Nobuhiko Oshima

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Nobuhiko Oshima
An image of Nobuhiko Oshima.
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Ring name(s) CIMA
Shiima Nobunaga
SHIMA
Fuku-bancho CIMA
BxB CIMA
APE CIMA
CIMA Nobunaga
Billed height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight 82 kg (180 lb/12.9 st)
Born November 15, 1977(1977-11-15)
Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Trained by Ultimo Dragon
Debut May 11, 1997

Nobuhiko Oshima, better known by his stage name CIMA (pronounced Shima), is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate.

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[edit] Career

Oshima graduated from the first class of Ultimo Dragon'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 Ultimo Dragon'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 AJ Styles, who CIMA defeated.[1]

CIMA would return to North America for a three day tour with Ring of Honor. On March 30, 2006, in Detroit, Michigan, CIMA teamed with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino to defeat Ring of Honor faction Generation Next, represented by Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Jack Evans.[2]

On March 31, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois, CIMA would once again team with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino in Ring of Honor, this time losing a match to another stable from Dragon Gate, Do Fixer (Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, and Genki Horiguchi).[3]The match is said to have completely stole the show. Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer gave the match the coveted 5 star rating.[4]

On April 1, 2006, once again in Chicago, Illinois, at the third and final Ring of Honor show, CIMA teamed with Naruki Doi in a losing attempt to win the Ring of Honor Tag Titles from champions Generation Next (Austin Aries and Roderick Strong).[5]

In September of 2006 during the Labor Day Weekend, CIMA participated in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Battle Of Los Angeles super tournament. He was able to advance all the way to the finals where he lost to Davey Richards.

CIMA's next return to Ring of Honor happened in late December of 2006. CIMA teamed with SHINGO on December 22nd in Hartford, CT to challenge Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal for the ROH World Tag Team Titles, but the Japanese stars came up short in the match. The next night, in Manhattan, NY, CIMA and SHINGO teamed with Matt Sydal to take on the team of Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Delirious. This time, they were successful in their outing, when CIMA pinned Delirious.[6]After the match, CIMA proclaimed "Thank you US, thank you ROH, see you in 2007".

On 6th January 2007, CIMA travelled to Australia and competed in the AWF (Australasian Wrestling Federation). In the main event, he wrestled the AWF Champion Steve Ravenous & TNT (also known as Aussie Ozbone on Japan) in a Triple Threat Elimination Match which CIMA won to become the AWF Champion. The next night in Newcastle, TNT defeated CIMA for the AWF Title.

On July 1, 2007, CIMA won Dragon Gate's main title, the Open the Dream Gate championship, from Jushin Liger in Kobe, Japan. CIMA thus became the first wrestler to hold this title on 2 occasions.

On September 2, 2007 CIMA won the 2007 PWG Battle of Los Angeles Tournament. Defeating Human Tornado, SHINGO and PAC on his way to the finals where he eliminated both El Generico and Roderick Strong.

On September 5, 2007 CIMA made his debut in Hawaii (along with The Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka and Shingo Takagi) for Action Zone Wrestling (AZW) losing to AZW Heavyweight Champion Kris Kavanaugh.

[edit] Wrestling facts

(CIMA is a big fan of the Japanese band Buck-Tick, and names many of his moves after Buck-Tick songs or albums)

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Australian Wrestling Federation
  • AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • 5 Star Match: with Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (ROH Supercard Of Honor, March 31, 2006)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ rohwrestling.com. Ring of Honor Official results.
  2. ^ rohwrestling.com. Ring of Honor Official results.
  3. ^ rohwrestling.com. Ring of Honor Official results.
  4. ^ Wreslting Observer 5 star match list.
  5. ^ rohwrestling.com. Ring of Honor Official results.
  6. ^ rohwrestling.com. Ring of Honor Official results.

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