Yuji Okabayashi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuji Okabayashi
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Oct 31, 1982(1982-10-31)
Age	42
Birthplace	Nankoku
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kōchi Prefecture
Horoscope	Libra

Yuji Okabayashi Biography

Yuji Okabayashi is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on October 31, 1982 in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Yuji Okabayashi, also known as Gang Lin Yu Er, Okabayashi Yuji was born October 31, 1982. He is currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Strong BJ Division. Since June 2008, he has been a part of BJW. He is most well-known for his tag team with Daisuke Sekomoto. They have held the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), World Tag Team and All Asia Tag Team Championships, and DDT Pro-Wrestling’s KO-D Tag Team Championship. He is also a former BJW World Strong heavyweight champion as a singles wrestler.

Okabayashi, Sekimoto and others began appearing for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in the following year. They won the All Asia Tag Team Championship twice. They also won the Big Japan Tag League. Tokyo Sports named Okabayashi & Sekimoto the Tag Team of the Year at the end of the year. Okabayashi aimed for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship in 2012. This new title is only for the Strong BJ Division. Yoshihito Sakaki defeated Okabayashi in his first attempt at the title. Okabayashi, now teaming up with Shinobu, regained his BJW Tag Team Championship the following month. They lost the title to Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka after a four month reign. Okabayashi was denied a second chance at the BJW World Heavyweight Championship. He defeated his longtime tag team partner Daisuke Sekomoto.

Okabayashi wed Mika Mukai in July 2012, his partner of two-years.

Yuji Okabayashi Net Worth

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

Okabayashi was a member of Japan Self-Defense Forces. He also had a background in weightlifting and judo. In 2008, Okabayashi joined Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), in search of a new career as a professional wrestler. On June 27, 2008, Okabayashi made his debut in the promotion against Katsumasa Inoue. Okabayashi was a part of the promotion’s nondeathmatch division, Strong BJ. He eventually became one of the foundations, alongside Yoshihito Sasaki and Daisuke Sekomoto. Okabayashi, along with other BJW-wrestlers, made his American debut four months after his debut.

Okabayashi was back in BJW when he formed a tag team alongside Daisuke Sasakimoto. This led to Okabayashi winning his first title, the BJW Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Yoshihito Sakaki and Shinya Ishikawa after a five month reign. Okabayashi and Sekimoto made their debut for Osaka Pro Wrestling on January 9, 2010. They defeated Hideyoshi & Masamune to the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship. Okabayashi, Sekimoto, and Kankuro Hoshino joined him in Chikara for the King of Trios 2010 tournament. They reached the semifinals before being eliminated by Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Ares Claudio Castagnoli, Tursas) Tokyo Sports named Okabayashi Japanese pro wrestling’s rookie of the year at the close of 2010.

Okabayashi missed most of 2014 with a left shoulder injury, which he suffered while wrestling in Germany in January. He returned from the injury on December

21. His first big match since his return took place on February 2, 2015, when he unsuccessfully challenged Shuji Ishikawa for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship. On February 15, Okabayashi and Sekimoto won another tag team title, when they defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo to win the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion’s KO-D Tag Team Championship. On July 20, Okabayashi scored his first-ever win over Sekimoto, when he defeated him to become the new BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, winning the first singles title of his professional wrestling career. On August 23, Okabayashi and Sasaki lost the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Daisuke Sasaki and Kota Ibushi. On October 29, Okabayashi and Sekimoto defeated Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa in the finals to win the 2015 Saikyo Tag League and the BJW Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Hideyoshi Kamitani and Ryota Hama on December 30. On June 8, 2016, Okabayashi won another tag team title, when he and Yasufumi Nakanoue defeated Kazma Sakamoto and Yuji Hino for the Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship. A week later, Okabayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Bodyguard and Zeus to win AJPW’s World Tag Team Championship. On July 24, Okabayashi lost the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship to Hideyoshi Kamitani in his fourth defense. On July 29, Okabayashi and Nakanoue lost the Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship to Jun Kasai and Manabu Soya in their second defense. On October 31, Okabayashi and Sekimoto defeated Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto to win their second Big Japan Saikyo Tag League in a row. On November 27, Okabayashi and Sekimoto lost the AJPW World Tag Team Championship back to Bodyguard and Zeus. On December 14, Okabayashi and Sekimoto won their second Tag Team of the Year award from Tokyo Sports. On January 2, 2017, Okabayashi and Sekimoto defeated Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa to win the BJW Tag Team Championship for the third time. They lost the title to Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito in their fifth defense on July 17. On August 27, Okabayashi and Sekimoto defeated Kai and Naoya Nomura to win the vacant AJPW World Tag Team Championship for the second time. They relinquished the title on October 16 after Okabayashi suffered a shoulder injury. It was later announced that Okabayashi would be undergoing surgery the following December, which would sideline him for up to a year.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Yuji Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yuji Okabayashi celebrates birthday on October 31 of every year.