Yumehito Imanari

{{short description|Japanese professional wrestler}}

{{Infobox professional wrestler

|name = Yumehito Imanari

|image = 今成夢人2024.jpg

|caption = Imanari in January 2024

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|09|22|mf=y}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=14537|title=Yumehito Imanari • General Information|website=wrestlingdata.com|first=Axel|last=Saalbach|access-date=October 8, 2021}}

|birth_place = Nagaoka, Japan

|names = Yumehito Imanari
Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari
Yumeto Imasei
Yuusha Imanari
Yumeto

|height = 167 cm{{Cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=16549|title=Yumehito Imanari/Career Data|work=cagematch.de|language=German|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|access-date=October 8, 2021}}

|weight = 73 kg

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|debut = 2013

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{{nihongo|Yumehito Imanari|今成夢人|Imanari Yumehito}} is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for CyberFight. He appears on the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) brand under his real name, and on the DDT Pro-Wrestling brand as part of the Pheromones stable under the name {{nihongo|Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari|今成”ファンタスティック”夢人|Imanari "Fantasutikku" Yumehito}}.

Professional wrestling career

= Ganbare Pro (2013–present) =

Imanari made his professional wrestling debut in DDT Pro-Wrestling in the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) branch of the company which hosted the No Cry, No Wrestle event from April 17, 2013, where he fell short to Osamu Namiguchi.{{cite web|last=Kreikenbohm|first=Philip|date=April 17, 2013|title=DDT Ganbare Pro-Wrestling "No Cry, No Wrestle"|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=138820|access-date=October 8, 2021|work=cagematch.de|language=German}} At Can You Celebrate? on September 29, 2018, he unsuccessfully challenged Keisuke Ishii for the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web|author=DDT Pro Wrestling|title=DDT ProWrestling |date=September 29, 2018|script-title=ja:CAN YOU CELEBRATE? 2018|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/1523|access-date=October 8, 2021|work=ddtpro.com|language=Japanese}} Imanari often wrestled in unusual matches, such as a 13-on-1 handicap match which took place at Momoiro Kneel Kick on April 14, 2019, where he teamed up with Cherry, Gota Ihashi, Minoru Fujita, Moeka Haruhi and others to defeat Ken Ohka.{{cite web|author=DDT Pro Wrestling|title=DDT ProWrestling |date=April 14, 2019|script-title=ja:石井慧介プロデュース興行「初花凛々~桃色ニールキック2019~」|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/2737|access-date=October 8, 2021|work=ddtpro.com|language=Japanese}}

On May 3, 2022, Imanari defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to win the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/18018 |title=LOVE PHANTOM 2022 |work=ddtpro.com |publisher=DDT Pro-Wrestling |language=ja |date=May 3, 2022 |access-date=May 3, 2022}}

= DDT Pro-Wrestling (2013–present) =

Imanari seldom works for the bigger branch of the company. At Beer Garden Fight on August 2, 2018, Imanari competed in a 20-man falls count anywhere battle royal also involving Antonio Honda, Super Sasadango Machine, Danshoku Dieno, Yasu Urano, Yuki Ueno and others.{{cite web|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/1156|script-title=ja:闘うビアガーデン2018~男色ディーノ&スーパー・ササダンゴ・マシンDAY~|author=DDT Pro Wrestling|title=DDT ProWrestling |work=ddtpro.com|language=Japanese|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=October 8, 2021}} At the 2020 edition of the Ganbare Climax, he scored the win by defeating Shinichiro Tominaga in the finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/1210|script-title=ja:ガンバレ☆クライマックス2018 FINAL ROUND|date=August 12, 2018|access-date=September 27, 2021|author=DDT Pro-Wrestling|title=DDT ProWrestling |author-link=DDT Pro-Wrestling|language=ja}}

