| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battlarts.PNG]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Battlarts Never Die!]] |
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| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[folder:Battlarts natives]] |
| 7 | %%!!!Michiya Chiba |
| 8 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | !!!Kazumasa Fujimoto |
| 11 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 12 | * CombatCommentator: A regular commentator for Battlarts. |
| 13 | * EmbarrassingNickname: "Make Masa" due to him losing amateur matches on Christmas for two consecutive years. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | %%!!!Ryō Hasegawa |
| 16 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | %%!!!Wrestling/IkutoHidaka |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !!!Ryuji Hijikata |
| 21 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa, Wrestling/ToshiakiKawada, and Masanobu Fuchi. |
| 22 | %% * CoolMask: As Toshizo. |
| 23 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In his early career, he wore long pants with a martial art belt as his wrestling attire. He abandoned it for wrestling trunks with knee and shin guard boots. |
| 24 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Was a senior to Naomichi Marufuji at Saitama Rong High School. |
| 25 | * DueToTheDead: His uncle was the one that encouraged him to pursue pro wrestling, but he died a few days before Ryuji made his debut. So Ryuji promised to win a title belt and visit his uncle's grave to thank him, and did so after winning AJPW's World Junior Heavyweight Championship on April 29 2008. |
| 26 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Ryuji Hijikata and Toshizo. His real name is stated to be Takayuki Yagi. |
| 27 | %%* RedBaron: "Ke Geki Senshi" ("Fierce Warrior"), "One Man Shinsengumi", "Urami Shinsengumi" ("Shinsengumi of Hatred") |
| 28 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left Battlarts in 2001 as he never reached top status there and joined Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling full time. |
| 29 | * ShrinkingViolet: Is said to be quite shy in real life. |
| 30 | * TheWorfEffect: Was badly worfed by Tiger Mask IV in a Vale Tudo rules fight. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | !!!Setsu Iguchi |
| 33 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 34 | * BashBrothers: He joined up with Routan Sasaki to form a MMA team called Badass 13. |
| 35 | %% * CombatReferee: Served as one in Battlarts. |
| 36 | %%* CoolTeacher: Was an instructor at the Battlarts Dojo. |
| 37 | %%* GuestFighter: Has fought in Shooto. |
| 38 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Was not a pro wrestler, he trained at the Battlarts Dojo for MMA. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | !!!Hideya Iso |
| 41 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 42 | %% * {{Jobber}}: Mostly. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | !!!Satoshi Kobayashi |
| 45 | * TheApprentice: He has trained under many different coaches, the longest one was Toshio Fujiwara. |
| 46 | %%* CoolTeacher: Is now a kickboxing coach and has trained people like Wrestling/IkutoHidaka and Yuhi. |
| 47 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Was a guest trainer at the Battlarts dojo B-Club. |
| 48 | %%* RedBaron: "Norainu" ("Stray Dog"). |
| 49 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Has wrestled for Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1 and even collaborated with them to form his Norainu Dojo to train their wrestlers. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | !!!Tomoya Miyashita |
| 52 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa and Kenichi Yamamoto. |
| 53 | * NameOrderConfusion: He puts his birth name first instead of the usual way Japanese names are written by having their surname first. |
| 54 | %%* RedBaron: "DEEP no Kubigari King" ("DEEP Neck Hunting King"). |
| 55 | |
| 56 | !!!Kentaro Nakamura/Urban Ken |
| 57 | %%* AffectionateNickname: "Kenny" Nakamura. |
| 58 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 59 | * BewareOfViciousDog: Wore a dog collar with a chain during his entrance and acted mean to almost everyone. |
| 60 | * BrattyHalfPint: One of the smallest Battlarts wrestlers and developed a gimmick of acting like a mean-spirited punk with a more brawler style of wrestling. |
| 61 | * ChainPain: Sometimes used his dog collar and chain as a weapon. |
| 62 | %%* CombatReferee: Became one after he retired from wrestling in 2001. |
| 63 | * DelinquentHair: A short mohawk, though he left enough hair to keep the rest of his head covered. |
| 64 | %%* {{Jobber}}: His role in the promotion. |
| 65 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: He used the spear a lot in pro wrestling due to his rugby background. |
| 66 | * RedIsHeroic: Subverted, he often wore red wrestling tights, but was a mean-spirited punk. |
| 67 | %%* RugbyIsSlaughter: Played in college. |
| 68 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Was probably the only native from the Battlarts Dojo that acted as a heel in Battlarts itself. |
| 69 | * UseYourHead: Used headbutts frequently in matches. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | %%!!!Nagatoshi Nakamura |
| 72 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 73 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 74 | |
| 75 | %%!!!Tetsuya Nishi |
| 76 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | !!!Daisuke Noguchi |
| 79 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuji Shimada. |
| 80 | * CombatCommentator: Has commentated for a few Battlarts shows. |
| 81 | * CombatReferee: Has refereed for Battlarts, Wrestling/FightingOperaHustle, PRIDE, DREAM, and many other events. |
| 82 | %%* CoolTeacher: Is certified physical trainer from BCG Gym. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | !!!Takahiro Oba |
| 85 | -->''"Stop me if you've heard this one: Takahiro Oba was a shoot-style professional wrestler who was pushed into MMA by his management in BATTLARTS. He wasn't very good at it, made three Pride appearances--all losses--and went on to retire with a losing record of 5-7-1, with only one victory coming against an opponent with a winning record. He was a brawler with a slight background in judo, and drew upon this and his shoot-style training for a modicum of defensive grappling, but his primary skill as a fighter was 'is tough'. Oh, and because it was Pride, his successful record against nobody meant he of course wound up in over his head: His most visible appearance came at Pride: Bushido 6, wherein the 3-3-1 Oba, fresh off his first-round TKO of the 0-0 Kenichiro Shinohara, was matched against the 21-7-1-1 Denis Kang, the heavyweight champion of Spirit MC and future Pride Welterweight GP finalist. It went exactly as well as you are thinking. It wasn't his first run-in with trauma above his skill level, either: He'd go on to fight and lose regularly on the regional circuit, getting choked out by Cyrille Diabate and TKOed by James Te Huna, which finally ended his career. He returned to shoot-style wrestling, and did so for another four years before retiring from that, too."'' |
| 86 | -->-- A profile of Oba from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 87 | |
| 88 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka and was his sparring partner and usual second for his MMA fights. |
| 89 | %%* CoolTeacher: Was briefly a trainer at Takada Dojo. |
| 90 | * {{Determinator}}: Was thrown into MMA fights by Battlarts for some reason. Despite his limited training, he managed a short career of 5 wins, 7 losses, and a draw. |
| 91 | %%* {{Jobber}}: Mostly. |
| 92 | %%* RugbyIsSlaughter: Played it before coming to Battlarts. |
| 93 | |
| 94 | !!!Mamoru/Tamashii Okamoto/Mr Sakai |
| 95 | %%* TheApprentice: To Animal Hamaguchi, Katsutoshi Niiyama, and Yuki Ishikawa, and Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara. |
| 96 | * CanonImmigrant: Was originally from Wrestling/{{FMW}} before coming to Battlarts. |
| 97 | %%* CoolTeacher: Became an amateur wrestling trainer at the Battlarts Dojo when he retired from wrestling. |
| 98 | %%* IHaveManyNames: Look above. |
| 99 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 100 | |
| 101 | %%!!!Keisuke Ōnuma |
| 102 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 103 | |
| 104 | !!!Tsubakichi Sansyu |
| 105 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He never wrestled in Battlarts but did train at its dojo. He did later wrestle for the Battle Arts promotion though. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | %%!!!Daisuke Satō |
| 108 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | !!!Manabu Sato/Hara/Suruga |
| 111 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa and Katsumi Usuda. |
| 112 | %%* CoolTeacher: Is now a wrestling trainer. |
| 113 | * HeroicBuild: One of the best bodies in Battlarts due to his hobby of UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}}. |
| 114 | %%* IHaveManyNames: Look above. |
| 115 | * StartMyOwn: Founded Soul Mode Pro Wrestling. |
| 116 | |
| 117 | !!!Ryōta Sasaki |
| 118 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa and Setsu Iguchi. |
| 119 | * BashBrothers: He joined up with Setsu Iguchi to form a MMA team called Badass 13. |
| 120 | |
| 121 | !!!Munenori Sawa |
| 122 | * AffectionateParody: His Lingerie Mutoh gimmick is one to Wrestling/KeijiMutoh. As Lingerie Mutoh, Sawa dressed in a bald cap, fake facial hair and women's lingerie and adopted all of Keiji Mutoh's signature moves and mannerisms, often performing them in an exaggerated manner for comedic effect. He also played Lee Ranjei, a Chinese version of the persona for Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam’s New Beijing Pro Wrestling events. |
| 123 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa, Tamashii Okamoto, Wrestling/BillyRobinson and Yuki Miyato. |
| 124 | %%* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/IkutoHidaka. |
| 125 | %% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: You’d have to be to do some of the stuff Sawa has done in his career. |
| 126 | %%* CoolTeacher: Is a qualified kindergarten teacher. |
| 127 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Was in an amateur match at a Battlarts show in 1998. He also fought at a Kingdom Ehgeiz show in 2002. |
| 128 | %% are they official examples? %% * InconsistentSpelling: Some sites list his name as "Muneki Sawa", another spelling of the kanji. |
| 129 | * InsistentTerminology: His style is not shoot-style, but Bati Bati (バチバチ, which effectively is not pure shoot-style, but mixed with lucha libre and regular puroresu). Though he is obvously not the only wrestler who uses it, he is the only on them who insists in using the name. |
| 130 | %%* {{Jobber}}: Was one for his first 2 years in Battlarts. He then TookALevelInBadass and became one of their main stars. |
| 131 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Won a Combat Wrestling tournament in 2005 and after retiring from pro wrestling, he has competed in grappling matches for the ZST promotion. |
| 132 | %%* RealMenWearPink: As Lingerie Muto. |
| 133 | %%* RedBaron: "Bati Bati Prodigy", "Puroresu Daidogeijin" ("Pro Wrestling Street Performer"). |
| 134 | * TheRival: Had a year long rivalry with Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka. |
| 135 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Battlarts and retired a few days after Battlarts had its final show in 2011. |
| 136 | ** TheBusCameBack: He has made several one night returns starting in 2016 though. |
| 137 | %% * WholesomeCrossdresser: Again. |
| 138 | * WouldHitAGirl: |
| 139 | ** Has wrestled Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}} in a rather one-sides beatdown. |
