Jordan Ohara

The child of an African-American mother and a Japanese father, Jordan Ohara has the best features of both. Handsome as a model and with the upper body physique that landed him in several bodybuilding contests as a teenager.

Jordan Ohara was born as the son of a Charlotte, North Carolina mother and an Osaka, Japanese pro-wrestler father. Ohara was only two years old when his parents split and his father returned to the ring in Japan, leaving Jordan and his mother alone. As the child of a single military mother who worked long, hard hours to pay the bills, Jordan struggled to find his way as a youth, often getting into trouble. Jordan’s big break came when in Junior High when he discovered weight lifting. The school’s gym teachers were impressed by Jordan’s dedication in the weight room which - coupled with his good looks - made him a very popular young man as High School hit.

While in High School, Jordan had no interest in the usual football, baseball, basketball athletics, opting instead for wrestling and bodybuilding.

A two-time winner of the Mr. North Carolina bodybuilding contest by the age of 19, Jordan was spotted by a local pro wrestling promoter on the lookout for talent. He took Jordan under his wing, helping to train him for the ring. This particular promoter also had a connection in Japan and on Jordan’s 21st birthday, he was on a plane to Japan to wrestle for Tiger Paw Pro. He was part of a trio of stellar rookies with Hachiro Kinoshita and Jun Maeda.

With a couple of years of seasoning under his belt, Jordan is looking to come back to his home country and strike it big with the American Wrestling Alliance. He had an astounding rookie year, beating the likes of Ryan Martinez, Derrick Williams, Larry Wallace and Juan Vasquez, but the great rookie year end on a sour note as he fell victim to a Derrick Williams Future Shock.

Steamboat meets Tanahashi

The positive hip hop beat of NaS' "I Can" pumps through the arena.

#I know I can

Be what I wanna be

If I work hard at it

I'll be where I wanna be!#

With that chorus Jordan Ohara bounces through the curtains. He slides and hops to the ring, slapping hands with the ringside fans. The young muscular Blasian man bounces around the ring, slapping hands with every fan. He has grown his hair out into a high tight ponytail in back with two bangs hanging down on either side. He wears an elaborate caped bolero-style ring jacket designed to emulate the wings of a Phoenix and display his abdomen on top and below he wears shiny metallic Carolina blue tights with a white and gold trimmed Phoenix emblem divided between the and white boots with black heels. Jordan chants "I know I can" with some of the ringside kids before he vaults onto the ring apron and steps onto the second rope to leap over the top and land in the ring. There are plenty of applause and a few audible "I love you, Jordans" that ring out as he salutes the crowd with a karate flurry and drops into a kata in the middle of the ring.

Face… the faciest of faces