Seiki Yoshioka, previously known as Seiki, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, and a member of the Stinger stable, led by Yoshinari Ogawa.
21 Facts About Seiki Yoshioka
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Seiki Yoshioka attended Okayama University as it was close to the Wrestle Gate dojo in Hiroshima, and after one unsuccessful attempt, was entered into the college on his second attempt.
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Seiki Yoshioka started in April 2007 and studied at their Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences for 6 years, earning a qualification as a pharmacist.
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Seiki then again started going by his real name Seiki Yoshioka and begun retraining for AJPW.
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Seiki Yoshioka finished the league with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and a draw, advancing to the final, where he was defeated by Koji Iwamoto.
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In 2013, there was a mass exodus from All Japan Pro-Wrestling after issues with its new ownership, and Seiki Yoshioka was one of the many that joined Keiji Muto's new promotion, Wrestle-1, He left AJPW on June 30 and transferred to W-1 on July 10.
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Later that month, Seiki Yoshioka won a battle royal to face Seiya Sanada for the TNA X-Division Championship.
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Seiki Yoshioka would go on to unsuccessfully challenge for the title in a Korakuen Hall main event after Sanada pinned him following a Rounding Body Press.
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Seiki Yoshioka was then immediately sent on a foreign learning excursion to Britain, were the title was quietly retired.
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Seiki Yoshioka entered W-1's First Tag League with Minoru Tanaka, but failed to win the tournament.
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That same night, Seiki Yoshioka lost his UWA World Trios titles to Allied Forces after Kondo pinned Inaba following a King Kong Lariat.
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On March 20,2017, Seiki Yoshioka finally won the Wrestle-1 Cruiserweight Championship, beating Mazada in Korakuen Hall after his Clock Strikes Kicks.
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Seiki Yoshioka then made regaining the championship his goal, eventually winning it back on September 2 at 2017 Pro-Wrestling Love in Yokohama after an SK kick.
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Seiki Yoshioka suffered an injury that month on a J-Stage show and missed 2 months of action.
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Seiki Yoshioka's last appearance to date is an appearance on the March 18,2020 show in Korakuen Hall where he and Susumu fought Big Japan Pro Wrestling's Astronauts in a 20-minute time limit draw.
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Seiki Yoshioka then pinned Daisuke Harada in a six-man tag team match.
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Seiki Yoshioka teamed up with Sugiura-gun member Hajime Ohara to challenge Ratel's for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship the next day, but they were unsuccessful.
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On February 12,2021, at Destination 2021 ~Back To Budokan~ in the Nippon Budokan, Seiki Yoshioka defeated GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Daisuke Harada in just over 10 minutes to win the belt for the first time.
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Seiki Yoshioka would go on to lose the belt to Atsushi Kotoge on March 14 at Great Voyage 2021 in Fukuoka, ending the run at just over a month and without a successful defence.
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In Stinger's match against Noah Regular Army, Seiki Yoshioka scored a submission elimination over former tag team partner Hajime Ohara.
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Seiki Yoshioka made it to the last two, before being eliminated by Daisuke Harada, and thus Stinger was eliminated from the tournament.