| 140 | ** He also worked several intergender matches alongside and against Wrestling/AwesomeKong and also wrestled World Wonder Ring Stardom representative Yoshiko in Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1 as Lingerie Mutoh. |
| 141 | ** Sawa also made several appearances for women's wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon against female wrestlers like Makoto, Miyako Matsumoto, Hikari Minami, and the promotion's founder Emi Sakura. |
| 142 | |
| 143 | %%!!!Tadashi Sawaura |
| 144 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | !!!Toshio Soranaka |
| 147 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 148 | * CoolTeacher: A fitness instructor since 1995 and has his own gym, Kuga Trainer's Room. |
| 149 | %%* RedBaron: "Kuga". |
| 150 | |
| 151 | %%!!!Hironori Takeuchi |
| 152 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | %%!!!Kenji Takeshima |
| 155 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 156 | %%* {{Expy}}: Sort of one to Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka due to their similar looks, build, and attire. |
| 157 | %%* FriendToAllChildren: Is now a childcare worker. |
| 158 | %%* LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one. |
| 159 | %%* StoutStrength: A bit pudgy. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | !!!Junji Tanaka/junji.com/Mach Junji |
| 162 | %%* TheApprentice: To Animal Hamaguchi and Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 163 | * CoolTeacher: Works as a trainer for Kyushu Pro Wrestling. He is also a former high school mathematics teacher. |
| 164 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He actually passed the entrance test in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but for some reason never debuted there and instead went to Battlarts. |
| 165 | %%* {{Fundoshi}}: Has wrestled in one. |
| 166 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Animal Junji, Hakata Yamagasa Junji, junji.com, Junji Inazuma, Junji Tanaka (his real name), Lightning Junji, Mach Junji, Texas Arahohshi Hakata Yamagasa Junji. |
| 167 | %%* IKnowKarate: Judo as well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. He also has MMA training under Dieusel Berto. |
| 168 | %%* LeotardOfPower: Wore one as his wrestling attire. |
| 169 | %%* RedBaron: "Hakata Yamakasa". |
| 170 | |
| 171 | !!!Masaharu Tanikawa |
| 172 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 173 | |
| 174 | !!!Ryūji Walter |
| 175 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/KarlGotch, Masami Soranaka, Yuki Ishikawa, Boris, Joe, and Wrestling/DeanMalenko. He also trained at School of Hard Knocks, a wrestling school led by Steve Kahn. |
| 176 | %%* {{Bouncer}}: Was one before he became a wrestler. |
| 177 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained NARITA, NORI and SEIYA. |
| 178 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Wrestled in the United States since 1997 before coming to Battlarts in 2003. |
| 179 | %%* HiddenDepths: Is now a masseur and has his own store. |
| 180 | %%* LeotardOfPower: Mostly wore one for wrestling. |
| 181 | %%* OddFriendship: With Road Warrior Hawk, who got him interested in wrestling. |
| 182 | %% * RedBaron: "The Tempest Dragon". |
| 183 | * StartMyOwn: Promoted his own yearly shoot style shows under the name, The Tempest Dragon. |
| 184 | * StoutStrength: Was slightly bigger than the average Battlarts wrestler. |
| 185 | |
| 186 | !!!Hironobu Yamashita |
| 187 | %% * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 188 | * CoolOldGuy: Competed in a MMA match at the age of 40. |
| 189 | |
| 190 | %%!!!Hideo Yamazaki |
| 191 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 192 | |
| 193 | !!!Keita Yano |
| 194 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Won the 2009 B-Rule Tournament. |
| 195 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. He also received training under Joe E. Legend, Negro Navarro and Tom Prichard. |
| 196 | %%* CoolTeacher: Head trainer at the Pro Wrestling WALLABEE dojo. |
| 197 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Brody Boy, KEITA in THE °C, KEITA in THE House*, Keita Kenta, and Keita Yano. |
| 198 | * IKnowMaddenKombat: Yano is a fan of soccer, having played the game with some success in high school. |
| 199 | * InsistentTerminology: Yano unified the WALLABEE TV Championship with the Capture International and Ricky Fuji Aggressive World Heavyweight Championships, creating what he referred to as the "Indie Triple Crown". |
| 200 | %%* PowerStable: Crying Wolf in Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam. |
| 201 | * PromotedFanBoy: Yano cites Wrestling/KendoKashin as his main influence in wanting to become a wrestler himself. He later also became a fan of Wrestling/BruiserBrody, adopting many of his in-ring mannerisms, including his signature "huss" chant, while also billing himself from Detroit, Michigan, Brody's hometown. Yano has wrestled as both "Kendo Ke Ita" and "Brody Boy" in honor of his idols. |
| 202 | %%* RedBaron: "Ankoku Kakumei Ōji" ("Dark Revolution Prince"), "Dramatic no Ikari no Futten", "Young Crying Wolf". |
| 203 | * ShoutOut: Named two of his signature moves after Swedish soccer players Freddie Ljungberg and Henrik Larsson. |
| 204 | ** In 2010, he debuted a new look with [[ThisMeansWarPaint face paint]] inspired by the ComicBook/TheJoker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. |
| 205 | |
| 206 | !!!Yūta Yoshikawa |
| 207 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 208 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 209 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: While not a bad wrestler, he didn’t really achieve much in his short career. |
| 210 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Retired in 2010 and hasn’t been seen since. |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:Battlarts gaijins]] |
| 214 | !!![[Wrestling/SantinoMarella Joe Basko]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | !!!Pequeño Guerrero |
| 217 | %%* TheApprentice: To luchadors Dr. Karonte, El Hijo del Gladiador, Rambo and Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 218 | %%* CoolMask |
| 219 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trainer El Sucesor. |
| 220 | * GuestFighter: He also wrestled at Kitao Dojo against Wrestling/{{Taru}} in the latter’s debut. |
| 221 | %%* IKnowKarate: Trained at the Battlarts dojo. |
| 222 | %%* {{Jobber}}: Mostly. |
| 223 | %%* MaskedLuchador: From Distrito Federal, Mexico. |
| 224 | * WrestlingFamily: He is not related to the family Los Guerreros family, but he does have a son who wrestles as Pequeño Guerrero Jr. |
| 225 | |
| 226 | !!!Viktor Krüger |
| 227 | -->''"Once you enter the ring you enter a totally different world with its own rules and laws. Actually it is most fun you can have without going to jail."'' |
| 228 | |
| 229 | %%* BashBrothers: With Carl Greco as Team X. Carl even calls Viktor his [[HeterosexualLifePartners brother]]. |
| 230 | %%* BloodKnight: Look at his quote above. |
| 231 | * {{Bouncer}}: Is now a professional bodyguard. |
| 232 | * CanonImmigrant: Was a wrestler for WCW and the Catch Wrestling Association before joining Battlarts. |
| 233 | %%* CoolTeacher: Has his own wrestling school and trained German wrestlers Marc King and Ken Mahler. |
| 234 | %%* ForeignWrestlingHeel: From Austria. |
| 235 | * TheGiant: 6ft 7 and about 300 pounds. |
| 236 | * {{Homage}}: Sometimes wore a CoolMask during his entrances and was introduced as [[Wrestling/BigVanVader Big Van Krüger]]. |
| 237 | * ImportantHaircut: In his fight with Han Nijman, after his hair band got lost after a knee to the face, he got out of the ring and made his cornermen cut his hair before resuming the fight. |
| 238 | %% are they official? %% * InconsistentSpelling: His surname is usually spelled as Krueger by English sites. |
| 239 | %%* RedBaron: "Das Original", "The Konstriktor", "The Master of All Evil". |
| 240 | * UnskilledButStrong: Not a great technician, but he was the biggest and strongest regular wrestler in Battlarts. |
| 241 | %%* TheWorfEffect: Got KO'ed by Hans Nijman at a RINGS Holland match. |
| 242 | %%* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Trained at the WCW Power Plant. |
| 243 | %%* WrestlingMonster: His gimmick in WCW and Battlarts. |
| 244 | |
| 245 | !!!Rastaman |
| 246 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Not really fat per say, in his prime he could get up to nearly 300 pounds and still perform things like rolling senton bombs and diving blockbusters. |
| 247 | %%* TheApprentice: To Jimmy Del Ray. |
| 248 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained guys like Bruce Santee, James Morrison and Matt Laurain. |
| 249 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Black Navy Seal, Leroy Anthony Howard (his real name), Rastaman, and Terrence Black. |
| 250 | %%* {{Jobber}}: Was one in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. |
| 251 | %%* RedBaron: "The Navy Seal". |
| 252 | %%* ScaryBlackMan |
| 253 | %%* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: As Rastaman Warrior when teaming with Road Warrior Animal. |
| 254 | * StoutStrength: Used a more powerhouse style of wrestling and was quite hefty. |
| 255 | * WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Wrestled in pants with the Jamaican flag on it. |
| 256 | |
| 257 | !!!George Silva/Terzis |
| 258 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 259 | %%* CoolTeacher: Is a wrestling trainer at the Battle Arts Academy. |
| 260 | %%* RedBaron: "Dynamite". |
| 261 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded the Canadian promotion Battle Arts with Yuki Ishikawa and Anthony Carelli. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | !!!Mick Tierney |
| 264 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Wrestling/KurtAngle, when they were both in Memphis Power Pro Wrestling. |
| 265 | %%* TheApprentice: To Tony Halme, Wrestling/DoryFunkJr, Wrestling/GeneLebell, and Gokor Chivichyan. |
| 266 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Abu Colossus. |
| 267 | * FakeUltimateHero: His gimmick was an European shootfighting champion and "Ultimate Fighter". He did have the training for it to be believable, though he has only one recorded MMA fight against Oleg Taktarov which he lost, which was also a bit sketchy since Taktarov was also a student of Lebell and Gokor. |
| 268 | * FightingIrish: From Dublin, though for some reason he was introduced as being from Belfast, Northern Ireland when he debuted for Memphis Power Pro Wrestling. |
| 269 | %%* ForeignWrestlingHeel |
| 270 | %%* HeroicBuild: Had quite the physique. |
| 271 | %%* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Is reportedly a nice guy outside of the squared circle. |
| 272 | %%* RedBaron: "The Irish Assassin", "Red Rock". |
| 273 | * WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Wore the flag of Ireland on his wrestling tights. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Battlarts joshi/Queen Bee]] |
| 277 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queen_bee_3.PNG]] |
| 278 | [[caption-width-right:350:A Missed Opportunity]] |
| 279 | %%!!!Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}} |
| 280 | |
| 281 | !!!Chie Ishikawa |
| 282 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa and Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | !!!Miho Miyauchi |
| 285 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 286 | %%* MsFanservice: Her role in the promotion. |
| 287 | * NonActionGuy: Was a ring girl for Battlarts. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | !!!Chihiro Oikawa |
| 290 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 291 | * CuteBruiser: A young woman in mostly pink gear, who does the stiffest style of pro wrestling. |
| 292 | * PinkHeroine: Most of her gear was pink. |
| 293 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: 5ft 2 and 65kg and kicks hard. |
| 294 | * QuittingToGetMarried: Retired from wrestling after getting married in 2010. |
