Ryuichi Kawakami

Ryuichi Kawakami (野村 卓矢) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) where is a former one-time Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship, he also works for Pro Wrestling BASARA as Trans Am ★ Ryuichi where his the current Union Pro MAX Champion.

Professional wrestling career
Kawakami studied karate before becoming a pro-wrestler. He would join the BJW Dojo in 2007 as he would make his debut on December 4 of that year against his head teacher Daisuke Sekimoto. Even though as a debuting heavyweight he was still met with an uphill beginning as he suffered many losses throughout the following years. His first main series of singles matches would start in February of 2010 as he took on many notable heavyweights and veterans over this time. From Shuji Ishikawa, Mitsuya Nagai, Magnitude Kishiwada, and Yuki Ishikawa. He would ultimately end with 7 losses in total from the series of bouts. He would go on to compete in All Japan on May 15, 2011 along with Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi. Though he would suffer the direct loss against the team of Seiya Sanada, Manabu Soya, and Yasufumi Nakanoue. In 2012 he had his first major setback in the form a left knee injury that would take him out of action for the remainder of the year. In 2013 he would return as he would also become a regular of Genichiro Tenryu’s promotion Tenryu Project. He would also compete in the first ever strong BJW tournament known as “RISING”.

In August 2015 he would suffer another injury to his left knee which would take him out of action for nearly a year, though he would compete in Genichiro Tenryu’s final show on November 2015. After which he would undergo surgery for the repeated injuries that he has sustained. He would return in July 2016 as he took on Daisuke Sekimoto in a singles match. Then in September he would compete in BASARA as he and Trans Am ★ Hiroshi (Hiroshi Fukuda) would begin to team together fairly regular. He would also dub his own name as Trans Am ★ Ryuichi. In 2017 he and Hideki Suzuki would begin a feud as both aimed for contention of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * F5
 * Suisha-Otoshi (Waterwheel Drop)
 * Tiger Driver (Sitout double underhook powerbomb)
 * Signature moves
 * Scarlett Flowsion (Emerald Flowsion)
 * German Suplex
 * Exploder (Wrist-clutch exploder suplex, sometimes from the second or top rope)
 * Pescado
 * Standing Moonsault
 * Hurricane Driver

Championships and accomplishments

 * Big Japan Pro Wrestling
 * Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yuji Okabayashi and Shinya Ishikawa
 * Tenryu Project
 * Tenryu Project Six Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with BUKI and Classic Kid
 * Pro Wrestling BASARA
 * Union Max Championship (1 time, current)