Hisakatsu Oya
| Hisakatsu Oya | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 2, 1964 Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kenichi Oya Hisakatsu Oya HISAKATSU |
| Billed height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 105 kg (231 lb) |
| Trained by | NJPW Dojo |
| Debut | April 20, 1986 |
Kenichi Oya is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Hisakatsu Oya. Although he started out for New Japan Pro Wrestling, he is well known for his stint in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
Kenichi Oya trained at the NJPW Dojo. He made his wrestling debut in April 1986, against Masahiro Chono. During his tenure in New Japan, Oya also teamed with the likes of Kensuke Sasaki and Osamu Matsuda. However, due to injuries, he retired in 1989.
After a hiatus, Oya joined Super World of Sports in July 1990. Oya would not only wrestle his fellow SWS comrades, he would also wrestle against stars from the World Wrestling Federation as well. In January 1992, he teamed up with Kendo Nagasaki for a tournament to determine the first SWS Tag Team Champions, which was won by Yoshiaki Yatsu and Haku. In June 1992, SWS shut down.
After SWS shut down, Oya joined Kendo Nagasaki's Network Of Wrestling. He didn't make much of an impact there, so he left in November 1993.
Oya made his debut in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in November 1993, under the name Hisakatsu Oya. Unlike his previous stints in NJPW, SWS, and NOW, Oya found his niche. Over the course of a year, Oya proved his worth in FMW, battling the likes of Battle Ranger, Masato Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, and Atsushi Onita.
In April 1995, he formed Lethal Weapon with Tarzan Goto and Ricky Fuji, but Goto would leave FMW shortly thereafter. He and Fuji formed a tag team known as The Love Guns, and together they held the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship once between May 1995 and September 1995. Oya and Fuji would also increase the numbers in Lethal Weapon by recruiting Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator, and Horace Boulder. In August 1995, during a round-robin tournament for the vacant FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship, Oya fought Hayabusa to an epic 30-minute time-limit draw.
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