| 295 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Was the only official female Battlarts wrestler (Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}} may have trained at their dojo and wrestled at their events, but was never officially considered a Battlarts wrestler). |
| 296 | |
| 297 | !!!Akino Ryoko |
| 298 | %%* MsFanservice: Her role in the promotion. |
| 299 | * NonActionGuy: Was a ring girl for Battlarts. |
| 300 | |
| 301 | !!!Mayumi Tamura |
| 302 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa |
| 303 | |
| 304 | %%!!!Rikako Yuasa |
| 305 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yuki Ishikawa and Yukinori Sasa. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Other wrestlers and figures]] |
| 309 | !!!Carlos/Rieko Amano |
| 310 | %%* TheApprentice: To Mayumi Ozaki. |
| 311 | * GameBreakingInjury: Retired from professional wrestling on April 15, 2015 due to damage to her brainstem. |
| 312 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 313 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as A-BOY, Carlos Amano, Kamen Tenshi Freya, and Reiko Amano. |
| 314 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Has a MMA victory against Yoko Takahashi at the Central Martial Arts Association (CMA): Octagon Challenge December 8, 1997 event, though it was because Takahashi was disqualified for illegally soccer kicking her in the head. |
| 315 | %%* RedBaron: "Ten Chin" ("Heaven"). |
| 316 | |
| 317 | !!!Andy Anderson |
| 318 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 319 | %%* TheApprentice: To Robby Royce, Vance Nevada, and Yuki Ishikawa. |
| 320 | %%* CarpetOfVirility |
| 321 | %%* CoolMask: As Lobo Blanco and Masked Superstar. |
| 322 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained guys like Bobby Sharp, Brady Roberts and Jesse Youngblood. |
| 323 | %%* GuestFighter: From IWA Puerto Rico. |
| 324 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Andy Anderson, Andy Lewis, Ayatollah Anderson, "Buff" Anderson, Deja Vu, JT Atlas, Lobo Blanco, El Lobo Solitario, Masked Superstar, Mr. E, and Siberian Tiger. |
| 325 | %%* {{Parody}}: Of Buff Bagwell as "Buff" Anderson. |
| 326 | %%* RedBaron: "The White Wolf", "The Lone Wolf", "El Lobo", "Alpha Wolf". |
| 327 | |
| 328 | !!!Hideo Arai |
| 329 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Is the chairman of Alpha Japan Promotion, the management team behind the political careers of Atsushi Onita and Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke, and as the management of behind their promotions. |
| 330 | * TheNicknamer: Was the one that came up with name Battlarts for the promotion. |
| 331 | * NonActionGuy: Was a wrestling promoter, not a wrestler himself. |
| 332 | |
| 333 | !!!Marty Asami |
| 334 | * CombatReferee: A Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling referee since 2002. He previously worked for Battlarts, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, and IWA Japan with his first job in 1995. |
| 335 | * HeAlsoDid: Was the driver of New Japan’s mobile bus. He also appeared in a UsefulNotes/McDonalds commercial. |
| 336 | |
| 337 | !!!Mohamed Azzaoui |
| 338 | %%* BoxingBattler |
| 339 | * GuestFighter: Appeared at the Battlarts vs The World event in a Different Styles Fight against Yuki Ishikawa, which he won. |
| 340 | %%* ScaryBlackMan: From Mostaganem, Algeria. |
| 341 | * ShoutOut: Fought in Battlarts under the name UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli. |
| 342 | |
| 343 | !!!Asian Cougar |
| 344 | %%* TheApprentice: To Gran Hamada and Yoshiaki Yatsu. |
| 345 | %%* CoolMask |
| 346 | %%* GuestFighter: A freelancer. |
| 347 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled Asian Cougar, Kappa Boy, Kappa Komachi, Kappa Kozu, Kuuga, and Vancouver Cougar. His real name is Koji Nishimoto. |
| 348 | %%* MaskedLuchador |
| 349 | %%* RedBaron: "Super Danger Fly" |
| 350 | |
| 351 | !!!Ricky Banderas |
| 352 | %%* TheApprentice: To El Mecanico. |
| 353 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Mr. Pleasure, Sweet Nancy and Xix Xavant. |
| 354 | %%* GuestFighter: From the International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico). |
| 355 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Asesor Cibernético, Gilbert el Boricua, Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Judas Mesias, El Mega Campeon de AAA, El Mesías, Mil Muertes, Muerte Cibernética, and Ricky Banderas. His real name is Gilberto Cosme Ramírez. |
| 356 | %%* MaskedLuchador: As Muerte Cibernetica. |
| 357 | %%* RedBaron: "El Mesias", "El Patriota", "Shi no Gaikotsu Kamen" ("Death Skeleton Mask"). |
| 358 | |
| 359 | !!!Black Sakai |
| 360 | %%* ArchEnemy: To Mamoru Okamoto in his Mr Sakai gimmick. |
| 361 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 362 | * UnknownCharacter: No seems to know who he is. |
| 363 | |
| 364 | !!!Bloody Blues A |
| 365 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 366 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 367 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is. |
| 368 | |
| 369 | !!!Bloody Blues B |
| 370 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 371 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 372 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | !!!Mike Bourke |
| 375 | -->''"One of the first prominent superheavyweights of MMA was Mike "The Rhino" Bourke, a 6'0" meat-mountain who fluctated between 270 and 300 pounds. He'd played football for most of his life, sniffed the NFL but never quite made it in, and found his MMA calling when a friend invited him to a judo class and dumbfounded him by repeatedly submitting him despite being outweighed by nearly 100 pounds. Bourke decided the whole fighting thing was something he needed to know about. And in the world of regional, turn-of-the-century superheavyweight mixed martial arts, being big, strong and fearless was enough to get you somewhere... but somewhere is not really very far, especially when you never actually take those judo classes. Bourke fought almost the entirety of his career in the King of the Cage promotion--he fought at the very first-ever KOTC show, in fact--and most of that career is hallmarked by his propensity for charging recklessly forward and losing in comical ways. Steve Treadwell knocked him out in eleven seconds at KOTC 1, Shungo Oyama knocked him out in seventeen seconds at KOTC 7 (in an outdoor event in the middle of a downpour while they were constantly falling down--seriously, look it up, it's like watching a cartoon in real life), Tank Abbott knocked him out in twenty-nine seconds at Wargods, and most famously, Alexander Otsuka beat him at Pride 11 by double armbar, a submission so incredibly unlikely a lot of people still think it was fixed. Bourke achieved the one true feather in his cap in his very last fight in 2010, TKOing a 46 year-old Ken Shamrock entering his third decade in combat sports. He retired at 10-16-1-1. While he may not have picked up many accolades in the sport, he was one of KOTC's better draws, and regional MMA owes him a debt for his years of suffering. Thank you, Rhino. Your rain-slickened knockout will live on in youtube fame forever."'' |
| 376 | -->-- A profile of Bourke from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 377 | |
| 378 | %%* AttackAttackAttack: His fight strategy. |
| 379 | * GuestFighter: Was a MMA fighter from the King of The Cage promotion. |
| 380 | %%* RedBaron: "The Rhino". |
| 381 | * StoutStrength: 6ft and nearly 300 pounds. |
| 382 | * UnskilledButStrong: Had very little MMA training, he just charged into his opponents thanks to his football background. |
| 383 | |
| 384 | !!!Rey Bucanero |
| 385 | %%* TheApprentice: To El Hombre Bala, Pirata Morgan, El Verdugo, El Satánico, and Franco Colombo. |
| 386 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained El Capo del Norte. |
| 387 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{CMLL}}. |
| 388 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as El Hatena Dos, El Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Hulk, Rey Bucanero, Rey Bucanero Jr., and Rey Ortiz. His real name is Arturo García Ortiz. |
| 389 | %%* MaskedLuchador: Was originally one, until 1999. |
| 390 | * {{Pirate}}: His ring name means ""Buccaneer King". |
| 391 | * RedBaron: "El Pirata", "Pirata Ortiz", "Pirata de Pandemonium", "Corsario del Amor", "El Rey de los Siete Mares". |
| 392 | * WrestlingFamily: Is part of the Pirata Luchador Family. He is the cousin of El Corsario, Drone, El Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr., India Sioux #2, Morgana, and Perla Negra, the nephew of El Hombre Bala, India Sioux, La Marquesa, Pirata Morgan, and El Verdugo, and is also the husband of La Diabólica. |
| 393 | |
| 394 | !!!Caribbean Invader |
| 395 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 396 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled against Junji Tanaka and Wrestling/IkutoHidaka in Battlarts. |
| 397 | |
| 398 | !!!Caribbean Invader #2 |
| 399 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 400 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled with Wrestling/IkutoHidaka (as "Palomino") against F.A.B. and Yuki Ishikawa (as "Kamikaze") in Battlarts. |
| 401 | |
| 402 | !!!Negro Casas |
| 403 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Is referred to by American fans as the "Wrestling/RicFlair of Mexico" and by Japanese fans as "Mexican Wrestling/RikiChoshu". |
| 404 | %%* TheApprentice: To Pepe Casas, Raúl Reyes, Rodolfo Ruíz, and Tony Sugar. |
| 405 | %%* CoolTeacher: Has trained many guys like Canelo Casas, Centauro, Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Cinthia Moreno, Dalys la Caribeña, La Flecha, Heavy Metal, Hornet, Wrestling/{{Konnan}}, El Mephisto, Noris, Pentagoncito Black, Pequeño Cochisse, Príncipe Negro, Ramstein, Ricky Marvin, Ricky Reyes, Rocky Romero, Sangre Azteca, Tiger and El Veneno. |
| 406 | * {{Expy}}: He is one to Wrestling/RikiChoshu as he was impressed by him when he first came to Japan. He grew his longer hair to match his, started wearing black wrestling short tights, and used the Scorpion Deathlock and lariat as {{Finishing Move}}s. |
| 407 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{CMLL}}. |
| 408 | * {{Kayfabe}}: As a child, he and his brothers often sat at ringside during their father's matches, pretending to be upset or cry whenever their father looked like he was getting beat up in the ring, a ploy that their father had taught them to help gain crowd sympathy. |
| 409 | * LegacyCharacter: Started his career as Pepe Casas Jr. |
| 410 | %%* PowerStable: La Peste Negra and Los Revolucionarios. |
| 411 | %%* RedBaron: "El 4:40", "Kuro Onikozō" ("Black Demon Boy"). |
| 412 | * RingOldies: In his 60s and still wrestling. |
| 413 | * TraumaticHaircut: Has lost his hair in matches about 8 times. |
| 414 | %%* WorthyOpponent: With El Hijo del Santo. |
| 415 | * WrestlingFamily: Is part of La Dinastia Casas ("The Casas Dynasty"), He is the son of Pepe Casas, the father-in-law of As Charro and Psycho Clown, the cousin of Black Star, the son-in-law of Chacho Medina, the husband of Dalys la Caribeña, the brother of Felino and Heavy Metal, the father of Noris, the uncle of Puma King, Canelo Casas, Danny Casas, Rocky Casas, Nanyzh Rock, Destroyer, and Tiger and the brother-in-law of El Veneno and Princesa Blanca. |
| 416 | |
| 417 | !!!Cola Kid |
| 418 | %%* BashBrothers: As Pepsi Boy as the Caffeine Connection. |
| 419 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 420 | %%* MaskedLuchador |
| 421 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is, though he is rumoured to be either George Takano or Basara from Wrestle Yume Factory. |
| 422 | |
| 423 | !!!Chad Collyer/Malenko |
| 424 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 425 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/DeanMalenko, Jeff Bradley (Wrestling/{{ECW}}'s Dudley Dudley), and Tom Prichard. |
