Billed height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Trained by Ultimo Dragon, Skayde Name Toru Owashi | Debut September 2, 2000 Billed weight 120 kg (260 lb) | |
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Ring name(s) Peach OwashiToru OrochiToru Owashi | ||
Hikaru Shida, Jun Kasai & Toru Owashi vs. Sawako Shimono, Magnitude Kishiwada & Tadasuke 5/1/16
Toru Ito (伊藤 透, Itō Tōru, born December 24, 1974) in Saku, Nagano is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Toru Owashi (大鷲 透, Ōwashi Tōru). He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion and 2 time KO-D Tag Team Champion.
Contents
- Hikaru Shida Jun Kasai Toru Owashi vs Sawako Shimono Magnitude Kishiwada Tadasuke 5116
- Professional wrestling career
- Toryumon 2000 2004
- Dramatic Dream Team 2007 2010 2012 present
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
Professional wrestling career
Initially aspiring to become a sumo wrestler like his father, Ito joined the Wakamatsu stable and adopted the shikona of Asa Ito, which he later changed to Asawashi, meaning "Morning Eagle" in Japanese. However, he ended up leaving the sport due to a recurrent knee injury in January 1999. He worked as a chef until joining the Ultimo Dragon Gym in order to become a professional wrestler.
Toryumon (2000-2004)
He made his debut under his real name in September 2, 2000 in in Mexico. He soon adopted the name of Toru Owashi and the character a strong, loner heel, and after being moved along with his entire class to Toryumon 2000 Project, he went to gain victories over Shuji Kondo, Jun Ogawauchi and the Syachihoko Machines. He was made the enforcer of Hagure Gundan, also known as Aagan Iisou, a stable commanded by Kondo.
He also wrestled for Dragondoor, El Dorado Wrestling. In DDT In El Dorado he was the leader of the faction Animal Planets. Owashi won the UWA World Trios Championship with Takuya Sugawara and Nobutaka Araya on February 27, 2008 defeating Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei and Go of the HELL DEMONS faction.
Dramatic Dream Team (2007-2010, 2012-present)
In 2007 he joined Dramatic Dream Team, where he won the KO-D Openweight Championship by beating Danshoku Dino. He defended the championship vs Poison Sawada Julie on June 25, 2006 and a second time vs KUDO on August 27, 2006, but Owashi lost the KO-D Championship to HARASHIMA on December 29, 2006. Owashi would originally retire from professional wrestling in 2010, but came out of retirement in 2012 and returned to the promotion.