Japanese professional wrestler
Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Matsunaga in May 2016
Born (1980-11-13 ) November 13, 1980 (age 43)
[1]
Koga ,
Japan
Ring name(s) Darkside HERO! Omori UtaemonTomomitsu Matsunaga Billed height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
[2] Billed weight 95 kg (209 lb) Trained by
Dick Togo Debut 2006
Tomomitsu Matsunaga (松永智充 , Matsunaga Tomomitsu , born November 13, 1980) is a Japanese
professional wrestler currently working for
DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), a Japanese
promotion where he is a former
Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion .
[3]
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2006-present)
Matsunaga is known for competing in various promotions. He participated in one of the longest matches in
professional wrestling history, a
108-man battle royal at
Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special , a cross-over event held between
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW),
DDT and
Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as
Great Kojika ,
Taka Michinoku ,
Yoshihito Sasaki ,
Abdullah Kobayashi ,
[4] and the winner of the match,
Jun Kasai .
[5] At BJW/DDT/K-DOJO New Year's Eve Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling , a cross-over event produced by BJW, K-Dojo and DDT on December 31, 2012, he wrestled in a
12-man Cinderella Title battle royal also involving
Emi Sakura ,
Ricky Fuji ,
Yasu Urano and others.
[6]
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2006-present)
Matsunaga made his professional wrestling debut in DDT at DDT Non-Fix 5/19 , an event promoted on May 19, 2006, where he teamed up with
Sanshiro Takagi and The Mac, scoring a victory over
Antonio Honda ,
Francesco Togo and Mori Bernard in a
six-man tag team match .
[7]
Matsunaga is known for his appearance in various signature events promoted by the promotion such as the
DDT Peter Pan . He marked his first appearance at the first-ever event, the
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2009 from August 23 where he competed in a
Rumble rules match for the
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving
Yumiko Hotta ,
Giru Nakano ,
Riho and others.
[8] At
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 on October 21, he teamed up with
Michael Nakazawa and unsuccessfully competed in a
Gauntlet tag team match also involving Shuten-dōji (
Kudo and
Masahiro Takanashi ) defeated
Mike Bailey and Antonio Honda, Renegades (
Mizuki Watase and
Jason "The Gift" Kincaid ),
Kazusada Higuchi and Kota Umeda, and
Tanomusaku Toba and
Keisuke Okuda .
[9] At
Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, he participated in a
Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving the winner
Yukio Sakaguchi ,
Gorgeous Matsuno ,
Shiro Koshinaka ,
Joey Ryan and others.
[10] His last match occurred on the first night of the
Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 from June 6, where he teamed up with Sanshiro Takagi and Kazusada Higuchi in a losing effort to Kongo (
Kenoh ,
Masa Kitamiya and
Haoh ).
[11]
Matsunaga is also known for competing in the
DDT Judgement branch of events, especially in Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. His last appearance occurred at
Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary on February 17 where he wrestled in such a match also involving
Saki Akai ,
Gota Ihashi ,
Hoshitango ,
Mina Shirakawa and others.
[12] Two years earlier, at
Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary he made another appearance in this kind of match, this time also for the
King of Dark Championship also involving
Guanchulo ,
Poison Sawada Julie ,
Gentaro ,
Munenori Sawa and others.
[13] At
Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, Matsunaga competed in a
#1 Contendership & Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal with the winner getting an opportunity to battle for the
KO-D Openweight Championship also involving
Ryuichi Sekine ,
Masa Takanashi ,
Cherry ,
Ken Ohka and others.
[14]
Another event promoted by DDT in which Mastunaga competed is the
DDT Ultimate Party . His only match occurred at
Ultimate Party 2019 on November 3 where he teamed up with Mizuki Watase and Keigo Nakamura in a losing effort to Daichi Kazato, Masato Kamino and Shuhei Washida.
[15]
On the
DDT Into The Fight branch of events, Matsunaga scored his last appearance at
Into The Fight 2019 on March 21 where he worked in two different matches. In the first one he teamed up with
Hiroshi Yamato , Sanshiro Takagi, Masahiro Takanashi and Keisuke Okuda to defeat Michael Nakazawa in a
Five-on-one handicap match , and in the second one he teamed up with Nakazawa as "Nuru Nuru Brothers" and Takanashi to defeat Sanshiro Takagi, Keisuke Okuda and Hiroshi Yamato.
[16]
As for the
King of DDT Tournament , Matsunaga scored his best result at the
2014 edition of the event where he defeated
Kenny Omega in the
first-round but fell short to Kudo in the second round.
[17]
Championships and accomplishments
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