| 426 | %%* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/BryanDanielson as The Metal Dragon. |
| 427 | %%* CoolMask: As Metal Master. |
| 428 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Billy Roc. |
| 429 | %%* GuestFighter: From Heartland Wrestling Association. |
| 430 | %%* HiddenDepths: In 2011, he began performing as a magician and mentalist. |
| 431 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Chad Collyer, Chad Malenko, Metal Master, and The Stealth. |
| 432 | * IKnowKarate: An accomplished wrestler, was a 2 time NCAA National Finalist in 1995 at 150 lbs and 1997 at 158 lbs, a 1995 NCAA West Regional Champion at 150 lbs, and a 3 time ICAC Conference Champion. |
| 433 | * UnrelatedBrothers: Wrestled as Chad Malenko as a tribute to his trainer. |
| 434 | |
| 435 | %%!!![[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels Curry Man]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | %%!!!Tommy Diablo |
| 438 | %%* TheApprentice: To Isaac Rosario. |
| 439 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Aleida Ortiz, JC Navarro, Mr. Pleasure and Sweet Nancy. |
| 440 | %%* GuestFighter: From the International Wrestling Association of Puerto Rico. |
| 441 | %%* RedBaron: "Mr. San Juan". |
| 442 | |
| 443 | !!!Dos Caras |
| 444 | %%* TheApprentice: To Gori Medina and Rafael Salamanca. |
| 445 | * CoolMask: A colorful mask with a figure of a two headed eagle on it. |
| 446 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio, Black Man Jr., Bobby Lee Jr., Cuervo and El Sicodélico Jr. |
| 447 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{AAA}}. |
| 448 | * JackOfAllStats: Mixed the lucha libre style of wrestling with a more mat-based, American wrestling style. |
| 449 | %%* MaskedLuchador |
| 450 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: His brother Mil Mascaras is way more popular than Dos Caras ever was, though he is considered "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico" by author James Molinaro. |
| 451 | %%* RedBaron: "El Two Faces", "Pepe", "Asuka Kamen" ("Flying Bird Mask"). |
| 452 | * RingOldies: In his 60s and still wrestles on occasion. |
| 453 | * WrestlingFamily: Is the father of Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio and El Hijo de Dos Caras, the brother-in-law of Black Gordman, the uncle of El Hijo del Sicodélico and El Sicodélico Jr, and the brother of Mil Máscaras and El Sicodélico. |
| 454 | |
| 455 | %%!!![[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio Dos Caras Jr]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | %%!!!Hidetomo Egawa |
| 458 | %%* GuestFighter: From IWA Japan. |
| 459 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 460 | |
| 461 | !!!F.A.B. |
| 462 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 463 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled with Yuki Ishikawa (as "Kamikaze") against Wrestling/IkutoHidaka (as "Palomino") and Caribbean Invader #2 in Battlarts. |
| 464 | |
| 465 | !!!Fantastik |
| 466 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Chico Che and Marcela. |
| 467 | %%* GuestFighter: From Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 468 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Bogeman, Esfinge, Fantastik, La Máscara, Shiryu #2, and Tutankhamen the 8th. |
| 469 | %%* MaskedLuchador: From Mexico City. |
| 470 | * WrestlingFamily: His brother is luchador El Cerebro. |
| 471 | |
| 472 | !!!Fugaz |
| 473 | %%* TheApprentice: To Memo Díaz, Negro Casas, Potro Salvaje, and Tony Salazar. |
| 474 | * CoolMask: Started with one, until he lost it. He started wearing one again when he switch to his Ramstein identity, then lost it again in 2015. |
| 475 | * DramaticUnmask: Lost a Luchas de Apuesta to Enemigo Publico and was forced to remove his mask. He experienced it again in 2015 when he and Cholo lost to El Soberano Jr and Star Jr. |
| 476 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{CMLL}}. |
| 477 | %%* MaskedLuchador: Was one until he lost his mask. Became one again as Ramstein. |
| 478 | * ShoutOut: His Ramstein name came from the band, Music/{{Rammstein}}. |
| 479 | |
| 480 | %%!!!Wrestling/MinoruFujita |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !!!Gulliver X |
| 483 | %%* BashBrothers: With his real brother George Takano, as well Hiro Saito as the Calgary Hurricanes. |
| 484 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 485 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Giant Dos Caras, Giant Zebra, The Great Zebra, Gulliver X, Kenji Takano, Shunji Takano (his real name), Super Ninja. |
| 486 | %%* MaskedLuchador: As Gulliver X, Super Ninja, and The Great Zebra. |
| 487 | %%* {{Pirate}}: His gimmick as Gulliver X. |
| 488 | %%* RedBaron: "Norainu" ("Stray Dog"), "Ningen Bazūka" ("Human Bazooka") |
| 489 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded Network of Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Crusaders. |
| 490 | * WrestlingFamily: Is the brother of George Takano, better known as The Cobra. |
| 491 | |
| 492 | !!!Gulliver XX |
| 493 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 494 | %%* MaskedLuchador |
| 495 | %%* {{Pirate}}: His gimmick. |
| 496 | %%* TagTeam: With Gulliver X. |
| 497 | * UnknownCharacter: Not one seems to know who he was. |
| 498 | |
| 499 | !!!Kayoko Haruyama |
| 500 | %%* TheApprentice: To Devil Masami. |
| 501 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 502 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Haruyama Jijo, Kayoko Haruyama, Kayoko Haruyama wearing Gym Clothes, Kuangtung Yuki Miyazaki, Kyoko Inoue-chu, Nise Kuragaki, Nise Kyoko Inoue, and Santa Haruyama. |
| 503 | %%* LovelyAngels: With Tsubasa Kuragaki as Harukura, and with Aoi Kizuki as Orange Happy. |
| 504 | |
| 505 | !!!Maya Hashimoto |
| 506 | %%* CombatReferee: Became one after she originally retired in 1999. |
| 507 | %%* CoolMask: As Round Girl. |
| 508 | * GameBreakingInjury: Originally ended her career in 1999 due to head injuries. |
| 509 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 510 | * IdenticalStranger: Sort of, she got her ringname Maya Hashimoto because her face resembles that of Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto. |
| 511 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Erika Watanabe, Kyoko Inoue #4, Maya Hashimoto, Round Girl, and Santa Watanabe. Her real name is Erika Akita. |
| 512 | * PutOnTheBus: Originally retired in 1999. |
| 513 | ** TheBusCameBack: Came break to wrestling in 2001 and wrestled till 2006 where she retired for good. |
| 514 | |
| 515 | !!!Hayabusa |
| 516 | %%* TheAce: Of Wrestling/{{FMW}} after Onita retired. |
| 517 | * TheAlcoholic: Turned to drinking himself to sleep when his injuries began mounting up. |
| 518 | * AlliterativeName: His real name is Eiji Ezaki. |
| 519 | * AnimalMotifs: His ring name means "Peregrine Falcon". |
| 520 | * TheApprentice: To Rey Misterio Sr, Takashi Ishikawa, Wrestling/UltimoDragon, and Tarzan Goto. He was also Atsushi Onita's main assistant. |
| 521 | * AscendedFanBoy: Was a fan of Mil Mascaras and Wrestling/SatoruSayama growing up. He even met Mil during his learning excursion in Mexico. Ironically, he was not impressed with Atsushi Onita as a junior heavyweight, who would later become his boss. |
| 522 | * BadassLongRobe: Wore a happi, which is a Japanese robe for his entrance. The first one he wore was gifted from his parents, it was estimated to cost a couple $10,000 yen ($100 USD) bills. |
| 523 | %%* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki, Mr Gannosuke, and Wrestling/MasatoTanaka. |
| 524 | * BrokenAce: One of the most tragic examples ever in pro wrestling, he put his body through hell for Wrestling/{{FMW}}, ended up paralyzed for the rest of his life and even considered suicide at one point. |
| 525 | * CombatCommentator: Worked for Wrestling/DragonGate as a color commentator as a favor to his friend Dragon Kid. |
| 526 | * CoolMask: A half mask that covered the bottom half of his face. He even came up with the design. |
| 527 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained the luchador Dunkel and Masaki Okimoto, better known as Rasse. |
| 528 | * DentedIron: Even before his accident, he had to change his lucha libre style to a more mat-based style due to the many injuries he suffered. |
| 529 | * {{Determinator}}: Wrestled with multiple injuries during almost the whole year of 1995 and refused to take a break so that Wrestling/{{FMW}} would thrive as he believed it was his responsibility as "The Ace of FMW". |
| 530 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His match with Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger in the first round of the 1994 Super J Cup. |
| 531 | * EvilMakeover: As H, with a complete makeover of colored hair, a tattooed chest and jeans. Exaggerated as The Darkside of Hayabusa. |
| 532 | * GameBreakingInjury: Suffered a career-ending injury in October 22 2001 when he attempted a springboard moonsault off the middle rope and lost footing, landing on his head, cracking two of his vertebrae and leaving him paralyzed. |
| 533 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 534 | %%* TheHeart: Of Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 535 | * HiddenDepths: Pursued a career as a singer after retiring from wrestling and has released three solo albums (one posthumously), an album with Dragon Kid, and an album with Koji Nakagawa and Masahiko. In May 2005, he performed a play called The Shinichi Amano Story at the Tokyo Shinjuku Theater. He portrayed the main character's best friend Fuyuki Hayato, an injured air pilot soldier in World War II, who is wheelchair-bound. His performance was given positive reviews. |
| 536 | * HopeSpot: By 2015, Ezaki had regained the use of his legs and could stand on his own and walk with a cane. He died less than a year later. |
| 537 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as The Dark Side of Hayabusa, Eiji Ezaki, H, and Hayabusa. |
| 538 | * ImportantHaircut: Dyed his hair as part of his "H" gimmick and later had to cut a large portion of it as the dye was killing his hair. |
| 539 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: Grew and kept his hair long and was considered very attractive to the female fans. Wrestling/{{FMW}} President Shoichi Arai wrote in his book that the real reason that Onita sent Ezaki to Mexico was because they would go out after shows and since Ezaki was Onita's assistant he would always come with him and all the girls would over to Ezaki instead of Onita. |
| 540 | * ManlyTears: Was prone to crying backstage after important matches. |
| 541 | %%* MaskedLuchador: One of the best Japanese examples. |
| 542 | * NeverBeHurtAgain: Was bullied in school for sucking in baseball, until a friend of his suggested he quit baseball and take up UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. |
| 543 | * {{Ninja}}: Said the design of his mask is a mixture of a ninja and a bird since he wanted to be flying like a bird could. |
| 544 | * OddFriendship: With Wrestling/MikeAwesome in real life. He also was for some reason [[Wrestling/EdFarhat The Sheik]]'s favourite of the Wrestling/{{FMW}} trainees and allowed Eiji to call him "Papa Sheik". |
| 545 | %%* RedBaron: "The Phoenix", "The Falcon", "The Flying Assassin". |
| 546 | * RefusalOfTheCall / UndyingLoyalty: Due to his impressive talent, he received offers with better salaries from Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/{{WWE}}, which could have driven him to success but he rejected all those offers out of loyalty to Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 547 | * ShoutOut: Part of his mask was based on {{Manga}} illustrator Shotaro Ishinomori's Henshin Ninja Arashi. |
| 548 | %%* SpotMonkey: Has been accused of this at times. |
| 549 | * StartMyOwn: Founded a Wrestling/{{FMW}} SpinOff called Wrestling's Marvelous Future. |
