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Osamu Arcichida
Arcichida in September 2018
Arcichida in September 2018
Birth name Osamu Arcichida
Born September 20th, 1991 (age 27)
Osaka, Japan
Resides Newark, New Jersey
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Osamu Arcichida
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)
Billed weight 234 lbs (106 kg)
Billed from Seattle, Washington
Osaka, Japan
Trained by ???
Debut 2009

Osamu Arcichida (born September 20th, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Elite Answers Wrestling (EAW) where he performs on the Voltage brand. Arcichida is best known for his time competing in Japan; he is a three-time New Progress Japan Heavyweight Champion and two-time Light Heavyweight champion.

Early life[]

Osamu Arcichida grew up in his hometown of Osaka, Japan and his family often traveled due to his father being a professional wrestler. Osamu won two amateur wrestling tournaments in Washington State during high school and went on to briefly attend the University of Washington while also training part-time in Japan for the olympics.

Professional wrestling career[]

Early Wrestling Career; Japanese Independent Scene []

Osamu started wrestling in Osaka, Japan with several of his friends. A local wrestling dojo, DJPW, took Osamu and his friends in. Osamu was trained by Iroshimo Hanatashi and Riku Hiroshi at DJPW.

DJPW was a promotion as well as a wrestling dojo and this is where Osamu got his start. Osamu wrestled as 'The White Dragon' at DJPW under a mask and did so until he signed with New Progress Japan in 2009 to make his professional wrestling debut.

New Progress Japan, Toronto Wrestling[]

Debut; Light Heavyweight Champion (2009 - 2011)[]

Osamu debuted with New Progress Japan in 2009, leaving many of his friends in DJPW. Osamu debuted under his real name and has used his real name in various promotions ever since. Over the various weeks after his debut in NPJ, Osamu became increasingly violent and aggressive in the ring -- mauling his opponents, refusing to let go of his 'knee bar' hold dubbed the "Osamu Lock" and trying to break the legs of various opponents.

After a few months, maintaining an undefeated streak, Osamu made it to the finals of a tournament to crown a new NJP Champion. This would mark the first loss of Osamu's career in NJP. However, he would go on to win the NJP Light Heavyweight Champion just months later, marking his first championship reign in his career which lasted the next year and a half. Osamu would go on to lose the title a year later at NJP's flagship show to the same man he won it from.

First Heavyweight Champion Reign (2011 - 2013)[]

Following is back-and-forth reigns as Light Heavyweight Champion, Osamu ascended the ranks to contend for the NJP Heavyweight Championship. Osamu competed vigorously. He again employed his overtly aggressive attitude, turning it off and on like a switch. When the bell came on, Osamu's violent alter-ego the 'Dark Dragon' would come out. This would mark a major change in attitude as well as demeanor for Osamu during his first Heavyweight Champion reign. The reign lasted the next two years.

Toronto Wrestling (2014) []

In 2014, as part of a working relationship between NJP and Toronto Wrestling, Osamu traveled to Canada to wrestle in Toronto Wrestling for a year. He would join a group called 'BBG' or the 'Broken Bone Group', a group of serious men known for their technical wrestling skills. During his run in Toronto Wrestling, Osamu met Dominic Saito, a Japanese-Canadian wrestler who would end up traveling back to Osaka to wrestle with Osamu in NJP.

Last Championship Reign; Eventual Departure (2015 - 2016)[]

Osamu returned to NJP in 2015 in a shock-surprise and won the Heavyweight Championship from his arch-rival in the promotion. Osamu would go on to defend it against his friend Dominic Saito in several matches which Osamu has said on various podcasts is still some of his proudest work in wrestling. During this time, Osamu's contract with NJP was ending. There were rumors Osamu would be signing with a larger Japanese promotion to stay close to Osaka, but Osamu ended up simply leaving NJP without signing with any other promotion. According to Pro Wrestling Newsletter, Osamu took this time to work on learning the 'American style' of wrestling in hopes to work in a larger American promotion and move to America.

Elite Answers Wrestling[]

Debut; NEO (2017-2018)[]

Osamu debuted on NEO in the middle of 2017, facing opponents such as The Revenant, Daryl Kinkade, and others who were on the 'developmental' brand at the time. Osamu was able to make an impact on the division, being one of the faces who would eventually go on to debut on Voltage.

Before that could happen, however, Osamu left NEO and returned to Osaka, Japan where he would not wrestle until August of the next year. This would be when he would train intensively inside a Japanese Dojo ran by the father of his best friend.

Return; National Elite Championship chase, injury (2018-2019)[]

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Personal life[]

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In wrestling[]

  • Finishing moves
    • Muscle buster
    • Osamu Lock (Inverted rolling knee-bar)
    • Osaka Drop (Top-rope Muscle buster or superplex)
  • Signature moves
    • The Best Northern Lights Suplex in the Business (Northern Lights suplex)
    • Taking Flight (Top-rope dropkick)
    • Locked In (Three simultaneous dropkicks followed by a finishing move)
    • Side kick, drop down uppercut
    • Basement dropkick to the knee
    • Standing double foot stomp
    • Multiple suplex variations
      • German
      • Tiger
      • Snap
      • Half-nelson
      • Belly-to-belly
    • Stiff uppercut
    • Knife edge chop
    • Leg sweep
    • Grapevine on turnbuckle, side kicks to knee
    • One-legged Boston Crab
    • Forearm strikes to back, followed by double knee backbreaker
    • Muta Lock
    • Foot stomp
    • Reverse STO
    • Superkick
    • Snap DDT
  • Nicknames
    • "The New Era"
    • "The White Dragon"
    • "Osaka's Greatest"
  • Entrance themes
    • "Eyes on Fire" by Zed's Dead (EAW; 2017-present)

Championships and accomplishments[]

New Progress Japan[]

  • NPJ Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  • NPJ Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

AAWU[]

  • Amateur Wrestling Tournament winner (2 times -- 2006, 2007)
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