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Osamu Nishimura

Birthdate: September 23rd, 1971
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 265 lbs.
Debut: April 21st, 1991
Formally: Nishimu Lama (in Hustle)
Background: MUGA
Promotion History: New Japan (1991 to 2005), MUGA (2006 to 20070, and All Japan (2007 to present)
Alliances: Teams with Soya
Ring Attire: Black trunks
Card Position: Mid-Card
Major Tournaments Won: G1 Tag League (2003)
Current Title Held: None

Championship History:

IWGP Tag Team Championship with Tatsumi Fujinami:
- Defeated Tenzan and Kojima on 9/23/01 and lost to Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea on 10/28/01

IWGP Tag Team Championship with Hiroyoshi Tenzan:
- Defeated Yoshie and Tanahashi on 12/14/03 and lost to Takayama and Minoru Suzuki on 2/1/04

Biggest Matches:
- February 7th, 1998 vs. Kensuke Sasaki (title challenge)
- On September 23rd, 2001 with Fujinami vs. Tenzan and Kojima (title win)
- August 10th, 2002 vs. Manabu Nakanishi
- February 2nd, 2003 vs. Yuji Nagata (title challenge)
- On December 14th, 2003 with Tenzan vs. Yoshie and Tanahashi (title win)

Pictures:
- Nishimura as Nishimu Lama

Signature Moves:
- Backslide (Double)
- Cobra Twist
- Figure Four Leg Lock
- Ground Cobra Twist
- Spinning Toe Hold

2005 Recap:
Known as one of the best pure wrestlers in New Japan, Nishimura wrestles a more traditional mat style and is known for his occasional MUGA shows that promote Catch Rules in the matches. 1-2 in Tokyo Dome Shows, Nishimura tends to wrestle with other traditional wrestlers such as Fujinami. He wrestled in the G-1 Climax, but did not have a lot of success. Nishimura also wrestled a lot of the young lions at the beginning of the cards.

2007 Recap:
Nishimura wrestled for MUGA for most of 2007, wrestling under his mentor Fujinami. On July 9th he would lose to Yutaka Yoshie in a two out of three falls match but on September 23rd he would defeat TAJIRI in the same type of match. In November, Nishimura surprised many when he announced that he and Soya would be jumping from MUGA to All Japan. In the Real World Tag League he would team with Masanobu Fuchi and they would come in 5th place with victories over TARU & Zodiac and Nobutaka Araya & Toru Owashi to go along with their three draws.

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