Japanese retired professional wrestler (born 1970)
Ryuji Yamakawa
Yamakawa in Feb 2018
Birth name
Seiji Yamakawa
Born
(1970-04-02) April 2, 1970 (age 54)[1] Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Mr. Big Japan Ryuji Yamakawa Seiji Yamakawa
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight
198 lb (90 kg)[1]
Billed from
Kawakami, Hokkaido, Japan[3]
Trained by
Kazuo Sakurada BJW Dojo[3]
Debut
October 25, 1994[1]
Retired
July 15, 2012[3]
Seiji Yamakawa (山川 征二, Yamakawa Seiji, born 2 April 1970) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ryuji Yamakawa (山川 竜司, Yamakawa Ryūji). He is best known for his time with Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he spent the majority of his career between 1995 and 2012 as a deathmatch wrestler. He was one of the top wrestlers and an over main eventer of the company, winning the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship two times and the Tag Team Championship seven times.
^ abcKen Suzuki. "山川 竜司<引退>". Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
Seiji Yamakawa (山川 征二, Yamakawa Seiji, born 2 April 1970) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name RyujiYamakawa (山川...
during the time he toured Japan. On July 23, 1997, Tajiri teamed up with RyujiYamakawa to win the vacant BJW Tag Team Championship. They lost it to Gedo and...
(BJW) RyujiYamakawa, resulting in an interpromotional feud between BJW and FMW. On February 23, Kanemura lost the Hardcore Championship to Yamakawa at a...
he teamed up with Z-Barr in a losing effort to Daisaku Shimoda and RyujiYamakawa. He competed against other wrestlers on other nights of the event such...
defeated Kintaro Kanemura and RyujiYamakawa to retain their BJW Tag Team Championship and win Kanemura and Yamakawa's WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship...
Championship (2 times) – with Shadow WX (1) and RyujiYamakawa (1) Maximum Tag League (1999, 2000) - with RyujiYamakawa New Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP Tag Team Championship...
Retrieved June 2, 2021. Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 15, 2012). "BJW RyujiYamakawa The Final - Event @ Sapporo Teisen Hall in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan"...
leader. In 2001 in Japan, the Wifebeater and RyujiYamakawa faced off in a match which ended Yamakawa's career after the Wifebeater chokensteined him...
show Tokyo, Japan 2 91 1 This was a barbed wire board deathmatch. 6 RyujiYamakawa May 30, 1999 House show Osaka, Japan 1 72 1 This was a no rope barbed...
wrestler RyujiYamakawa had hit the ring during the match and Zandig (who had spent much time that year wrestling for BJW) had lost due to Yamakawa's interference...
tournament which took place between January 2, 2000, and February 22, 2000. Yamakawa's BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship was on the line. The Super J-Cup...
defeating Tarzan Goto as well as a tag team match which saw Team Big Japan (Ryuji Yamikawa & Tomoaki Honma) defeat Team FMW (Naoki Yamazaki & H). Also on...
This was a three-way ladder match, also involving Kintaro Kanemura and RyujiYamakawa. 5 Homeless Jimmy and Supreme October 10, 2000 Power Splash tour Fukuoka...
« CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Kreikenbohm, Philip. "BJW RyujiYamakawa The Final « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database"...
Motokawa Intergender tag team match 12:26 5 Kintaro Kanemura defeated RyujiYamakawa (c) Singles match for the WEW Hardcore Championship 16:36 6 Gedo, Jado...
in a TNR vs. ECW match. Kanemura lost the Hardcore Championship to RyujiYamakawa at a Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) event on February 22. On February...
October 7 – Tanny Mouse October 9 - Crusher Takahashi October 25 - RyujiYamakawa and Yuichi Taniguchi October 31 - Takeshi Ono (PWFG) November 3 - The...
Japan Daisuke Sekimoto and Men's Teioh (BJW) vs. Kintaro Kanemura and RyujiYamakawa (WEW) in a Winners Take All tag team match for the BJW Tag Team and...
Singles match (Neo) 14:27 3 RyujiYamakawa and Tomoaki Honma defeated Gennosuke Kobayashi and Tomokazu Fueda when Yamakawa forced Fueda to submit Tag team...
Team Championship, the pair would go on to defeat Kintaro Kanemura and RyujiYamakawa for the FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship and would hold it for...
Total won as a team Reference Saikyo Tag League 1999 Tomoaki Honma and RyujiYamakawa 1 Saikyo Tag League 2000 2 Saikyo Tag League 2001 Men's Teioh and Daisuke...
consists of 16 female students and 1 male student in the first year of Yamakawa High School, a total of 17 students. The band's official name is Swing...
Hosaka turned on Sasaki. They lost the title to Kintaro Kanemura and RyujiYamakawa on February 23. On April 15, the team of Goemon, Onryo and The Great...
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