Puroresu Central

Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa

Mitsuharu Misawa

Birthdate: June 18th, 1962
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 243 lbs.
Debut: August 21st, 1981
Background: All Japan Dojo
Ring Attire: Green tights

Yoshinari Ogawa

Birthdate: November 2nd, 1966
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Debut: September 3rd, 1985
Background: All Japan Dojo
Ring Attire: Zebra tights

Promotion History: All Japan (1998 to 2000) and NOAH (2000 to present)
Tournaments Won: None
Major Puroresu Titles Held: All Asia Tag Team Championship, All Japan World Tag Team Championship, and the GHC Tag Team Championship (Held 2 Times)

Biggest Matches:
- August 25th, 1999 vs. Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama (title win)
- October 23rd, 1999 vs. Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama (title defense)
- November 30th, 2001 vs. Vader and Scorpio (title win)
- January 10th, 2004 vs. Yuji Nagata and Hiroshi Tanahashi (title win)
- July 10th, 2004 vs. Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea (title defense)

Career Highlights:

Misawa and Ogawa started teaming in 1998 and to date they still haven't stopped. A mixture of power and craftiness, Misawa and Ogawa compliment each other perfectly. They began teaming in 1998, and even though they never won the World's Strongest Tag Team League they did win the All Japan World Tag Team Championship in August of 1999, holding the title for two months. When Misawa left to form NOAH, Ogawa joined him, and soon they would win the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Scorpio and Vader. While the first reign was short, in January of 2004 they would hold the titles again and would have seven successful defenses. Since then they have not had any title success but still team together on a regular basis, making them one of the longest-running tag teams still active in Japan.

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