Naoya Ogawa 小川直也 | |
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Born | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan | March 31, 1968
Other names | "O-chan", "Captain Hustle", "The King of Recklessness" |
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
Weight | 253 lb (115 kg; 18 st 1 lb) |
Division | Heavyweight |
Style | Judo |
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 | |
Medal record |
Naoya Ogawa (Japanese: 小川 直也, Ogawa Naoya) (born 31 March 1968) is a Japanese world champion judoka, retired 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 set a record of seven medals at the World Judo Championships. Ogawa won the silver medal in the +95 kg judo weight class at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ogawa is also known for his career in professional wrestling, where he primarily worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and took part in one of the promotion's most high-profile feuds of the 1990s with Shinya Hashimoto. Ogawa was also professional wrestling's two-time National Wrestling Alliance World's Heavyweight Champion.[2][3]