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Toryumon is the name of [[Ultimo Dragon|Ultimo Dragon's]] professional wrestling school and the associated professional wrestling promotion. The school had dojos both in Mexico and Japan. The school also ran professional wrestling events under the banners of its graduating groups. | Toryumon is the name of [[Ultimo Dragon|Ultimo Dragon's]] professional wrestling school and the associated professional wrestling promotion. The school had dojos both in [[Mexico]] and [[Japan]]. The school also ran professional wrestling events under the banners of its graduating groups. | ||
The groups were: | The groups were: | ||
* Toryumon Mexico - First to start back in 1997. Wrestled monthly at some points but typically had irregular shows. It is the only form of Toryumon to still promote in Mexico with the annual DragonMania, [[Young Dragons Cup]] and [[Yamaha Cup]] shows. | |||
* Toryumon Japan - Its members use a style almost identical to their teacher and consisted of the first through the fourth classes. The promotion lasted from 1999 until 2004. | |||
* Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - This group used a six sided ring compared to the first group which used four sided rings. Its members used a primarily submission based style called Llave and consisted of the fifth through eighth classes. It lasted from 2002 until 2003 and most talent moved to Toryumon Japan. | |||
* Toryumon X - More lucha libre based compared to the others and consisted of the ninth through twelfth classes. It lasted from 2003 until 2004 and only one talent([[Naoki Tanisaki]]) moved to Toryumon Japan. | |||
While El Dorado went on, Ultimo Dragon continued Toryumon Mexico with the yearly DragonMania shows | When Ultimo Dragon returned from retirement Takashi Okamura took over as the company head. A day after the fifth anniversary of Toryumon's first event, Ultimo Dragon left the company, taking the name and trademarks with him. Toryumon Japan changed its name to [[Dragon Gate]] because of this. Dragon Gate returned all the titles it had promoted as Toryumon Japan to the people that held the belts last before they started promoting them. Shortly after wards the T2P talent and Toryumon X talent who were not picked up were brought into the livedoor owned Dragondoor promotion which was booked by fellow former T2P wrestler [[Noriaki Kawabata]]. It also featured Mexican talents like [[Pentagon Black|Pentagon]], [[Ultimo Guerrero]], [[Rey Bucanero]], [[Maximo]], [[Extreme Tiger|Xtreme Tiger]], [[Joe Lider]] and [[Ultimo Dragon]]. This would cause it to fail within a year and was quickly replaced with El Dorado, which took all of the Toryumon trained talent from Dragondoor's closure and none of the Mexican talent in favor of wrestlers from the Japanese independent scene. El Dorado would close by the end of 2008 after bleeding money for over two years. | ||
While El Dorado went on, Ultimo Dragon continued the Toryumon Mexico shows with the yearly DragonMania shows, Young Dragon Cup and Yamaha Cup tournaments while a few talents from his newer classes went on to El Dorado([[Milanito Collection A.T.]], [[Banana Senga]] and [[Guillermo "Chingo" Akiba|CHANGO]]), one has moved onto New Japan([[Kazuchika Okada]]), and two have wrestled in CMLL([[Hajime Ohara]] and [[Pequeno Ninja]]). Toryumon Mexico currently has a working relationship with [[Tatsumi Fujinami|Tatsumi Fujinami's]] Dradition promotion. | |||
==Students== | ==Students== | ||
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[[Sumo Fuji]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | [[Sumo Fuji]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | ||
[[Dragon Kid]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | [[Dragon Kid]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | ||
