Naoya Ogawa
Naoya Ogawa ( Japanese 小川 直 也 , Ogawa Naoya ; born March 31, 1968 in Suginami , Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler , MMA fighter and judoka .
Ogawa started judo while in high school and was able to win a world title in his sophomore year at Meiji University . This made him the youngest ever world champion in this sport. In total, he won four world championship titles.
In 1992 Ogawa took part in the Summer Olympics and was able to win the silver medal in the heavyweight division.
In 1997 he was hired by Antonio Inoki to work for New Japan Pro Wrestling at Puroresu . However, he also competes in the MMA organizer PRIDE FC .
Web links
- Naoya Ogawa on Judoinside (English)
- Record as an MMA fighter
- Profile on cagematch.de
- Profile on Neckbruch.com
1979 : Yasuhiro Yamashita | 1981 : Yasuhiro Yamashita | 1983 : Yasuhiro Yamashita | 1985 : Cho Yong-chul | 1987 : Grigory Weritschew | 1989 : Naoya Ogawa | 1991 : Sergei Kosorotov | 1993 : David Douillet | 1995 : David Douillet | 1997 : David Douillet | 1999 : Shinichi Shinohara | 2001 : Alexander Michailin | 2003 : Yasuyuki Muneta | 2005 : Alexander Michailin | 2007 : Teddy Riner | 2009 : Teddy Riner | 2010 : Teddy Riner | 2011 : Teddy Riner | 2013 : Teddy Riner | 2014 : Teddy Riner | 2015 : Teddy Riner | 2017 : Teddy Riner | 2018 : Guram Tuschischwili | 2019 : Lukáš Krpálek
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| SURNAME | Ogawa, Naoya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 小川 直 也 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter, and judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |