Naoya Ogawa

Naoya Ogawa
Born	March 31, 1968 (1968-03-31) (age 43) Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Captain Hustle, Hulk Ogan
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	115 kg (253.5 lb; 18.1 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Years active	1997 - 2005 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total	9
Wins	7
By knockout	2
By submission	5
Losses	2
By submission	2
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Naoya Ogawa (小川 直也 Ogawa Naoya, born 31 March 1968) is a Japanese former world judo champion, Olympic silver medalist, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He won a total of seven medals at the All-Japan Judo Championships (second only behind Yasuhiro Yamashita), and a set a record of seven medals at the World Judo Championships (tied with Robert van de Walle).

In professional wrestling, Ogawa was two-time National Wrestling Alliance world heavyweight champion.

Biography

Medal record
Competitor for  Japan
Men's Judo
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	+95 kg
World Championships
Gold	1987 Essen	Open
Gold	1989 Belgrade	+95 kg
Gold	1989 Belgrade	Open
Bronze	1991 Barcelona	+95 kg
Gold	1991 Barcelona	Open
Bronze	1993 Hamilton	Open
Bronze	1995 Chiba	+95 kg
Asian Games
Bronze	1990 Beijing	+95 kg
Asian Championships
Gold	1988 Damascus	Open

Ogawa Naoya first started in Judo in his high school years. He continued on in college attending Meiji University in 1986. In his second year at school he became a world freeclass champion, youngest in the history of Judo. He would go on to win many more championships before graduating from the College of Business Administration at Meiji University. Ogawa was Silver medalist in judo of 1992 Summer Olympics, and placed fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 1997 he was recruited by Antonio Inoki and was sent to train with Satoru Sayama. Ogawa made his debut against Shinya Hashimoto on April 12, 1997 at the Tokyo Dome wrestling with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Subsequently he was billed as Hashimoto's arch nemesis.

On March 14, 1999, Ogawa won the NWA world title from Dan Severn in Yokohama, Japan. Ogawa lost the title to Gary Steele in a three-way match that also involved Brian Anthony on September 25, 1999. Ogawa won the title back on October 2, 1999. Ogawa vacated the NWA title on July 2, 2000.

Ogawa also continued to use his judo skills in PRIDE where he holds victories over Gary Goodridge, Stefan Leko, and American olympic silver medalist Matt Ghaffari. After seven wins in mixed martial arts, Ogawa faced PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko, and suffered his first career loss by first round armbar. Ogawa retired from mixed martial arts after falling to fellow Japanese Judoka, and rival Hidehiko Yoshida by an armbar in a highly anticipated MMA bout at PRIDE Shockwave 2005. ^[2] Ogawa and Yoshida were both paid $2 million USD which remains one the most expensive fight in MMA history.^[3]

Ogawa was a mainstay with the HUSTLE Wrestling group as part of the HUSTLE army, from their beginning until mid year of 2007, when Ogawa left to sign with Antonio Inoki's new promotion, Inoki Genome Federation.

MMA record

Professional record breakdown
9 matches	7 wins	2 losses
By knockout	2	0
By submission	5	2
By decision	0	0
Draws	0

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	7-2	Hidehiko Yoshida	Submission (Armbar)	PRIDE Shockwave 2005	12/31/05	1	6:04
Loss	7-1	Fedor Emelianenko	Submission (Armbar)	PRIDE Final Conflict 2004	8/15/04	1	0:54
Win	7-0	Paulo Cesar Silva	TKO (Punches)	PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004	6/20/04	1	3:29
Win	6-0	Stefan Leko	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)	PRIDE Total Elimination 2004	4/25/04	1	1:34
Win	5-0	Matt Ghaffari	TKO (Punches)	UFO: Legend	8/8/02	1	0:56
Win	4-0	Masaaki Satake	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	PRIDE 11	10/31/00	2	2:01
Win	3-0	Rob Peters	Submission	UFO (professional wrestling): Free Fight Gala	11/28/99
Win	2-0	Gary Goodridge	Submission (Keylock)	PRIDE 6	7/4/99	2	0:36
Win	1-0	Rens Vrolijk	Submission (Choke)	Red Devil Free Fight 1	9/27/97	1

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • STO – Space Tornado Ogawa – innovated

• Signature moves
  • Sleeper hold

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed Martial Arts

• PRIDE Fighting Championships
  • 2004 PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinalist

Pro Wrestling

• NWA Northeast
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #152 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010^[4]

• Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE
  • NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Shinya Hashimoto
  • ZERO-ONE United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

See also

• Hidehiko Yoshida

References

1. ^ Naoya "O-Chan" Ogawa profile pridefc.com
2. ^ Naoya Ogawa - The warrior status mmajudo.net
3. ^ "Japanese icon Yoshida retires with loss to protege Nakamura". USA Today. April 25, 2010. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2010/04/japanese-icon-yoshida-retires-with-loss-to-protege-nakamura/1. Retrieved 2010-04-25. 
4. ^ ""PWI 500": 101–200". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2010-07-31. http://prowrestlingillustrated.blogspot.com/2010/07/pwi-500-101-200.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 

External links

• Official Homepage
• Professional MMA record for Naoya Ogawa from Sherdog

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Name	Ogawa, Naoya
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Date of birth	March 31, 1968
Place of birth	Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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