Takehiro Yamamura

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Takehiro Yamamura
Yamamura in May 2023
Born (1995-05-28) 28 May 1995 (age 30)[1]
Osaka, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name
  • Takehiro Yamamura
Billed height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Billed weight75 kg (165 lb)
Trained byCima
Debut2015

Takehiro Yamamura (山村武寛, Yamamura Takehiro) is a Japanese professional wrestler, DJ and music producer signed to Gleat where he is one half of the current G-Infinity Champions.[3] He is also known for his tenure with Dragongate and for his work in various other promotions from the Japanese independent scene.[4]

Professional wrestling career

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Dragongate (2015–2018)

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Yamamura made his professional wrestling debut in Dragongate on the fourteenth night of The Gate Of Passion 2015 from May 2, where he wrestled Shachihoko Boy into a time-limit draw.[5] During his time with the promotion, he was part of the "Over Generation" stable.[2]

Yamamura chased for various accomplishments up for grabs in the promotion. On the sixth night of the Dragon Gate Brand New Gate event from November 20, 2016, he teamed up with stablemate Kaito Ishida to unsuccessfully challenge another pair of Over Generation stablemates Cima and Dragon Kid for the Open the Twin Gate Championship.[6] At Dragon Gate Dead Or Alive 2017 on May 5, he unsuccessfully challenged Jimmy Kagetora for the Open the Brave Gate Championship.[7]

He competed in various of the promotion's signature events. In the Summer Adventure Tag League, Yamamyra made his first appearance at the 2015 edition in which he replaced an injured Cima early in the tournament as he teamed up with Gamma, placing themselves in the B block where they scored a total of two points after competing against Masato Yoshino and Akira Tozawa, Sumo Fujii and Ryo "Sumo" Saito, Shingo Takagi and Cyber Kong, and T-Hawk and Big R Shimizu.[8] He made his last appearance at the 2016 edition where he teamed up with Kaito Ishida, placing themselves in the A block where they scored a total of two points after competing against Naruki Doi and "brother" Yasshi, Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kagetora, Masato Yoshino and T-Hawk, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, and Yosuke ♡ Santa Maria and El Lindaman.[9]

As for the King of Gate, Yamamura made his only appearance at the 2017 edition where he placed himself in the C block and scored a total of three points after competing against Naruki Doi, Cima, Jimmy Kagetora, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito and Takashi Yoshida.[10]

In the Gate of Destiny series of events which portrait the greatest annual pay-per-views hosted by Dragongate, Yamamura made his first appearance at the 2015 edition where he teamed up with his Over Generation stablemate Punch Tominaga in a losing effort against VerserK (Cyber Kong and Mondai Ryu).[11] One year later at the 2016 edition, he teamed up with Tominaga and other stablemate Kaito Ishida, this time falling short to Shun Watanabe, Hyo Watanabe and Futa Nakamura in six-man tag team competition.[12]

Japanese independent circuit (2019–present)

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Yamamura is also known for freelance work in various Japanese independent promotions. On the first night of the W-1 Tour 2019 Cherry Blossom, an event promoted by Wrestle-1 on April 3, 2019, Yamamura teamed up with #StrongHearts stablemate T-Hawk to unsuccesfully challenge Alejandro and Masayuki Kono for the Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship.[13]

Gleat (2023–present)

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Yamamura made his debut in Gleat at G Prowrestling Ver.7 on December 30, 2023, where he fell short to Kaito Ishida in singles competition.[14] During his time in the promotion, he was part of the "#StrongHearts" and "G-rize" stables.[2]

Yamamura chased for various accomplishments in Gleat. At Gleat Ver. 11 ~ Kaz Hayashi Retirement Road In Fukuoka on May 26, 2024, he teamed up with Issei Onitsuka to unsuccessfully challenge Coelacanths (Cima and Kaz Hayashi) for the G-Infinity Championship.[15] Yamamura and Onitsuka eventually succeeded in winning the tag titles at Gleat Ver. 17 on June 1, 2025, by defeating Tokyo Bad Boys (SBK and Takuma). This represented the first-ever title won by Yamamura in his career.[2] At Gleat Ver. 16 on February 22, 2025, he unsuccessfully challenged Kaito Ishida for the G-Rex Championship.[16]

Yamamura took part in the G-Rush Tournament, a competition created to crown the inaugural G-Rush Champion in which he defeated Kaito Ishida in the first rounds, then fell short to El Lindaman in the semifinals.[17]

Championships and accomplishments

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References

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  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Takehiro Yamamura • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Takehiro Yamamura/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. ^ 山村武寛. Gleat (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Takehiro Yamamura Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (2 May 2015). "Dragon Gate The Gate Of Passion 2015 - Tag 14". cagematch.net. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (20 November 2016). "Dragon Gate Brand New Gate 2016 - Tag 6". cagematch.net. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. ^ Lowe, Case (8 May 2017). "Dragon Gate Dead or Alive (May 5) Review". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Summer Adventure Tag League 2015". Dragongate (in Japanese). 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Summer Adventure Tag Tournament 2016". purolove.com (in German). Archived from the original on 22 April 2024.
  10. ^ Dark Angel (13 June 2017). "Dragon Gate: Results «King of Gate 2017» 09,10,11 / 06/2017 - T-Hawk wins the crown". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ Lowe, Case (1 November 2015). "DRAGON GATE GATE OF DESTINY 2015 (NOVEMBER 1) REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  12. ^ Lowe, Case (5 November 2016). "DRAGON GATE GATE OF DESTINY (NOVEMBER 3) REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  13. ^ Dark Angelita (8 April 2019). "W-1: «2019 Cherry Blossom» Shuji Kondo reta a T-Hawk". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  14. ^ "GLEAT Ver.7". ent.lidet.co.jp (in Japanese). Lidet Entertainment. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  15. ^ Dark Angelita (12 June 2024). "GLEAT: Kaz Hayashi inicia gira de retiro". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  16. ^ Dark Angelita (5 March 2025). "GLEAT:Se estrena nuevo titulo; Kaito Ishida retiene". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  17. ^ 2/22 GLEAT 石田が同期・山村を下してG-REX初防衛／中嶋とT-Hawkが激闘／G-RUSH初代王者はリンダ／バルク＆やんず家解散／SBK組がG-INFINITY初防衛 GLEAT Ver.16 東京・後楽園ホール 観衆640人. wp.bbm-mobile.com (in Japanese). Puroresu Mobile Premium. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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