Takuya Nomura (野村 卓矢 Nomura Takuya, born October 26, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he performs on their heavyweight division.
Professional wrestling career
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2016-Present)
After training under Hideki Suzuki and Kazuki Hashimoto in the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) dojo, Nomura made his televised in-ring debut on April 5, 2016, losing to Hideyoshi Kamitani.[2] The following month, Nomura took part in Kaientai Dojo's K-Metal League, finishing last with zero wins and zero points. Nomura remained winless in all matches until July 24 at Ryogokutan, when he teamed with his mentor Suzuki to defeat Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yoshihisa Uto.[3] On August 31, he took part in the biggest match of his career to date, losing to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW)'s Kento Miyahara.[4] In September, he debuted for Pro Wrestling Zero1, taking part in the 2016 Tenkaichi Jr. tournament, where he was eliminated in the first round by Ikuto Hidaka.[5] He teamed with Suzuki in the Saikyou Tag League, finishing with zero wins and zero points. At AJPW's New Explosion, he defeated Naoya Nomura.[6]
On May 15 Nomura, Yoshihisa Uto and Hideki Suzuki defeated Abdullah Kobayashi, Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki for the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship, winning it's first professional wrestling championship in the process. On June 3 Nomura, Uto, and Suzuki lost the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champions to Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Shogun Okamoto. On May 7 it was announced that Nomura was going to participate in the tournament for the inaugural BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion. but he only finished the tournament with 4 points failing to advance to the finals. During June 2018 Nomura feud with Suzuki over the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship and later on June 20 Nomura unsuccessfully challenged Suzuki for the belt. On August 10, 2020 Nomura and Fuminori Abe defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato to win BJW Tag Team Championship. On January 31, 2021 Nomura and Abe lost the titles to Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami only to regain the titles on February 23. On August 15, Nomura and Abe lost the titles again to Hideyoshi Kamitani and Daichi Hashimoto. On September 20, Nomura defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue to win BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship winning his first singles championship in the process.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2017)
In April Nomura and Kaito Kiyomiya took part of the Global Tag League, the two would finish up the tournament with 4 points defeating Cody Hall and Randy Reign in the final day.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Cross Armbreaker
- Dragon Suplex
- Signature moves
- Multiple kick variations
- Roundhouse kick
- Soccer kick to the chest of a seated opponent
- Multiple slaps
- Tarantula (Rope-hung Boston crab)
- Dropkick
- Reverse armbar
- Multiple suplex variations
- German
- Drop
- Multiple kick variations
Championships and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Basara
- Iron Fist Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Fuminori Abe
- Japan Indie Awards
- Newcomer Award (2016)
- Best Unit Award (2020) – with Fuminori Abe
- Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- BJW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Fuminori Abe
- Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hideki Suzuki and Yoshihisa Uto
- Toshikoshi Puroresu
- New Year's Eve Shuffle Tag Tournament (2019) – with Tetsuya Endo
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #350 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 大日本プロレス BJW official website .
- ↑ BJW Dainichi Nigiwa Theater ~ No Pressure, No Diamonds « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database . Cagematch.net (2016-08-26). Retrieved on 2017-04-17.
- ↑ BJW Ryogokutan 2016 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database . Cagematch.net. Retrieved on 2017-04-17.
- ↑ AJPW AJ Phoenix Vol. 4 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database . Cagematch.net (2016-08-31). Retrieved on 2017-04-17.
- ↑ ZERO1 Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2016 - Tag 1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database . Cagematch.net. Retrieved on 2017-04-17.
- ↑ AJPW New Explosion « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database . Cagematch.net. Retrieved on 2017-04-17.