[[Magnum TOKYO]] (HUSTLE)<br /> | [[Magnum Tokyo|Magnum TOKYO]] (HUSTLE)<br /> | ||
[[SUWA]] (Retired)<br /> | [[SUWA]] (Retired)<br /> | ||
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'''~3rd Term~'''<br /> | '''~3rd Term~'''<br /> | ||
[[Susumu Mochizuki|Susumu Yokosuka]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | [[Susumu Mochizuki|Susumu Yokosuka]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | ||
[[Mototsugu Shimizu]] (El Dorado)<br /> | [[Mototsugu Shimizu]] (unclear after El Dorado folded)<br /> | ||
'''~4th Term~'''<br /> | '''~4th Term~'''<br /> | ||
[[Ryo Saito]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | [[Ryo Saito]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | ||
[[Kinta Tomoaka]] - Didn't Graduate (Dragon Gate)<br /> | [[Kinta Tomoaka]] - Didn't Graduate (Dragon Gate referee)<br /> | ||
===Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - 2nd Class (Terms 5-8)=== | ===Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - 2nd Class (Terms 5-8)=== | ||
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[[Kinya Oyanagei]] (El Dorado)<br /> | [[Kinya Oyanagei]] (El Dorado)<br /> | ||
[[Junya Fukumasa]] (Retired)<br /> | [[Junya Fukumasa]] (Retired)<br /> | ||
TARUcito (Retired)<br /> | [[TARUcito I|TAURcito]] (Retired)<br /> | ||
Takuya Murakami (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | |||
'''~7th Term~'''<br /> | '''~7th Term~'''<br /> | ||
[[Touru Owashi]] (DDT)<br /> | [[Touru Owashi]] (DDT)<br /> | ||
[[Masato Yoshino]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | [[Masato Yoshino]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | ||
[[Brother YASSNI|Brother YASSHI]] (All Japan Pro Wrestling)<br /> | [["Brother" YASSNI|Brother YASSHI]] (All Japan Pro Wrestling)<br /> | ||
[[Takayuki Yagi|Takayuki Yagi/Johnson Florida]] (Dragon Gate)<br /> | [[Takayuki Yagi|Takayuki Yagi/Johnson Florida]] (referee and part-time wrestler for Dragon Gate)<br /> | ||
'''~8th Term~'''<br /> | '''~8th Term~'''<br /> | ||
[[Shuji Kondo]] (All Japan Pro Wrestling)<br /> | [[Shuji Kondo]] (All Japan Pro Wrestling)<br /> | ||
[[ | [[Jun Ogawauchi]] (Retired)<br /> | ||
[[Berlinetta Boxer|Shogo Takagi]] (Semi-Retired)<br /> | [[Berlinetta Boxer|Shogo Takagi]] (Semi-Retired)<br /> | ||
[[Takuya Sugawara]] (Zero One MAX)<br /> | [[Takuya Sugawara]] (Zero One MAX)<br /> | ||
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[[Koichiro Arai|Shinjitsu Nohashi]] (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | [[Koichiro Arai|Shinjitsu Nohashi]] (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | ||
[[Takeshi Minaminno]] (Michinoku Pro) <br /> | [[Takeshi Minaminno]] (Michinoku Pro) <br /> | ||
[[Pineapple Hanai|Ken45]] (Michinoku Pro | [[Pineapple Hanai|Ken45]] (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | ||
[[SUWAcito|Kagetora]] (Michinoku Pro/ | [[SUWAcito|Kagetora]] (Michinoku Pro/Dragon Gate)<br /> | ||
[[Small Dandy Fuji|Rasse]] (Michinoku Pro | [[Small Dandy Fuji|Rasse]] (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | ||
[[Lambo Miura|Lambo Miura]] (Retired)<br /> | [[Lambo Miura|Lambo Miura]] (Retired)<br /> | ||
Masahiro Takanashi - Didn't Graduate (DDT)<br /> | |||
'''~10th Term~'''<br /> | '''~10th Term~'''<br /> | ||
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'''~12th Term~'''<br /> | '''~12th Term~'''<br /> | ||
[[Yousuke Aoki|Spark Aoki]] (El Dorado)<br /> | [[Yousuke Aoki|Spark Aoki]] (unclear after El Dorado folded)<br /> | ||
GALLARDO/119 Katayama Taiin (Retired)<br /> | GALLARDO/119 Katayama Taiin (Retired)<br /> | ||
KONDO & CO (Retired)<br /> | KONDO & CO (Retired)<br /> | ||
TARUcito | [[TARUcito|Shodai TARUcito]] - Never Wrestled (Retired)<br /> | ||
