Toru Owashi
Owashi in July 2023
Birth nameToru Ito (伊藤 透, Itō Tōru)
Born (1975-12-24) December 24, 1975
Saku, Nagano
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Peach Owashi
Toru Orochi
Toru Owashi
Billed height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Billed weight120 kg (265 lb)
Trained byÚltimo Dragón[1]
Jorge Rivera[1]
DebutSeptember 2, 2000[1]

Toru Ito (伊藤 透, Itō Tōru, born December 24, 1975)[2] is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Toru Owashi (大鷲 透, Ōwashi Tōru). He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion and two time KO-D Tag Team Champion.

Sumo career

Asawashi Tōru
朝鷲 透
Personal information
BornItō Tōru
(1975-12-24) 24 December 1975
Saku, Nagano
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight96.5 kg (213 lb)
Career
StableWakamatsu
Record99-104-28
DebutMarch, 1993
Highest rankJonidan 42 (January, 1999)
RetiredJanuary, 1999
* Up to date as of Nov. 2023.

Initially aspiring to become a sumo wrestler like his father, former maegashira 3 Ōwashi Hitoshi, Ito joined the Wakamatsu stable in 1993 and adopted the shikona of Asaitō, which he later changed to Asawashi, meaning "Morning Eagle" in Japanese. However, he ended up leaving the sport due to a recurrent knee injury in January 1999, after having reached his highest rank of jonidan 42. His career record was 99 wins to 104 losses, with 28 absences due to injury. He worked as a chef until joining the Ultimo Dragon Gym in order to become a professional wrestler.

Professional wrestling career

Toryumon (2000–2004)

He made his debut under his real name on September 2, 2000 in Mexico, deafeating Masato Yoshino.[3] He soon adopted the name of Toru Owashi and the character of a strong, villainous loner. On December 2, 2001, he won the 2001 Young Dragons Cup by defeating Kawabata in the semi-final, then Shuji Kondo in the final.[4] After being moved along with his entire class to Toryumon 2000 Project, he went to gain victories over Shuji Kondo, Jun Ogawauchi and the Syachihoko Machines. He was made the enforcer of Hagure Gundan, also known as Aagan Iisou, a stable commanded by Kondo.

He also wrestled for Dragondoor and El Dorado Wrestling. In El Dorado he was the leader of the faction Animal Planets. Owashi won the UWA World Trios Championship with Takuya Sugawara and Nobutaka Araya on February 27, 2008 defeating the Brahman Brothers and Go of the Hell Demons faction.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2007–2010, 2012–present)

Owashi in September 2010

In 2007 he joined DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he won the KO-D Openweight Championship by beating Danshoku Dino. He defended the championship vs Poison Sawada Julie on June 25, 2006 and a second time vs Kudo on August 27, 2006, but Owashi lost the KO-D Openweight Championship to Harashima on December 29, 2006. Owashi would originally retire from professional wrestling in 2010, but came out of retirement in 2012 and returned to the promotion.

Sumo career record

Asawashi Tōru[5]
Year in sumo January
Hatsu basho, Tokyo		 March
Haru basho, Osaka		 May
Natsu basho, Tokyo		 July
Nagoya basho, Nagoya		 September
Aki basho, Tokyo		 November
Kyūshū basho, Fukuoka
1993 x (Maezumo) East Jonokuchi #30
3–4
 		 West Jonokuchi #28
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #180
2–5
 		 East Jonokuchi #22
2–5
 
1994 East Jonokuchi #40
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #153
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #181
3–4
 		 East Jonokuchi #1
3–4
 		 East Jonokuchi #26
6–1–P
 		 East Jonidan #115
1–6
 
1995 West Jonidan #152
3–4
 		 East Jonidan #172
4–3
 		 East Jonidan #139
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #169
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #138
2–5
 		 West Jonidan #166
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7
1996 East Jonokuchi #50
5–2
 		 East Jonidan #164
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #106
1–6
 		 West Jonidan #151
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 West Jonokuchi #33
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 (Banzukegai)
1997 (Maezumo) West Jonokuchi #45
5–2
 		 West Jonidan #161
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #132
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #100
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #122
4–3
 
1998 West Jonidan #95
4–3
 		 West Jonidan #67
2–5
 		 East Jonidan #101
3–4
 		 West Jonidan #119
Sat out due to injury
0–0–7		 East Jonokuchi #28
6–1
 		 West Jonidan #89
5–2
 
1999 West Jonidan #42
Retired
2–5		 x x x x x
Record given as win-loss-absent    Top Division Champion Top Division Runner-up Retired Lower Divisions

Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s)
Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi

Makuuchi ranks: Yokozuna — Ōzeki — Sekiwake — Komusubi — Maegashira

Championships and accomplishments

  • Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • BBW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – (with Danshoku Dino and Gota Ihashi)[6]
  • BBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – (with Gota Ihashi)[7]
  • El Dorado Wrestling

References

  1. 1 2 3 CAGEMATCH : Touru Owashi (in German)
  2. ↑ "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  3. ↑ Official profile Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  4. 1 2 "Young Lions Cup 2001". ProWrestlingHistory.com. December 2, 2001. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Asawashi Toru Rikishi Information". Sumo Reference. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ BBW6人タッグ選手権. yu39.net (in Japanese). Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ BBWタッグ選手権. yu39.net (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  8. ↑ DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 3, 2021). "D 王 GRAND PRIX 2021 II in Ota-ku". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2021.
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