(1982-10-31) October 31, 1982 (age 41)[1] Nankoku, Kōchi[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Gregory Okabayashi[3] Shining Tiger Big Buddy[4] Yuji Okabayashi
Billed height
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1][2]
Billed weight
120 kg (265 lb)[1]
Trained by
Big Japan Pro Wrestling dojo[4]
Debut
June 27, 2008[1][2]
Yuji Okabayashi (岡林 裕二, Okabayashi Yūji, born October 31, 1982)[1] is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division, but is on an indefinite absence. Known as "The Golem", he has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008, and is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom he has held the BJW Tag Team Championship, All Japan Pro Wrestling's (AJPW) World Tag Team and All Asia Tag Team Championships and DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT)'s KO-D Tag Team Championship. As a singles wrestler, he is notably a four-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.
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^Byers, Ryan (January 12, 2010). "Into the Indies 01.12.10: Romeo vs. Juliet". 411Mania. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
^ ab"Yuji Okabayashi". Puroresu Central. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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Takeshita and Endo went on to lose the title to Daisuke Sekimoto and YujiOkabayashi on February 15, 2015. The following June, Takeshita made it to the...
two times with his most successful tag team combination being with YujiOkabayashi. Sekimoto played on the baseball team at Meitoku Gijuku High School [ja]...
show, where he teamed with Daisuke Sekimoto in a loss to Suwama and YujiOkabayashi. Not long after this, Fujita left IGF and became inactive in pro wrestling...
after competing against Hideki Suzuki, Shuji Ishikawa, Ryota Hama, YujiOkabayashi and Shinobu. At the 2018 edition, he fought again in the block B, this...
Championship Yuya Aoki 1 May 4, 2023 402+ Yokohama, Japan Defeated YujiOkabayashi at BJW Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent. BJW Tag Team Championship...
Orientál), Team Big Japan Wrestling (Daisuke Sekimoto, Kankuro Hoshino and YujiOkabayashi) and The Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant and Green Ant) over a three-day...
Sekimoto, Jaki Numazawa, Katsumasa Inoue, Ryuji Ito, Shinya Ishikawa and YujiOkabayashi, October 19, 2008 Shortest match: 0:09, The Sandman vs. Chad Austin...
Pro Wrestling (BJW) on December 19, 2008, where he teamed up with YujiOkabayashi and Katsumasa Inoue, scoring a defeat against Atsushi Ohashi, Shinya...
Claudio Castagnoli Pin Ares 22:34 Chris Hero Pin Martin Stone Pin YujiOkabayashi 9:30 Martin Stone 15:24 Chris Hero Pin Bad Bones 20:59 Chris Hero Pin...
Pro-Wrestling on December 31, 2022, Kikuta teamed up with Takuho Kato, YujiOkabayashi and Kazumasa Yoshida in a losing effort against Cara Noir, Drew Parker...
Ueno Park Convention on 1 February 2020, match which also involved YujiOkabayashi, Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu, Yasufumi Nakanoue and others. At BJW/ZERO1/2AW...
Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 204 2 85 Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and YujiOkabayashi) March 21, 2011 Live event Tokyo, Japan 1 90 2 86 es (Manabu Soya and...
Evolution. On 27 August, he and Suwama challenged Daisuke Sekimoto and YujiOkabayashi for the AJPW World Tag Team Championship, being defeated. In December...
(2) and Drew Parker and Yoshihisa Uto (2) Dainichi-X (2011) – with YujiOkabayashi Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor (2015) Saikyo Tag League (2003, 2022)...
fifth time, when he and Daisuke Sasaki defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and YujiOkabayashi for the title. They vacated the title on November 2, when Ibushi was...
defeated by the Big Japan Pro Wrestling team of Daisuke Sekimoto and YujiOkabayashi. As part of a working relationship between Wrestle-1 and American promotion...
the championships until July, dropping them to Daisuke Sekimoto and YujiOkabayashi in their first defence. That same month, Takeda won the D-Dash Tournament...
Ryuichi Kawakami. At BJW Ryogokutan 2016 on July 24, Kamitani defeated YujiOkabayashi to win the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship. Kamitani worked...
title until July of that year, when they were defeated by Shinobu and YujiOkabayashi. Ishikawa defeated longtime rival Abdullah Kobayashi to become the...
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