He is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as DDT Peter Pan, making his first appearance at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 on October 21 where he participated in a Rumble rules match won by Nobuhiro Shimatani and also involving Gorgeous Matsuno, Shota, Tiger Mask and others.{{cite web | url = https://www.ddtpro.com/results/1628 | script-title=ja:両国ピーターパン2018~秋のプロレス文化祭~ | date=October 21, 2018 | accessdate=February 3, 2020 | author=DDT Pro-Wrestling | title=DDT ProWrestling | work=ddtpro.com | language=Japanese}} Another notable event where he competed is DDT Ultimate Party, making his only appearance at Ultimate Party 2019 on November 3 where he teamed up with Ken Ohka and Miss Mongol to face Takumi Tsukamoto, Yasu Urano and Takato Nakano and Damnation (Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie and Nobuhiro Shimatani) in a Three-way match for the UWA World Trios Championship.{{cite web | url = https://www.ddtpro.com/results/12951 | title = Ultimate Party 2019~DDTグループ大集合!~ | language = ja | access-date = September 8, 2020 | work = DDT Pro-Wrestling}} At CyberFight Festival 2021, a cross-over event promoted by CyberFight on June 6 in which all DDT, Pro Wrestling Noah and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling companies took part, Imanari teamed up with Shuichiro Katsumura and Kouki Iwasaki to defeat Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii and Shota in a six-man tag team match.{{cite web|url=https://www.noah.co.jp/schedule/268/|script-title=ja:2021年06月06日 (日) CyberFight Festival 2021|サイバーファイトフェスティバル2021|work=noah.co.jp|author=Pro Wrestling Noah|date=June 6, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021|language=ja}} In 2021, he formed the Pheremones stable with Danshoku "Dandy" Dieno & Yuki "Sexy" Iino.

= Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2020–present) =

Imanari is also known for competing in Pro Wrestling Zero1. He won the 2020 edition of the Furinkazan Tournament by teaming up with Shinjiro Otani defeating Revengers (Takuya Sugawara and Masato Tanaka) in the first round, Voodoo Murders (Yoshikazu Yokoyama and Chris Vice) in the semi-finals and The Kubota Brothers (Yasu Kubota and Hide Kubota) in the final from December 25 which was also for the vacant NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.{{cite web | script-title=ja:試合結果速報【ZERO1】2020/12/25(金)東京都新宿FACEZERO1 2020年最終興行 新宿大会 「Christmas Night」風林火山タッグトーナメント2020 準決勝&決勝戦| url=https://www.z-1.co.jp/results/detail_538_2.html | publisher=Pro Wrestling Zero1 | access-date=2021-02-26 | language=ja }} At the 2021 edition of the event he teamed up with Yuna Manase and fell short to Hartley Jackson and Junya Matsunaga in the first round.{{cite web|title=Pro-Wrestling ZERO1 Results: 2021|url=http://www.purolove.com/zero1/results/results21.php|publisher=PuroLove.com|access-date=October 8, 2021|language=de}}

Championships and accomplishments

:*GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ken Ohka and Miss Mongol

:*King of Dark Championship (1 time){{cite web |url= http://extremeparty.heteml.net/title.html#dark |title=DDT タイトル史 |access-date= January 9, 2020 |publisher=Extreme Party| work=extremeparty.net}}

:*KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Danshoku "Dandy" Dino and Yuki "Sexy" Iino{{cite web|url=https://www.ddtpro.com/results/16897|title=D 王 GRAND PRIX 2021 II in Ota-ku|work=ddtpro.com|author=DDT Pro-Wrestling|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=November 3, 2021|language=ja}}

:*I Will Not Give Up Tag Tournament (2017) – with Bambi

:*Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship (2 times, current)

:*Ganbare☆Climax (2018)

:*Young Ganbare Cup (2023)

:*Best Unit Award (2021) – with Danshoku "Dandy" Dino and Yuki "Sexy" Iino{{cite tweet|author=Samurai TV|user=samuraitv|number=1476847963171622912|script-title=ja:「輝く!日本インディー大賞 2021」の結果は以下となりました。|trans-title=The results of the "Japan Indie Awards 2021" results are as follows.|date=December 31, 2021|language=ja}}

:*NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shinjiro Otani{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero1/nwa-ic-t.html|title=NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title|work=wrestling-titles.com|author=Wrestling Titles|date=December 25, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2021}}

:*Furinkazan (2020) – with Shinjiro Otani{{cite web|url=https://en.superluchas.com/zero1-2020-final-show-gran-final-del-furinkazan-tag-league/|title=Zero1: «2020 Final Show» Furinkazan Tag League Grand Final|work=superluchas.com|author=Dark angel|date=January 11, 2021|access-date=October 8, 2021}}

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Category:1985 births

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