Mondai Ryu

Mondai Ryu in November 2017

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Toki, Gifu, Japan

**Daisuke Kimata** (大輔木全, *Kimata Daisuke*, born on January 28, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name **Mondai Ryu** (問題龍, *Mondai ryū*) (Japanese for "Problem Dragon"), who works currently for Dragon Gate. He was also the second generation of Super Shenlong.

## Professional Wrestling Career

### Dragon Gate

#### APE Kimata (2006–2008)

On December 8, 2006, APE Kimata, the youngest wrestler in Dragon Gate NEX, at the time, made his professional wrestling debut losing to Lupin Matsutani. His gimmick was comedic, where he donned a monkey head mask and and had monkey-like mannerisms. His first career win was when he and Turboman defeated Shisa BOY and Super Shisa. APE then went on a losing streak until April 22, 2007 where he and K-ness defeated Don Fujii and Stalker Ichikawa Z. On September 1 APE got his first singles victory when he defeated Johnson Florida. Later in 2007 he would drop the APE Kimata gimmick to become the second incarnation of Super Shenlong character.

#### Super Shenlong (2008–2012)

On January 11, 2008 Kimata made a return with a new gimmick that was the second generation of Super Shenlong and Shenlong defeated Tozawa in his first match with this new gimmick. He changed his attire exposing the upper body. On January 21 Shenlong participated at the NEX-1 tournament and he lost at the first round to Shisa BOY. On February 10 Shenlong and mcKZ participated at the Buyuden Tag Tournament and they all the way into the finals and they lost to Fujita Hayato and Munenori Sawa. On May 11 Shenlong received a chance for the Open the Gamma Gate Championship but he lost to Gamma. Three days later Shenlong wanted to join World-1 and Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino said him to wait but mcKZ was the one who joined the stable. On May 25 Shenlong recieved another chance at the Open the Gamma Gate Champion but the match ended in a no contest and the match was restarted and Shenlong lost only in 21 seconds. On June 1 Shenlong received another chance at the Open the Gamma Gate Champion and he defeated Gamma but it was by DQ and Gamma retained the title. During the year of 2008 ,Shenlong had a series of matches in the 10 matches of the series Shenlong received a chance to become the first NWA Mexico Welterweight Championship but he lost to the match. Also during the series of matches Shenlong participated in a tournament for the #1 Contendership of the Open the Twin Gate Championship with Masaaki Mochizuki and they came all the way into the semifinals but they lost to Real Hazard (Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito). On August 30 Shenlong participated in a tournament for the Open the Brave Gate Championship but he lost at the semifinals in a three-way match to KAGETORA and Akira Tozawa. All of the matches he worked in 2010 were midcard matches. After the end of the series Shenlong lost all of his matches. On July 23, 2011 Shenlong participated in a tournament to be Don Fujii Partner but he lost to Kotoka in the semifinals. On October 22 Shenlong participated at the Dragon Gate NEX One Night Six Man Tag Tournament with Kotoka and Eita Kobayashi and they lost at the first round to Junction Three (Masaaki Mochizuki, Super Shisa and YAMATO). On January 8, 2012 Shenlong, Gamma and Shingo Takagi recieeid a chance for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship but they lost to Blood Warriors (Kzy, Naoki Tanizaki and Naruki Doi). On January 15 Shenlong participated in a Battle Royal for the #1 Contendership of the Open the Dream Gate Championship but he lost. On February 20 Shenlong participated in another Battle Royal for the #1 Contendership of the Open the Dream Gate Champion but he lost. The last match of the Super Shenlong gimmick was against BxB Hulk and he lost. Shenlong managed to achieve one victory and one draw throughout the series. Furthermore, his performance evaluation resulted in a lack of improvement in rank or perception. Shenlong continued to go nowhere for a year before snapping and transforming into Mondai Ryu.

#### Mondai Ryu (2012–Present)

Kimata on March joined to the heel stable Mad Blankey and renamed himself to Mondai Ryu with his nickname being Problem Dragon (in Japanese Mondai Ryu) and he changed his attire and also using salt in a bucket. Sometimes his attire would be with the Mad Blankey color yellow and he also changed his moveset. On March 25 Ryu won his first match part of Mad Blankey by defeating Team Veteran Returns (Don Fujii and Gamma). On April 7 Modai Ryu participated in a Battle Royal for the #1 Contendership of the Open the Dream Gate Champion but he lost. On April 19 Ryu participated at the 2012 King of Chop but he lost to Eita Kobayashi at the first round later that night Ryu was defeated by Chihiro Tominaga in a match where Tominaga put his hair on the line against Ryu's entrance theme.

