Yuki Ueno (上野勇希, Ueno Yūki) is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), he is the Former KO-D Openweight Champion in his One Time.[3]
| Yuki Ueno | |
|---|---|
 Ueno in July 2024 | |
| Born | September 1, 1995 Yao, Osaka, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Yuki Ueno |
| Billed height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Debut | 2016[2] |
Professional wrestling career
editIndependent circuit (2016–present)
editUeno made his professional wrestling debut at the 2016 edition of "Who's Gonna Top?" in a time-limit draw dark match against Akito.[4] Throughout his career so far, he has worked mostly for DDT, but had several matches for other promotions such as Dradition where he worked alongside famous wrestlers such as Masato Tanaka, Yukio Sakaguchi and Super Tiger II.[5]
In May 2017, he was a participant in Kaientai Dojo's K-Metal League Tournament of which he reached but ultimately lost the final against Go Asakawa.[6]
He won the first title of his career at DDT's 21st Anniversary show, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Koju Takeda and Kota Umeda after defeating Shuten-Dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) in a six-man tag team match.[7] He also won the KO-D Tag Team Championship with his tag team partner Naomi Yoshimura at DDT's 2020 New Year Special after defeating Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki and Soma Takao).[8] Ueno defeated Chris Brookes at Ultimate Party 2020 to win the DDT Universal Championship on November 11.[9] He is also a six-time holder of the comedic Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, winning it for the first time at DDT Beer Garden 2019 after drinking a beer can.[10] At Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary, on March 20, 2020, Ueno teamed up with fellow Disaster Box stablemates Naomichi Marufuji and Harashima to defeat All Out (Akito, Yuki Iino and Royce Chambers).[11]
Championships and accomplishments
edit- Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- Toshiwasure! Shuffle Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2022)– With Daichi Hashimoto And Yuma Aoyagi
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- KO-D Openweight Championship (1 time)
- DDT Universal Championship (2 times)[12]
- KO-D Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Naomi Yoshimura[13]
- KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kota Umeda and Koju Takeda (1), and Shinya Aoki and Super Sasadango Machine (1)[14]
- KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mao, Shunma Katsumata, Toy Kojima and Shinya Aoki[15]
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (6 times)[16]
- D-Oh Grand Prix (2022)[17]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Other accomplishments
- Differ Cup (2017) – with Konosuke Takeshita[19]
References
edit- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Yuki Ueno/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Yuki Ueno-Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ "Yuki Ueno • Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Dark, Angel (September 27, 2016). "DDT: Results «DDT Dramatic General Election 2016 - The Last Hope» - 25/09/2016 - Shuji Ishikawa imposes his law". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Dradition.jp. "Dradition Raging Outlaw Tour In Tokyo "Hiro Saito 40th Anniversary"". pwresults.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ "K-DOJO K-Metal League 2017 (29. April 2017 to 7. May 2017)". www.wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ Voices Of Wrestling (March 22, 2018). "DDT JUDGEMENT 2018 (DDT 21ST ANNIVERSARY) PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Da, Tigerman (January 3, 2020). "RISULTATI: DDT NEW YEAR SPECIAL 2020! ALL SEATS 2000 YEN SHOW 03/01/2020". zonawrestling.net (in Italian). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Glasier, Robert (November 2, 2020). "Preview: DDT Ultimate Party 2020 (11/3/20)". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Dark angel (August 13, 2019). "DDT: «Fighting Beer Garden 2019» The Iron Man Heavy Metal at stake". en.superluchas.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (March 20, 2020). "Judgement2020～DDT旗揚げ23周年記念大会～". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Wrestling Titles (May 29, 2021). "DDT Universal Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) Tag Team Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. October 25, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.(King Of DDT) Tag Team Title (Japan)&rft.date=2020-10-25&rft_id=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/ddt/kod-t.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Yuki Ueno" class="Z3988">
- ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.(King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title (Japan)&rft.date=2021-03-14&rft_id=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/ddt/kod-6.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Yuki Ueno" class="Z3988">
- ^ KO-D8人タッグ／KO-D10人タッグ選手権. Syu-Kaku Kombu (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title History". wrestling-titles.com. February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (December 4, 2022). "DDT ProWrestling" D王 GRAND PRIX 2022 the FINAL. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ Ross, Patrick (September 10, 2024). "Full 2024 PWI 500 list revealed". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ １０年ぶり開催のディファカップでＤＤＴ・竹下組がＶ. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). November 29, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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