Gota Ihashi

Ihashi had been sporadically wrestling in Dramatic Dream Team as a comedy “fat clone” of Kota Ibushi for quite a long time before being officially introduced in the roster in June 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://puroresucentral.com/ihashi.html|title=Gota Ihashi Profile/DDT Roster|work=puroresucentral.com|author=Puroresu Central|access-date=March 15, 2021}} His first professional wrestling match took place at DDT Kota Ibushi Produce - Beer Garden Fight 8/8 on August 8, 2006, where he teamed up with Poco Takanashi and Tanomusaku Toba and lost to Kota Ibushi, Kudo and Chōun Shiryu in a six-man tag team match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=182897|title=DDT Kota Ibushi Produce - Beer Garden Fight 8/8|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=August 28, 2006|access-date=March 15, 2021}} He participated in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Great Kojika, Taka Michinoku, Kenny Omega, Abdullah Kobayashi,{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/10-longest-matches-in-pro-wrestling-history-ss/6|title=10 longest matches in pro-wrestling history/#5 Battle Royal - BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special (2009) - 85:12|work=sportskeeda.com|first=Nishant|last=Jayaram|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=March 15, 2021}} and the winner of the match, Jun Kasai.{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=46732|title=BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special|work=cagematch.net|language=German|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=March 15, 2021}}

During his tenure with DDT, Ihashi won various titles such as the King of Dark Championship, a title which was awarded to the loser of the match, which he first won at Saitama Super DDT 2015 on February 15, where he lost a tag team dark match with DJ Nira against Hiroshi Fukuda and Hoshitango, with Fukuda pinning Ihashi, therefore "branding" him to be the inaugural champion.{{cite web |url= http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/title.html#dark |title= DDTタイトル史 |date= February 15, 2015 |access-date= January 9, 2020 |author= DDT Extreme Party |archive-date= August 12, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190812001718/http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/title.html#dark |url-status= dead }} At Road to Ryōgoku in Hiroshima on May 26, 2013, he teamed up with Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi as Golden☆Rendezvous～ to defeat Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino) for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.{{cite web | url = http://www.ddtpro.com/ddtpro/2967/ | script-title=ja:Road to Ryogoku 2days in Hiroshima～ドラマティック・ドリーム・とうかさん～ | date=May 26, 2013 | access-date=March 14, 2021| work=DDT Pro-Wrestling | language=ja}} On May 22, 2016, at DDT Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 3 ~Hana Mo Hana Nare Hito Mo Hito Nare~, Ihashi teamed up with a returning Kota Ibushi to win a luxury prize tag team rumble match also involving teams such as Kat-Too (Makoto Oishi and Shunma Katsumata), Atsushi Maruyama and Joey Ryan or Emi Sakura and Masa Takanashi.{{cite web |url=https://en.superluchas.com/ddt-resultados-dramatic-dreams-vol-3-22052016-el-retorno-de-kota-ibushi/|title=DDT: Results «Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 3 - 22/05/2016 - The return of Kota Ibushi|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark angel|date=May 24, 2016|access-date=March 16, 2021}} Ihashi is a former multiple-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, title which he last won two times, at DDT Saitama Slam! Vol. 16 on November 26, 2016, by defeating Kazuki Hirata and Nobuhiro Shimatani.{{cite web|url=https://en.superluchas.com/ddt-resultados-saitama-slam-vol-16-261116-el-regreso-del-campeonato-iron-man-heavymetalweight/|title=DDT: Results "Saitama Slam! Vol. 16 "- 26/11/16 - The return of the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark angel|date=November 29, 2016|access-date=March 15, 2021}} Ihasi participated in a Ten-person tag team match which took place at Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary on March 25, where he teamed up with Cherry, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango and Mad Paulie to defeat Mizuki Watase, Rekka, Gran MilliMeters (Daiki Shimomura and Nobuhiro Shimatani) and Takato Nakano.{{cite web |url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/386 |title=Judgement2018～DDT旗揚げ21周年記念大会～ |work=DDT Pro-Wrestling |date=February 24, 2020|author=DDT Pro-Wrestling|access-date=March 18, 2021}} He worked with many other personalities in DDT. At Who’s Gonna Top? on September 29, 2019, he teamed up with Danshoku Dino and Hoshitango to face Disaster Box (Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi), and Yukio Sakaguchi, match which ended in a no-contest.{{Cite web|url=https://ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2019/10/01/ddt-whos-gonna-top-29-9-19-review/|title=DDT Who's Gonna Top? (29/9/19) Review|work=ramblingsaboutwrestling.com|first=Stuart|last=Iversen|date=October 1, 2019|access-date=March 15, 2021}} At DDT TV Show! #2 on May 9, 2020, Ihashi battled Konosuke Takeshita in a losing effort.{{cite web | url =https://wrestlingsc.com/2020/05/10/titles-tables-and-lego-ddt-tv-show-episode-2-results-and-review/|title=Titles, Tables and Lego – DDT TV Show! – Episode 2 Results and Review|work=wrestlingsc.com|first=John|last=Dinsdale|date=May 10, 2020|access-date=March 16, 2021}}

• Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling
• BBW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Toru Owashi (1) and Danshoku Dino (1){{Cite web |date=July 31, 2023 |title=BBW Tag Team Championship |script-title=ja:BBWタッグ選手権 |url=https://yu39.net/title/detail?id=4940 |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=Syu-Kaku Kombu |language=ja}}
• BBW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Toru Owashi and Danshoku Dino]{{Cite web |date=March 25, 2023 |title=BBW 6-Man Tag Team Championship |script-title=ja:BBW6人タッグ選手権 |url=https://yu39.net/title/detail?id=5751 |access-date=July 31, 2023 |website=Syu-Kaku Kombu |language=ja}}
• DDT Pro-Wrestling
• King of Dark Championship (6 times){{cite web |url= https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&kategorie=3&liga=266&titel=3941 |author=Wrestling Titles|title=Champions and Championships |date=June 24, 2020 |publisher=Wrestlingdata.com|access-date=March 16, 2021}}
• Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (7 times){{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/ddt/ironman-hm.html|title=Ironman Heavymetalweight Title|work=wrestling-titles.com|author=Wrestling Titles|date=March 14, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2021}}
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/ddt/kod-6.html|title=KO-D {{small|(King Of DDT)}} 6-man Tag Team Title (Japan)|work=wrestling-titles.com|author=Wrestling Titles|date=March 14, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2021}}

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