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Naoya Ogawa (小川直也 Ogawa Naoya) is a professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter from Japan.
Biography
Ogawa Naoya first started in Judo in his high school years. He continued on in college attending Meiji University in 1986. In he second year at school he became a world freeclass champion, youngest in the history of Judo. He would go on to win many more championships before graduating from the College of Business Administration at Meiji University. Ogawa was Silver medalist in judo of 1992 Summer Olympics, and placed fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
In 1997 he was recruited by Antonio Inoki and was sent to train with Satoru Sayama Ogawa made his debut against Shinya Hashimoto on April 12, 1997 at the Tokyo Dome wrestling with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Subsequently he was billed as Hashimoto's arch nemesis.
He also continued to use his judo skills in PRIDE where he holds victories over Gary Goodridge and Masaaki Satake
Currently Ogawa is a mainstay with the HUSTLE Wrestling group as part of the HUSTLE army.
Professional wrestling championships
- National
- ZERO-ONE United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
See also
- Hidehiko Yoshida
External links
- Official Homepage
- Professional MMA record for Naoya Ogawa from Sherdog