Cima

Nobuhiko Oshima (大島 伸彦) (born November 15, 1977), better known by his ring name Cima (most often stylized as CIMA), is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Gleat.

He had previously worked for Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), where he had also served as the company's president.

Cima is best known for his work with Dragon Gate (DG), whom he worked for from the promotion's formation in 2004 up until 2018.

In Dragon Gate, he held every available championship in the promotion, including the Open the Triangle Gate Championship a record 12 times.

Nobuhiko Oshima, otherwise known as Cima, graduated from the first class of Último Dragón's Toryumon dojo.

He quickly became the Toryumon wrestling promotion's biggest star.

He first wrestled as Shiima Nobunaga (making a few appearances in WCW under that name), then as Shiima (stylized in all capital letters), until finally shortening his stage name to Cima (also stylized in all capital letters), under which he still wrestles today.

He was one of the founders of the Crazy Max stable, and had a years-long feud with Magnum Tokyo, another first class graduate.

He began as a high flyer, utilizing the Mad Splash as his finisher.

This, however, took a toll on his body and especially his knees.

After returning from knee surgery he changed his style and started using the Schwein as his finisher.

He wrestled in Toryumon Japan until 2004, when the promotion separated itself from Último Dragón's dojo, and changed its name to Dragon Gate.

He created the Blood Generation stable in 2005, which had its final match in January 2007.

On July 1, 2007, Cima won Dragon Gate's main title, the Open the Dream Gate Championship, from Jushin Thunder Liger in Kobe, Japan.

Cima thus became the first wrestler to hold this title on two occasions.

Some time in May 2008, Cima developed a neck injury.

He tried to recuperate from it early as best as he could, but by the end of June, it was becoming obvious that he would need to take considerable time off to rest and heal up properly.

On June 29, he vacated the Dream Gate title, just a day shy of a one-year reign as champion.

On September 8, 2008, Cima appeared in a non-wrestling role at Dragon Gate's event Dragon Gate Hawaii at the Waikiki Shell, although he got involved in one match accidentally, hitting Stalker Ichikawa with a steel chair.

Cima would return to the ring on December 28, 2008, when he teamed with Jushin Thunder Liger in a losing effort to capture the Open the Twin Gate Championship.

It was also on this day that his Typhoon unit was brought to an end, after Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka lost in a Unit Split Survival Three-Way Six-Man Tag Match to teams from World-1 and Real Hazard.

After that, nothing more was heard from him for over a month.

The silence was broken when, on February 9, 2009, before WWE Friday Night SmackDown, he wrestled in a dark match against Jamie Noble in a losing effort.

He also wrestled for WPW in California on February 15 in a tag match.

On March 1, he made his return to Dragon Gate, and announced the formation of the Warriors-5 stable along with Susumu Yokosuka, Gamma, and Kagetora.

The fifth member, Ryoma, was added on the 20th.

Two days later, he defeated Masato Yoshino to become the new Open the Brave Gate Champion.

On April 15, he, Gamma, and Kagetora won the Open the Triangle Gate Title from Shingo Takagi, Taku Iwasa, and Dragon Kid.

They would eventually lose the belts to Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk and Pac.

He also challenged Open the Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi to a Title vs. Title Match on July 19, and despite putting up a valiant effort, he lost the Brave Gate to Doi.

He and Gamma then participated in the 2009 Summer Adventure Tag League Tournament, but they performed very poorly, only winning one match out of eight and finishing in last place.

On December 29, they won the Open the Twin Gate Title from Shingo Takagi and Yamato, but they immediately handed them back, declaring themselves only tentative champions, and desired to face a strong team to determine the actual champions.

On February 10, Cima and Gamma defeated Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino, officially becoming the Open the Twin Gate Champions.

This win made Cima the first man to win every title in Dragon Gate.

On March 22, Cima and Gamma lost the title to Takagi and Cyber Kong.

On May 13, 2010, Cima, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi defeated Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki and Akebono to win the Open the Triangle Gate Championship.

On October 25, 2010, Cima, Gamma and Horiguchi lost the Open the Triangle Gate Championship to Naoki Tanisaki, Yasushi Kanda and Takuya Sugawara.

Cima would regain the title on December 26, 2010, teaming with Dragon Kid and Ricochet.

On January 14, 2011, Cima and the Warriors turned heel, revealing themselves as the masked men who had been interfering in matches, and attacking Masato Yoshino and the World–1 group, before joining forces with Naruki Doi's group.

He also made appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019 and 2020.