WRESTLER PROFILES

[Japanese Wrestler Gallery]	Wrestler: Shinjiro Ohtani Real Name: Shinjiro Ohtani Birthday: July 21, 1972 Hometown: Yamaguchi, Japan Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6' 1" - 209 lbs Trained by: Animal Hamaguchi Debut: June 25, 1992 Previous Gimmicks: Shinroni Ohtani Finishing Move: Sprial Bomb Favorite Moves: Dragon Suplex Springboard DDT Springboard Missle Dropkick Springboard Spinning Heel Kick Springboard Plancha Cobra Hold Rolling Solebutt (spin kick) Facewash Notable Feuds: Jushin Liger Ultimo Dragon
UWA (Mexico) World Welterweight title defeating Norio Honaga (December 13, 1994); WCW World Cruiserweight title defeating Wild Pegasus [Tournament] (March 20, 1996); UWA (Mexico) World Junior Light Heavyweight title defeating Kazushi Sakuraba for vacant title (June 17, 1996); NWA World Welterweight title defeating Negro Casas (August 3, 1996); IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997); NWA World Welterweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997); British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997); WWF World Light Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997); UWA (Mexico) World Junior Light Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997); NWA World Junior Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997); WWA (Mexico) World Junior Light Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997); IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeating Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. [Tournament] (August 8, 1998); WAR (Japan) International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeating Nariaki Mochizuki & Masao Orihara (December 11, 1998); IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeating Jushin Liger & Great Sasuke (July 13, 1999); NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Yuuki Ishikawa defeating Mike Rapada & Steve Corino (July 12, 2001); NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka defeating Tom Howard & Samoa Joe for vacant titles (January 6, 2002); PWF (Premier Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka defeating C.W Anderson & Steve Corino (November 10, 2002); NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka defeating C.W Anderson & Steve Corino (August 31, 2003); NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Takao Ohmori defeating Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shinya Hashimoto (August 31, 2004); AWA World Heavyweight title defeating Steve Corino (January 22, 2006);
New Japan Pro Wrestling: Shinjiro has held the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title and the J*CROWN.. Shinjiro has also competed in the Super J Cup 1st stage and 2nd stage.. Shinjiro was a part of the young punk stable with Koji Kanemoto.. 1998: Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa won the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title League.. 1994: Shinjiro Ohtani & Wild Pegasus won the Super Grade Jr. Tag League 1994.. August 13, 2000: Shinjiro Ohtani left Japan for an excursion to Britain and Canada.. ~~~While on tour, Shinjiro Ohtani bulked up so that he could enter the Heavyweight division on his return.. February 18, 2001 - NJPW: Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinjiro Ohtani.. Shinjiro Ohtani quit New Japan to join Shinya Hashimoto's ZERO-ONE promotion.. ZERO ONE Japan: August 30, 2001: Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Atushi Onita by Disqualification.. 2001 - Zero One: Shinjiro Ohtani won the Fire Festival 2001.. January 2002: Shinjiro Ohtani formed a tag team with Masato Tanaka which was named Emblem later in the year.. March 2, 2002 - Zero One: Naoya Ogawa defeated Shinjiro Ohtani.. 2002 - Zero One: Shinjiro Ohtani won the Fire Festival 2002.. August 1, 2003: Satoshi Kojima beat Shinjiro Otani to win Zero-One's annual Fire Festival tournament.. September 6, 2003: Toshiaki Kawada won the Triple Crown at Budokan Hall, beating Shinjiro Otani in the four-man tournament finals.. ~~~Shinjiro Otani beat Satoshi Kojima and Toshiaki Kawada beat The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) in first round matches.. January 4, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-1: The Predator & Kevin Randleman defeated Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka.. March 7, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-2: Shinjiro Otani & Satoshi Kojima defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes Jr.. June 9 2005--Real Japan: Shinjiro Otani defeated Super Tiger (Satoru Sayama).. November 16, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Tadao Yasuda defeated Takao Omori & Kamikaze.. November 17 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani/Tatsuhito Takaiwa/Tadao Yasuda b Kensuke Sasaki/Omori/Katsuhiko Nakajima.. November 18 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori/Minoru Fujita/Ikuto Hidaka beat Shinjiro Otani/Masato Tanaka/Sonjay Dutt.. November 23 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita defeated Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka.. November 26 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani/Masato Tanaka/Tatsuhito Takaiwa b Kohei Sato/Rikiya Fudo/Yoshihito Sasaki.. November 27 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka defeated Kohei Sato & Kamikaze.. December 2 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori & Kamikaze defeated Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa.. December 3 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani defeated Tengu Kaiser (Kamikaze).. December 4 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka defeated Takao Omori & Kamikaze.. December 25, 2005--Hustle: Jaguar Y & Dokron Z & Tadao Yasuda defeated Erica & Margaret & Shinjiro Ohtani.. January 22, 2006--ZERO-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Steve Corino to win the AWA World Heavyweight title!!! March 5, 2006--HUSTLE: Razor Ramon HG & Tajiri & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated The Monster PTA & An Jo & Kohei Sato.. April 1, 2006--Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori defeated Shinjiro Ohtani to win the AWA World Heavyweight title! May 10, 2007--Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori defeated Shinjiro Ohtani to retain the AWA Heavyweight title..