Kinya Oyanagi

Kinya Oyanagi

Oyanagi in May 2014
Born (1976-04-26) April 26, 1976
Aomori, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Billy Oyanagi
Kinya Oyanagi
Nitohei Oyanagi
Omachi Man
Superman Kinya[1]
Billed height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Billed weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Trained by Último Dragón
Jorge Rivera
Debut September 2, 2000

Kinya Oyanagi (大柳 錦也 Ōyanagi Kinya)[2] is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has worked extensely in Toryumon Japan and Michinoku Pro Wrestling, where he currently wrestles. He is a former Tohoku Tag Team champion along with Kesen Numajiro.

Career

Oyanagi trained in the Último Dragón Gym and graduated in the 6th Toryumon school class term, debuting in Toryumon Mexico at the same year. Going under the name of Nitohei Oyanagi (nitohei meaning recruit) and the gimmick of a Japanese holdout soldier, he was a comedy wrestler who saluted in every movement and often performed military routines on the ring, to his opponents's chagrin. Even although he was a low-carder, he was sent with class ace Milano Collection A.T. and Yasushi Tsujimoto to the Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion event Verano de Escándalo, where they faced Los Barrio Boys (Alan, Billy Boy and Decnis) in a no contest. In 2001, Oyanagi and his class were sent to Japan for the Toryumon 2000 Project, where they showed their "llave" Mexican grappling style. He feuded with Taru and traded wins with him, eventually reverting to his true name and adopting the gimmick of a cram student who brought a textbook with him to the ring and studied during holds. Taru also brought his mini version wrestler, Tarucito, to counter Oyanagi's antics, while Kinya teamed up with Takamichi Iwasa. Oyanagi also feuded with Pescatore Yagi, beating him twice. In 2003, he suffered an injury and had to stay away from the rings, time in which he retired from Toryumon and wrestling altogether to spend time with his family, working as a land and house investigator.

In 2005, Oyanagi came from retirement for Dragondoor, appearing in backstage vignettes where he wore a businessman suit and talked about economy, eventually switching to a ragged suit to symbolize the promotion's future when sponsor Livedoor retired his help. After Dragondoor folded up and became El Dorado Wrestling, Oyanagi finally returned to in-ring action, wrestling this time as a Densha Otoko-inspired otaku character who used anime merchandising in his matches. He also went as Billy Oyanagi, a parody of Billy Blanks. However, after his old enemy Taru gave him a beatdown and advised him to take wrestling seriously, Oyanagi dropped his comedy characters and announced that he was going to go "strong-style". He adopted plain black tights and wrestling shoes and became a mat wrestling technician, using his llave skills and flexibility to counter any movement. Now as a serious menace, he allied with Toru Owashi's faction Animal Planets and went against the heel Hell Demons, having also and on/off alliance with Kagetora. When El Dorado folded in 2008, he joined its next incarnation, Secret Base, as a regular member, but officially signing up with Michinoku Pro Wrestling.

Oyanagi, now and ever under his technician persona, debuted in Michinoku Pro forming a tag team with Kesen Numajiro and capturing shockingly the Tohoku Tag Team titles from Kowloon (Kei and Shu Sato). After losing it again to Kowloon members Maguro Ooma and Takeshi Minamino, Oyanagi and Numajiro kept teaming up for a time against the heel stable, albeit with little success. He, however, gained a title shot for the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship against Rui Higuaji, and later achieved great career wins by wrestling a draw against Hayato Fujita and submitting The Great Sasuke in Oyanagi's anniversary event.

In wrestling

Oyanagi executing an enzuigiri on Ayumu Gunji in 2014.

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  3. 1 2 "Michinoku Pro Wrestling Results: 2011" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  4. ↑ "Michinoku Pro Wrestling Results: 2010" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Pro-Wrestling El Dorado ~ NEXT door PROJECT Results: 2007" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  6. ↑ "Pro Wrestling SEM Results: 2009" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
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