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Ken Ohka
OOKA CIMG9158
Ohka in 2019
Born (1977-04-08) April 8, 1977 (age 46)[1]
Nanto, Toyama, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kenny Ohka
Kenjiro Ohka
O.K. Revolution
Shishio
Shishio Shadow
Ken Ohka
Billed height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Billed weight95 kg (209 lb)
Trained byÚltimo Dragón
Debut2001[3]

Ken Ohka (大家健, Ōka Ken) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).[4]

Professional wrestling career

Dramatic Dream Team (2001-present)

Ohka made his professional wrestling debut on Dramatic Dream Team promotion's International Youth Festival ~ DDT Charity Pro Wrestling Evening Show ~ on October 13, 2001 in an exhibition match in a losing effort against Takashi Sasaki.[5] He is a former multiple time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, last time challenging Futoshi Miwa for it at DDT D-Day on April 5, 2003 under the name of O.K. Revolution.[6] Ohka won the KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT's most prestigious title on June 28, 2015 at King of DDT 2015 Tokyo in a three-way match against the champion Kudo and Yasu Urano.[7] He led the #OhkaEmpire stable, in which he wrestled alongside Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine, members with which he hosted a custom-made show, the DDT #OhkaEmpire Produce "Muscle Mates 2015" on November 17, where he worked with personalities such as Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yohei Komatsu and Harashima.[8] On September 27, 2015 at the "Who's Gonna Top?" event, Ohka teamed up with fellow stable mates Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine to defeat Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[9] On July 7, 2016, he teamed up with Kai as Bad Comis to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship from Daisuke Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa.[10] He captured the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship (by the time it was the Ten-Man Tag Team Championship) after teaming up with Makoto Oishi, LiLiCo, Ladybeard and Super Sasadango Machine on August 20 at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 by defeating T2Hii (Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata), Joey Ryan, Saki Akai and Yoshihiko in a ten-person intergender tag team match to become the inaugural champions.[11]

Independent circuit (2006-present)

Ohka is known for tenures with various professional wrestling promotions. On March 18, 2017, Ohka defeated Shiori Asahi to win the Independent Junior Heavyweight Championship at K-DOJO Club-K Super In Blue Field, event promoted by Kaientai Dojo.[12] He worked a match for New Japan Pro-Wrestling at the NJPW NEVER.6 ~ Road To The Super Junior Tournament on April 16, 2011 where he teamed up with Kaji Tomato, Marines Mask and Osamu Namiguchi in a losing effort to Gedo, Jado, Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi of Chaos.[13]

Personal life

Ohka attended courses at the Nihon University in Tokyo.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

  • STYLE-E Openweight Championship (1 time)
  • STYLE-E Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ganbee Takanashi
  • SE Tag Team Tournament (2011) – with Ganbee Takanashi[24]

References

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Ken Ohka/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Shunma Katsumata-Personal Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Puroresu Central-Ken Ohka". puroresucentral.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ken Ohka • Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT International Youth Festival ~ DDT Charity Pro Wrestling Evening Show ~". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Futoshi Miwa • Profile Match Listing - matches". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  7. ^ Dark angel (June 30, 2015). "DDT: Results «King of DDT 2015 Tokyo» - 28/06/2015 - Yukio Sakaguchi is the new King". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "DDT Muscle Mates 11/17/15 DVD". wrestlingepicenter.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  9. ^ Who's Gonna Top?～DDTドラマティック総選挙2015～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  10. ^ Dylan, Jimmy (August 23, 2016). "DDT SUPER STAR LANE 2016 RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "DDT Pro-Wrestling Results: 2017". Purolove.net (in German). Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  12. ^ Dark angel (March 21, 2017). "K-Dojo: Results «Club-K Super in Blue Field» - 18/03/2017 - Kengo Mashimo already has a challenger". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  13. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "NJPW NEVER.6 ~ Road To The Super Junior 2 Days Tournament ~ - Tag 2". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  14. ^ "Category:Ken Oka". wikimedia.org. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  15. ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) Open-weight Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. February 14, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  16. ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) Tag Team Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. October 25, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  17. ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. November 14, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  18. ^ ＬｉＬｉＣｏが初代ＫＯ―Ｄ１０人タッグ王座奪取 股間握らせ投げ技発射. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 20, 2017. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  19. ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  20. ^ GWC認定6人タッグ選手権｜タイトル名鑑｜収穫昆布｜新日好きプロレス全般ファンサイト. Syu-Kaku Konbu (in Japanese). Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  21. ^ "Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. January 15, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  22. ^ "Champions and Championships". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  23. ^ DDTタイトル史. extremeparty.heteml.net. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  24. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Ken Ohka". Cagematch.net. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
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