| 550 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger, they were close friends since 1994. The two had a falling out in 1996 after Ezaki turned down a deal with NJPW, but they mended their friendship in 2005. |
| 551 | |
| 552 | %%!!!Chin'nen Hokkai |
| 553 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke and Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki. |
| 554 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 555 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 556 | |
| 557 | !!!Tomoaki Honma |
| 558 | %%* TheApprentice: To Animal Hamaguchi and Wrestling/KeijiMutoh. |
| 559 | %%* BashBrothers: With Togi Makabe and Kazushi Miyamoto. |
| 560 | %%* CoolMask: As Makai Masked Canadian. |
| 561 | %%* {{Determinator}} |
| 562 | * DomesticAbuse: In November 2015, Honma's former girlfriend of 18 years, fellow professional wrestler Kiyoko Ichiki, accused him of domestic violence over the past four years. Honma denied the accusation, instead claiming that he was abused by her and stating that he was seeking legal action against her for trying to damage his career. |
| 563 | %%* FinishingMove: Turmeric Clutch, Kokeshi and Pillar Crash. |
| 564 | * FriendToAllChildren: Paid a visit to Tokyo’s National Center for Child Health and Development on January 12 2018 on behalf of NJPW to present the facility with a donation, while under going rehab from his own spinal injury. |
| 565 | * GarbageWrestling: Started out his career in BJW's deathmatch division. He had tried to enter Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling before that though. |
| 566 | %%* GuestFighter: From Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 567 | * HiddenDepths: He was originally a garbage wrestler that eventually developed into a solid and highly charismatic wrestler, sometime also unheard of. He also once owned a bar called "CeleBrity". |
| 568 | * {{Jobber}}: In NJPW, the only time he seems to wins is against Young Lions or as part of a tag team. |
| 569 | * NiceGuy: Is reportedly one of the nicest, down to earth guys that you can find in real life. |
| 570 | %%* PowerStable: Makai Club and G.B.H. |
| 571 | * RedBaron: "The Innovator of Lighttube Deathmatches", "The Kokeshi", "Husky Honma", "The Magician of The Apron", "Min'na no Kokeshi" ("Everyone's Kokeshi"), "Rodjiura no Zassō" ("Back Alley Weed"), "Shatei Kongu" ("Little Brother Kong"), "Gekikara Tonpachi" ("Spicy Tonpachi"). |
| 572 | %%* RickyMorton: Usually in tag teams with Makabe. |
| 573 | * TookALevelInBadass: Beat Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows with Togi Makabe to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship in Wrestle Kingdom 2016. |
| 574 | * UseYourHead: His sick looking Flying Headbutt which he has even done on an opponent lying on the floor. |
| 575 | |
| 576 | !!!Flying Kid Ichihara |
| 577 | %%* TheApprentice: To Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. |
| 578 | %%* GarbageWrestling: Most worked in promotions that had it. |
| 579 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 580 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Akihito Ichihara (his real name), Akihito Itahara, Atsushi Onita Jr., Convict #2, Ebessan #2, Flying Kid Ichihara, Onita Jr., and Rei Pandita. |
| 581 | %%* MaskedLuchador: As Rei Pandita. |
| 582 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded the revived Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Super Battle Pro-Wrestling FMW in 2015. |
| 583 | |
| 584 | !!!Nagaharu Imai |
| 585 | * HammyHerald: Was the main ring announcer for Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling and also worked for a few other promotions like Battlarts and Big Japan. |
| 586 | %%* LargeHamAnnouncer: His job. |
| 587 | %%* NonActionGuy |
| 588 | |
| 589 | !!!Kazuhiro Ishioka |
| 590 | * CombatCommentator: A commentator that also worked for IWA Japan and Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 591 | %%* NonActionGuy |
| 592 | |
| 593 | !!!Ryuji Ito |
| 594 | * TheAce: His first reign as BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion is the longest reign until now with 850 days, holding the titles for almost three years. |
| 595 | %%* AnimalMotifs / DragonsUpTheYinYang |
| 596 | %%* BashBrothers: With Masashi Otani as Dragon & Diamond. |
| 597 | * BlindWithoutEm: Wears contact lenses when he wrestles and wears glasses in real life. |
| 598 | * ConspicuousGloves: Wore fully covered gloves as part of his wrestling gear. |
| 599 | * GarbageWrestling: Another Big Japan wrestler that is well known for his death matches. |
| 600 | %%* GuestFighter: From Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 601 | * HeAlsoDid: Appears as himself in the video game Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood and also appears as himself alongside Daisuke Sekimoto, Abdullah Kobayashi, Takashi Sasaki and Jaki Numazawa in the 2006 movie Dirty Sanchez: The Movie. Ito and the other wrestlers perform wrestling moves on the three main cast members. |
| 602 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Antony Ito, Cordelia Ito, Death Match Dragon Panda, Dragon Hiryu, Jumbo Ito, Jumping Dragon Ito, Liu Bei Ito, Macbeth Ito, Macduff Ito, Oriental Dragon, Roku-chan, and Ryuji Ito. |
| 603 | %%* RedBaron: "The Death Match Dragon". |
| 604 | * ShoutOut: He based his gimmick on Liu Kang from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', which basically makes Ito a BruceLeeClone. |
| 605 | * WrestlingFamily: Is the husband of joshi wrestler and referee Nikkan Lee. |
| 606 | |
| 607 | !!!Quinton Jackson |
| 608 | -->''"My name's been Rampage since I was a little kid. Growing up, I had the worst temper on the planet. It's still pretty bad, now, if I lose it. But, I've learned better to control it. I feel like God made me to be a fighter: my big neck, my thick chin, my lower legs and the power I generate. My career is fighting; I love what I do."'' |
| 609 | |
| 610 | * TenMinuteRetirement: On September 22, 2009, Jackson wrote in a blog on his website that he was "done fighting", due to maltreatment by the UFC. On December 4, 2009, Jackson informed the community via his web blog that he would return to the UFC to finish his contract and wanted to fight Rashad Evans. |
| 611 | %%* TheApprentice: To Tito Ortiz, Lewis Rumble, Juanito Ibarra, Lance Gibson, and Bobby Rimmer. |
| 612 | * ArchEnemy: Wanderlei Silva. Silva previously beat Jackson twice in PRIDE, though Jackson got his revenge at UFC 92 in 2008 and evened the score with him at Bellator 206 in 2018. |
| 613 | * BloodKnight: Makes no secret that he loves fighting. |
| 614 | * ChainPain: Wore a steel chain around his neck during his entrances. He calls it The Rumble Chain and said that he started wearing it in high school when his little brother said to wear it for good luck in his amateur wrestling matches and also told him it might intimidate some of his opponents. |
| 615 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own MMA school, Rampage Fitness Academy. He also was a coach on ''Series/TheUltimateFighter'' Seasons 7 and 10. |
| 616 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Sold drugs from a young age and was involved in many street fights. |
| 617 | * DisappearedDad: His drug-addicted father disappeared when Jackson was only 10 years old, before returning to his life in 2003. |
| 618 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His Pride 15 against Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba. He lost due to a rear naked choke from Sakuraba, but captivated the Japanese fans with his exciting performance and also gained their respect and admiration for his valiant effort against a much more experienced opponent. |
| 619 | * FoeRomanceSubtext: Taken to a logical extreme by Jackson and Rashad Evans in a conference call for their UFC 114 main-event clash, both whom eventually lampshaded how homoerotic their trash talk had become: |
| 620 | --->'''Rampage:''' I bet you'd get an [expletive] from that. |
| 621 | --->'''Rashad:''' I probably will. But it'll be okay, 'cause it'll be in your mouth. |
| 622 | %%* GroinAttack: Was disqualified in his fight with Daijiro Matsui for this. |
| 623 | * GuestFighter: Was brought in for a PRIDE rules fight against Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka representing PRIDE. |
| 624 | * HeAlsoDid: Played Bosco Albert Baracus in the ''Film/TheATeam'' and has appeared in other films and tv shows. |
| 625 | * HeroKiller: Has beaten guys like Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka, Yuki Ishikawa, Masaaki Satake, Igor Vovchanchyn, Kevin Randleman, Mikhail Ilyukhin, Murilo Bustamante, Chuck Liddell, Ikuhisa Minowa, Ricardo Arona, Murilo Rua, Hirotaka Yokoi, Matt Lindland, Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Lyoto Machida, Matt Hamill, Muhammed Lawal, Satoshi Ishii, etc. |
| 626 | * HiddenDepths: His original dream was to be a pro wrestler, that or a stuntsman or firefighter. |
| 627 | * MetronomicManMashing: Is well known for slamming his opponents and his body slam has knocked out guys like Ricardo Arona. |
| 628 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Won a kickboxing bout against Cyril Abidi in K-1 in July 2002, later that year [[BullyingADragon Abidi wanted to prove that his loss to Jackson was a fluke]], and faced him on the New Year's Eve Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye card, again under K-1 rules, and lost again. |
| 629 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. |
| 630 | %%* RealMenLoveJesus: A born-again Christian. |
| 631 | %%* RedBaron: "Rampage", "Kairiki U. S. Maddo Doggu" ("Monster Power U.S. Mad Dog"). |
| 632 | * ScaryBlackMan: Was probably the first MMA fighter to overtly cultivate the trope with a "street thug" persona, which included wearing an industrial chain as a necklace and swearing profusely during interviews. He softened his image somewhat after his religious reawakening, but revived it when feuding with Muhammad "King Mo" Lawal and "Sugar" Rashad Evans, both rival African-American wrestlers. |
| 633 | |
| 634 | !!!Tony Jones |
| 635 | * TheApprentice: To his amateur wrestling coach Lars Jensen. He trained under Michael Modest, Dwayne Bruce, Terry Taylor, and Tom Prichard for pro wrestling. |
| 636 | * CoolTeacher: Served as an assistant coach for the San Francisco State University wrestling team before his graduation in 1995. |
| 637 | * FunWithAcronyms: Has wrestled as HTK, which originally meant Hard To Kill, though he later stated that it stood for Honor, Truth, & Knowledge. |
| 638 | * GeniusBruiser: Has a bachelor arts degree in broadcasting and electronic communication arts and a minor in speech communication arts. |
| 639 | %%* GuestFighter: From All Pro Wrestling. |
| 640 | %%* HeAlsoDid: Appeared in ''Film/BeyondTheMat''. |
| 641 | %%* LeotardOfPower: Usually wrestled in one. |
| 642 | %%* RedBaron: "The Shooter". |
| 643 | %%* ScaryBlackMan: As well as ButNotTooForeign, as his father was African-American while his mother was Japanese. |
| 644 | * SuplexFinisher: Used a lot of suplexes due to his background. |
| 645 | |
| 646 | !!!Takeshi Kagino |
| 647 | * CombatCommentator: A frequent commentator for NJPW and also worked for other promotions. |
| 648 | * NonActionGuy: Was not a wrestler. |
| 649 | |
| 650 | !!!Jun Kasai |
| 651 | %%* AxCrazy: He certainly has the look down. |
| 652 | * BodyHorror: The things he has gone through throughout his career would have killed a lesser man, like when he took a bump onto a light tube board which ripped open his left elbow, exposing bone. |
| 653 | * {{Bouncer}}: Once worked as a security guard before wrestling. |
| 654 | %%* CoolTeacher: Was once a trainer at the BJW Dojo. |
| 655 | * GarbageWrestling: A very notable garbage wrestler, though he also has a good grasp of technical wrestling. |
