[Japanese Wrestlers GALLERY]
Title History
- UWA (Mexico) World Welterweight title defeating Norio Honaga (December 13, 1994);
- WCW World Cruiserweight title defeating Wild Pegasus [Tournament] (March 20, 1996);
- UWA (Mexico) World Junior Light Heavyweight title defeating Kazushi Sakuraba for vacant title (June 17, 1996);
- NWA World Welterweight title defeating Negro Casas (August 3, 1996);
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997);
- NWA World Welterweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997);
- British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997);
- WWF World Light Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997);
- UWA (Mexico) World Junior Light Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997);
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997);
- WWA (Mexico) World Junior Light Heavyweight title defeating El Samurai (August 10, 1997);
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeating Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. [Tournament] (August 8, 1998);
- WAR (Japan) International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeating Nariaki Mochizuki & Masao Orihara (December 11, 1998);
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeating Jushin Liger & Great Sasuke (July 13, 1999);
- NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Yuuki Ishikawa defeating Mike Rapada & Steve Corino (July 12, 2001);
- NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka defeating Tom Howard & Samoa Joe for vacant titles (January 6, 2002);
- PWF (Premier Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka defeating C.W Anderson & Steve Corino (November 10, 2002);
- NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka defeating C.W Anderson & Steve Corino (August 31, 2003);
- NWA (Zero One Max) Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Takao Ohmori defeating Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shinya Hashimoto (August 31, 2004);
- AWA World Heavyweight title defeating Steve Corino (January 22, 2006);
Career Highlights
New Japan Pro Wrestling:
- Shinjiro has held the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title and the J*CROWN..
- Shinjiro has also competed in the Super J Cup 1st stage and 2nd stage..
- Shinjiro was a part of the young punk stable with Koji Kanemoto..
- 1998: Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa won the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title League..
- 1994: Shinjiro Ohtani & Wild Pegasus won the Super Grade Jr. Tag League 1994..
- December 27, 1995 – WCW Starrcade: Shinjiro Ohtani (NJ) defeated Eddie Guerrero (WCW)..
- August 13, 2000: Shinjiro Ohtani left Japan for an excursion to Britain and Canada..
- ~~~While on tour, Shinjiro Ohtani bulked up so that he could enter the Heavyweight division on his return..
- February 18, 2001 – NJPW: Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinjiro Ohtani..
- Shinjiro Ohtani quit New Japan to join Shinya Hashimoto’s ZERO-ONE promotion..
ZERO ONE Japan:
- August 30, 2001: Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Atushi Onita by Disqualification..
- 2001 – Zero One: Shinjiro Ohtani won the Fire Festival 2001..
- January 2002: Shinjiro Ohtani formed a tag team with Masato Tanaka which was named Emblem later in the year..
- March 2, 2002 – Zero One: Naoya Ogawa defeated Shinjiro Ohtani..
- 2002 – Zero One: Shinjiro Ohtani won the Fire Festival 2002..
- August 1, 2003: Satoshi Kojima beat Shinjiro Otani to win Zero-One’s annual Fire Festival tournament..
- September 6, 2003: Toshiaki Kawada won the Triple Crown at Budokan Hall, beating Shinjiro Otani in the four-man tournament finals..
- ~~~Shinjiro Otani beat Satoshi Kojima and Toshiaki Kawada beat The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) in first round matches..
- January 4, 2004 – Z1 Hustle-1: The Predator & Kevin Randleman defeated Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka..
- March 7, 2004 – Z1 Hustle-2: Shinjiro Otani & Satoshi Kojima defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes Jr..
- June 9 2005–Real Japan: Shinjiro Otani defeated Super Tiger (Satoru Sayama)..
- November 16, 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Tadao Yasuda defeated Takao Omori & Kamikaze..
- November 17 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani/Tatsuhito Takaiwa/Tadao Yasuda b Kensuke Sasaki/Omori/Katsuhiko Nakajima..
- November 18 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori/Minoru Fujita/Ikuto Hidaka beat Shinjiro Otani/Masato Tanaka/Sonjay Dutt..
- November 23 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita defeated Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka..
- November 26 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani/Masato Tanaka/Tatsuhito Takaiwa b Kohei Sato/Rikiya Fudo/Yoshihito Sasaki..
- November 27 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka defeated Kohei Sato & Kamikaze..
- December 2 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori & Kamikaze defeated Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa..
- December 3 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani defeated Tengu Kaiser (Kamikaze)..
- December 4 2005–Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka defeated Takao Omori & Kamikaze..
- December 25, 2005–Hustle: Jaguar Y & Dokron Z & Tadao Yasuda defeated Erica & Margaret & Shinjiro Ohtani..
- January 22, 2006–ZERO-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Steve Corino to win the AWA World Heavyweight title!!!
- March 5, 2006–HUSTLE: Razor Ramon HG & Tajiri & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated The Monster PTA & An Jo & Kohei Sato..
- April 1, 2006–Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori defeated Shinjiro Ohtani to win the AWA World Heavyweight title!
- May 10, 2007–Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori defeated Shinjiro Ohtani to retain the AWA Heavyweight title..