Birth name | Nobuhiko Oshima (大島 伸彦 Ōshima Nobuhiko) |
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Born |
Sakai, Osaka, Japan |
November 15, 1977
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Cima Shiima Nobunaga Shiima Fuku-bancho Cima BxB Cima Ape Cima Cima Nobunaga |
Billed height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Billed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
Trained by |
Último Dragón Dos Caras |
Debut | May 11, 1997 |
Nobuhiko Oshima (大島 伸彦 Ōshima Nobuhiko), (born November 15, 1977) better known by his ring name Cima (/ˈʃiːmɑː/ SHEE-mah) (stylised in all capital letters) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate.
Nobuhiko Oshima, otherwise known as Cima, graduated from the first class of Último Dragón's Toryumon dojo. He quickly became the Toryumon wrestling promotion's biggest star. He first wrestled as Shiima Nobunaga (making a few appearances in WCW under that name), then as Shiima, until finally shortening his stage name to Cima, under which he still wrestles today. He was one of the founders of the Crazy Max stable, and had a years long feud with Magnum Tokyo, another first class graduate. He began as a high flyer, utilizing the Mad Splash as his finisher. This, however, took toll on his body and especially his knees. After returning from knee surgery he changed his style and started using the Schwein as his finisher. He wrestled in Toryumon Japan until 2004, when the promotion separated itself from Último Dragón's dojo, and changed its name to Dragon Gate. He still wrestles in Dragon Gate today. He created the Blood Generation stable in 2005, which had its final match in January 2007.
Cima also made his first appearance in a North American wrestling promotion in about seven years in August 2005, appearing in Ring of Honor in a match against A.J. Styles, who Cima defeated.