Keisuke Okuda

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Keisuke Okuda
Born (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 32)[1]
Tsu, Mie, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Keisuke Okuda
Billed height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Billed weight76 kg (168 lb)
DebutNovember 3, 2013
Okuda Keisuke
Born (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 32)
Tsu, Japan
Native name奥田啓介
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Weight155 lb (70 kg)[2]
DivisionLightweight
Years active2015–present (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total5
Wins0
Losses5
By knockout3
By submission1
By disqualification1
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Keisuke Okuda (奥田啓介, Okuda Keisuke, born June 5, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Dragon Gate.

Career[edit]

He had a strong background in Greco-Roman wrestling and debuted on November 3, 2013 for IGF.[3] He went to a time limit draw against Akira Jo. He stopped wrestling to focus on college and returned on IGF's December 31, 2013 show in another time limit draw.[3]

He continued wrestling mostly for IGF throughout 2014 and 2015 and made appearances for various promotions starting in 2016.[4][5] On October 2, 2016, he and Tomohiko Hashimoto, captured Apache Pro's WEW World Tag Team Championship. The team held the titles until December 25, 2016, when they were defeated by Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda. In 2017, he competed in a lethwei match but was defeated.[6] He became a full-time member of Dramatic Dream Team in 2018, but resigned on April 30, 2019. Almost immediately after, he started wrestling exclusively for Dragon Gate.[7]

He became a member of Masaaki Mochizuki's unit, Mochizuki Dojo in the summer of 2019, after briefly feuding with Mochizuki.[1] The unit was disbanded in December 2019 with most of its members merging into the Dragon Gate unit.[7]

He captured the Open the Brave Gate Championship on November 3, 2020 by defeating Kaito Ishida.[1][8][9][10]

Okuda made his return to MMA, facing kickboxer Hiroaki Suzuki on October 10, 2021 at Rizin Landmark Vol.1. He lost the bout via TKO in the first round.[11]

Okuda faced Yuta Kubo at Rizin Landmark 4 on November 6, 2022. He lost the fight by TKO stoppage at the end of the first round.[12]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

Mixed martial arts record[edit]

Professional record breakdown
5 matches 0 wins 5 losses
By knockout 0 3
By submission 0 1
By disqualification 0 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0–5 Yuta Kubo TKO (elbows and punches) Rizin Landmark 4 November 6, 2022 1 4:43 Nagoya, Japan Featherweight debut.
Loss 0–4 Grant Bogdanove Submission (face crank) Rizin Trigger 1 November 28, 2021 1 1:07 Kobe, Japan
Loss 0–3 Hiroaki Suzuki TKO (knee and punches) Rizin Landmark Vol.1 October 2, 2021 1 1:42 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 0–2 Tomoharu Toda DQ (kick to head of grounded fighter) Fighting Nexus 5 March 6, 2016 1 N/A Tokyo, Japan
Loss 0–1 Yuki Yamamoto TKO (knee and punches) Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2015 December 31, 2015 1 0:26 Tokyo, Japan Lightweight debut.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Maxfield". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Keisuke Okuda". Sherdog. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Keisuke Okuda". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Former IGF fighter Keisuke Okuda, winner of the All Japan Martial Arts Championship, has left DDT!". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Keisuke Okuda leaves IGF "I'm going to get lost!"". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ 【ラウェイ】WPMF王者KOUMA、プロレスラー奥田啓介、高橋奈七永が奮闘 [[Lethaway] WPMF champion KOUMA, professional wrestlers Keisuke Okuda and Nanae Takahashi struggle] (in Japanese), efight, 2017, retrieved 13 March 2023
  7. ^ a b "Kaito Ishida and Keisuke Okuda's Winding Road". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Open the Brave Gate Title". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Preview: Dragon Gate – The Final Gate 2020 (12/20/20)". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Dragon Gate Announces Full Card for The Final Gate 2020)". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  11. ^ "【RIZIN】鈴木博昭、プロレスラーの奥田啓介を1R撃沈 総合格闘技初陣を飾る(ENCOUNT) - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  12. ^ "【RIZIN】平本蓮が弥益ドミネーターを空手&ケージDFでドミネートし判定勝ち、鈴木千裕が今成越え、元谷が倉本と大激闘、SARAMIが魂のテイクダウンでラーラを下す、中村が征..." ゴング格闘技 - GONKAKU. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  13. ^ "WEW Tag Titles". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2021". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

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