Ashura Hara
| Ashura Hara | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Susumu Hara |
| Born |
January 8, 1947 Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Died | April 28, 2015 (aged 68) Isahaya, Nagasaki |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ashura Hara Susumu Hara Fighting Hara |
| Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Billed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) – 125 kg (276 lb) |
| Trained by | Isao Yoshiwara |
| Debut | June 23, 1978 |
| Retired | October 29, 1994 |
Susumu Hara (原 進 Hara Susumu?) (January 8, 1947 – April 28, 2015) was a Japanese rugby player and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ashura Hara (阿修羅・原?).
Susumu Hara began his rugby career in high school, playing for the Agricultural High School in the Isahaya region of Nagasaki. Upon graduating high school, he continued his rugby career in college for Toyo University. After college, he was drafted by the Kintetsu Liners. In 1976, he was elected to represent Japan for its Rugby World Cup.
After he finished his rugby career, Susumu Hara was scouted by International Wrestling Enterprise in 1976. After a couple years of training, he finally made his debut on June 23, 1978, against Isamu Teranishi. Shortly after his debut, he went to Stampede Wrestling in Canada, under the name Fighting Hara, where he won his first championship, the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship, defeating Norman Frederick Charles III in July 1978. He would lose the title back to Charles five days later. In October 1978, he would tour Europe with Otto Wanz's Catch Wrestling Association. By December 1978, he returned to Japan and was given the name Ashura Hara by author Akiyuki Nosaka, who happens to be a fan of Hara's.
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