Hajime Ohara

Hajime Ohara
Ohara as the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion
Ring name(s)	Dark Dragon Hajime Ohara Ohara Rey Ohara
Billed height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Billed weight	86 kg (190 lb)[1]
Born	July 24, 1984 (1984-07-24) (age 27)[1] Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan[1][2]
Trained by	Jorge Rivera[2] Último Dragón[2]
Debut	02004-05-16 May 16, 2004

Hajime Ohara (born July 24, 1984)^[1] is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Smash. Ohara worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico for several years as part of his training mixing the Lucha Libre style of Mexico with the Japanese Puroresu style of wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Mexico

Hajime Ohara trained for his professional wrestling debut under Último Dragón and Jorge Rivera, better known as Skayde. Through his connections with Dragón and Rivera Ohara started out his career working in Mexico, first for Toryumon Mexico and soon after for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).^[2] In CMLL he would often team with other Japenese wrestlers such as Okumura. Ohara was part of the 2006 International Grand Prix but was the first man eliminated when he was pinned by Heavy Metal.^[3] On May 13, 2006 Ohara defeated La Máscara to win the vacant NWA World Welterweight Championship, becoming the first NWA Welterweight champion in almost two years.^[4] On January 20, 2007 OHara lost the title to Super Delfin during an Osaka Pro wrestling show in Japan, but regained the title on February 10 before returning to Mexico.^[5] By the end of 2007 a deal had been struck between Último Dragón, who owned the NWA title and CMLL to return ownership of the championship to CMLL (they had owned the title until 1996). On November 27, 2007 Ohara lost the title to CMLL regular La Sombra.^[5]

In 2008 Ohara began working for the Dradition promotion in Japan and also began a feud with Último Dragón in both Toryumon Mexico as well as the European based Nu-Wrestling Evolution (NWE). In the NWE he played a masked character called Dark Dragon, an "evil counterpart" to Último Dragon. On June 28, 2008 on an NEW show in Madrid, Spain Ohara lost a Lucha de Apuesta match to Último Dragón and was forced to unmask.^[2] In late 2008 he began wrestling for the Japanese promotion Hustle as Ray Ohara, leaving CMLL and only wrestling in Japan when he worked for Toryumon Mexico. On December 14, 2008 Ohara defeated Último Dragón to win the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, a title he would take with him to Japan. Ohara held the title for 291 days before losing the belt to Mineo Fujita on October 1, 2009.^[6]

Smash

In March 2010, Ohara began working for Yoshihiro Tajiri's new Smash promotion, losing to KUSHIDA in the main event of the promotion's first ever show on March 26.^[7] Initially, Ohara worked as a face as part of the Smash Sekigun and a protégé of Tajiri's, working against wrestlers from the Finnish promotion, Fight Club Finland (FCF). On July 24 at Smash.5, Ohara was squashed by the debuting Finn StarBuck.^[8] Later that same day on Smash.6, Ohara turned on TAJIRI, after he had lost the FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship to StarBuck in the main event.^[9] The following month, Ohara traveled to Helsinki, Finland to unsuccessfully challenge StarBuck for the title, after which he kneeled before him and adopted him as his new mentor.^[10] Later that same month, Ohara began representing FCF in Smash, forming a regular partnership with transvestite wrestler Jessica Love and often accompanying StarBuck to his matches, while also starting a feud with TAJIRI's number one protégé, KUSHIDA.^[11][12] The rivalry ended on March 31, 2011, at Smash.15, when Ohara defeated KUSHIDA with his new finishing maneuver, the Finnish Forearm, in KUSHIDA's final Smash match, before leaving for New Japan Pro Wrestling.^[13] On June 9, Ohara entered a tournament to determine the first ever Smash Champion, defeating Último Dragón in his first round match.^[14] However, on August 11, Ohara was eliminated from the tournament by VENENO.^[15]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Devil Ray (Arm trap headscissors rolled into a cradle)^[16]
  • Finnish Forearm (Sliding forearm smash) – Smash^[17]
  • Muy Bien (Single leg Boston crab with armlock)^[16]