| 656 | %%* GuestFighter: From Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 657 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestledas Ape the Man, Brocken Jr, Edgar Kasai, Jun Kasai, Macduff Kasai, Nazo Fukumen KJ, and Romeo Kasai. |
| 658 | * JapaneseRanguage: He states he is from "Hiladelhia, America". |
| 659 | * MeanCharacterNiceActor: Aside from his in-ring personality, he is a noted to be a decent person in real life. |
| 660 | %%* OddFriendship: With Wrestling/ChrisHero. |
| 661 | %%* RedBaron: "Kyosaru" ("Crazy Monkey"), "Deathmatch Charisma", "666", "Blood". |
| 662 | |
| 663 | !!!Kato Kung Lee Jr |
| 664 | %%* CoolMask |
| 665 | %%* GuestFighter: From Internacional Wrestling Revolución Grupo. |
| 666 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Kato Kung Lee Jr, Kato Jr, and Kato Extreme. His real name is Johnny Lezcano Jr. |
| 667 | %%* MaskedLuchador |
| 668 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Subverted, he had a MMA match against Kazuki Okubo at a DEEP event and lost by armbar at about 3 minutes. |
| 669 | * WrestlingFamily: Is the son of the original Kato Kung Lee, his wife is luchadora Zuleyma and his sister-in-law is luchadora Miss Janeth. |
| 670 | |
| 671 | !!!Kaw*Kaw |
| 672 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 673 | %% are they official? %% * InconsistentSpelling: Her name is sometimes spelt as Cow*Cow on some sites. |
| 674 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who she is. |
| 675 | |
| 676 | !!!Daiyu Kawauchi |
| 677 | %%* TheApprentice: To Azteca. |
| 678 | %%* BashBrothers: With Masamune. |
| 679 | %%* GuestFighter: From Pro Wrestling KAGEKI. |
| 680 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Daiyu Kawauchi, Genkai, Hideyoshi, and Shingen. |
| 681 | %%* MaskedLuchador: As Hideyoshi. |
| 682 | %%* RedBaron: "Tenkabito". |
| 683 | |
| 684 | !!!Michael Kovac |
| 685 | -->''"Formerly, the opinions were clear: Some saw only show, the other sick brutality. For me it's 80 percent sport and 20 percent show. You have to be able to do the sport first, then you can start entertaining the audience. We certainly do not fight for life and death, we are not gladiators or cage fighters. The most important thing is to entertain the audience."'' |
| 686 | |
| 687 | %%* TheApprentice: To Otto Wanz. |
| 688 | %%* TheChessmaster: Is the booker for Verband der Berufsringer Top Catch. |
| 689 | * CoolTeacher: Owner of the Powerplexx wrestling school in Vienna. He has trained wrestlers like Blaze, Captain Steve Swallow, Chris Colen, Chris Raaber, Coone, Damon Brix, Daniel Haas, Dragan Okic, Franz Dynamite, Ingo Vollenberg, J-Hawk, Julian Nero, Maximilian Bismarck, Mexx, Miguel Ramírez, Muslim Sultanov, Oliver Gratzer, Rachel Fire, Ragnar Alvarr, Robert Dreissker, Robert Ray, SigMasta Rappo, Tom Hüttinger, Tommy Golden and Wrestling/{{Walter}}. |
| 690 | %%* ForeignWrestlingHeel: From Austria. |
| 691 | %%* GuestFighter: From Catch Wrestling Association. |
| 692 | %%* RedBaron: "Der Obermacker", "Shooter". |
| 693 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded European Wrestling Association and was a former booker. |
| 694 | * WrestlingFamily: His brother is pro wrestler Lexxus. |
| 695 | |
| 696 | !!!Tsubasa Kuragaki |
| 697 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Nana Kawasa. |
| 698 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 699 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Haruyama, Haruyama Chojo, Santa Kuragaki, Santa Tsubasa, Tsubasa Haruyama, Tsubasa Kuragaki, and Yasuko Kuragaki (her real name). |
| 700 | %%* LovelyAngels: As Harukura with Kayoko Haruyama. |
| 701 | |
| 702 | %%!!!Nobuyuki Kurashima |
| 703 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami. |
| 704 | %%* GuestFighter: From Muga. |
| 705 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 706 | |
| 707 | !!!Tetsuhiro Kuroda |
| 708 | %%* TheApprentice: To Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. |
| 709 | %%* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/MasatoTanaka. |
| 710 | %%* CoolMask: As Kurodaman. |
| 711 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Initially worked in low-card matches as an enhancement talent during his early years with Wrestling/{{FMW}} until he joined Atsushi Onita's ZEN faction in 1997, earning his first title shot at the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and the FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship that December. He would remain a part of many factions throughout the late 1990s and began rising to the main event status, winning his first WEW Heavyweight Championship in 2000. By the end of the year, the underdog Kuroda established himself as the company's top villain and formed his own group Team Kuroda to feud with the company's top fan favorite Hayabusa. He headlined the company's flagship event FMW Anniversary Show in 2001. |
| 712 | * GarbageWrestling: Trained at the Wrestling/{{FMW}} Dojo, though he first started his pro wrestling training at the Pro Wrestling Crusaders Dojo. |
| 713 | * GoofyPrintUnderwear: In his "Naked Man Death Match" against Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke, he was revealed to have been wearing Franchise/HelloKitty boxers when Sasuke pulled his pants down. |
| 714 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 715 | %%* RedBaron: "Saikō" ("The Best"). |
| 716 | * StartMyOwn: He promoted his first show called "Tetsuhiro Kuroda Festival" with himself putting up the finances and booking the show. He also promoted other shows under names like "Black Steel" and "Tetsuhiro Kuroda Productions". |
| 717 | |
| 718 | !!!Tomoko Kuzumi/Azumi Hyuga |
| 719 | %%* TheApprentice: To Cutie Suzuki and Devil Masami. |
| 720 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Manami Katsu and Yua Hayashi. |
| 721 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 722 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Azumi Haruyama, Azumi Hyuga, Haruyama #6, Nise Leon, Santa Azumi, Santa Hyuga, Tiger Honey, and Tomoko Kuzumi. |
| 723 | %%* RedBaron: "Silent Venus". |
| 724 | |
| 725 | !!!Lyguila |
| 726 | * AlliterativeName: His real name is Katsumi Kanai. |
| 727 | %%* TheApprentice: To Villano IV. |
| 728 | %%* CoolMask |
| 729 | %%* GuestFighter: Was a freelancer. |
| 730 | %%* MaskedLuchador |
| 731 | |
| 732 | !!!Touradj Mansouri |
| 733 | * GuestFighter: Was a MMA fighter from the King of The Cage promotion. |
| 734 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 735 | %%* RedBaron: "The Terror". |
| 736 | |
| 737 | !!!Pablo Márquez |
| 738 | %%* TheApprentice: To Larry Sharpe. |
| 739 | %%* CoolTeacher: Has his own wrestling school, The Main Event Training Center. |
| 740 | %%* GuestFighter: Was a freelance wrestler. |
| 741 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Babu, Gaijin, PABLO, Pablo Márquez, La Pantera Ecuatoriana, El Puerto Riqueño, and Ubas. |
| 742 | %%* RedBaron: "The Prodigy". |
| 743 | |
| 744 | !!!Kengo Mashimo |
| 745 | %%* TheAce: Of Kaientai Dojo. |
| 746 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TakaMichinoku. |
| 747 | %%* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His 2003 match in NJPW with Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger opened many puroresu fans eyes to him. |
| 748 | %%* GuestFighter: From Kaientai Dojo. |
| 749 | * IdenticalStranger: Stylically speaking, he used a shoot wrestling style for most of his career which let him be perfectly at home in shoot style promotions like Battlarts and U-STYLE. |
| 750 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Had 2 MMA fights, which he both lost. |
| 751 | %%* RedBaron: "Assassin", "Katana", "Sai Kyō no Shinken" ("Seriously The Worst"). |
| 752 | |
| 753 | !!!Masked Tiger #2 |
| 754 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 755 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled against Masao Orihara (as "Gekko") in Battlarts. |
| 756 | |
| 757 | !!!Rick Lee Mathis |
| 758 | * GuestFighter: Was a MMA fighter from the King of The Cage promotion. |
| 759 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 760 | |
| 761 | !!!MEN's Teioh |
| 762 | %%* TheApprentice: To Gran Hamada, Super Delfín, and Wrestling/TerryFunk. |
| 763 | * CampStraight: Though he denies being gay, he has won the GAY World Anal-Class Championship. |
| 764 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 765 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Takeo Otsuka (his real name), [[PrecisionFStrike Terry Fuck]], Terry Boy, Men's Teioh, French Emperor, Paris Teioh, Mini Patriot, Terry Otsuka and Teioh. |
| 766 | * PowerStable: He is known as an original member of the group, Kai En Tai. He was also briefly a member of the BWO Japan. |
| 767 | * ShoutOut: His ring name in English translates to Terry Boy, a homage to American professional wrestler and his trainer, Wrestling/TerryFunk. |
| 768 | |
| 769 | !!!Mil Mascaras |
| 770 | -->''"If it weren't for Mil Máscaras, there would be no Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger, no Wrestling/UltimoDragon or Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke today."'' |
| 771 | -->-- Wrestling/SatoruSayama |
| 772 | |
| 773 | -->''"He was the best competitor that I ever wrestled. He never gave you anything – it's true – but I didn't give him anything either. You talk about a shoot or a half-shoot, and that's the kind of match that it was."'' |
| 774 | -->-- "The Destroyer" Dick Beyer |
| 775 | |
| 776 | * {{Acrofatic}} / StoutStrength: Far from fat, though his prime he was one of the few Mexican heavyweights, a division which in his time was dominated by foreigners. |
| 777 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 778 | %%* TheApprentice: To Diablo Velazco and José Hérmes. |
| 779 | %%* ArchEnemy: Had quite a few over the years, like The Destroyer and El Canek. |
| 780 | * CoolMask: His ring name means "Thousand Masks". He was notable for being one of the first luchadors to use a different mask for each match. |
| 781 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Bert Centeno, El Sicodélico and Trueno. |
| 782 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He almost never lost. It took guys like Wrestling/LouThesz to beat him cleanly. |
| 783 | * {{Defictionalization}}: Mil Máscaras was originally created for movies but then became a real luchador. |
| 784 | * DramaticUnmask: Subverted, he often pull off a mask only to reveal another mask underneath and has never been unmasked in the ring. |
| 785 | * {{Expy}}: Mil Máscaras was created for a movie when Wrestling/ElSanto and Blue Demon wasn't available and then turned into a luchador by EMLL. |
| 786 | * ForeignWrestlingHeel: Subverted, he was famous for being a foreigner in Japan and the USA that wasn't a heel. |
| 787 | * GuestFighter: Was semi-retired when he appeared in Battlarts. |
| 788 | * HiddenDepths: Is an avid golfer and plays in many charity golf tournaments around the world, including annually at the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament. He is also an accomplished artist and cultural ambassador from his native country and has appeared on three of its postage stamps. |
| 789 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Made [[TheCameo a cameo]] at WWF's 1997 Royal Rumble match. He eliminated himself, diving off the top rope out of the ring onto Pierroth Jr, whom he himself had just eliminated. Such a move is common in lucha libre but it is technically a mistake in the Royal Rumble as it leads to elimination. |
| 790 | * JackOfAllStats: He is legendary in Japan and the USA for showing off the high-flying style of lucha libre, while in Mexico he was more known as a mat-power wrestler who could also pull off the high-flying stuff. |
| 791 | %%* LivingLegend: Of Lucha Libre and is referred to as La Leyenda Viviente ("The Living Legend"). |
| 792 | %%* MaskedLuchador: One of the greatest ever. |
| 793 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Learned martial arts as a counter to shoot attempts, and recalls several wrestlers who tried to shoot on him and whom he had to legitimately submit. |
