Ryota Hama

On September 23, 2009, Hama and Akebono, known collectively as SMOP (Super Megaton Ohzumo Powers), won the All Asia Tag Team Championship, defeating Minoru Suzuki and Nosawa Rongai.

On June 19, 2013, Hama announced his resignation from All Japan out of loyalty to Keiji Mutoh, who had left the promotion when Nobuo Shiraishi took over as its new president at the beginning of the month.

[15] In 2015, whilst signed with Wrestle-1, Hama formed a tag team with Hideyoshi Kamitani named Hamakami in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

[16] Despite missing the semi-finals, they defeated eventual winners and new BJW Tag Team Champions Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi).

[22] On February 23, 2017, at a Diamond Stars Wrestling event, Hama unsuccessfully challenged Tim Storm for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.

[26] From September 6 and October 15, Hama and Nakanoue participated in the 2017 Saikyo Tag League as part of the Strong Block; they failed to advance to the semi-finals with only four points.

[27][28] On December 17, Hama, Nakanoue and Okamoto lost the Yokohama Shopping Street title to Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kohei Sato.

[31] From May 22 to June 20, they lost and regained the championship on three occasions,[32] before losing the titles permanently to the 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda) on July 24.

[37] At Ryogokutan 2018, on November 11, they successfully defended their titles against Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda,[38] but lost the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship to the 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers six days later.

[42] Sanshō key: F=Fighting spirit; O=Outstanding performance; T=Technique     Also shown: ★=Kinboshi; P=Playoff(s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi 1This championship is not officially recognized by All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Hama (on the left) and Akebono in 2010
Hama in 2018