On May 10 Ryu, Cyber Kong and Naoki Tanisaki had a #1 Contendership for the Open The Triangle Gate titles and they lost to Team Veteran Returns (CIMA, Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki). One day later Ryu participated at the 2012 King of Gate and he lost at the first round to Don Fujii. On May 19 and on May 27 Ryu won a battle royal to become the #1 Contender at the Open the Dream Gate Champion later on may 27 Ryu lost his #1 Contender rights to #1 Contender to Genki Horiguchi HAGeeMee. On June 16 Ryu, Cyber Kong and Akira Tozawa had a chance for the Open The Triangle Gate titles but they lost to WORLD-1 International (Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi, and PAC). On July 6 Ryu had a Two-on-one handicap match where he teamed with Akira Tozawa and it was against Cima and Ryu's mask and Cima's passport was on the line and the winner was Cima but Ryu keep his mask. On August 2 to August 17 Ryu participated at the 2012 Summer Adventure Tag League with Cyber Kong and Kzy and they finished the tournament with 0 points losing all of their matches and they lost to Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi HAGeeMee, Naoki Tanizaki and Ryo Jimmy Saito) to be the last placed team of the tournament. Ryu started a feud with Gamma and the faced off in a Lumberjack Strap match where Gamma won. On September 30 Ryu participated in another Battle Royal for the #1 Contendership of the Open the Dream Gate Champion but he lost. On November 11 Ryu received a chance for the Open The Twin Gate Titles with Cyber Kong but they lost to Team Veteran Returns (Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki). Eleven days later Ryu received another chance for the Open The Twin Gate Titles with Naoki Tanisaki but they lost to Team Veteran Returns (Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki). Most of the matches oi 2013 where mid-card matches. On April 12 Ryu had a match for the #1 Contendership of the Open the Brave Gate Champion but he lost Masato Yoshino. On May 3 to May 4 Ryu participated in a tournament to enter the 2013 King of Gate but he lost at semifinals to Kotoka. On July 21 Ryu, Kzy and Uhaa Nation unsuccessfully challenged for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship in a 3-way 6 man tag match with Kzy getting his team eliminated by getting pinned by Dragon Kid. On August 1 Mad Blankey forced -akatsuki- to disband. On September 13 to September 26 Ryu participated at the Summer Adventure Tag League at block B with Cyber Kong and they finished the tournament with 0 points losing all of their matches. On December 5 Ryu, Kzy and Naruki Doi had a chance for the #1 Contendership of the Open the Triangle Gate Champions but they lost to Millennials (Eita, Flamita and T-Hawk). On December 19 Ryu had a chance for the Open the Owarai Gate Championship in a Rice Cake Eating 4 Way match was Yosuke Santa Maria became the new champion the match was also including Ryo Jimmy Saito and Don Fujii.

On June 5, Mad Blankey defeated BxB Hulk in a five on one handicap match to retain the naming rights of Mad Blankey when Hulk was attacked by Dr. Muscle. Dr. Muscle was later revealed to be Punch Tominaga. On August 5, 2014, Naruki Doi defeated Hulk in a four-on-one handicap match, where he teamed with Cyber Kong, Kzy and Mondai Ryu. Afterwards Doi was recognized as a "provisional" champion, pending a rematch. On February 1, 2015, Ryu received a chance for the Open the Brave Gate Title but he lost to Kzy. On August 16, Mad Blankey was forced to disband after losing to Jimmyz in a 5-on-5 elimination tag team match, where they were betrayed by K-ness, who had defected to the Jimmyz.

