12 Facts About Yuji Okabayashi

Yuji Okabayashi is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler.

Yuji Okabayashi is currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Strong BJ division, but is on an indefinite absence.

Yuji Okabayashi made his debut for the promotion against Katsumasa Inoue on June 27,2008.

Yuji Okabayashi joined the promotion's non-deathmatch division, Strong BJ, eventually becoming one of its cornerstones alongside the likes of Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki.

Four months after his debut, Yuji Okabayashi made his American debut, when he, along with several other BJW wrestlers, took part in the Global Gauntlet events held by the Chikara promotion.

Back in BJW, Yuji Okabayashi formed a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, which led to him winning his first title on July 27,2009, when the two defeated Isami Kodaka and Masashi Takeda for the BJW Tag Team Championship.

On January 9,2010, Yuji Okabayashi made his debut for Osaka Pro Wrestling, when he and Sekimoto unsuccessfully challenged Hideyoshi and Masamune for the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship.

On March 31,2013, Yuji Okabayashi received another shot at the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship, unsuccessfully challenging longtime tag team partner Daisuke Sekimoto.

Yuji Okabayashi missed most of 2014 with a left shoulder injury, which he suffered while wrestling in Germany in January.

In October 2018, BJW announced that Yuji Okabayashi would be returning from injury at Ryogokutan 2018.

Also in March, Yuji Okabayashi had been entered into the 2020 Ikkitousen Strong Climb as part of the C Block; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several events scheduled to showcase the Ikkitousen Strong Climb were cancelled and all remaining matches were adjudged as draws, causing Yuji Okabayashi to miss out on the finals.

Yuji Okabayashi married his partner of two years, Mika Mukai, in July 2012.