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Tomoaki Honma (本間朋晃 Honma Tomoaki) is a freelance Japanese professional wrestler, currently touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Career

Honma trained in the Big Japan dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997. He spent many years wrestling low-profile matches on the opening card until he was granted the chance to participate in Big Japan's infamous Death Match division.

After touring various independent leagues such as IWA Japan, Onita Pro, Complete Players and Rainbow Pro, Honma debuted in All Japan Pro Wrestling on November 24, 2001, against Nobukazu Hirai. He proceeded to sign a full-time contract with the company in March, 2002. Determined to get rid of his Death Match reputation, Honma proved that he can be a solid worker as he struggled to gain recognition within AJPW. In February, 2003, he formed Turmeric Storm with Kazushi Miyamoto, but the team later disbanded on April 20, 2004, after losing a trial series.

In 2005, Honma joined Kensuke Sasaki's Kensuke Office faction in an effort to further improve his career. A severe neck injury kept him out of action throughout much of early 2006, but he returned in March. Honma announced his departure from AJPW on April 28, 2006, and is currently a freelancer. He will also work dates for Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX and King's Road, where he will reunite with old Turmeric Storm teammate, Kazushi Miyamoto. There has also been talk that he has appeared in New Japan Pro Wrestling's WRESTLE LAND brand as a masked member of the Makai Club faction known as "Makai Masked Canadian". On September 24, 2006, Tomoaki Honma and Jun Kasai won the WEW Tag Team Titles from Takashi Sasaki and BADBOY Hido.

Honma participated in NJPW's New Japan Cup tournament, falling to veteran Takashi Iizuka in his first match. He had priorly expressed interest in joining Hiroyoshi Tenzan's GBH faction, and was allowed to join after making a positive impression on Tenzan. So far, Honma has completed one tour with New Japan.

Profile

Height: 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight: 102 kg (225 lb)
Date of Birth: November 18, 1976
Hometown: Higashine City, Yamagata
Debut: May 18, 1997, vs. Hideyuki Takahashi

Finishing and signature moves

Shalimarti (Top-rope somersault neckbreaker)
Fire Thunder (Modified reverse piledriver)
Turmeric Clutch
Pillar Crash
Diving Headbutt
Diving Body Press
Crazy Elbow (Discus elbow smash)

with Kazushi Miyamoto

Roppongi (Aided brainbuster)

Trivia

Tomoaki Honma's theme song is Heading for Tomorrow by Gamma Ray.

Championships and accomplishments

Apache Army

1-Time WEW Tag Team Champion (with Jun Kasai)

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

2-Time BJW Death Match Heavyweight Champion
2-Time BJW Tag Team Champion (with Shadow WX ; with Ryuji Yamakawa)

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 ==Career==
-Honma trained in the [[Big Japan Pro Wrestling|Big Japan]] dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997. He spent many years wrestling low-profile matches on the opening card until he was granted the chance to participate in Big Japan's infamous [[Garbage wrestling|Death Match]] division. He became one of the most talked-about wrestlers on the independent scene as well as Big Japan's top young star during 1999 and 2000, participating in some of the promotion's most gruesome death matches, the scars from which can still be seen on his body. However, he left Big Japan in October, 2000, after disagreements with company management.
+Honma trained in the [[Big Japan Pro Wrestling|Big Japan]] dojo before debuting for the promotion in May, 1997. He spent many years wrestling low-profile matches on the opening card until he was granted the chance to participate in Big Japan's infamous [[Garbage wrestling|Death Match]] division.
 After touring various independent leagues such as IWA Japan, Onita Pro, Complete Players and Rainbow Pro, Honma debuted in [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] on November 24, 2001, against Nobukazu Hirai. He proceeded to sign a full-time contract with the company in March, 2002. Determined to get rid of his Death Match reputation, Honma proved that he can be a solid worker as he struggled to gain recognition within AJPW. In February, 2003, he formed Turmeric Storm with Kazushi Miyamoto, but the team later disbanded on April 20, 2004, after losing a trial series.