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    Shinjiro Otani (大谷晋二郎, Ōtani Shinjirō, born July 21, 1972) is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler and the current acting president of Pro Wrestling...
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  • Shinjirō, Shinjiro or Shinjirou (written: 進次郎, 新次郎, 晋二郎, 真二郎, 真司郎 or 伸次郎) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Shinjiro...
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  • Ōtani (大谷), also romanized as Otani, Ootani or Ohtani, is a Japanese surname meaning "large valley". Notable people with the surname include: Shohei Ohtani...
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    to Pro Wrestling Zero-One in January 2002, where Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani defeated him and Tom Howard to win the vacant Intercontinental Tag Team...
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    On 20 October, Jones and Jon Heidenreich defeated Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. On 25 October...
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  • wrestlers, who made up 40 different teams. The inaugural champions were Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa, who defeated Dr. Wagner Jr. and Koji Kanemoto...
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  • its entire tenure. The championship was created in WCW in 1996, with Shinjiro Otani as the inaugural champion. However, following WCW's purchase, the WWF/E...
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    Tag Team Championship a number of times in 1998 and 1999 alongside Shinjiro Otani. While attending vocational school, Takaiwa passed the New Japan Pro-Wrestling...
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    failed to win in the end. After that, he formed an irregular team with Shinjiro Otani called Kazan, which defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Tanaka in the...
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    Samoa Joe Mike Rapada and Steve Corino Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) Jon Heidenreich and Nathan Jones OH-gun...
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    a job. In January 2002 Tanaka formed a tag team named "Emblem" with Shinjiro Otani, with whom he twice won the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championships...
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    Samoa Joe Mike Rapada and Steve Corino Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) Jon Heidenreich and Nathan Jones OH-gun...
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    Samoa Joe Mike Rapada and Steve Corino Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) Jon Heidenreich and Nathan Jones OH-gun...
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  • (9:39) Shinjiro Otani Pegasus (14:28) — Otani (16:37) Draw (30:00) Malenko (14:00) Otani (12:52) Otani (11:38) Samurai (13:47) Otani (14:53) Otani (forfeit)...
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    the Block A and scored a total of fifteen points after going against Shinjiro Otani, Masato Tanaka, Hartley Jackson, Fuminori Abe and Tsugutaka Sato. At...
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    purchased by WWE, the inaugural champion was retroactively changed from Shinjiro Otani to Brian Pillman, as WWE recognizes the former WCW Light Heavyweight...
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  • singles match in which Flying Scorpio defeated Shinjiro Otani when the referee stopped the match due to Otani bleeding excessively from a broken nose. The...
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  • by former New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) stars Shinya Hashimoto and Shinjiro Otani.[citation needed] In 2000, Hashimoto proposed an independent promotion...
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    found a new partner in Shinjiro Otani to win the championship in August 2004. Going into 2005, Hashimoto left Zero-One and placed Otani in charge, citing financial...
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  • Federation (WWF) demanded that the then-current champion Shinjiro Otani return the belt. Otani returned the championship to the WWF and subsequently dissolved...
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    NJPW wrestler who had gone overseas for an extended period of time, Shinjiro Otani. The two returned to New Japan on January 4, 2001, at Wrestling World...
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    team titles to Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa on July 13. At Jingu Climax, Liger and El Samurai unsuccessfully challenged Otani and Takaiwa for...
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    Okabayashi) and Kengo Mashimo. At ZERO1 Osu Premium One Team ZERO1 Shinjiro Otani Aid!, a cross-over event produced with Pro Wrestling Zero1 on June 4...
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    Samoa Joe Mike Rapada and Steve Corino Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) Jon Heidenreich and Nathan Jones OH-gun...
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    formed a tag team with Steve Corino where they battled Akebono Tarō and Shinjiro Otani for the Intercontinental Tag Team Championships. Between 2010 and 2016...
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    Steve Corino. On May 23, Tom Howard and The Predator defeated Emblem (Shinjiro Ohtani and Masato Tanaka). On June 27, Tom Howard, The Predator and Nathan...
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    critically acclaimed matches with luminaries like Jushin Thunder Liger, Shinjiro Otani, Black Tiger, and El Samurai in their junior heavyweight division.[citation...
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    Samoa Joe Mike Rapada and Steve Corino Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) Jon Heidenreich and Nathan Jones OH-gun...
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    Retrieved April 30, 2024. ROH: All Star Extravaganza (Action, Sport), Shinjirô Ôtani, Masato Tanaka, Low Ki, retrieved April 30, 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint:...
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    Samoa Joe Mike Rapada and Steve Corino Shinjiro Otani and Yuki Ishikawa Emblem (Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani) Jon Heidenreich and Nathan Jones OH-gun...
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