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Kazuchika Okada is a Japanese track star and baseball player turned into a professional wrestler who wrestles primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Okada had his training under the Japanese legend Ultimo Dragon in the Wrestling School of Toryumon. He debuted in wrestling for the Mexican branch last 2004. He graduated from Toryumon Japan after several years. Okada also made stops in UWA Hardcore in Canada, the UWAI Station, CMLL in Mexico, Chikara in the USA and New Wrestling Entertainment in Italy. He returned to Toryumon, Japan which people called the Dragon Gate in 2009. Okada competed in the Pro Wrestling NOAH's tag league with Hiroyoshi Tenzan.

In 2010, he went on an excursion to TNA where he only acted as the driver of Samoa Joe. He wore a cheap mask similar to the Green Hornet's sidekick. The members of the National Wrestling Alliance took him more seriously on the independent circuit. He shocked a lot of people in the wrestling world when he returned to New Japan in 2012. His new persona and attitude, The Rainmaker, defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi. His overnight transformation from a rookie to a champion made him the IWGP Heavyweight Champion. At under 30 years of age, Kazuchika Okada accomplished a lot of achievements.

 

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2016

Salary

Itami's estimated annual salary

$1,700,000

2015

Salary

Itami's estimated annual salary

$2,200,000