• Signature moves
  • Do it Now (Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver onto the knee)^[16]
  • Northern Lights suplex^[16]

Championships and accomplishments

• Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre

• NWA World Welterweight Championship (2 times)^[4][5]

• Toryumon Mexico

• NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Mask	Último Dragón	Dark Dragon	Madrid, Spain	02008-06-25 June 25, 2008	[2]
Hair	Hajime Ohara	Brazo de Platino	Mexico City, Mexico	02009-03-01 March 1, 2009
Hair	Último Dragón	Hajime Ohara	Mexico City, Mexico	02009-08-22 August 22, 2009	[18]

External links

Professional wrestling portal

• Smash profile

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "大原はじめ" (in Japanese). Smash. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/pwl.html#ohara. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Enciclopedia staff (September, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" (in Spanish). Dark Dragon (Mexico City, Mexico): p. 6. Tomo II. 
3. ^ "Gran Prix Cibernetico 2006". ProWrestlingHistory.com. May 12, 2006. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/emll/g-prix2.html#2006. Retrieved March 19, 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} SuperLuchas staff (December 23, 2006). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 192. http://superluchas.net/?p=44. Retrieved July 11, 2009. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} SuperLuchas staff (December 26, 2007). "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 244. http://superluchas.net/?p=1491. Retrieved July 11, 2009. 
6. ^ "Dradition Dream Impact IV @ Shinjuku Face in Tokyo" (in German). CageMatch.net. October 1, 2009. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=43618. Retrieved March 19, 2010. 
7. ^ "3・26『SMASH.1』試合後の選手コメント（2）" (in Japanese). Smash. March 26, 2010. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/cgi-bin/topics/diary.cgi?no=70. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
8. ^ "SMASH.5" (in Japanese). Smash. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/result1.html#smash5. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
9. ^ "「何か形をハッキリと見せて欲しい」TAJIRI、大原はじめの造反について言及！" (in Japanese). Smash. July 26, 2010. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/cgi-bin/topics/diary.cgi?no=220. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
10. ^ "大原が旅立った先はフィンランド！　スターバックとの再戦で何が起こったのか!?" (in Japanese). Smash. August 18, 2010. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/cgi-bin/topics/diary.cgi?no=240. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
11. ^ "「これは新しい時代の始まりだ」スターバック＆大原が意気込みを語る！" (in Japanese). Smash. August 29, 2010. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/cgi-bin/topics/diary.cgi?no=256. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
12. ^ Byers, Ryan (May 17, 2011). "Into the Indies 05.17.11: Filling in the SMASH-Hole". 411Mania. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/186174/Into-the-Indies-05.17.11:--Filling-in-the-SMASH-Hole.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
13. ^ "3・31『SMASH.15』全試合結果" (in Japanese). Smash. March 31, 2011. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/cgi-bin/topics/diary.cgi?no=547. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
14. ^ "6・9『SMASH.18』全試合結果" (in Japanese). Smash. June 9, 2011. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/cgi-bin/topics/diary.cgi?no=639. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
15. ^ "8・11『SMASH.20』全試合結果" (in Japanese). Smash. August 11, 2011. http://www.smashxsmash.jp/cgi-bin/topics/diary.cgi?no=722. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
16. ^ ^{a b c d} "Hajime Ohara". Puroresu Central. http://www.puroresucentral.com/ohara.html. Retrieved October 4, 2011. 
17. ^ "2011 Smash results". Purolove. http://www.purolove.com/misc/smash/results11.php. Retrieved 2011-01-29. 
18. ^ "Toryumon Mexico Dragonmania IV" (in German). CageMatch.net. August 22, 2009. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=42865. Retrieved March 19, 2010. 

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Name	Ohara, Hajime
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Date of birth	July 24, 1984
Place of birth	Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan
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