Ryuji Yamakawa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ryuji Yamakawa
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Apr 2, 1970(1970-04-02)
Age	54
Birthplace	Teshikaga
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hokkaido
Horoscope	Aries

Ryuji Yamakawa Biography

Ryuji Yamakawa is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on April 2, 1970 in Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan. Yamakawa started feuding with FMW’s Team No Respect group. The rivalry was held in both BJW as well as FMW. Yamakawa defeated Kintaro Kanemura, a TNR member, to win the WEW Hardcore Championship on February 22. Yamakawa made his debut for FMW in April when he, Tomoaki Hongma, and Winger challenged TNR members Jado Gedo and Koji Nagawa to the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Yamakawa successfully defended Kanemura’s Hardcore Championship on April 24, but Kanemura won the title at the FMW 11th Anniversary Show. Yamakawa and Tomoaki Honma were defeated by Nick Gage and John Zandig of CZW on June 2nd. Yamakawa and Shadow WX, a former rival, teamed up to defeat Justice Pain (CZW) and The Wifebeater (CZW). They lost the title on September 15 to Abdullah Kobayashi, KAMIKAZE and The Wifebeater.

Yamakawa and Yoshihiro Tajiri won the vacant Tag Team Championship on July 23, 1997. Yamakawa changed his name to Ryuji Yamakawa during this period. They lost the title against Jado, Gedo in a Kodo Fuyuki promoted Fuyuki Army event. This was on December 22. Tajiri and Tamakawa defeated Jado, Gedo in a rematch for the title. This was on January 2, 1998. They lost the title on March 4 to Shadow Winger, Shadow WX. Yamakawa, Shoji Nakamaki and Shadow Winger lost the title to Yamakawa on March 4. The title was vacated after Nakamaki, who left BJW in November 29. Yamakawa achieved the pinnacle in his career when he defeated Shadow WX in an all-barbed wire death pallet coffin fire deathmatch to win the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship. This was the highest title in the promotion, and it was done on November 29, 1999. Yamakawa was a double champion when he teamed up with Mike Samples and defeated Shadow WX, Tomoaki Honma, for the Tag Team Championship. Yamakawa lost to Shadow WX the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship in an a.no-rope barbed wire fire deathmatch. Yamakawa and Mike Samples were defeated by Shunme Matsuzaki and KAMIKAZE in the Tag Team Championship on September 7.

Yamakawa reunited with Tomoaki Honma to win the 2000 Maximum Tag League for the second consecutive year. On February 23, 2001, Yamakawa teamed with Kintaro Kanemura at a FMW show and defeated GOEMON and Onryo to win the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship. They successfully defended the title against Azusa Kudo and Mammoth Sasaki on March 5. On March 18, Yamakawa participated in a tournament for the vacant BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship, competing against Wifebeater in the quarter-final round. During the match, Yamakawa fractured his skull after Wifebeater delivered a Chokenstein and the injury put Yamakawa out of action for several months. He returned to action on December 2, where he teamed with Kintaro Kanemura to defend the Hardcore Tag Team Championship against the BJW Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sekimoto and Men’s Teioh in a title vs. title match at a BJW show, with the BJW Tag Team Championship also being defended in the match. Sekimoto and Teioh won the match and both titles. Kanemura and Yamakawa unsuccessfully challenged Sekimoto and Teioh for the Hardcore Tag Team Championship in a rematch on January 2, 2002.

Yamakawa reverted to competing under his real name Seiji Yamakawa and won the World Extreme Cup tournament later that year by defeating Kintaro Kanemura in the final at Harder Than Hardcore II. Yamakawa adopted the ring name Mr. Big Japan on July 21, 2003. On December 23, Mr. Big Japan and Men’s Teioh defeated Badboy Hido and Ryuji Ito to win the Tag Team Championship, marking Yamakawa’s record-setting seventh Tag Team Championship reign, a record for most reigns with the tag team title which would be broken by Daisuke Sekimoto, who won the title for an eighth time in 2017. They enjoyed a lengthy reign, losing the title to Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa on August 15, 2004. He took a hiatus from wrestling in September to recover from his injuries.

Yamakawa made his debut for the deathmatch promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling at the company’s inaugural show Start Up, March 16, 1995. He teamed up with Daisuke Taue to face Nam Ti Ryon and Kin Soppo in a losing effort. Yamakawa defeated Yuichi Taniguchi in June 2, his first victory of his professional career. Yamakawa was a keystay in BJW because he excelled at deathmatch wrestling and competed in many deathmatches throughout his career.

Ryuji Yamakawa Net Worth

Ryuji Yamakawa is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ryuji Yamakawa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Seiji Yamakawa, also known as Yamakawa Seiji (Shan Chuan Zheng E, Yamakawa Seiji) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is better known under his ring name Ryuji Yamakawa, Shan Chuan Long Si, Yamakawa Ryuji. His time spent as a deathmatch wrestler with Big Japan Pro Wrestling is where he is most well-known. He was a top-ranked wrestler and an over main eventser for the company. He won the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship twice and the Tag Team Championship seven.

Yamakawa was trained in wrestling by Kazuo Sakurada. He lost to Poison Julie Sawada on October 25, 1994. On October 26, he lost to Ryo Miyake. Sawada would then lose him again on the promotion’s final event on October 27. At the Tokyo Pro Wrestling’s debut show, December 7, he joined the new company. He teamed up with Ryo Miyake and Fukaya against Yoshihiro Takiri. The match was a tag- team match that the latter won.

Yamakawa formed a tag team with Tomoaki Honma to participate in the 1999 Maximum Tag League, which they won by winning all of their matches in the tournament. On December 4, Yamakawa defeated Shadow WX in a four corners lighttubes board deathmatch to win his second Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship. Yamakawa lost the title to his tag team partner Honma in a 5-inch spike nail and barbed wire double board deathmatch in the quarter-final round of the 2000 BJ Grand Prix on January 2, 2000. On January 7, Yamakawa and Honma defeated KAMIKAZE and Shunme Matsuzaki to win the Tag Team Championship. Yamakawa would often represent BJW in wars with rival hardcore promotions Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Ryuji Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Ryuji Yamakawa celebrates birthday on April 2 of every year.