| 794 | * NoSell: Multiple wrestlers have publicly complained of Mascaras' unwillingness to sell moves and put opponents over. |
| 795 | * PowerTrio: Is considered one of the original "Big Three" of the lucha libre tradition in Mexico, the other two being Wrestling/ElSanto and Blue Demon. |
| 796 | %%* RealSongThemeTune: "Sky High" by Jigsaw |
| 797 | * RedBaron: "The Man of 1000 Masks", "Mr. Personalidad", "Sky High", "Sen no Kao o Motsu Otoko" ("Man of 1000 Faces"), "Kamen Kizoku" ("Masked Nobleman"), "Akuma Kamen" ("Devil Mask"), |
| 798 | * RingOldies: In his 70s and still wrestles on occasion. |
| 799 | * SecretIdentity: Like most masked luchadores, he goes to great lengths to conceal his true appearance and personal life. His real name is Aaron Rodríguez Arellano. |
| 800 | * WrestlingFamily: Is the uncle of Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio, El Hijo de Dos Caras, El Hijo del Sicodélico, and El Sicodélico Jr, the brother-in-law of Black Gordman, and the brother of Dos Caras and El Sicodélico. |
| 801 | |
| 802 | !!!Tomoko Miyaguchi/Ran YuYu |
| 803 | %%* TheApprentice: To Devil Masami. |
| 804 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 805 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Tomoko Miyaguchi, Ran YuYu, and Made in Philippines. |
| 806 | %%* LovelyAngels: With Toshie Uematsu as Uematsu*Ran. |
| 807 | %%* RedBaron: "Gizen-sha" ("Hypocrite"). |
| 808 | |
| 809 | !!!Tomoya Miyashita |
| 810 | %%* TheApprentice: To Kenichi Yamamoto. |
| 811 | %%* CanonImmigrant: Later fought in Pancrase. |
| 812 | * GuestFighter: Made one appearance in Battlarts in an amateur grappling match against Takumi Murata. |
| 813 | |
| 814 | !!!Yuki Miyazaki |
| 815 | %%* TheApprentice: To Plum Mariko and Jaguar Yokota. |
| 816 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Mika Iida. |
| 817 | %%* GuestFighter: From NEO. |
| 818 | * IHaveManyNames: Etsuko Miyazaki, Fake Haruka Matsuo, Fake Yuka Nakamura, Generalissimo Miyazaki, La Hechicera, Kyoko Inoue #6, Nise Azumi Hyuga, Pesadija Rocca, Police Wo~man, Yuki Miyazaki, and Yuki of Joytoy. |
| 819 | %%* RedBaron: "Princess", "Namida" ("Tear"), "Tatakau Mashumaroman" ("Fighting Marshmallow Man"). |
| 820 | |
| 821 | %%!!!Kanako Motoya/Kana Misaki |
| 822 | %%* TheApprentice: To Devil Masami. |
| 823 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 824 | %%* HiddenDepths: Had a background in basketball and swimming. |
| 825 | |
| 826 | !!!Takumi Murata |
| 827 | %%* TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 828 | * CanonImmigrant: Later became a regular Pancrase fighter. |
| 829 | * GuestFighter: Made only one appearance in Battlarts in an amateur grappling match against Tomoya Miyashita. |
| 830 | |
| 831 | !!!Koji Nakagawa |
| 832 | %%* TheApprentice: To Tarzan Goto and Atsushi Onita. |
| 833 | * BadassFamily: His daughter is [[JapanesePopMusic J-Pop]] IdolSinger Haruka Nakagawa, a former member of the Japanese idol group, former captain of JKT48's Team T and also former member of its sister idol group, Music/AKB48 and its sub-unit, Watarirouka Hashiritai. |
| 834 | * BloodIsTheNewBlack: Started bleeding profusely in his matches after being forced to wear an item called the Belt of Curse by Onryō and eventually "died" |
| 835 | * CoolMask: He started to wear a half mask to hide the fact that half of his face was turning white during his feud with Onryō. |
| 836 | * CoolTeacher: He became the head trainer at the FMW Dojo and trained guys like Chocoball Mukai, Garuda, Naohiko Yamazaki, Seiji Ikeda, Soldier, Sun Paul, Yasu Urano and Yoshihito Sasaki. |
| 837 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After he "died" he returned as Onryō's mystery tag team partner on in a match against Shinjuku Shark and Naohiko Yamazaki, explaining he had also become a ghost and that they both had shared a bond in dying. |
| 838 | %%* GarbageWrestling: Trained at the Wrestling/{{FMW}} dojo. |
| 839 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 840 | * JustLikeRobinHood: His GOEMON persona was originally a thief character based of on the historic Japanese thief Goemon Ishikawa, who was basically the Japanese equivalent of Myth/RobinHood. |
| 841 | %%* {{Onryo}}: What his GOEMON persona became after he "died" after his feud with Onryō. |
| 842 | %%* RedBaron: "Mr. Double Cross", "The Hitman". |
| 843 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He basically ripped off Wrestling/BretHart for his "Hitman" gimmick, wearing similar ring attire to Hart and receiving a theme song similar to Hart’s theme. |
| 844 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Onryō, they would feud at one time and team together in the next. |
| 845 | * WrestlingFamily: His wife is fellow Wrestling/{{FMW}} wrestler Yoko Ikeda. |
| 846 | |
| 847 | %%!!!Yuka Nakamura |
| 848 | %%* TheApprentice: To Kyoko Inoue |
| 849 | %%* GuestFighter: From NEO. |
| 850 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 851 | |
| 852 | !!!Kaori Nakayama |
| 853 | %%* TheApprentice: To Megumi Kudo. |
| 854 | * BattleCouple: Was apparently once in a relationship with Wrestling/MasatoTanaka. |
| 855 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 856 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Fought in 2 MMA matches, both of which she lost. |
| 857 | %%* RedBaron: "Gang Star". |
| 858 | * WrestlingFamily: Her mother is Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling's Miyoko Hoshino and her father was a local wrestling promoter in Osaka. |
| 859 | |
| 860 | !!!Hayato Nanjo |
| 861 | %%* TheApprentice: To Tarzan Goto. |
| 862 | * CoolMask: Many of his gimmicks used a mask. |
| 863 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Fairy Nipponbashi. |
| 864 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 865 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Akagi, Dark Ranger, Hayato Nanjo, "Kabuto" Beetle, Kabuto Daio Beetle, Mach Hayato, Masakazu Ueguri, Miracle Man, Miracle Red, Movie Version Kabuto Beetle, and Ushiwakamaru. |
| 866 | * StartMyOwn: Founded the short-lived F-Spirit Fantasy Fighters and Kyoto Pro Wrestling promotions. |
| 867 | |
| 868 | !!!Naoki Numazawa |
| 869 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 870 | %%* AnswersToTheNameOfGod |
| 871 | %%* TheApprentice: To Satoru Shiga. |
| 872 | %%* AxCrazy |
| 873 | %%* CoolTeacher: Was a trainer at Big Japan's Dojo. |
| 874 | %%* GarbageWrestling: Is famously associated with the style. |
| 875 | * GuestFighter: From Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 876 | * HeAlsoDid: Appears as himself alongside Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi, Takashi Sasaki and Daisuke Sekimoto in the 2006 movie Dirty Sanchez: The Movie. Numazawa and the other wrestlers perform wrestling moves on the three main cast members. |
| 877 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Banquo Numazawa, Brahman Jaki, Director Numazawa, Juliet Numazawa, Kaijin HAGE, Kirari*Hikaru, Jaki Numazawa, Masked Holstein, Naoki Numazawa, NUMAZAWA, Numazawa Shocho, El Parientes de Numa, Shining Tiger, Siward Numazawa |
| 878 | %%* RedBaron: "Kokutenshi" ("Black Angel"), "Kokusenpuu" ("Black Whirlwind"), "Kichigai" ("Lunatic"), "Kamisama" ("God"), "Sukūruobudesu Kyōtō" ("School of Death Assistant Principal"). |
| 879 | %%* ThisMeansWarpaint: Which covers half of his face. |
| 880 | |
| 881 | !!!Makoto/Sambo Oishi |
| 882 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TakaMichinoku. |
| 883 | %%* BashBrothers: With Shiori Asahi. |
| 884 | %%* GuestFighter: From Kaientai Dojo. |
| 885 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Fake Ken Oka, Makoto Oishi, Mako Venus, Pokotan, Sambo Oishi, and Sambo X. His real name is Tomiyuki Oishi. |
| 886 | %%* RedBaron: "Idol Wrestler". |
| 887 | * WrestlingFamily: Is married to former joshi wrestler Misaki Ohata. |
| 888 | |
| 889 | !!!Oyama American |
| 890 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 891 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled against Super Tigerito #2 in Battlarts. |
| 892 | |
| 893 | !!!Perseus |
| 894 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 895 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is. |
| 896 | |
| 897 | !!!Amir Rahnavardi |
| 898 | -->''"The most underserved field in MMA is that of the journeyman--everyone has to be The Best or A Bum or A Gatekeeper, very few can just be a journeyman fighter. Amir Rahnavardi is the platonic ideal of the MMA journeyman. He trained, but not with anyone notable. He fought across the world, but rarely at the big shows. He had a generic look, but a non-generic name. He lost every time he fought someone who mattered. His career lasted just barely over ten years, and ended at a nearly perfectly split 11-10. He was rarely a pushover, but never a threat. He never even had a nickname. The first and most famous fight of his professional career was at Pride 3 against Gary Goodridge, and it saw Goodridge laughing in Amir's face and openly mocking his punching power before knocking him out. But that does not stop a journeyman."'' |
| 899 | -->-- A profile of Rahnavardi from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 900 | |
| 901 | %%* TheApprentice: To Creator/BasRutten and Joe Moreira. |
| 902 | * GuestFighter: Was brought in to team with Creator/BasRutten against Carl Malenko and Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka. |
| 903 | * TheUnpronounceable: Which is why he was only introduced in Battlarts as [[OnlyOneName Amir]]. |
| 904 | |
| 905 | !!!Relay Shonen |
| 906 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 907 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is. |
| 908 | |
| 909 | !!!Shannon Ritch |
| 910 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/KenShamrock, Tito Ortiz, Carlos Machado, and Dan G. |
| 911 | * AttackAttackAttack: A very aggressive fighter. |
| 912 | * CoolOldGuy: Nearly 50 and still fighting. |
| 913 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own MMA school, Team Cannon UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. He also trains military personnel in mixed martial arts and is a mainstay at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. |
| 914 | * GuestFighter: A journeyman MMA fighter. |
| 915 | %%* HiddenDepths: Is an avid golf player. |
| 916 | * OddFriendship: With Pancrase as he fought in some of their events, he occasionally appears at Pancrase gyms in Japan to host training seminars and even appearing in the Pancrase energy drink line commercial. |
| 917 | * PrivateMilitaryContractors: Was once part of Blackwater and was a bodyguard for United States Congressman John Negroponte while serving. |
| 918 | %%* RagsToRiches: Came from a "dirt poor" farm on Randolph, Arizona. |
| 919 | %%* RedBaron: "The Cannon". |
| 920 | |
| 921 | %%!!!Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors |
| 922 | |
| 923 | !!!Acute Sae |
| 924 | %%* GuestFighter: From JWP Joshi Puroresu. |
| 925 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Acute Sae, Kobina Ichikawa, Tomiko Sai (her real name). |
| 926 | %%* LovelyAngels: As the Anti-Mashineguns Alliance with Chiaki Nishi. |
| 927 | |
| 928 | !!!SAITO |
| 929 | * TenMinuteRetirement: Claimed to have retired in 28th October 2001 and stated that his first student, Super Shisa, would take his place. It was really just him in a mask. |
| 930 | * AfroAsskicker: Pretty much SAITO's only characteristic was his poofy haircut. |
| 931 | %%* AlliterativeName: As Super Shisa. |
| 932 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke, Wrestling/UltimoDragon and Dos Caras. |
| 933 | * AscendedExtra: In Wrestling/DragonGate, after years of hanging out in the opening matches and rarely doing anything, in 2010 Shisa suddenly started winning matches. He took Magnitude Kishiwada's place in the Veteran Army and also participated alongside CIMA and Gamma in the interfed rivalry with Osaka Pro. |
