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* ThreeAmigos:
** Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
** After forming his team-up with Minoru Tanaka, they added Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara to make it a trio.
** Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
** After forming his team-up with Minoru Tanaka, they added Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara to make it a trio.
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* FearlessFool: He was one of the worst mixed martial artists in the native team of RINGS (along with Yoshihisa Yamamoto, though Yoshihisa had the excuse of fighting some of the best ever and being lazy as hell), but as the quote above says, he gladly threw himself to any opponent they wanted to put against him.
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* FearlessFool: He was one of the worst mixed martial artists in the native team of RINGS (along with Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto, though Yoshihisa had the excuse of fighting some of the best ever and being lazy as hell), but as the quote above says, he gladly threw himself to any opponent they wanted to put against him.
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* UrExample: The first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
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* UrExample: The first RINGS Little Light Heavyweight Champion.
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* RunningGag: In RINGS, he had an unfortunate tendency to get tossed out of the ring by some of his opponents, examples include Willie Williams, Herman Renting and even Wrestling/VolkHan.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: A small but valiant guy.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: A small but valiant guy. His height was actually lower than the required height when Wrestling/AkiraMaeda was first recruiting for RINGS, but he was exempted from that requirement and passed the test as his fighting spirit was recognized.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayuki_Naruse The Other Wiki]].
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* BashBrothers: With Minoru Tanaka and Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara (both as tag teams and as a trio) and later with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (who coincidentally had also been a partner to Kakihara in AJPW).
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* BashBrothers: With Minoru Tanaka Wrestling/MinoruTanaka and Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara (both as tag teams and as a trio) and later with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (who coincidentally had also been a partner to Kakihara in AJPW).
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* HistoryRepeats: In early 1997, he suffered a situation with Valentijn Overeem oddly similar to that of Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura: was destroyed in a shoot fight with him and had to beat him in a worked rematch to rebuild his aura.
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Masayuki Naruse (born March 15, 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter. A highschool Shotokan karateka, Nagai joined Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's Fighting Network RINGS and soon was one of the promotion's most energectic rookies. Although he lacked talent as a MMA fighter and was often forced to make up for it with sheer chutzpah, he did prove to be a skilled pro wrestler, and with RINGS on the verge of dying, he left for greener pastures in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Naruse became New Japan's consultant fighting expert, engaging other shooters in feuds of all kinds and helping with their possible MMA ventures, until a series of injuries and bad luck strikes ended his momentum in 2005. Naruse left then the promotion and effectively retired from competition, wandering among gyms and dojos until opening his own, REZAEV Ogikubo.
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Masayuki Naruse (born March 15, 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter. A highschool Shotokan karateka, Nagai Naruse joined Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's Fighting Network RINGS and soon was one of the promotion's most energectic rookies. Although he lacked talent as a MMA fighter and was often forced to make up for it with sheer chutzpah, he did prove to be a skilled pro wrestler, and with RINGS on the verge of dying, he left for greener pastures in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Naruse became New Japan's consultant fighting expert, engaging other shooters in feuds of all kinds and helping with their possible MMA ventures, until a series of injuries and bad luck strikes ended his momentum in 2005. Naruse left then the promotion and effectively retired from competition, wandering among gyms and dojos until opening his own, REZAEV Ogikubo.
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* FinishingMove: Crazy Cyclone (open-handed spinning backfist), Naruse Lock (arm trap crossface from guard) and Kopylov Clutch (kneebar, learned from Wrestling/AndreiKopylov).
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* FinishingMove: Crazy Cyclone (open-handed spinning (spinning backfist), Naruse Lock (arm trap crossface from guard) and Kopylov Clutch (kneebar, learned from Wrestling/AndreiKopylov).
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* RealSongThemeTune: His entrance theme, "Ultra Soul" by B'z. In fact most of his themes were songs by B'z. He also used Warrant's "We Will Rock You" in his early RINGS appearances.
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* BashBrothers: With Minoru Tanaka and Wrestling/Masahito Kakihara (both as tag teams and as a trio) and later with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (who coincidentally had also been a partner to Kakihara in AJPW).
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* BashBrothers: With Minoru Tanaka and Wrestling/Masahito Kakihara Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara (both as tag teams and as a trio) and later with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (who coincidentally had also been a partner to Kakihara in AJPW).
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: In Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, he developed an attitude problem and on one occasion broke Yujiro’s jaw.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: In At the end of his career in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, he developed an attitude problem and on one occasion broke Yujiro’s Yujiro's jaw.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Mostly wore blue in his early days in RINGS, then he switched to black with with white streaks.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Mostly wore blue in his early days in RINGS, then he switched to black with with white streaks. Later got blue again in NJPW.
