Antonio Honda

Antonio Honda
Antonio Honda
Honda in 2020
Born (1978-01-02) January 2, 1978 (age 46)[1]
Tokyo, Japan
RelativesTetsu Watanabe (father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Antonio The Dragon
Hanoreku Hogaso
A. Yazawa
Antonio Honda
Billed height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Billed weight80 kg (176 lb)
Trained byDick Togo
Debut2005

Soichiro Honda (本多宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō, born January 2, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Antonio Honda (アントーニオ本多, Antōnio Honda). He is working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).[3] He is the son of actor Tetsu Watanabe.[4]

Professional wrestling career

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Independent circuit (2005–present)

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One of the rising stars of DDT Pro-Wrestling in 2007, Honda started his career as one of the "Four Italian Horsemen". He later became the leader of the aWo (Aloha World Order) stable, mainly sticking to a comedic gimmick.[5] Honda made his professional wrestling debut as A. Yazawa at the Guts World Prowrestling's Guts World Vol. 2 event from March 15, 2005, where he teamed up with Cabbage Taro in a losing effort to Gutara and Potato Saburota.[6] 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, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Great Kojika, Taka Michinoku, Kenny Omega, Abdullah Kobayashi,[7] and the winner of the match, Jun Kasai.[8] On November 2, 2016, at Wrestle-1's W-1 Tour 2016 Autumn Bout, Honda teamed up with Konosuke Takeshita as part of the Happy Motel stable to defeat Keiji Mutoh and Jiro Kuroshio.[9] At Ice Ribbon's New Ice Ribbon #700 (RibbonMania 2015: Neko Nitta Retirement Show) from December 31, 2015, he teamed up with Mochi Miyagi to defeat Gentaro and Yuji Hino, and Jun Kasai and Miyako Matsumoto in a three-way intergender tag team match.[10] On April 5, 2019, at the WrestleCon Joey Ryan's Penis Party, a freelance event held and produced by Joey Ryan, Honda participated in a 7-person gauntlet match also involving Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Sanshiro Takagi, Mao, Maki Itoh and Yoshihiko (a love doll) for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.[11]

DDT Pro-Wrestling/Pro Wrestling Basara (2005–present)

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Honda defeated Gentaro at Never Mind 2010 to become the interim KO-D Openweight Champion.[12] A unification match took place at Sweet Dreams! 2011 on January 30, where he was eventually defeated by Dick Togo.[13]

He is a former multiple-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion, title which he won as part of Monster Army alongside stablemates Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, and Yuji Hino at Sweet Dreams![14] on January 27, and Road to Ryōgoku in Hiroshima: Dramatic Dream Toukasan on June 23, 2013.[15] He also won the championship as part of the Happy Motel stable alongside Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo at Road to Ryōgoku in Osaka: Dramatic Dream Tsutenkaku on July 13, 2014.[16]

On April 28, 2019, he defeated Harashima in a Panty-Hunt Tiger Club Rope Deathmatch at Max Bump 2019 to win the DDT Extreme Championship.[17]

At Kawasaki Strong 2021 on February 14, Honda teamed up with Kazuki Hirata, Shinya Aoki and Super Sasadango Machine to win the vacant KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi.[18]

Championships and accomplishments

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References

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  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Antonio Honda/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Antonio Honda-Personal Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Antonio Honda • Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  4. ^ 坂口憲二“プロレスデビュー”兄のセコンドからリングに乱入. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  5. ^ Puroresu Central. "Antonio Honda Profile/DDT Roster". puroresucentral.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Guts World Vol. 2". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Jayaram, Nishant (December 12, 2019). "10 longest matches in pro-wrestling history/#5 Battle Royal - BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special (2009) - 85:12". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  8. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  9. ^ Wrestle-1 (November 2, 2016). ""WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2016 AUTUMN BOUT" 11.2 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Tournament". w-1.co.jp. Retrieved March 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Saalbach, Axel (December 31, 2015). "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #700 - Ribbon Mania 2015 ~ Neko Nitta Retirement Ceremony". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Greer, Jamie (April 5, 2019). "#WrestleManiaWeek Preview: WrestleCon presents Joey Ryan's Penis Party (4/5/19)". Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 26, 2010). "DDT Never Mind 2010 - TV-Show @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  13. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 30, 2011). "DDT Sweet Dreams - TV-Show @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  14. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (January 27, 2013). "Sweet Dreams! 2013". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  15. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (June 23, 2013). "What are you doing 2013". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  16. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling. Road to Ryogoku in Osaka〜ドラマティック・ドリーム・通天閣〜. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  17. ^ Worrall, Mark (April 29, 2019). "DDT Present's Max Bump 2019, The Review". prowrestlingjournal.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  18. ^ "KAWASAKI STRONG 2021". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  19. ^ "DDT Extreme Division Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  20. ^ Wrestling Titles (February 14, 2021). "KO-D (King Of DDT) Open-weight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  21. ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  22. ^ "Jiyūgaoka 6-person Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  23. ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  24. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 3, 2021). "D 王 GRAND PRIX 2021 II in Ota-ku". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  25. ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) Tag Team Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. October 25, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  26. ^ "International Wrestling Association Triple Crown Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  27. ^ "U.W.A. World Trios Title". Puroresu Dojo. February 27, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  28. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2021". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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