Shota Umino
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Birth name | Shota Unno |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | April 17, 1997
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Shota Umino[1] Shota Unno[2] |
Billed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Billed weight | 93 kg (205 lb)[1] |
Billed from | Tokyo, Japan |
Trained by | NJPW Dojo[3] Jon Moxley |
Debut | April 13, 2017[1] |
Shota Unno (海野 翔太, Umino Shōta, born April 17, 1997) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under his real name romanized as Shota Umino. He is currently on excursion at Revolution Pro Wrestling in the United Kingdom.
Early life[]
Unno was born on April 13, 1997, in the special ward of Setagaya in Tokyo, Japan.[1] He is the son of NJPW referee Hiroyuki Unno (also known under his ring name of "Red Shoes Unno").[1]
Professional wrestling career[]
New Japan Pro-Wrestling[]
Young Lion (2017–2019)[]
Unno made his professional wrestling debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'s developmental territory Lion's Gate on April 13, 2017, losing to Taka Michinoku at the Lion's Gate Project 4.[2] He then made his debut for NJPW's main roster at Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2017 on April 22, under the slightly modified ring name of Shota Umino, as a "young lion", losing to fellow young lion Hirai Kawato.[4] Umino obtained his first win in a six-man tag team match on the first night of the Best of the Super Juniors 24 event, teaming with Tomoyuki Oka and Volador Jr. to defeat , Katsuya Kitamura and ACH, after Oka pinned Yagi.[5] Throughout the following months, Umino would split his time between NJPW's main roster and Lion's Gate. Umino would compete in the 2017 Young Lion Cup, but did not win, with a final standing of 4 points (two wins and three losses).[6][7][8][9][10]
In April 2018, Umino main evented Lion's Gate Project 11, where he teamed with Yuji Nagata in a loss to Ayato Yoshida and Go Asakawa.[11] Umino would then lose to Yoshida in a singles match in the main event of Lion's Gate Project 13 in June.[12] Umino and Yoshida would subsequently form a tag team and competed in the 2018 World Tag League later that year, but lost all of their matches and ending with a final tally of 0 points (0 wins and 13 losses).[13] Umino also wrestled in the 2019 New Japan Cup tournament, but lost to Hiroshi Tanahashi in the first round.[14]
At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall on June 9, Umino lost to IWGP United States Champion Jon Moxley.[15] Following the loss, Moxley would state his appreciation of Umino's efforts and adopt Umino as his tag team partner and manager for matches - dubbing him "Shooter".[16] Their debut as a team was a loss to Jeff Cobb and Ren Narita on July 14, which they lost after Umino was pinned by Cobb.[17] The two's partnership was halted when Moxley took a hiatus from NJPW after the end of the 2019 G1 Climax in August and began to wrestle more regularly for American promotion All Elite Wrestling.[18]
At Royal Quest on August 31, Umino teamed with Ren Narita and Ryusuke Taguchi in a loss to Roppongi 3K (Rocky Romero, Sho and Yoh).[19] Umino would then move onto compete in the 2019 Young Lion Cup. Although he would lose his first tournament match to Clark Connors,[20] Umino would win his next four matches against Ren Narita,[21] Michael Richards,[22] Yuya Uemura,[23] Alex Coughlin[24] and Yota Tsuji,[25] but lost the final match of the tournament to Karl Fredericks, failing to win the tournament with a final score of 10 points.[26] Following the end of the tournament, it was announced that Umino would begin a learning excursion in the United Kingdom.[27]
Foreign excursion (2019–present)[]
Umino made his debut for Revolution Pro Wrestling at the New Beginnings event on November 9, 2019, in a loss to Kyle Fletcher.[28] He had previously wrestled for RPW in 2018, during NJPW and RPW's collaborative two-night event Strong Style Evolved UK.[29][30] Umino also made his debut for Over the Top Wrestling (OTT) at the promotion's Stickin' Out event on January 5, 2020, where he lost to Scotty Davis.[31] On January 18, Umino won RPW's 40-man Revolution Rumble battle royal.[32]
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 334 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019[33]
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- Revolution Rumble (2020)[32]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Shota Umino Profile". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Rose, Bryan (April 13, 2017). "NJPW Lion's Gate Project results: The fourth installment". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Shota Umino". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ "04.22.2017 Road to Wrestling Dontaku Results". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. April 22, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ "05.21.2017 Best of the Super Juniors Results — Night 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. May 21, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ "JRA presents Road to Tokyo Dome". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Lion's Gate Project8". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ "JRA presents Road to Tokyo Dome". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "Lion's Gate Project10". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ "Lion's Gate Project9". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ "Lion's Gate Project11". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "Lion's Gate Project13". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ NJPW World Tag League 2018 Finale Standings | Fightful Wrestling
- ^ "2019.03.10 New Japan Cup 2019 Night 1 Results". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. March 10, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ "DOMINION 6.9 in OSAKA-JO HALL". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "Jon Moxley Reflects On His NJPW Run Thus Far; Hopes "Shooter" Umino Will Throw Him A Bone One Day". Fightful. April 25, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "2019.07.14 G1 CLIMAX 29 Night 3 | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ Krek, Azka (December 26, 2019). "Jon Moxley's Christmas gift to Shota Umino from NJPW". Super Luchas. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "NJPW Royal Quest". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ^ "2019.09.04 ROAD TO DESTRUCTION | Day 1". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 4, 2019.
- ^ "2019.09.08 ROAD TO DESTRUCTION | Day 4". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 8, 2019.
- ^ "2019.09.10 ROAD TO DESTRUCTION | Day 5". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 10, 2019.
- ^ "2019.09.14 ROAD TO DESTRUCTION | Day 8". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 14, 2019.
- ^ Rose, Bryan (September 15, 2019). "NJPW DESTRUCTION IN BEPPU LIVE RESULTS: TANAHASHI VS. SABRE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "2019.09.19 ROAD TO DESTRUCTION | Day 10". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 19, 2019.
- ^ "Updated NJPW Young Lion Cup Standings". Fightful. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Shota Umino, Ren Narita to begin excursions in UK, LA". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "RevPro New Beginnings 2019". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ "RPW 『STRONG STYLE EVOLVED -UNITED KINGDOM- Night1』Full results". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. July 2, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "RPW 『STRONG STYLE EVOLVED -UNITED KINGDOM- Night2』Full results". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. July 2, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "OTT Stickin' Out 2020". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Sports Desk (January 21, 2020). "Highly-rated New Japan Pro-Wrestling star Shota Umino is last man standing in 40-strong Revolution Rumble". The News. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
External links[]
- Shota Umino's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile
- Shota Umino's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Japanese male professional wrestlers