Kyohei Mikami
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| Kyohei Mikami | |
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| Born | December 28, 1973 Hamada, Shimane |
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| Billed height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Billed weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
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| Debut | October 17, 1996 |
Kyohei Mikami (三上 恭平, Mikami Kyōhei, born December 28, 1973), known by his stage name Mikami (stylized as MIKAMI), is a Japanese professional wrestler.[1][2] He is best known for his work for Dramatic Dream Team both as a singles wrestler and with Thanomsak Toba in a tag team called Suicide Boyz.
Career
[edit]Coming from a background in gymnastics and Greco-Roman wrestling, Mikami started training professional wrestling in Universal Lucha Libre in 1993. After passing another tentative year in Michinoku Pro Wrestling, he eventually joined Pro Wrestling Crusaders, where he served as a referee before debuting in 1996 against Nosawa Rongai.[1] In 1997, he followed Sanshiro Takagi to his recently founded Dramatic Dream Team.
Dramatic Dream Team (1997–2015)
[edit]Mikami competed in DDT from its first event. Initially under his real name and later in all caps as Mikami, he developed the gimmick of an aloof high-flyer, nicknamed "Suicide Boy", who carried a metal ladder to the ring to use it as both a weapon and a jumping platform. In April 2000, after Mikami's return to Japan from a stint in International Wrestling Association, he formed the tag team Suicide Boyz with Thanomsak Toba. Taking inspiration from The Hardy Boyz, which included sleeves similar to Jeff Hardy's, they won the KO-D Tag Team Championship three times.
In 2005, he launched Cruiser's Game, his own brand within Dramatic Dream Team, which focused on junior heavyweight action. It saw the participation of names like Kota Ibushi, Kaz Hayashi, Taka Michinoku, Cima and The Great Sasuke. Cruiser's Game had its final event in 2013, hosting a tournament that was won by Tatsuhito Takaiwa. Two years later, Mikami announced he was leaving DDT.
Mikami made his return to DDT on March 20, 2022, at Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary where he teamed up with Poison Sawada Julie, Akarangers (Takashi Sasaki and Gentaro and his Suicide Boyz tag partner Thanomsak Toba, being accompanied to the ring by Naomi Susan to defeat Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata and Yoshihiko for the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship.[3]
Championships and accomplishments
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- WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rion Mizuki
- DDT Extreme Championship (1 time)
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (12 times)
- KO-D Openweight Championship (3 times)
- KO-D Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Super Uchuu Power (2), Takashi Sasaki (1), Thanomsak Toba (2) and Tatsumi Fujinami (1)
- KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Poison Sawada Julie, Gentaro, Takashi Sasaki and Thanomsak Toba
- KO-D Tag League – with Super Uchuu Power (2001) and Thanomsak Toba (2002)[4]
- KO-D Tag Team Title League (2008) – with Thanomsak Toba
- Takechi Six Man Tag Scramble Cup – with Kudo and Shiima Xion (2006)
- Pro-Wrestling A-Team
- WEW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hasegawa
- Pro Wrestling Kageki
- Hakata Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "DDT 飯伏まさかのフォール負け". NPN (in Japanese). 1 September 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (March 20, 2022). "DDT ProWrestling" Judgement2022～DDT旗揚げ25周年記念大会～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "KO-D Tag League" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Hakata Light Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
External links
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Media related to Kyohei Mikami at Wikimedia Commons
- Japanese male professional wrestlers
- Living people
- People from Shimane Prefecture
- 1973 births
- Fictional mummies
- 20th-century male professional wrestlers
- 20th-century Japanese professional wrestlers
- 21st-century male professional wrestlers
- 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers
- DDT Extreme Champions
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions
- KO-D 8-Man/10-Man Tag Team Champions
- KO-D Tag Team Champions
- KO-D Openweight Champions
- WEW World Tag Team Champions