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| Masato Kamino | |
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| Born | 6 June 1994[1] Nara, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
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| Billed height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Debut | 2017 |
Masato Kamino (神野聖人, Kamino Masato) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro-Wrestling Basara where he is a former Iron Fist Tag Team Champion.[3]
Kamino made his professional wrestling debut in DDT Pro-Wrestling at DDT Beer Garden Fight 2017 on August 5, where he teamed up with Rekka in a losing effort against Gran MilliMeters (Daiki Shimomura and Nobuhiro Shimatani) in tag team competition.[4]
He competed in various signature events of the promotion such as the DDT Peter Pan branch of events, in which he made his first appearance at the 2017 edition from August 20, where he teamed up with Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango and Nobuhiro Shimatani in a losing effort against Mizuki Watase, Rekka, Diego and Daiki Shimomura.[5] In the DDT Judgement branch, Kamino made his first appearance at the 2019 edition from February 17, where he teamed up with Takato Nakano in a losing effort against Sento Minzoku (Ryuichi Sekine and Daiki Shimomura).[6] At Ultimate Party 2019 on November 3, Kamino teamed up with Daichi Kazato and Shuhei Washida to defeat Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Mizuki Watase and Keigo Nakamura.[7]
Kamino competed in Pro-Wrestling Basara sincer 2018, by the time the promotion was still under DDT's jurisdiction. On June 11, 2019, it was announced Basara would be splitting up from DDT and become an independent company starting January 1, 2020.[8] Kamino alongside various of the time's DDT roster members transferred to the newly independent Basara.[9]
In Basara, Kamino mainly competes as a tag team wrestler alongside his long time "Aijin Tag" team partner Takato Nakano. They won the Iron Fist Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions. First at Basara 199: Kō on September 6, 2022, by defeating Speed of Sounds (Banana Senga and Tsutomu Oosugi),[10] and secondly at Basara 211: Oji No Kitsune 24 on February 18, 2023, by defeating Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura).[11] At Basara 244 ~ Utage on March 19, 2024, Kamino unsuccessfully challenged Minoru Fujita for the Union Max Championship.[12]
Kamino shared a stint tenure with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). He made his debut in the 2021 edition of the AJPW Junior Tag League where he competed alongside "Aijin Tag" team partner Takato Nakano. They fell short to Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama) in the first rounds.[13] Several weeks later at AJPW Excite Series 2022 on February 17, Kamino and Nakano unsuccessfully challenged Omori and Kodama for the All Asia Tag Team Championship.[14]
Kamino also regularly competes in Gleat. He made his debut at GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 20 on March 23, 2022, where he teamed up with TiiiDA in a losing effort against Leo Isaka and Yu Iizuka.[15] At GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 38 on November 19, 2022, Kamino teamed up with Takanori Ito and unsuccessfully challgned reigning champions Bulk Orchestra (Check Shimatani and Hayato Tamura), and Strong Hearts (Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk) for the interim G-Infinity Championship.[16] At GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 64 ~ Burn Your Heart on November 12, 2023, Kamino unsuccessfully challenged T-Hawk for the G-Rex Championship.[17]
In Gleat, Kamino was part of the Yan's Family unit founded by Kaz Hayashi between 2023 and 2024.[18]