Takashi Shinobu

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WRESTLER APPLICATION

Birth Name: Takashi Shinobu
Ring Name: Takashi Shinobu
Height: 6’1
Weight: 215lbs
Birth Place: 23, Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan
Billed From: Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan
Alignment: Face
Stable: Heroes for Hire
Pro Debut: 06/03/15

GIMMICK SUMMARY
The Golden Ace; prodigious wrestler who has travelled the globe honing his skulls but has returned to Japan, seeking to dominate and deliver as The Dragons Curse.

HISTORY
Shinobu started his career back in 2015, wrestling for New Japan Fighting Championship fighting out of the Dragon's Dojo. It was there where Shinobu was nicknamed The Dragon's Curse, and upon excursion he continued to hone his skills, wrestling in a number of promotions across the globe - with Red State Revolver being his primary home throughout 2016. In 2018, Shinobu became the NWF Champion, their last ever champion before closure. In 2021, Shinobu aligned himself with the faction known as 'Heroes for Hire', wrestling in JROK and in 2022 he captured the JROK Trio's Champion alongside Mitsuo Shimada and Mark Storm. In Zion Wrestling, he secured the victory to win the Zion Wrestling Trio's Championships, alongside stablemates Liam Richardson and Miles Watson.

IN WRESTLING

Finishing Moves
1. Dragons Curse


2. Dragons Clutch (Camel Clutch style Sleeper Hold)
 

3. Noroi! (bicycle knee to a kneeling opponent)


Signature Moves
1. German suplex (sometimes while bridging or crossing opponents arms)
 

2. Kick of Glory - (Springboard Missile Dropkick)


3. Pumphandle Cradle Tombstone Piledriver + Wheelbarrow Facebuster


4. Pitch Perfect Dropkick


5. Lariato!


6. Blue Thunder Bomb


Regular Moves
1. Swinging neckbreaker
2. Vertical suplex
3. Diving crossbody 
4. Vertical drop brainbuster
5. Big boot
6. Senton Bomb from the second rope to a seated opponent
7. Body slam
8. Boston crab
9. Leg lariat
10. Super brainbuster onto the top turnbuckle
11. Grounded forearm strikes
12. Elbow drop
13. Backbreaker
14. Gutbuster
15. Calf kick
16. Forearm smash to the back
17. Knife edge chop
18. Headlock takedown 
19. Kick to the back
20. Apron DDT

Wrestling Style
- Techniker

Entrance Theme
- Hey by Pixies

IN RING APPEARANCE
White and blue trunks, white wrist tape around both wrists and white boots.. 

CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- 1x NWF Champion (last ever)
- 1x NWF North American Champion 
- 1x NGW Heavyweight Champion (current)
- 1x Zion Wrestling Trio's Champion 
- 1x NFW World Trios Champion 
- 1x UPRISING Unity Champion 
- 1x J-Rok Trio's Champion (current)
- 1x NJFC Dragons Dojo Tournament Champion (2015)

OUT OF CHARACTER

CHARACTER REP: Konosuke Takeshita
TWITTER: @takashishinobu
HANDLER NAME: Storm
HOW'D YOU FIND OUT ABOUT US? Twitter

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updated; moveset & in ring appearance.