Keigo Nakamura

Keigo Nakamura
Nakamura in July 2020
Born (1999-07-10) July 10, 1999 (age 25)[1]
Morioka, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Darkunesu K
Keigo Nakamura
Billed height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Billed weight72 kg (159 lb)
Debut2019

Keigo Nakamura (中村圭吾, Nakamura Keigo) is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Champions.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2019–present)

Nakamura is known to have had sporadic appearances for various promotions. At BJW Last Buntai, an event promoted by Big Japan Pro Wrestling on August 30, 2020, he teamed up with Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno) to pick up a victory over Kosuke Sato, Masaki Morihiro and Takuho Kato.[4]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2019–present)

Nakamura made his professional wrestling debut in DDT Pro-Wrestling in a series of exhibition matches, first of them taking place at DDT Road To Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 on June 16 where he fell short to Yuki Ueno.[5] At DDT UNIVERSE LIVE! One Chan Saturday on March 7, 2020, he competed in a 14-man delayed battle royal also involving Harashima, Konosuke Takeshita, Masahiro Takanashi, Mizuki Watase, Yuki Iino and others.[6] At DDT One Bout Show from May 23, 2020, Nakamura unsuccessfully challenged Shinya Aoki for the DDT Extreme Championship.[7]

Nakamura is known for working in various of the promotion's signature events. One of them is DDT Ultimate Party, making his first appearance at Ultimate Party 2019 on November 3 where he teamed up with Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Mizuki Watase in a losing effort to Daichi Kazato, Masato Kamino and Shuhei Washida as a result of a six-man tag team match.[8] One year later at Ultimate Party 2020 from November 3 he fell short to Hideki Okatani.[9]

As for the DDT Peter Pan branch of events, Nakamura made his first appearance at Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 from July 15 where he fell short to Kota Umeda in a pre-show match.[10] One year later on the first night of the Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 from June 6, he teamed up with Hideki Okatani in a losing effort to Damnation (Soma Takao and Mad Paulie).[11] At Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 on August 21, Nakamura teamed up with Yukio Naya to defeat Hideki Okatani and Yuya Koroku.[12]

Another branch of events in which he made appearances is DDT Judgement. At Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary on March 20, he teamed up with Naomi Yoshimura defeating Shunma Katsumata and Hideki Okatani.[13] At Judgement 2021: DDT 24th Anniversary on March 28, he teamed up with Toru Owashi and Akito in a losing effort to Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and Saki Akai.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Keigo Nakamura • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Keigo Nakamura/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Keigo Nakamura Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Big Japan Pro Wrestling (August 30, 2020). 「LAST BUNTAI～さようなら横浜文体」神奈川･横浜文化体育館大会. bjw.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (June 16, 2019). "DDT ProWrestling" Road to Peter Pan 2019～ドラマティック・ドリーム・天むす～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  6. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (March 7, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" DDT UNIVERSE LIVE！ワンチャン SATURDAY. ddtpro.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  7. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (May 23, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" DDT EXTREME級選手権試合ワンマッチ配信大会. ddtpro.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  8. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling. "Ultimate Party 2019～DDTグループ大集合！～". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 3, 2020). "Ultimate Party 2020". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  10. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (July 15, 2019). "DDT ProWrestling" Wrestle Peter Pan 2019. ddtpro.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  11. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (July 6, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" WRESTLE PETER PAN 2020【DAY1】. ddtpro.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  12. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (August 21, 2021). "WRESTLE PETER PAN 2021". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  13. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling. "Judgement2020～DDT旗揚げ23周年記念大会～". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  14. ^ 東京・後楽園ホール「Judgement2021～DDT旗揚げ24周年記念大会～」. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  15. ^ Wrestling Titles (July 25, 2021). "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.