Naoya Ogawa
Record: 7 - 2
Height: 6'4" (194cm)
Weight: 253 lbs
Age: 44

Naoya Ogawa (Ogawa Naoya , born 31 March 1968) is a former world and Olympic judo champion, professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter from Japan.

Ogawa Naoya first started in Judo in his high school years. He continued on in college attending Meiji University in 1986. In he second year at school he became a world freeclass champion, youngest in the history of Judo. He would go on to win many more championships before graduating from the College of Business Administration at Meiji University. Ogawa was Silver medalist in judo of 1992 Summer Olympics, and placed fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

In 1997 he was recruited by Antonio Inoki and was sent to train with Satoru Sayama. Ogawa made his debut against Shinya Hashimoto on April 12, 1997 at the Tokyo Dome wrestling with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Subsequently he was billed as Hashimoto's arch nemesis.

He also continued to use his judo skills in PRIDE where he holds victories over Gary Goodridge and Masaaki Satake

Ogawa was a mainstay with the HUSTLE Wrestling group as part of the HUSTLE army, from there beginning until mid year of 2007, when Ogawa left to sign with Antonio Inoki's new promotion, Inoki Genome Federation.

Career Statistics:
Knockout Wins:  0   (0%) Knockout Losses:  0   (0%)
TKO Wins:  2   (22%) TKO Losses:  0   (0%)
Submission Wins:  5   (56%) Submission Losses:  2   (22%)
Decision Wins:  0   (0%) Decision Losses:  0   (0%)
Draws: 0 No Contests: 0
Career Fights:
Opponent Method Event Date Rnd
Loss Hidehiko Yoshida Submission PRIDE: Shockwave 2005 Dec. 31, 2005 1
Loss Fedor Emelianenko Submission PRIDE: Final Conflict 2004 Aug. 15, 2004 1
Win Paulo Cesar Silva Technical Knockout PRIDE: Critical Countdown 2004 Jun. 20, 2004 1
Win Stefan Leko Submission PRIDE: Total Elimination 2004 Apr. 25, 2004 1
Win Matt Ghaffari Technical Knockout UFO: Legend Aug. 08, 2002 1
Win Masaaki Satake Submission PRIDE 11: Battle of the Rising Sun Oct. 31, 2000 2
Win Rob Peters Submission UFO Europe: Free Fight Gala Nov. 28, 1999
Win Gary Goodridge Submission PRIDE 6: PRIDE 6 Jul. 04, 1999 2
Win Rens Vrolijk Submission RDFF 1: Red Devil Free Fight 1 Sep. 27, 1997 1
Total Fights: 9   |   Record: 7 - 2
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