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Soma Watanabe
Watanabe in February 2022
Born (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26)[1]
Kawagoe, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Pegaso Iluminar
    Soma Sumeragi
    Takeshiba Watanabe
    Soma Watanabe
Billed height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Billed weight70 kg (154 lb)
Trained byShuji Kondo
Kaz Hayashi
Yusuke Kodama
Debut2017

Soma Watanabe (皇壮馬, Watanabe Soma) is a Japanese professional wrestler and kickboxer signed to Gleat where he is the current G-Rex Champion in his first reign. He is also known for competing in Wrestle-1 and Pro Wrestling Heat Up.[3][4]

Professional wrestling career

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Wrestle-1 (2017–2020)

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Watanabe made his professional wrestling debut in Wrestle-1 as part of the sub-promotion Pro-Wrestling A.C.E. on February 25, 2017, at the house show of Pro-Wrestling ACE Vol. 3 where he went into a time-limit draw against Tatsuro Kami. During his entire tenure with Wrestle-1, Watanabe competed under the gimmick of "Pegaso Iluminar", a masked wrestler.[5] At W-1 Wrestle Wars on March 21, 2019, Watanbe teamed up with Kaz Hayashi and unsuccessfully fought Alejandro and Masayuki Kono for the vacant Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship.[6]

Watanabe took part into various signature tournaments of the promotion. He made his only appearance in the Wrestle-1 Grand Prix at the 2019 edition of the event where he fell short to Kumaarashi in the first rounds.[7] As for the Wrestle-1 Tag League, he made his first appearance at the 2017 edition where he teamed up with Kaz Hayashi and competed in the A Block where they scored a total of four points after going against the teams of Manabu Soya and Daiki Inaba, Andy Wu and El Hijo del Pantera, and Shotaro Ashino and Kumaarashi, failing to qualify for the finals.[8] At the 2019 and final edition, he teamed up with Jun Tonsho, failing to score any points in the A Block against the teams of T-Hawk and Shigehiro Irie, Shotaro Ashino and Yusuke Kodama, and Masayuki Kono and Alejandro.[9]

On April 1, 2020, at W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2020 Trans Magic, Wrestle-1 has held its last event before closure. Watanabe competed two times. First in a winning effort against Takanori Ito, and secondly, in a battle royal won by Manabu Soya and featuring various other members of the roster such as Cima, El Lindaman, Hiroshi Yamato, Jiro Kuroshio, Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue and many others.[10]

Gleat (2020–present)

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After Wrestle-1's closure, Watanabe made his debut in Gleat at the promotion's very first promoted event of Gleat Ver. 0 on April 1, 2020, where he fell short to Kenoh in singles competition.[11] During his tenure with the promotion, he chased for various championships. At Gleat Ver. 33 on September 10, 2022, Watanabe teamed up with Yu Iizuka to unsuccessfully challenge Voodoo Murders (Minoru Tanaka and Toshizo) for the All Asia Tag Team Championship, titles promoted by AJPW.[12] At At Gleat Ver. 47 on March 21, 2023, Watanabe teamed up with El Lindaman to unsuccessfully challenge Bulk Orchestra (Check Shimatani and Hayato Tamura) for the G-Infinity Championship.[13] At Gleat Ver. 14 on December 30, 2024, Watanabe defeated Hayato Tamura to win the G-Rex Championship.[14]

Watanabe competes in both professional wrestling and Mixed martial arts bouts, as Gleat promotes both types of sports. At Gleat MMA Ver.0 on December 14, 2022, he fell short to Shuya Arimura in a kickboxing bout.[15]

Pro Wrestling Heat Up (2021–present)

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Another promotion in which Watanabe often competes is Pro Wrestling Heat Up, where he is a former one-time Heat Up Universal Tag Team Champion.[2]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2023)

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Watanabe participated at the All Star Junior Festival 2023 promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling where he teamed up with Yoh and Kazuma Sumi to defeat Fuminori Abe, Ryo Hoshino and Akira Jumonji in a six-man tag team match.[16]

Championships and accomplishments

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Kickboxing record

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Professional Kickboxing record
0 wins, 1 losses, 0 draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2022-12-14 Loss Japan Shuya Arimura Gleat MMA Ver.0 Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00

References

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  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Soma Watanabe • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Soma Watanabe/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Pegaso Iluminar Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  4. ^ 渡辺 壮馬. Gleat (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. ^ Wrestle-1 (25 February 2017). 進祐哉&野村卓矢参戦！「Pro-Wrestling ACE ― Vol.3 ―」全対戦カード決定のお知らせ. w-1.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Wrestle-1 (21 March 2019). 「WRESTLE WARS」3.21東京・大田区総合体育館大会. w-1.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Sarpracione, Mathew (5 July 2019). "#AndNew: Daiki Inaba Wins Wrestle-1 Grand Prix 2019!". prowrestlingpost.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  8. ^ Dark Angelita (28 September 2018). "W-1:»Wrestle-1 Tag League 2018" Dias 2 y 3". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  9. ^ Dark Angel (5 November 2019). "W-1: "Tour 2019 Updraft" Starts the WRESTLE-1 Tag League 2019". Superluchas.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  10. ^ Dark Angel (16 April 2020). "W-1: "Tour 2020 Trans Magic - Last Match" The End of an era". superluchas.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ^ 【試合詳細】10･15 GLEAT後楽園ホール大会 秋山準＆関本大介＆谷口周平vs杉浦貴＆藤田和之＆ケンドー・カシン 渡辺壮馬＆拳王 朱里vs優宇 伊藤貴則＆大久保一樹vs船木誠勝＆田中稔. battle-news.com (in Japanese). 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023.
  12. ^ "G PROWRESTLING Ver.33". ent.lidet.co.jp (in Japanese). Lidet Entertainment. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  13. ^ Dark Angelita (29 March 2023). "GLEAT: «G Pro-Wrestling Ver.47»". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  14. ^ Black, Ethan (30 December 2024). "GLEAT Ver 14 Results – December 30, 2024". pwmania.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  15. ^ Dark Angelita (27 December 2022). "GLEAT: "Gleat MMA Ver.0" Inicia el proyecto". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  16. ^ Hayes, Warren (19 August 2023). "All-Star Junior Festival 2023 USA (August 19) Results & Review". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Soma Watanabe".
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