJW 15th Anniversary Death Touron April 28, 2010, where he teamed up with Onryo and Shiori Asahi to defeat Kazuki Hashimoto, Men's Teioh and Takumi Tsukamoto.[9] He briefly returned to the promotion at BJW Osaka Surprise 16 on July 12, 2014, where he teamed up with Hayata, Madoka and Yo-Hey in a losing effort against Magnitude Kishiwada, Shoichi Uchida, Tadanobu Fujisawa and Yuki Tanaka in eight-man tag team competition.[10]

Pro Wrestling Freedoms (2013–present)

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Masaoka is best known for his over a decade tenure with Pro Wrestling Freedoms. During his time with the promotion, he has won the King of Freedom World Championship, the promotion's top title on two separate occasions. First at Blood X'Mas 2016 on December 26, by defeating Violento Jack,[11] and secondly, at The Gekokujō 2022 on March 29, by defeating Jun Kasai.[12] Masaoka is a four-time King of Freedom World Tag Team Champion, having won the titles kost recently at Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2023 Vol. 1 on July 6, when he teamed up with Toru Sugiura to defeat reigning champions Mammoth Sasaki and Takashi Sasaki.[13] Between 2017 and 2019, Masaoka was part of the "Los Nomads" stable alongside Violento Jack, Miedo Extremo, Ciclope and Mammoth Sasaki.[2]

Masaoka often competed in cross-over events held by Freedoms in partnership with various other promotions. At FREEDOMS/2AW VersuS, an event produced alongside Active Advance Pro Wrestling on October 23, 2022, he teamed up with Soul Meat (Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura) to defeat The Rule (Ayato Yoshida, Naka Shuma and Takuma Joshiba).[14]

Game Changer Wrestling (2017–2023)

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Masaoka seldomly competed in Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) as a developmental talent sent by Freedoms. He made his debut at the GCW Nick Gage Invitational 2 from September 16, 2017, in which he defeated Markus Crane in the semifinals and the fell short to Nick Gage himself in the finals.[15] He wrestled his last match at GCW Planet Death 2023 on July 19, where he teamed up with Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) in a losing effort against Chrli Evans, Rina Yamashita and Sawyer Wreck.[16]

Championships and accomplishments

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References

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  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Daisuke Masaoka • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Daisuke Masaoka/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Daisuke Masaoka Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ^ Freedoms. ◆正岡 大介◆. freedoms.lolipop.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Summer Adventure Tag League IV". iHeartDG. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  6. ^ 「WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SYMBOL」平成30年7月1日(日)〜平成30年7月22日(日). w-1.co.jp (in Japanese). Wrestle-1. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ^ Dark Angelita (5 September 2022). "Prominence: «Smoke And Flame Rising To The Sky» Masaoka supera a Suzuki". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ "BJW Death Match Wars #211 3/3/09 taped 2/15/09 Osaka Tsurumi Green Land Park". quebrada.mnet. Quebrada. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  9. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 April 2010). "BJW 15th Anniversary Death Tour". cagematch.net. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  10. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (12 July 2014). "BJW Osaka Surprise 16". cagematch.net. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  11. ^ Freedoms (26 December 2016). H28.12.26 葛西純プロデュース興行　後楽園ホール 2016年12月26日　開始時刻：19時00分. freedoms.lolipop.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  12. ^ 『The 下剋上 2022』. Pro Wrestling Freedoms (in Japanese). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  13. ^ Black, Ethan (6 July 2023). "Freedoms Tokyo Death Match Carnival Vol 1 Results – July 6, 2023". pwmania.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  14. ^ Daly, Wayne (24 October 2022). "2AW/FREEDOMS Results: Versus 9 – Chiba, Japan (10/23)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  15. ^ "GCW Nick Gage Invitational 2". trillertv.com. Triller TV. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  16. ^ Ravens, Andrew (20 July 2023). "Results From GCW Planet Death 2023 Event: Death Match". wrestlingheadlines.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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