Shinjiro Otani
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| Shinjirō Ōhtani | |
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| Ring name(s) | Mr. Otani (Europe) Shinjirō Ōtani |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (181 cm) |
| Billed weight | 236 lbs (107 kg) |
| Born | July 21, 1972 Yamaguchi |
| Resides | Houston, Texas |
| Trained by | Animal Hamaguchi |
| Debut | June 25, 1992 |
Shinjirō Ōtani (大谷晋二郎, born July 21, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler.
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[edit] Career
Ōtani was the first WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, defeating The Pegasus Kid in a tournament final to be crowned champion on March 20, 1996. This was the start of his push as a legitimate junior heavyweight contender. Over the years, Ōtani earned the J-Crown and was also part of the first IWGP junior tag team champions with Tatsuhito Takaiwa.
In 2000, New Japan booker Riki Chōshū, eager to push his protege Kensuke Sasaki above everyone else, downgraded the junior heavyweight members to mere jobbers for the heavyweights. Ōtani protested and was sent abroad to bulk up. Returning in 2001 as a full-fledged heavyweight, Ōtani challenged Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but failed. He then joined Shinya Hashimoto in creating their own promotion, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, where he became one of the top stars after Hashimoto's departure in 2004 and subsequent death. In ZERO-ONE he formed a tag team with Masato Tanaka called Emblem; Team Emblem (as they were later known) would appear in the US promotion Ultimate Pro Wrestling, and include Keiji Sakoda but they later split.
On January 22, 2006, Ōtani defeated Steve Corino for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship.[1]
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Spiral Bomb (Spinning sitout powerbomb)
- King Cobra Clutch (Bridging cobra clutch)
- Cobra clutch with body scissors
- Bridging Dragon suplex
- Springboard missile dropkick
- Kneebar
- Springboard DDT
- Springboard spinning heel kick
- Springboard plancha
- Rolling sole butt
- Facewash
- Managers
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- AWA Superstars World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Yuki Ishikawa (1), Masato Tanaka (2) and Takao Omori (1)
- Fire Festival (2001
- Fire Festival (2002)
- Fire Festival (2005)
- Premier Wrestling Federation
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- PWF Universal Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Masato Tanaka
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- WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tatsuhito Takaiwa
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- PWI also ranked him # 42 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Tatsuhito Takaiwa in 2003.
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- Tag Team of the Year (1998) - with Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- Best Technical Wrestler (1999)