===Toryumon Mexico - 4th Class (Classes 13-?)=== | ===Toryumon Mexico - 4th Class (Classes 13-?)=== | ||
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'''~13th Term~'''"Lost Class"<br /> | '''~13th Term~'''"Lost Class"<br /> | ||
[[Hiromi Horiguchi]] (Toryumon Mexico/ Dradition)<br /> | [[Hiromi Horiguchi]] (Toryumon Mexico/ Dradition)<br /> | ||
[[Milanito Collection A.T.|Tsutomu Oosugi/Milanito Collection A.T./Rei]] ( | Hayato Fujita (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | ||
[[Banana Senga/Hercules Oosenga]] ( | [[Milanito Collection A.T.|Tsutomu Oosugi/Milanito Collection A.T./Rei]] (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | ||
[[Banana Senga|Banana Senga/Hercules Oosenga]] (Michinoku Pro)<br /> | |||
[[Kanjyuuro Matsuyama]] (Osaka Pro/Michinoku Pro)<br /> | [[Kanjyuuro Matsuyama]] (Osaka Pro/Michinoku Pro)<br /> | ||
[[Hajime Ohara]] (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)<br /> | [[Hajime Ohara]] (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)<br /> | ||
[[Kazuchika Okada]] (New Japan Pro Wrestling)<br /> | [[Kazuchika Okada]] (New Japan Pro Wrestling)<br /> | ||
[[Guillermo " | [[Guillermo "Chingo" Akiba|CHANGO]] (El Dorado)<br /> | ||
'''~14th Class~'''<br /> | '''~14th Class~'''<br /> | ||
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[[category:Promotions]] | |||
[[Category:Schools]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:23, 27 June 2018
Toryumon is the name of Ultimo Dragon's professional wrestling school and the associated professional wrestling promotion. The school had dojos both in Mexico and Japan. The school also ran professional wrestling events under the banners of its graduating groups.
The groups were:
- Toryumon Mexico - First to start back in 1997. Wrestled monthly at some points but typically had irregular shows. It is the only form of Toryumon to still promote in Mexico with the annual DragonMania, Young Dragons Cup and Yamaha Cup shows.
- Toryumon Japan - Its members use a style almost identical to their teacher and consisted of the first through the fourth classes. The promotion lasted from 1999 until 2004.
- Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - This group used a six sided ring compared to the first group which used four sided rings. Its members used a primarily submission based style called Llave and consisted of the fifth through eighth classes. It lasted from 2002 until 2003 and most talent moved to Toryumon Japan.
- Toryumon X - More lucha libre based compared to the others and consisted of the ninth through twelfth classes. It lasted from 2003 until 2004 and only one talent(Naoki Tanisaki) moved to Toryumon Japan.
When Ultimo Dragon returned from retirement Takashi Okamura took over as the company head. A day after the fifth anniversary of Toryumon's first event, Ultimo Dragon left the company, taking the name and trademarks with him. Toryumon Japan changed its name to Dragon Gate because of this. Dragon Gate returned all the titles it had promoted as Toryumon Japan to the people that held the belts last before they started promoting them. Shortly after wards the T2P talent and Toryumon X talent who were not picked up were brought into the livedoor owned Dragondoor promotion which was booked by fellow former T2P wrestler Noriaki Kawabata. It also featured Mexican talents like Pentagon, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Maximo, Xtreme Tiger, Joe Lider and Ultimo Dragon. This would cause it to fail within a year and was quickly replaced with El Dorado, which took all of the Toryumon trained talent from Dragondoor's closure and none of the Mexican talent in favor of wrestlers from the Japanese independent scene. El Dorado would close by the end of 2008 after bleeding money for over two years.
