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Nobuhiko Oshima
Born(1977-11-15)November 15, 1977
Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)CIMA
Shiima Nobunaga
SHIMA
Fuku-bancho CIMA
BxB CIMA
APE CIMA
CIMA Nobunaga
Billed height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Billed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Trained byÚltimo Dragón
DebutMay 11 1997

Nobuhiko Oshima (大島 伸彦), better known by his stage name CIMA (pronounced Shima), is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate as the leader of the WARRIORS-5 stable.

Career

Oshima graduated from the first class of Último Dragón's Toryumon dojo. He quickly became the Toryumon wrestling promotion's biggest star. He first wrestled as Shiima Nobunaga (making a few appearances in WCW under that name), then as SHIIMA, until finally shortening his stage name to CIMA, under which he still wrestles today. He was one of the founders of the Crazy MAX stable, and had a years long feud with Magnum TOKYO, another first class graduate. He began as a high flyer, utilizing the Mad Splash as his finisher. This, however, took toll on his body and especially his knees. After returning from knee surgery he changed his style and started using the Schwein as his finisher. He wrestled in Toryumon Japan until 2004, when the promotion separated itself from Último Dragón's dojo, and changed its name to Dragon Gate. He still wrestles in Dragon Gate today. He created the Blood Generation stable in 2005, which had its final match in January 2007.

CIMA also made his first appearance in a North American wrestling promotion in about seven years in August 2005, appearing in Ring of Honor in a match against A.J. Styles, who CIMA defeated.[1]

CIMA would return to North America for a three day tour with Ring of Honor. On March 30, 2006, in Detroit, Michigan, CIMA teamed with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino to defeat Ring of Honor faction Generation Next, represented by Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Jack Evans.[2]

On March 31, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois, CIMA would once again team with fellow Blood Generation members Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino in Ring of Honor, this time losing a match to another stable from Dragon Gate, Do Fixer (Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, and Genki Horiguchi).[3]The match is said to have completely stole the show. Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer gave the match the coveted 5 star rating.[4]

On April 1, 2006, once again in Chicago, Illinois, at the third and final Ring of Honor show, CIMA teamed with Naruki Doi in a losing attempt to win the Ring of Honor Tag Titles from champions Generation Next (Austin Aries and Roderick Strong).[5]

In September 2006 during the Labor Day Weekend, CIMA participated in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Battle of Los Angeles super tournament. He was able to advance all the way to the finals where he lost to Davey Richards.

CIMA's next return to Ring of Honor happened in late December 2006. CIMA teamed with SHINGO on December 22 in Hartford, CT to challenge Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal for the ROH World Tag Team Titles, but the Japanese stars came up short in the match. The next night, in Manhattan, NY, CIMA and SHINGO teamed with Matt Sydal to take on the team of Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and Delirious. This time, they were successful in their outing, when CIMA pinned Delirious.[6]After the match, CIMA proclaimed "Thank you US, thank you ROH, see you in 2007".

On January 6, 2007, CIMA travelled to Australia and competed in the Australasian Wrestling Federation. In the main event, he wrestled the AWF Champion Steve Ravenous & TNT (also known as Aussie Ozbone on Japan) in a Triple Threat Elimination Match which CIMA won to become the AWF Champion. The next night in Newcastle, TNT defeated CIMA for the AWF Title.

On July 1, 2007, CIMA won Dragon Gate's main title, the Open the Dream Gate Championship, from Jushin Liger in Kobe, Japan. CIMA thus became the first wrestler to hold this title on 2 occasions.

On September 2, 2007 CIMA won Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Battle of Los Angeles tournament, defeating Human Tornado, SHINGO and PAC on his way to the finals where he eliminated both El Generico and Roderick Strong.

On September 5, 2007 CIMA made his debut in Hawaii (along with Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka and Shingo Takagi) for Action Zone Wrestling losing to AZW Heavyweight Champion Kris Kavanaugh. After the match CIMA thanked the fans and asked if Hawaii enjoyed Dragon Gate to which the crowd started a loud Dragon Gate chant. He promised Dragon Gate would be back in Hawaii and in AZW. He returned to AZW on Jan. 7th, 2008 at Battleclash III to defeat "Sweet & Sour" Larry Sweeney. September 8th, 2008 CIMA appeared in a non-wrestling role at Dragon Gate's event Dragon Gate Hawaii at the Waikiki Shell, although he got involved in one match accidently hitting Stalker Ichikawa with a steel chair.

Some time in May 2008, CIMA developed a neck injury. He tried to recuperate from it early as best as he could, but by the end of June, it was becoming obvious that he would need to take considerable time off to rest and heal up properly. On June 29, he vacated the Dream Gate title, just eight days shy of a one-year reign as champion. CIMA would return to the ring on December 28, 2008, when he teamed with Jushin Liger in a losing effort to capture the Open the Twin Gate Championship. It was also on this day that his Typhoon unit was brought to an end, after Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka lost in a Unit Split Survival Three-Way Six-Man Tag Match to teams from WORLD-1 and Real Hazard. After that, nothing more was heard from CIMA for over a month.

The silence was broken when, on February 9, 2009, before WWE Friday Night SmackDown, CIMA wrestled in a dark match against Jamie Noble in a losing effort. He also wrestled for WPW in California on February 15 in a tag match. Infernal and Cima vs. Amazing Junior and Lil Cholo. On March 1, he made his return to Dragon Gate, and announced the formation of the WARRIORS-5 stable along with Susumu Yokosuka, Gamma, and KAGETORA, with a fifth member to be announced later.

In wrestling

CIMA performing the Schwein

(CIMA is a big fan of the Japanese band Buck-Tick, and names many of his moves after Buck-Tick songs or albums)

Championships and accomplishments

  • Australian Wrestling Federation
  • AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • 5 Star Match (2006) with Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (ROH Supercard of Honor, March 31)
  • Match of the Year (2006) with Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito (ROH Supercard of Honor, March 31)

Notes

  1. ^ rohwrestling.com. "Ring of Honor Official results".
  2. ^ rohwrestling.com. "Ring of Honor Official results".
  3. ^ rohwrestling.com. "Ring of Honor Official results".
  4. ^ "Wreslting Observer 5 star match list".
  5. ^ rohwrestling.com. "Ring of Honor Official results".
  6. ^ rohwrestling.com. "Ring of Honor Official results".
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