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** He and Minoru Tanaka gained each other's respect after Naruse defeated him, so they became a tag team afterwards. ** Also happened when Naruse wrestled with Mitsuya Nagai to a draw, although this time the respect was substantially one-sided and Nagai ended up betraying him.
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** He and Minoru Tanaka gained each other's respect after Naruse defeated him, so they became a tag team afterwards. afterwards.
** Also happened when Naruse wrestled with Mitsuya Nagai to a draw, although this time the respect was substantially one-sided and Nagai ended up betraying him.
** Also happened when Naruse wrestled with Mitsuya Nagai to a draw, although this time the respect was substantially one-sided and Nagai ended up betraying him.
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* FinishingMove: Crazy Cyclone (open-handed spinning backfist), Naruse Lock (arm trap crossface from guard) and Kopylov Clutch (kneebar).
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* FinishingMove: Crazy Cyclone (open-handed spinning backfist), Naruse Lock (arm trap crossface from guard) and Kopylov Clutch (kneebar).(kneebar, learned from Wrestling/AndreiKopylov).
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* HeAlsoDid: Was involved in the creation of the rules for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling's Ultimate Crush event.
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* HeAlsoDid: Was HiddenDepths: Although he was never a great MMA fighter, he knew a lot about the sport and was reportedly a great coach and training partner, even being involved in the creation of the rules for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling's Ultimate Crush event.event. This is also why he works as a trainer nowadays.
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* NiceGuy: Even after Egan Inoue disqualified himself in order to beat down Naruse as a revenge to a fortuitous eye gouge, Naruse still tried to plead reason with him.
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* NiceGuy: Even after Egan Inoue disqualified himself in order to beat down Naruse as a revenge to a fortuitous eye gouge, Naruse still tried to plead reason with him. Later also tried to keep Mitsuya Nagai in the babyface side even although it was clear Nagai didn't like him too much.
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* ADayInTheLimeLight: Won an eight man tournament to become the first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
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** Won an eight man tournament to become the first RINGS Little Heavyweight
** His debut in NJPW was this in all senses: in his very first match, he took the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Minoru Tanaka, only to lose it miserably to [[Wrestling/KendoKashin Tokimitsu Ishizawa]] three months later.
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* BarbarianLongHair: Which got him the nickname "[[TheBerserker Berserker]]", after the character from VisualNovel/FateStayNight.
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* BarbarianLongHair: Which got him the nickname "[[TheBerserker Berserker]]", after the character from VisualNovel/FateStayNight.''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
* BashBrothers: With Minoru Tanaka and Wrestling/Masahito Kakihara (both as tag teams and as a trio) and later with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (who coincidentally had also been a partner to Kakihara in AJPW).
* BashBrothers: With Minoru Tanaka and Wrestling/Masahito Kakihara (both as tag teams and as a trio) and later with Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (who coincidentally had also been a partner to Kakihara in AJPW).
* DefeatMeansRespect:
** He and Minoru Tanaka gained each other's respect after Naruse defeated him, so they became a tag team afterwards. ** Also happened when Naruse wrestled with Mitsuya Nagai to a draw, although this time the respect was substantially one-sided and Nagai ended up betraying him.
** He and Minoru Tanaka gained each other's respect after Naruse defeated him, so they became a tag team afterwards. ** Also happened when Naruse wrestled with Mitsuya Nagai to a draw, although this time the respect was substantially one-sided and Nagai ended up betraying him.
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* RedBaron: "Ultra Soul", "Kyosenshi" ("Mad Soldier"), "Jiyujin" ("The Free Man"), "Jikken Rīgu Otoko" ("Experimental League Man"), "Berserker", "Phantom".
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* RedBaron: "Ultra Soul", "Kyosenshi" ("Mad ("Berserker", literally "Mad Soldier"), "Jiyujin" ("The Free Man"), "Jikken Rīgu Otoko" ("Experimental League Man"), "Berserker", Man", due to his participation in the RINGS Experimental Leagues), "Phantom".
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* ThreeAmigos: Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
* TheUnfavourite: He was pushed at the end because he had charisma and good working skills, which the promotion needed in its final years, but before that the stardom had been kept away from Naruse for years, especially due to his little success in legit shoots.
* UrExample: The first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
* TheUnfavourite: He was pushed at the end because he had charisma and good working skills, which the promotion needed in its final years, but before that the stardom had been kept away from Naruse for years, especially due to his little success in legit shoots.
* UrExample: The first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
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* ThreeAmigos: ThreeAmigos:
** Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
** After forming his team-up with Minoru Tanaka, they added Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara to make it a trio.