While El Dorado went on, Ultimo Dragon continued the Toryumon Mexico shows with the yearly DragonMania shows, Young Dragon Cup and Yamaha Cup tournaments while a few talents from his newer classes went on to El Dorado(Milanito Collection A.T., Banana Senga and CHANGO), one has moved onto New Japan(Kazuchika Okada), and two have wrestled in CMLL(Hajime Ohara and Pequeno Ninja). Toryumon Mexico currently has a working relationship with Tatsumi Fujinami's Dradition promotion.
Students
Toryumon Japan - 1st Class (Terms 1-4)
~1st Term~
CIMA (Dragon Gate)
Sumo Fuji (Dragon Gate)
Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate)
Magnum TOKYO (HUSTLE)
SUWA (Retired)
~2nd Term~
Genki Horiguchi (Dragon Gate)
Keni'chiro Arai (Dragon Gate)
Stalker Ichikawa(Dragon Gate)
Yasushi Kanda (Dragon Gate)
~3rd Term~
Susumu Yokosuka (Dragon Gate)
Mototsugu Shimizu (unclear after El Dorado folded)
~4th Term~
Ryo Saito (Dragon Gate)
Kinta Tomoaka - Didn't Graduate (Dragon Gate referee)
Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - 2nd Class (Terms 5-8)
~5th Term~
Anthony W. Mori (Dragon Gate)
Raimu Mishima (Retired)
Naruki Doi (Dragon Gate)
Taku Iwasa (Dragon Gate)
~6th Term~
Milano Collection AT (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Kinya Oyanagei (El Dorado)
Junya Fukumasa (Retired)
TAURcito (Retired)
Takuya Murakami (Michinoku Pro)
~7th Term~
Touru Owashi (DDT)
Masato Yoshino (Dragon Gate)
Brother YASSHI (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Takayuki Yagi/Johnson Florida (referee and part-time wrestler for Dragon Gate)
~8th Term~
Shuji Kondo (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Jun Ogawauchi (Retired)
Shogo Takagi (Semi-Retired)
Takuya Sugawara (Zero One MAX)
Hisamaru Tajima (Dradition)
Murcielago (Freelancer)
Toryumon X - 3rd Class (Terms 8-12)
~9th Term~
Taiji Ishimori (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Brahman Shu (Michinoku Pro)
Brahman Kei (Michinoku Pro)
Maguro Ooma (Michinoku Pro)
Shinjitsu Nohashi (Michinoku Pro)
Takeshi Minaminno (Michinoku Pro)
Ken45 (Michinoku Pro)
Kagetora (Michinoku Pro/Dragon Gate)
Rasse (Michinoku Pro)
Lambo Miura (Retired)
Masahiro Takanashi - Didn't Graduate (DDT)
~10th Term~
Naoki Tanisaki (Dragon Gate)
Bear Fukuda (El Dorado)
~11th Term~
various gimmicks (Freelance)
Saito Masuda - Never Debuted
Amigo Suzuki (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
Passion Hasegawa (Toryumon Mexico)
~12th Term~
Spark Aoki (unclear after El Dorado folded)
GALLARDO/119 Katayama Taiin (Retired)
KONDO & CO (Retired)
Shodai TARUcito - Never Wrestled (Retired)
Toryumon Mexico - 4th Class (Classes 13-?)
~13th Term~"Lost Class"
Hiromi Horiguchi (Toryumon Mexico/ Dradition)
Hayato Fujita (Michinoku Pro)
Tsutomu Oosugi/Milanito Collection A.T./Rei (Michinoku Pro)
Banana Senga/Hercules Oosenga (Michinoku Pro)
Kanjyuuro Matsuyama (Osaka Pro/Michinoku Pro)
Hajime Ohara (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
CHANGO (El Dorado)
~14th Class~
Pequeno Ninja (CMLL/Dradition)
Daisuke Hanaoka (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
Brian Lee (Toryumon Mexico)
Satoshi Kajiwara (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
