Masato Onodera
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| Ring name(s) | YAMATO Yamato Onodera Masato Onodera |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Born | September 10, 1981 Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan |
| Trained by | Yasushi Kanda |
| Debut | 2006 |
Masato Onodera (b. September 10, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, known by his ring name YAMATO, who competes for Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate, most notably as part of the New Hazard stable with BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong and Shingo Takagi.
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[edit] Career
The 5th graduate of the Dragon Gate dojo, Onodera had previous professional fighting experience competing under his real name in Pancrase and was recruited into Final M2K directly after his debut. Yasushi Kanda gave him his "Gekokujoh" character, and inherited a lot of the Gekokujoh-era moves that Kanda had used during his own career. He later chose to leave FM2K so he could grow along his own path, which was one of the reasons for the M2K break-up.
He won the first NEX-1 tournament, which earned him the right to travel to the US. His stay was brief, at under 3 months. He returned in May, aligned with his generation peers. He has dropped the Gekokujoh lineage completely, and renamed to YAMATO. He recently appeared in Ring Of Honor's All Star Extrvaganza III and Super Card of Honor II. He defeated Pelle Primeau and was beaten by Claudio Castagnoli during this recent US tour.
On 14th May 2008, YAMATO joined the newest Dragon Gate super-heel group, Real Hazard, consisting of himself, Gamma, Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong, Genki Horiguchi, & Yasushi Kanda.
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Hidalgo Special (Fireman's carry DDT)
- Galleria Special (Inverted facelock lift dropped into a sitout scoop slam piledriver)
- C.B.V. – CrossBone Vanguard (Arm trap crossface)
- Belly to back waistlock suplex
- Shoulder block takedown
- Death Valley driver
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- Open the Triangle Gate (1 time, current) – with Gamma & Shingo Takagi