* TheUnfavourite: He was pushed at the end of RINGS because he had charisma and good working skills, which the promotion needed in its final years, but before that the stardom had been kept away from Naruse for years, especially due to his little success in legit shoots.
* UrExample: The first RINGS Little HeavyweightChampion.Champion.
* TheWorfEffect: Lost to Tokimitsu Ishizawa in half a minute. Later did the same to Tadao Yasuda, though.
** Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
** After forming his team-up with Minoru Tanaka, they added Wrestling/MasahitoKakihara to make it a trio.
* TheUnfavourite: He was pushed at the end of RINGS because he had charisma and good working skills, which the promotion needed in its final years, but before that the stardom had been kept away from Naruse for years, especially due to his little success in legit shoots.
* UrExample: The first RINGS Little Heavyweight
* TheWorfEffect: Lost to Tokimitsu Ishizawa in half a minute. Later did the same to Tadao Yasuda, though.
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-->''"Whatever it is, I'll do it."''
Masayuki Naruse (born March 15, 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter. A highschool Shotokan karateka, Nagai joined Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's Fighting Network RINGS and soon was one of the promotion's most energectic rookies. Although he lacked talent as a MMA fighter and was often forced to make up for it with sheer chutzpah, he did prove to be a skilled pro wrestler, and with RINGS on the verge of dying, he left for greener pastures in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Naruse became New Japan's consultant fighting expert, engaging other shooters in feuds of all kinds and helping with their possible MMA ventures, until a series of injuries and bad luck strikes ended his momentum in 2005. Naruse left then the promotion and effectively retired from competition, wandering among gyms and dojos until opening his own, REZAEV Ogikubo.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayuki_Naruse The Other Wiki]].
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!! "Ultra Tropes":
* ADayInTheLimeLight: Won an eight man tournament to become the first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/AkiraMaeda.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: In Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, he developed an attitude problem and on one occasion broke Yujiro’s jaw.
* BarbarianLongHair: Which got him the nickname "[[TheBerserker Berserker]]", after the character from VisualNovel/FateStayNight.
* ChallengeSeeker: He challenged Seidokaikan karateka and K-1 fighter Nobuaki Kakuda to a fight, but it didn't take place.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Mostly wore blue in his early days in RINGS, then he switched to black with with white streaks.
* CoolTeacher: Is now a personal trainer and has his own gym. He was also a MMA trainer for the New Japan Dojo and cornered their wrestlers in MMA fights.
* DavidVersusGoliath:
** His MMA fight with Jan "The Giant" Nortje, who towered over him and outweighed him by 50kg, which he won by rear naked choke.
** In New Japan at 5’8, 193 lbs., Naruse was a IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion who often mixed it up with people twice his size.
* FearlessFool: He was one of the worst mixed martial artists in the native team of RINGS (along with Yoshihisa Yamamoto, though Yoshihisa had the excuse of fighting some of the best ever and being lazy as hell), but as the quote above says, he gladly threw himself to any opponent they wanted to put against him.
* FinishingMove: Crazy Cyclone (open-handed spinning backfist), Naruse Lock (arm trap crossface from guard) and Kopylov Clutch (kneebar).
* TheHeart: Charismatic and brave, a symbol of RINGS undercard.
* HeAlsoDid: Was involved in the creation of the rules for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling's Ultimate Crush event.
* IKnowKarate: A black belt from the Shotokan school. Also trained shoot wrestling under Wrestling/AkiraMaeda.
* KickTheDog: Brutally attacked Yujiro and almost Osamu Nishimura to prove Wrestling/RikiChoshu that he wanted to stay in New Japan. Ironically, he ended leaving anyway.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Unusually long hair? Check. Good looks? Check. Style? Check.
* MoralityPet: Mitsuya Nagai in New Japan. Naruse had wanted to pull him out from the evil Black New Japan army, but when he failed in this purpose (Nagai turned on him and left NJPW shortly after), Naruse became the arrogant fighter he would come to be known as.
* NiceGuy: Even after Egan Inoue disqualified himself in order to beat down Naruse as a revenge to a fortuitous eye gouge, Naruse still tried to plead reason with him.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: A small but valiant guy.
* RealSongThemeTune: His entrance theme, "Ultra Soul" by B'z. In fact most of his themes were songs by B'z. He also used Warrant's "We Will Rock You" in his early RINGS appearances.
* RedBaron: "Ultra Soul", "Kyosenshi" ("Mad Soldier"), "Jiyujin" ("The Free Man"), "Jikken Rīgu Otoko" ("Experimental League Man"), "Berserker", "Phantom".
* SpectacularSpinning: He loved the spinning backfist and used it whenever he could (and, in case of shoot fights, even whenever he could not).
