Yuji Okabayashi

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Yuji Okabayashi (岡林 裕二, Okabayashi Yūji, born October 31, 1982)[1] is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. He has been working in BJW since his debut in June 2008. He is best known as part of a tag team with Daisuke Sekimoto, with whom he has held the BJW Tag Team Championship, All Japan Pro Wrestling's (AJPW) World Tag Team and All Asia Tag Team Championships and DDT Pro-Wrestling's KO-D Tag Team Championship. As a singles wrestler, he is a former BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career
Yuji Okabayashi
Okabayashi in 2019
Born	October 31, 1982 (age 39)[1] Nankoku, Kōchi[1][2]
Ring name(s)	Gregory Okabayashi[3] Shining Tiger Big Buddy[4] Yuji Okabayashi
Billed height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1][2]
Billed weight	120 kg (265 lb)[1]
Trained by	Big Japan Pro Wrestling dojo[4]
Debut	June 27, 2008

Championships and accomplishments​

Okabayashi as the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion in August 2015

• Active Advance Pro Wrestling
  • 2AW Openweight Championship (1 time)[71]
• All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • All Asia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Daisuke Sekimoto[1][2]
  • World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Daisuke Sekimoto[33][47][55]
• Big Japan Pro Wrestling
  • BJW Tag Team Championship (6 times, current) – with Daisuke Sekimoto (5, current)[43] and Shinobu (1)[1][2]
  • BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[17][59][68]
  • Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kazuki Hashimoto and Takumi Tsukamoto (1) and Ryuichi Kawakami and Shinya Ishikawa (1)[72]
  • 8-Man 1 Day Tournament (2009) – with Daisuke Sekimoto, Shinya Ishikawa and Yoshihito Sasaki[73]
  • Dainichi-X (2011) – with Abdullah Kobayashi[74]
  • D-Dash Tag Tournament (2009) – with Atsushi Ohashi[75]
  • Saikyo Tag League (2011, 2015, 2016) – with Daisuke Sekimoto[14][28][39]
  • Saikyo Tag League (2019) - with Shigehiro Irie[62]
  • World Is Not Enough ~ Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2020) - with Akira Hyodo and Yuji Hino[76]
• DDT Pro-Wrestling
  • KO-D Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Daisuke Sekimoto (1) and Harashima (1)[23]
• Japan Indie Awards
  • Best Bout Award (2015) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto on July 20[77]
  • MVP Award (2015)[77]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 60 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016[78]
• Pro Wrestling Zero1
  • Furinkazan (2019) – with Yuji Hino[79]
• Tokyo Sports
  • Best Tag Team Award (2011, 2016) – with Daisuke Sekimoto[12][42]
  • Fighting Spirit Award (2015)[80]
  • Newcomer Award (2010)[1][12]
• Toshikoshi Puroresu
  • Toshiwasure! Shuffle Tag Tournament (2020) – with Harashima
• Wrestle-1
  • Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yasufumi Nakanoue[31]

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