 On September 23 Ryu, YAMATO, Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong, Naruki Doi, Kotoka, and Eita created a new stable named VerserK. On December 27 Ryu, Cyber Kong and Naoki Tanizaki had a chance for the Open the Triangle Gate Titles and they failed to win the titles. Most of Mondai Ryu matches on 2016 where mid-card matches. On April 12, Mondai Ryu also asserted himself as the next contender for the Open the Brave Gate Championship. By April, with numerous instances of friendly fire and outright attacking of one another, tensions rose to the point where fingers were pointed at as to who was causing the power imbalance within VerserK. YAMATO pointed the finger at Takagi, while Doi and Tanizaki pointed the finger at Kotoka, splitting the groups in two with Doi, Tanizaki, and YAMATO opposing Kotoka and Takagi. Kong would choose to side with Takagi against his former Twin Gate partner YAMATO, choosing to not oppose the Dream Gate champion Shingo. GM Yagi capitalized on this opportunity. 6 entrants were the exact number he wanted for the cage match at Dead or Alive, so all 6 were now entered into the match. Kong protested, but Mondai Ryu of all people stood up to him. Kong said he wasn’t going to be able to climb any cage, so Mondai Ryu should take his place. Mondai Ryu refused to be apart of it. They had an impromptu singles match where the loser would be put into the match which Mondai Ryu won by reversing the Cyber Bomb for an upset win within 30 seconds. The rules for this year are once again that the last fighter left in the cage will lose their hair or mask. However, there is an extra penalty that will only apply to those with their hair at stake. They will have to preserve the bald head for a minimum of one year. If Cyber Kong were to lose his mask, he has to permanently keep it off. Therefore no extra penalty applies. On May 5 Ryu failed to win Open The Brave Gate Championship from Yosuke Santa Maria later that night all the members of VerserK turned on YAMATO. On May 8 to June 12 Ryu participated at the 2016 King of Gate at block B and Ryu finished his block with no points losing all of his matches. On March 4 Eita faced El Lindaman for the Open The Brave Gate Championship. The match ended in a no contest due to Punch Tominaga and Ryu and Takehiro Yamamura (who was trying to save from the attack of VerserK) interference. Due to this the Open The Brave Gate Champion was vacated and Ryu was announced to take part in the tournament to crown the new champion.

On March 8 CIMA, Eita, Dragon Kid, Takehiro Yamamura, and Naruki Doi defeated VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, Cyber Kong, El Lindaman, and Punch Tominaga) in a Unit Headhunting Match. Because of the stipulation of the match CIMA choose Mondai Ryu their new member of Over Generation. Ryu was replaced at the Open The Brave Gate Championship tournament by Draztik Boy. After seven months injured, Ryu made his return on October 29 teaming with Over Generation stablemates CIMA, Gamma, Eita in an eight-man tag team match, where they defeated Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, Yasushi Kanda, El Lindaman.

On July 5, Over Generation was forced to disband after losing to ANTIAS in a Losing Unit Disbands Naniwa Elimination Rules Match. In December 2019, he entered the Dragon Gate stable in order to unite all Dragon Gate generation of wrestlers against Toryumon and R.E.D in a "Generation War". On December 27, 2020, after R.E.D forced Toryumon to disband, YAMATO decided to disband the Dragon Gate Generation stable, ending the "Generation War".

## Factions

* Mad Blankey (2012–2015)
* VerserK (2015–2017)
* Over Generation (2017–2018)
* Dragon Gate Generation (2019–2020)

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ **As Mondai Ryu**
		- *Mondai Ryusei* (Shooting star press)
		- *Problem* (Cross-armed ranhei)
	+ **As Super Shenlong (II)**
		- Shooting star press
* **Signature moves**
	+ *Mon-Knee* (Running knee attack)
	+ *Mon-Nel* (Full nelson slam)
	+ *Salt Attack* (Ryu throws salt in to the opponent's face)
	+ *World's Fastest Neckbreaker Drop* (Spinning sitout sleeper slam)
* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Problem Dragon"
	+ **"Kimata Ka no Mondai Ji"** (Japanese for the "Problem Child of the Kimata Family")
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Salty a Boo Boo!!" by Team Veteran Returns
	+ **"NAUGHTY GUY"** by HITOKI

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Dragon Gate**
	+ Summer Adventure Tag League Last place (2012) – with Cyber Kong and Kzy

## Notes

1. ↑ Two-on-one handicap Falls Count Anywhere, where Cima faced Ryu and Akira Tozawa.

## See also

* MAD BLANKEY
* Dragon Gate
* VerserK

## External links

* Cagematch Profile
* iheartdg Profile
* Mondai Ryu Blog