Naoya Ogawa

Naoya Ogawa
小川直也
Ogawa in 2011
Born (1968-03-31) March 31, 1968
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Other names"O-chan", "Captain Hustle", "The King of Recklessness"
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight253 lb (115 kg; 18 st 1 lb)
DivisionHeavyweight
StyleJudo
Years active1997–2005 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total9
Wins7
By knockout2
By submission5
Losses2
By submission2
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Judo career
Weight class+95 kg, Open
Judo achievements and titles
Olympic Games (1992)
World Champ. (1987, 1989, 1989,
1991)
Asian Champ. (1988)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona+95 kg
World Championships
1987 EssenOpen
1989 Belgrade+95 kg
1989 BelgradeOpen
1991 BarcelonaOpen
1991 Barcelona+95 kg
1993 HamiltonOpen
1995 Chiba+95 kg
Asian Games
1990 Beijing+95 kg
Asian Championships
1988 DamascusOpen
Summer Universiade
1988 Tbilisi+95 kg
1986 Sao PauloOpen
Profile at external judo databases
IJF50391
JudoInside.com2934

Naoya Ogawa (Japanese: 小川 直也, Ogawa Naoya) (born 31 March 1968) is a Japanese world champion judoka, retired professional wrestler, and mixed martial artist. He won a total of seven medals at the All-Japan Judo Championships (second only behind Yasuhiro Yamashita), and set a record of seven medals at the World Judo Championships. Ogawa won the silver medal in the +95 kg judo weight class at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Ogawa is also known for his career in professional wrestling, where he primarily worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and took part in one of the promotion's most high-profile feuds of the 1990s with Shinya Hashimoto. Ogawa was also professional wrestling's two-time National Wrestling Alliance World's Heavyweight Champion.