Naoya Ogawa
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Naoya Ogawa (小川直也 Ogawa Naoya, born 31 March 1968) is a former world and Olympic judo champion, professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter from Japan.
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| Nickname | Captain Hustle |
| Height | 193cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 115kg (253 lb) |
| Born | March 31, 1968 |
| Town of birth | Suginami Tokyo, Japan |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 7 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 5 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Japan |
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| Men's Judo | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | +95 kg | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1987 Essen | Open | |
| Gold | 1989 Belgrade | +95 kg | |
| Gold | 1989 Belgrade | Open | |
| Bronze | 1991 Barcelona | +95 kg | |
| Gold | 1991 Barcelona | Open | |
| Bronze | 1993 Hamilton | Open | |
| Bronze | 1995 Chiba | +95 kg | |
| Asian Games | |||
| Bronze | 1990 Beijing | +95 kg | |
| Asian Championships | |||
| Gold | 1988 Damascus | Open | |
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[edit] Biography
Ogawa Naoya first started in Judo in his high school years. He continued on in college attending Meiji University in 1986. In he second year at school he became a world freeclass champion, youngest in the history of Judo. He would go on to win many more championships before graduating from the College of Business Administration at Meiji University. Ogawa was Silver medalist in judo of 1992 Summer Olympics, and placed fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
In 1997 he was recruited by Antonio Inoki and was sent to train with Satoru Sayama. Ogawa made his debut against Shinya Hashimoto on April 12, 1997 at the Tokyo Dome wrestling with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Subsequently he was billed as Hashimoto's arch nemesis.
He also continued to use his judo skills in PRIDE where he holds victories over Gary Goodridge and Masaaki Satake
Ogawa was a mainstay with the HUSTLE Wrestling group as part of the HUSTLE army, from there beginning until mid year of 2007, when Ogawa left to sign with Antonio Inoki's new promotion, Inoki Genome Federation
[edit] Mixed martial arts record
| 7 wins (2 TKO, 5 submissions), 2 losses (2 submissions), 0 draws [1]. | |||||||
| Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round, Time | Notes | |
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| Loss | Hidehiko Yoshida | Submission (armbar) | PRIDE Shockwave 2005 | 12/31/05 | 1, 6:04 | ||
| Loss | Fedor Emelianenko | Submission (armbar) | PRIDE Final Conflict 2004 | 8/15/04 | 1, 0:54 | ||
| Win | Paulo Cesar Silva | TKO (punches) | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004 | 6/20/04 | 1, 3:29 | ||
| Win | Stefan Leko | Submission (arm triangle choke) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 | 4/25/04 | 1, 1:34 | ||
| Win | Matt Ghaffari | TKO (strikes) | UFO: Legend | 8/8/02 | 1, 0:56 | ||
| Win | Masaaki Satake | Submission (rear naked choke) | PRIDE 11: Battle of the Rising Sun | 10/31/00 | 2, 2:01 | ||
| Win | Rob Peters | Submission | UFO Europe: Free Fight Gala | 11/28/99 | |||
| Win | Gary Goodridge | Submission (armlock) | PRIDE 6 | 7/4/99 | 2, 0:36 | ||
| Win | Rens Vrolijk | Submission (choke) | Red Devil Free Fight 1 | 9/27/97 | 1 | ||
