| Hajime Ohara | |
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Ohara as the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion |
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| Ring name(s) | Dark Dragon Hajime Ohara Ohara Rey Ohara |
| Billed height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 86 kg (190 lb)[1] |
| Born | July 24, 1984 [1] Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan[1][2] |
| Trained by | Jorge Rivera[2] Último Dragón[2] |
| Debut | May 16, 2004 |
Hajime Ohara (born July 24, 1984)[1] is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Smash. Ohara worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico for several years as part of his training mixing the Lucha Libre style of Mexico with the Japanese Puroresu style of wrestling.
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Hajime Ohara trained for his professional wrestling debut under Último Dragón and Jorge Rivera, better known as Skayde. Through his connections with Dragón and Rivera Ohara started out his career working in Mexico, first for Toryumon Mexico and soon after for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).[2] In CMLL he would often team with other Japenese wrestlers such as Okumura. Ohara was part of the 2006 International Grand Prix but was the first man eliminated when he was pinned by Heavy Metal.[3] On May 13, 2006 Ohara defeated La Máscara to win the vacant NWA World Welterweight Championship, becoming the first NWA Welterweight champion in almost two years.[4] On January 20, 2007 OHara lost the title to Super Delfin during an Osaka Pro wrestling show in Japan, but regained the title on February 10 before returning to Mexico.[5] By the end of 2007 a deal had been struck between Último Dragón, who owned the NWA title and CMLL to return ownership of the championship to CMLL (they had owned the title until 1996). On November 27, 2007 Ohara lost the title to CMLL regular La Sombra.[5]
In 2008 Ohara began working for the Dradition promotion in Japan and also began a feud with Último Dragón in both Toryumon Mexico as well as the European based Nu-Wrestling Evolution (NWE). In the NWE he played a masked character called Dark Dragon, an "evil counterpart" to Último Dragon. On June 28, 2008 on an NEW show in Madrid, Spain Ohara lost a Lucha de Apuesta match to Último Dragón and was forced to unmask.[2] In late 2008 he began wrestling for the Japanese promotion Hustle as Ray Ohara, leaving CMLL and only wrestling in Japan when he worked for Toryumon Mexico. On December 14, 2008 Ohara defeated Último Dragón to win the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, a title he would take with him to Japan. Ohara held the title for 291 days before losing the belt to Mineo Fujita on October 1, 2009.[6]
In March 2010, Ohara began working for Yoshihiro Tajiri's new Smash promotion, losing to KUSHIDA in the main event of the promotion's first ever show on March 26.[7] Initially, Ohara worked as a face as part of the Smash Sekigun and a protégé of Tajiri's, working against wrestlers from the Finnish promotion, Fight Club Finland (FCF). On July 24 at Smash.5, Ohara was squashed by the debuting Finn StarBuck.[8] Later that same day on Smash.6, Ohara turned on TAJIRI, after he had lost the FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship to StarBuck in the main event.[9] The following month, Ohara traveled to Helsinki, Finland to unsuccessfully challenge StarBuck for the title, after which he kneeled before him and adopted him as his new mentor.[10] Later that same month, Ohara began representing FCF in Smash, forming a regular partnership with transvestite wrestler Jessica Love and often accompanying StarBuck to his matches, while also starting a feud with TAJIRI's number one protégé, KUSHIDA.[11][12] The rivalry ended on March 31, 2011, at Smash.15, when Ohara defeated KUSHIDA with his new finishing maneuver, the Finnish Forearm, in KUSHIDA's final Smash match, before leaving for New Japan Pro Wrestling.[13] On June 9, Ohara entered a tournament to determine the first ever Smash Champion, defeating Último Dragón in his first round match.[14] However, on August 11, Ohara was eliminated from the tournament by VENENO.[15] In October, the Smash Sekigun and Fight Club Finland groups were brought together by the arrival of Dave Finlay. On November 24 at Smash.23, Ohara pinned TAJIRI in a tag team match, where he teamed with the returning Jessica Love and TAJIRI with Último Dragon.[16] After the main event, where Finlay defeated StarBuck for the Smash Championship, Ohara agreed to team up with TAJIRI to protect Smash from the Irishman.[17]
| Wager | Winner | Loser | Location | Date | Notes |
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| Mask | Último Dragón | Dark Dragon | Madrid, Spain | June 25, 2008 | [2] |
| Hair | Hajime Ohara | Brazo de Platino | Mexico City, Mexico | March 1, 2009 | |
| Hair | Último Dragón | Hajime Ohara | Mexico City, Mexico | August 22, 2009 | [20] |