Career
Orihara is known by his career in numerous Japanese promotions such as Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Wrestle Association R, Battlarts and Dramatic Dream Team. Orihara was trained in the All Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo under Genichiro Tenryu"s tutelage. When Tenryu left for Super World of Sports, Orihara and others followed him to the new promotion.
In 1992, Orihara was sent to Mexico, where he learnt the high-flying lucha libre style and wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as Iga, a masked ninja character.
After the WAR demise, Orihara landed in Michinoku Pro Wrestling, where he became Sasuke the Great, a The Great Sasuke copycat. Orihara formed a tag team with Takeshi Ono (who competed as Masked Tiger) and feuded with Sasuke and Tiger Mask.
Alongside their work in Michinoku Pro, Orihara and Ono became a mainstay team on Battlarts. In 1999, Orihara competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling and Dramatic Dream Team.
Currently, Orihara is a part of Satoru Sayama"s Real Japan Pro Wrestling and Tenryu Project.
Finishing moves
Moonsault
Sitout scoop slam piledriver
Somersault missile dropkick
Signature moves
Asai moonsault
Diving headbutt
Piledriver
Powerbomb
Sasuke Special (Cartwheel over the top rope suicide moonsault) - adopted from The Great Sasuke
Spider German Suplex (Pendulum German superplex)
Entrance themes
"Atomic Playboys" by Steve Stevens (AJPW/SWS/WAR, 1990–1993)
"Phoenix" (WAR/Freelance, 1993–present)
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
CMLL Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Nosawa
Dramatic Dream Team
KO-Doctorate Openweight Championship (1 time)
Guts World
GWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masked Mystery
Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Oracle Application Express OF TRIANGLE Six–Manitoba Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Takeshi Ono & KAW*KAW
Futaritabi Tag Team League (2003) - with Dick Togo
Mobius
Oracle Application Express OF TRIANGLE Six–Manitoba Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dick Togo & Kintaro Kanemura (1) and Dick Togo & Tomohiko Hashimoto
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 47 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000
Real Japan Pro Wrestling
RJPW Legends Championship (1 time)
Tenryu Project
Tenryu Proyect International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (2 times, current) - with Black Tiger V (1) and Hiroki (1, current)
Tokyo Sports
Rookie of the Year (1991)
Universal Wrestling Association / Universal Wrestling Federation
University of Western Australia/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Great Sasuke
Wrestling Entertainment Wrestling
Oracle Application Express OF TRIANGLE Six–Manitoba Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dick Togo & Kintaro Kanemura
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Best Wrestling Maneuver (1991) Moonsault to the outside of the ring.
