Daiki Inaba

Daiki Inaba
Born February 28, 1988
Yamagata,Kumamoto Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Daiki Inaba
Tokyo Inaba
Hiroki Inaba
America VIP
Billed height 5' 8" (172 cm)
Billed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Trained by Emile Dupree
Keiji Mutoh
El Pantera
Debut May 3, 2013

Daiki Inaba (稲葉 大樹 Inaba Daiki, born February 28, 1988)[1] is a Japanese professional wrestler that works currently for Wrestle-1. Where he is a former Wrestle-1 Champion and current UWA World Trios Champion alongside with Andy Wu and Seiki Yoshioka. Inaba also competed in Canada at Altantice Grand Prix Wrestling and in Mexico at International Wrestling Revolution Group as part of a exurcision of All Japan Pro Wrestling. It was in Canada where Inaba made is professional wrestling debut. Inaba was one of many wrestlers who followed Keiji Mutoh to his exodus to the foundation of Wrestle-1.

Early life

Inaba has a history of training in judo from back when he was in school.[2]

Professional wrestling career

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2012–2013)

He was accepted in the All Japan Pro Wrestling dojo after he passed an audition that took place in January 2012. He would remain under training for almost a year and a half and would embark on his first overseas expedition in April 2013 as he went to Canada.[3]

Exurcision (2013)

While Inaba was in Canada he would make his professional debut in the Altantice Grand Prix Wrestling against Bobby Sharp on May 24, 2013. Inaba would compete in Canada with face paint much like his mentor Keiji Mutoh or Great Muta, did back when he competed in North America. Inaba was noted as being more than ready for his debut and gained a bit of notoriety amongside some of his peers, namely the man he debuted against Bobby Sharp and even Renee Dupree.[2] Inaba would then follow Seiya Sanada, who was with him in Canada, to Mexico and he would train some there with another Japanese wrestler Andy Wu, who was already training and competing there.[2]

Wrestle-1 (2013–Present)

On July 10, 2013, Keiji Mutoh held a press conference to announce the foundation of his new Wrestle-1 promotion, he announced that Inaba was part of the roster.[4][5][6] Inaba would make his official debut in Wrestle-1 on September 8, 2013 when he teamed up with Hiroshi Yamato to defeated Tokyo Gurentai Nosawa Rongai and MAZADA.[7][8][9][10] On August 31, 2014 Inaba defeated Koji Doi to qualifyied for the Wrestle-1 Championship tournament.[11] On September 21 Inaba was eliminated from the tournament at the first round by Minoru Tanaka.[12] On March 12, 2015 Inaba suffered an injury in his right shoulder during a match in the Wrestle-1 and ZERO1 Kaisen Outbreak. On November 27, 2015 Inaba made his ring return aganist Shotaro Ashino and he lost.[13] Every stable in Wrestle-1 tried to recruit Inaba but he left the ring and didn't accept.[14] On January 10, 2016 after Hiroshi Yamato won the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship Yamato nominated Inaba to be is first challenger.[15][16] On February 10 Inaba failed to capture the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship.[17][18][19]

On June 15 to June 18 Inaba participated at the 2016 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix, and he was eliminated from the tournament at the second round by Manabu Soya.[20] On June 29 Inaba, Andy Wu and Seiki Yoshioka won the UWA World Trios Championship defeating Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka and Tajiri.[21] After the match Inaba stated that he was going after the Wrestle-1 Championship. After Manabu Soya had been sidelined with a shoulder injury Inaba was given a larger role at Wrestle-1.[22] On August 6 Inaba defeated Shuji Kondo to become the number one contender for the Wrestle-1 Championship and face KAI for the Wrestle-1 Championship in the main event of the Pro Wrestling Love PPV.[23] On August 11 Inaba defeated KAI to win his first singles champion the Wrestle-1 Championship.[24] On September 18 Inaba defeated KAI in a rematch for the title to make his first sucessfull title defense.[25][26] On November 2 Inaba lost the Wrestle-1 Championship to Masayuki Kono in his second title defense.[27]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ "Daiki Inaba's cagematch Profile". Cagematch. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Daiki Inaba's Profile". Puroresu Spirit. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Daiki Inaba's Profile". Puroresu Spirit. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "武藤敬司が新団体『Wrestle-1』を旗揚げ". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. July 10, 2013. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ "武藤新団体は「Wrestle-1」". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Caldwell, James (July 10, 2013). "Japan news: Great Muta announces new promotion". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ "W-1旗揚げツアー". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ "武藤新団体「Wrestle-1」旗揚げ戦". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ "武藤新団体Wrestle-1旗揚げ戦にサップ、桜庭、柴田、真田らが参戦！謀反を起こした河野はZero1勢と結託！". Battle News (in Japanese). September 8, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ Ｗ－１最初の試合で稲葉が日本デビュー. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). September 9, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 Flashing Summer". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 初代王者決定トーナメント". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  13. ↑ "「WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2015 UPDRAFT」". Puroresu Spirit (in Japanese). 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  14. ↑ "「Wrestle-1 Tour 22015 AUTUMN BOUT」". Puroresu Spirit (in Japanese). 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  15. ↑ "「Wrestle-1 Tour 2016 Sunrise」". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  16. ↑ 鼓太郎　Ｗ―１参戦を表明「時を動かしにきた」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). January 11, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  17. ↑ "「Wrestle-1 Tour 2016 W-Impact」". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). February 10, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  18. ↑ Wrestle-1 2･11後楽園ホール大会　【Wrestle-1チャンピオンシップ】火野vs稔　【クルーザーディビジョン】大和vs稲葉　武藤＆カズ＆岡林vsカブキ＆浜＆神谷. Battle News (in Japanese). February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  19. ↑ 【Ｗ―１】大和ヒロシ　クルーザー王座初防衛. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  20. ↑ "「Wrestle-1 Grand Prix 2016」". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  21. ↑ "「Wrestle-1 Tour 2016 Symbol」". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  22. ↑ 征矢学が会見で心中を吐露。不本意な欠場となった今の心境とは…？―2016.8.8記者会見①. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). August 8, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  23. ↑ WRESTLE-1 results for August 6, 2016. Puroresu Spirit. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  24. ↑ 「プロレスLove in Yokohama」. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  25. ↑ 稲葉がＷ－１王座Ｖ１！「ボクらが引っ張る」若手軍がベテラン連合軍と５対５戦. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  26. ↑ 【Ｗ－１】世代闘争本格化　王者・稲葉とベテランがにらみ合い. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  27. ↑ "「Wrestle-1 Tour 2016 Autumn Bout」". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-03.

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