1. Yukio Naya is a Japanese professional wrestler, working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling.
13 Facts About Yukio Naya
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Yukio Naya is a former KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Champion and co-holder of the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.
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Yukio Naya has three younger brothers, Takamori, Konosuke and Kosei, who all compete in sumo under the respective shikona Naya, Oho and Mudoho.
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Yukio Naya then appeared in a few tag matches, mainly teaming with Masayuki Kono.
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On March 15,2019, at Dynamite Kid Memorial Performance, an event celebrating the life of Dynamite Kid, Yukio Naya teamed up with Yuji Okabayashi and Alexander Otsuka to defeat Hideki Suzuki, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Ryoji Sai in his last match with the company.
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From September to October 2019, Yukio Naya toured with Wrestle-1 alongside Masayuki Kono to take part in the 2018 Wrestle-1 Tag League.
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Yukio Naya made his DDT Pro-Wrestling debut on February 17,2019, at Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary where he teamed up with Go Shiozaki and Kazusada Higuchi to defeat Daisuke Sekimoto, Toru Owashi and Yuki Iino.
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Yukio Naya formed a brief team with Cody Hall, with whom he teamed up at Valentine Itabashi Series 2020 on February 1, where they defeated Danshoku Dino and Hiroshi Yamato.
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Yukio Naya won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship alongside Mizuki Watase, Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dino at Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary, on March 20, after they simultaneously pinned Masahiro Takanashi to become co-champions.
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On June 7, at the second night of Wrestle Peter Pan 2020, Yukio Naya unsuccessfully challenged Shinya Aoki in a No Countout match for the DDT Extreme Division Championship.
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On February 20,2021, at This Will Be Our Ninth Narimasu Event, Yukio Naya teamed up with Chris Brookes and Toy Kojima in a losing effort to Gota Ihashi, Toru Owashi and Antonio Honda.
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At Into The Fight 2021 on February 28, Yukio Naya teamed up with Disaster Box to defeat Damnation and Nobuhiro Shimatani.
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On January 3,2024, Yukio Naya defeated Tetsuya Endo to win the D-Oh Grand Prix 2023 tournament.