Harashima was born on July 6,1974 and is a Japanese professional wrestler.
22 Facts About Harashima
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Harashima is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a current eleven-time KO-D Tag Team Champion.
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Harashima regained the KO-D Openweight Championship on October 21 and made one successful defence against Yasu Urano on March 9,2008.
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At the following DDT show, Harashima, poisoned by Sawada, debuted as Jarashima, adopting a look and personality similar to Sawada.
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At Judgement 2009, Harashima won a battle royal making him the number one contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship.
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At Ryogoku Peter Pan 2009, DDT's first event at Sumo Hall, Harashima lost the KO-D Openweight Championship to Kota Ibushi when Ibushi debuted his new Phoenix-Plex finishing manoeuvre.
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At Ryogoku Peter Pan 2010, Harashima won his fourth KO-D Openweight Championship.
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On May 21, Harashima reached the finals of the 2011 King of DDT tournament but lost to his long time rival Kudo.
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Harashima quickly bounced back from the title loss, winning the Hard Hit Grappling Tournament on May 19 and entered the 2013 King of DDT On July 7, Harashima defeated Kenny Omega in the finals of the tournament and earned the right to challenge the KO-D Openweight Champ, Team Dream Futures' Shigehiro Irie.
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On October 20, Harashima won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for the first time since 2002 whilst successfully defending his KO-D Openweight Championship against Danshoku Dino.
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Harashima's misery continued as at Judgement 2014, Kudo defeated Harashima to win the KO-D Openweight Championship.
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At Ryogoku Peter Pan 2014, Harashima made his third successful title defence in a three way against Kenny Omega and Isami Kodaka.
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At Ryogoku Peter Pan 2016, Harashima faced NJPW's top star Hiroshi Tanahashi in a losing effort.
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On February 28,2016, Harashima became the number one contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship when he defeated Shigehiro Irie.
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At Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary, Harashima defeated Isami Kodaka for his eighth KO-D Openweight Championship reign.
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On January 29,2017, Harashima successfully defended his title against the Damnation leader, Daisuke Sasaki.
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At Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary, Harashima lost the title to Konosuke Takeshita.
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At Ryogoku Peter Pan 2017, Harashima teamed with Pro Wrestling Noah's Naomichi Marufuji to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship from Shigehiro Irie and Kazusada Higuchi.
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Harashima made the finals of the first D-Oh Grand Prix but lost to Shuji Ishikawa on January 28,2018.
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Harashima beat Miyamoto for the title but caused a massive rift in the stable, leading to both Miyamoto and Harashima's longtime ally, Yasu Urano, to leave the stable.
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Harashima won the DDT Extreme Championship for the third time, when he defeated Shinya Aoki, but on April 28,2019, he lost his title to Antonio Honda in a bra match.
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At the event, Harashima became a double champion, by defeating Takeshita for the Openweight Championship.