YAMATO

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YAMATO
Information
Ring names	Yamato YAMATO Masato Onodera Yamato Onodera
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (82 kg)
Born	September 10, 1981 (1981-09-10)
Birth Place	Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan
Trainer	Yasushi Kanda
Debut	July 29, 2006

YAMATO (September 10, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • 2nd Generation Gekokujoh Elbow (Diving elbow drop) – 2006–2007; adopted from Yasushi Kanda
  • CBV – Cross Bone Vanguard (Crossface, sometimes with chickenwing over the shoulder)
  • Doujime Sleeper (Choke sleeper)
  • Frankensteiner of The Almighty (Hurricanrana into a pin)
  • Gallaria (Inverted facelock lifted and dropped into a sitout scoop slam piledriver)
  • Musha-gaeshi (Spear into a pin)

• Signature moves
  • German suplex
  • Go 2 Hospital I (Running single leg dropkick to a cornered opponent)
  • Go 2 Hospital II (Running single leg dropkick to the side of a cornered opponent head)

• Nicknames
  • "Shin Gekokujoh"
  • "BATTLESHIP"
  • "The Almighty"

• Tag teams and stables
  • VerserK

• Entrance music
  • "Yamato Spirit" by ACMA
  • "Yamato Spirit -vicious dictator mix-" by ACMA

Championships and accomplishments

• Dragon Gate

• Open The Triangle Gate Champion (4 times) - with Gamma & Shingo Takagi (2), Gamma & Masato Yoshino (1) and BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong (1)
• Open the Dream Gate Championship (4 times)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #91 in the 2024 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers

External links

• Profile
• Profile