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: He was the wise guy to Ryogaku Wada (former UWF-i referee)'s straight man during the press conference in which they explained together the ruleset of NJPW Ultimate Crash.
* ThreeAmigos: Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
* TheUnfavourite: He was pushed at the end because he had charisma and good working skills, which the promotion needed in its final years, but before that the stardom had been kept away from Naruse for years, especially due to his little success in legit shoots.
* UrExample: The first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
-->''"Whatever it is, I'll do it."''
Masayuki Naruse (born March 15, 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter. A highschool Shotokan karateka, Nagai joined Wrestling/AkiraMaeda's Fighting Network RINGS and soon was one of the promotion's most energectic rookies. Although he lacked talent as a MMA fighter and was often forced to make up for it with sheer chutzpah, he did prove to be a skilled pro wrestler, and with RINGS on the verge of dying, he left for greener pastures in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Naruse became New Japan's consultant fighting expert, engaging other shooters in feuds of all kinds and helping with their possible MMA ventures, until a series of injuries and bad luck strikes ended his momentum in 2005. Naruse left then the promotion and effectively retired from competition, wandering among gyms and dojos until opening his own, REZAEV Ogikubo.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayuki_Naruse The Other Wiki]].
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!! "Ultra Tropes":
* ADayInTheLimeLight: Won an eight man tournament to become the first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/AkiraMaeda.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: In Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, he developed an attitude problem and on one occasion broke Yujiro’s jaw.
* BarbarianLongHair: Which got him the nickname "[[TheBerserker Berserker]]", after the character from VisualNovel/FateStayNight.
* ChallengeSeeker: He challenged Seidokaikan karateka and K-1 fighter Nobuaki Kakuda to a fight, but it didn't take place.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Mostly wore blue in his early days in RINGS, then he switched to black with with white streaks.
* CoolTeacher: Is now a personal trainer and has his own gym. He was also a MMA trainer for the New Japan Dojo and cornered their wrestlers in MMA fights.
* DavidVersusGoliath:
** His MMA fight with Jan "The Giant" Nortje, who towered over him and outweighed him by 50kg, which he won by rear naked choke.
** In New Japan at 5’8, 193 lbs., Naruse was a IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion who often mixed it up with people twice his size.
* FearlessFool: He was one of the worst mixed martial artists in the native team of RINGS (along with Yoshihisa Yamamoto, though Yoshihisa had the excuse of fighting some of the best ever and being lazy as hell), but as the quote above says, he gladly threw himself to any opponent they wanted to put against him.
* FinishingMove: Crazy Cyclone (open-handed spinning backfist), Naruse Lock (arm trap crossface from guard) and Kopylov Clutch (kneebar).
* TheHeart: Charismatic and brave, a symbol of RINGS undercard.
* HeAlsoDid: Was involved in the creation of the rules for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling's Ultimate Crush event.
* IKnowKarate: A black belt from the Shotokan school. Also trained shoot wrestling under Wrestling/AkiraMaeda.
* KickTheDog: Brutally attacked Yujiro and almost Osamu Nishimura to prove Wrestling/RikiChoshu that he wanted to stay in New Japan. Ironically, he ended leaving anyway.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Unusually long hair? Check. Good looks? Check. Style? Check.
* MoralityPet: Mitsuya Nagai in New Japan. Naruse had wanted to pull him out from the evil Black New Japan army, but when he failed in this purpose (Nagai turned on him and left NJPW shortly after), Naruse became the arrogant fighter he would come to be known as.
* NiceGuy: Even after Egan Inoue disqualified himself in order to beat down Naruse as a revenge to a fortuitous eye gouge, Naruse still tried to plead reason with him.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: A small but valiant guy.
* RealSongThemeTune: His entrance theme, "Ultra Soul" by B'z. In fact most of his themes were songs by B'z. He also used Warrant's "We Will Rock You" in his early RINGS appearances.
* RedBaron: "Ultra Soul", "Kyosenshi" ("Mad Soldier"), "Jiyujin" ("The Free Man"), "Jikken Rīgu Otoko" ("Experimental League Man"), "Berserker", "Phantom".
* SpectacularSpinning: He loved the spinning backfist and used it whenever he could (and, in case of shoot fights, even whenever he could not).
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: He was the wise guy to Ryogaku Wada (former UWF-i referee)'s straight man during the press conference in which they explained together the ruleset of NJPW Ultimate Crash.
* ThreeAmigos: Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
* TheUnfavourite: He was pushed at the end because he had charisma and good working skills, which the promotion needed in its final years, but before that the stardom had been kept away from Naruse for years, especially due to his little success in legit shoots.
* UrExample: The first RINGS Little Heavyweight Champion.
