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Naoya Ogawa

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Naoya Ogawa (Japanese: 小川 直也, Ogawa Naoya) (born 31 March 1968) is a Japanese world champion judoka, retired professional wrestler, and mixed martial artist. He won a total of seven medals at the All-Japan Judo Championships (second only behind Yasuhiro Yamashita), and set a record of seven medals at the World Judo Championships. Ogawa won the silver medal in the +95 kg judo weight class at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Ogawa is also known for his career in professional wrestling, where he primarily worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and took part in one of the promotion's most high-profile feuds of the 1990s with Shinya Hashimoto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoya Ogawa is the 406th most popular wrestler (down from 305th in 2024), the 2,181st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,810th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Naoya Ogawa ranks 406 out of 1,027. Before him are Karl Anderson, Bruce Baumgartner, JTG, Toshihiko Koga, Mustafa Ali, and Levon Julfalakyan. After him are Adam Rose, Elias, Lance Archer, Shamil Serikov, Kendall Cross, and Summer Rae.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Naoya Ogawa ranks 495. Before him are Michael Romeo, Atticus Ross, Fabio Baldato, Goichi Suda, Maxim Fadeev, and Steven Waddington. After him are Néstor Fabbri, Axelle Red, Igor Kolyvanov, Randy Brown, Giovanni Stroppa, and Carina Wiese.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoya Ogawa ranks 2,181 out of 6,245. Before him are Goichi Suda (1968), Yui Aragaki (1988), Koji Onishi (1988), Ryuichi Dogaki (1988), Haruka Ayase (1985), and Akihiro Nagashima (1964). After him are Tomoki Hidaka (1980), Yuko Takeuchi (1980), Mahiro Maeda (1963), Saki Fujita (1984), Masato Yoshihara (1991), and Yoshiro Moriyama (1967).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Naoya Ogawa ranks 25. Before him are Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), Takanohana Kōji (1972), Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Shohei Ono (1992), and Toshihiko Koga (1967). After him are Jushin Liger (1964), Hiroshi Tanahashi (1976), Yoshihiro Tajiri (1970), Ryoko Tani (1975), Atsuji Miyahara (1958), and Kairi Sane (1988).

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