Japanese professional wrestler
Takuya Nomura (野村卓矢 , Nomura Takuya ) is a
Japanese
professional wrestler , currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the
professional wrestling promotions
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and
Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1).
[4]
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2016–present)
Nomura is known for his tenures with various
promotions . He participated at the
Lion's Gate Project , a
developmental branch of
professional wrestling promotion
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) which hosted its sixth event on June 15, 2017, where he teamed up with Dinosaur Takuma in a losing effort to
Hiroyoshi Tenzan and
Tiger Mask .
[5] At the Toshiwasure! Shuffle Tag Tournament 2020 , a one-night event promoted by
DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT) in partnership with
BJW , Nomura teamed up with
Konosuke Takeshita and obtained a victory over the team of
Akira Hyodo &
Makoto Oishi but fell short to
Harashima and
Yuji Okabayashi in the semi-finals.
[6]
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–2021)
Nomura made sporadic appearances in
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). At AJPW AJ Phoenix Vol. 5 , on October 25, 2016, he teamed up with Kazumi Kikuta and defeated NEXTREAM (
Naoya Nomura and
Yuma Aoyagi ).
[7] On the first night of the AJPW New Year Wars 2021 , on January 2, he teamed up with Fuminori Abe as Astronauts and defeated
Ikuto Hidaka and
Koji Iwamoto .
[8]
Pro Wrestling Noah (2017)
Nomura participated in the
N-1 Victory event of
Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), marking appearances in several
tag team matches outside of the proper tournament. On the twelfth night from November 11 2017, he teamed up with
Daisuke Sekimoto in a losing effort to
Naomichi Marufuji and
Takashi Sugiura .
[9] Three night later, on November 14, he teamed up again with
Sekimoto , this time falling short to Sugiura and
Go Shiozaki .
[10]
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–present)
Nomura made his professional wrestling debut in
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), on the third night of the
2016 edition of the Ikkitousen Strong Climb tournament which took place on March 19, 2016, where he went in a
time-limit draw against
Toshiyuki Sakuda in an
exhibition match .
[11] On a
house show from February 23, 2021, Nomura and his Astronauts tag team partner Fuminori Abe recaptured the
BJW Tag Team Championship from Kazumi Kikuta and
Ryuichi Kawakami .
[12]
Nomura participated in several signature events promoted by
BJW such as the
Saikyo Tag League , making his first appearance at the
2016 edition , where he teamed up with
Hideki Suzuki , placing themselves in the Strong Style Block, finishing with no points after competing against the teams of
Kohei Sato and
Shuji Ishikawa ,
Daisuke Sekimoto and
Yuji Okabayashi , and Speed Of Sounds (
Tsutomu Oosugi and
Hercules Senga ).
[13] Two years later, at the
2018 edition of the event, he teamed up with his Astronauts tag team partner Fuminori Abe, placing themselves in the Strong Style Block, scoring a total of four points after competing against the teams of
Ryota Hama and
Yasufumi Nakanoue ,
Daichi Hashimoto and
Hideyoshi Kamitani , Ryuichi Kawakami and Kazumi Kikuta,
Tatsuhiko Yoshino and
Kota Sekifuda ,
Hideki Suzuki and
Daisuke Sekimoto , and
Kazuki Hashimoto and
Yuya Aoki .
[14]
He took part in other sporadic tournaments of the promotion such as the
BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament from 2017, where he finished the block with a total of four points after competing against
Kazuki Hashimoto ,
Shinobu ,
Tatsuhiko Yoshino , Toshiyuki Sakuda and
Yuya Aoki . The event determined the inaugural
BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion .
[15]
Nomura made his first appearance in the
Ikkitousen Strong Climb event, at the
2018 edition , where he placed himself in the Block A, and scoring a total of two points after competing against
Daichi Hashimoto ,
Yasufumi Nakanoue ,
Ryota Hama ,
Hideyoshi Kamitani and
Yuya Aoki .
[16]
Championships and accomplishments
Ranked No. 350 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
PWI 500 in 2017
[23]
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