| 934 | * BrilliantButLazy: 'Lazy' isn't quite the right word for it, but part of Shisa's character is that he's just not that interested in being a front line competitor and prefers to focus on his job as a trainer for the Wrestling/DragonGate dojo - but if he's pushed hard enough he can be one of the best on the roster. |
| 935 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He's been entirely absent from the Wrestling/DragonGate cards since the start of 2016, minus three matches in May 2016. He appeared in September 2017 to explain that he'd opened a restaurant. He declared he was not retired, but not close to in wrestling shape, and he promised he'd work on that and try to wrestle more often - but before that he had to make tacos. He finally wrestled again in October 2018. |
| 936 | %%* CoolMask: As Super Shisa. |
| 937 | %%* CoolTeacher: Is a trainer for the Wrestling/DragonGate Dojo. |
| 938 | * {{Expy}}: A borderline parody/imitation of [[Wrestling/SatoruSayama Tiger Mask]] as Super Shisa. He even uses moves like the Tiger Wall Flip. |
| 939 | %%* FinishingMove: The Yoshi Tonic, a move he invented. It is said to have a near 100% success rate. |
| 940 | %%* GuestFighter: From {{Wrestling/Toryumon}}. |
| 941 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as SAITO, Super Shisa, and Yoshiyuki Saito (his real name). |
| 942 | %%* MaskedLuchador: As Super Shisa. |
| 943 | * OneHitKill: His Yoshi Tonic finisher. Of course, the reason it didn't suffer from the SoLastSeason syndrome that most Wrestling/DragonGate finishers did is because Shisa didn't really get pushed a lot and rarely won matches. |
| 944 | %%* RedBaron: "Ryukyu no Shishi" ("The Lion of Ryukyu"). |
| 945 | * ShoutOut: His gimmick as Super Shisa is inspired by the Ryukyuan Shisa, the guardian deity of his native prefecture Okinawa. |
| 946 | * TheUnreveal: For years it was believed that Shisa was actually SAITO (Yoshiyuki Saito, not to be confused with Ryo Saito and many other Saito-named wrestlers). Shisa denied it for years. He finally had to unmask during a match where he got cut on the forehead and needed to unmask to keep the blood out of his eyes. Turned out that yeah he was SAITO all along. |
| 947 | |
| 948 | !!!Mr. Sakai 01 |
| 949 | * GuestFighter: Appeared in the Battlarts vs The World show. |
| 950 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is. |
| 951 | |
| 952 | !!!Mammoth/Yoshinori Sasaki |
| 953 | -->''"And thus, second from the bottom of Pride: The Best Vol. 1 you had Yoshinori Sasaki, who was vaguely more popularly known as Mammoth Sasaki, a regular fixture of Atsushi Onita's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling--an organization that, despite the name, was actually a hardcore wrestling act, most famous for having the first exploding barbed wire deathmatch in pro-wrestling history. Sasaki won the tag and hardcore titles on several occasions, and still wrestles on and off--but somewhat awkwardly and entirely tragically, his primary note of wrestling fame comes not from his own career, but from being the other man in the ring in the match that saw top star Hayabusa paralyze himself off a botched moonsault. His success in FMW was notable enough to get him invited to Pride: The Best: In his youth he'd done some sumo, and that was just enough of a martial background for matchmakers to justify putting him up against South Korean heavyweight Jong Wang Kim. It's an incredible freakshow fight even by Pride standards: A 4-16 Pancrase jobber vs an 0-0 professional wrestler--in his wrestling gear--with no training of any kind. It shows, too: The two men awkwardly approach each other while windmilling their arms, Sasaki briefly shoves Kim into the ropes and wings wild, desperate punches in his general direction, and a stunned Kim wraps him up in a guillotine choke and submits him in twenty-five seconds. Sasaki would never fight again. It was probably the right call."'' |
| 954 | -->-- A profile of Sasaki from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 955 | |
| 956 | * TheApprentice: To Katsutoshi Niiyama. He was also Wrestling/{{Akebono}}'s assistant in sumo. |
| 957 | * AscendedFanBoy: Was a Wrestling/{{FMW}} fan before he started training there. |
| 958 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Yuko Miyamoto. |
| 959 | * GameBreakingInjury: He injured his right ligament and retired from sumo in November 1996 to train for a professional wrestling career. |
| 960 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/{{FMW}}. |
| 961 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Big Kamui, Mammoth Sasaki, and Yoshinori Sasaki. |
| 962 | * OneSteveLimit: Changed his ring name to Mammoth Sasaki to avoid confusion with other Wrestling/{{FMW}} wrestler Yoshihito Sasaki. |
| 963 | %%* RedBaron: "Mezameta Mōjū" ("Awakened Beast"). |
| 964 | * StoutStrength: As a former pro sumo wrestler this was a given. He wasn't nicknamed Mammoth in the Wrestling/{{FMW}} Dojo for no reason. |
| 965 | |
| 966 | !!!Daisuke Sekimoto |
| 967 | %%* TheApprentice: To Ryuji Yamakawa and Tomoaki Honma. |
| 968 | %%* BashBrothers: With Yuji Okabayashi, Abdullah Kobayashi, and Kazuki Hashimoto. |
| 969 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Alpha Kevin, Ryuichi Kawakami, Shinya Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi. |
| 970 | * GarbageWrestling: Averted, despite coming from a promotion that is known for deathmatches, he prefers traditional wrestling matches. |
| 971 | %%* GuestFighter: From Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 972 | %%* HiddenDepths: Has a baseball background. |
| 973 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Buffaloman, Chojin “Superman” Sekimoto, Daisuke Kanu, Daisuke Sekimoto, Kaizo Sekimoto, La*Panda #2, Macbeth Sekimoto, Mars Sekimoto, SEKIMOTO, Tybalt Sekimoto, and Volador Jr. |
| 974 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: About 5ft 9 and is a powerhouse wrestler known to deadlift his opponents. |
| 975 | %%* RedBaron: "Muscle Monster", "Nikutai Kyōki" ("Physical Weapon"), "Kairiki Musō" ("Matchless Strength"). |
| 976 | * SuplexFinisher: Uses a German Suplex as his FinishingMove. |
| 977 | |
| 978 | !!!Masaru Seno |
| 979 | %%* TheApprentice: To Animal Hamaguchi and Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke. |
| 980 | %%* BigBad: Of Osaka Pro Wrestling as Daio QUALLT. |
| 981 | %%* CoolMask: As Daio QUALLT. |
| 982 | * GameBreakingInjury: Had to retire from wrestling due to neck and back injuries. |
| 983 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 984 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Masaru Seno, Daio QUALLT, and SM Revolution. |
| 985 | %%* MaskedLuchador: As Daio QUALLT. |
| 986 | %%* RedBaron: "King of Terror". |
| 987 | |
| 988 | %%!!!Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki |
| 989 | |
| 990 | !!!Kazuhiko Shoda |
| 991 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami. |
| 992 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Toshiya Matsuzaki and was also a trainer for Wrestling/DragonGate's Mexican Dojo. |
| 993 | %%* GuestFighter: From Muga. |
| 994 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Kaz MAZADA, Kazuhiko Masada, Kazuhiko Shoda, Majari, Masacaras, MAZADA, and Pentagón Viper. |
| 995 | %%* PowerStable: A founding member of Tokyo Gurentai. |
| 996 | %%* RedBaron: "Uragiri no Otoko" ("Man Of Betrayal"). |
| 997 | |
| 998 | !!!Rambaa Somdet |
| 999 | %%* TheApprentice: To Naoya Uematsu. |
| 1000 | * BadassFamily: His cousin is pro boxer, UsefulNotes/MuayThai and MMA fighter, Yokthai Sithoar. |
| 1001 | %%* CoolTeacher: Has his own UsefulNotes/MuayThai school, M-16 Muay Thai Gym. |
| 1002 | * GuestFighter: Was brought in for a Vale Tudo Rules Match against Tanomusaku Toba. |
| 1003 | %%* RedBaron: "M-16". |
| 1004 | * UrExample: Was the first Shooto Flyweight Champion. |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 | !!!Yoshito Sugamoto |
| 1007 | %%* TheApprentice: To Super Delfin and Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke. |
| 1008 | %%* CoolTeacher: Is a trained fitness trainer and opened a women's gym in Suita, Osaka in March 2006. |
| 1009 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: He is apparently allergic to shrimp. |
| 1010 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 1011 | %%* HeroicBuild: Has been active in UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} since 2005. |
| 1012 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Gamma, Kishiwada King, Viewtiful Joe, and Yoshito Sugamoto. |
| 1013 | %%* RedBaron: "The Hated One", "Sekai no Rōkaru 3-Ryū Resurā" ("The World's Local Three Styled Wrestler"). |
| 1014 | |
| 1015 | %%!!!Wrestling/SuperCrazy |
| 1016 | |
| 1017 | !!!Super Tigerito #2 |
| 1018 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 1019 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 1020 | * ShoutOut: His ring name was taken from a Gran Hamada trainee from his Universal Lucha Libre promotion. |
| 1021 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled against Gran Naniwa and Oyama American in Battlarts. |
| 1022 | |
| 1023 | %%!!!Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri |
| 1024 | |
| 1025 | !!!Katsushi Takemura |
| 1026 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami, Osamu Nishimura, Shocker, and Satanico. |
| 1027 | * EarlyBirdCameo: His wrestling debut match was in Battlarts against Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka. |
| 1028 | * GameBreakingInjury: Suffered a very serious shoulder injury in 2009 and had to retire. |
| 1029 | %%* GuestFighter: From Muga. |
| 1030 | * HiddenDepths: Had a background in basketball, volleyball, and UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}}. He also worked in a hotel and later did a training as a caregiver and now lives in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, running a nursing service and a karaoke cafe. |
| 1031 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Great Kabuki-cito, The Great Take, Katsushi Takemura, and TAKEMURA. |
| 1032 | %%* IKnowKarate: UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling |
| 1033 | %%* PowerStable: Tokyo Gurentai. |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | !!!Tetsuo Tanabe |
| 1036 | %%* AffectionateNickname: "Ted" Tanade. |
| 1037 | %%* AlliterativeName |
| 1038 | * CombatReferee: Got his start in Japan Women's Pro Wrestling and has refereed for many promotions like Battlarts, Universal Lucha Libre, Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, Osaka Pro Wrestling, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, and even Wrestling/{{ECW}}'s Barely Legal PPV in 1995. |
| 1039 | * HeAlsoDid: Aside from being a referee he was also road agent, booker, promoter, and ring announcer. |
| 1040 | * {{Jobber}}: Wrestled on occasion only to get squashed. |
| 1041 | |
| 1042 | !!!Sadaharu Tanikawa |
| 1043 | * TheChessmaster: Is a Japanese combat sports promoter and was the president of Fighting and Entertainment Group, the sponsor company behind K-1, Hero's, Big Mouth Loud, Yarennoka!, and DREAM. He was also involved with the creation of the MMA promotion, Ganryujima. |
| 1044 | * CombatCommentator: Was a frequent commentator for MMA, kickboxing, and wrestling events. |
| 1045 | * NonActionGuy: Though he is a martial arts critic and a long-time editor-in-chief of a martial arts magazine, he has no actual martial arts experience. Because of that, there are a lot of misleading comments and analysis in the fight commentary and the tournament summary. |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | !!!Tanny Mouse |
| 1048 | %%* TheApprentice: To Kyoko Inoue. |
| 1049 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained Mika Iida. |
| 1050 | %%* GuestFighter: From NEO. |
| 1051 | * HiddenDepths: Played softball and swimming before her wrestling career. He is also now an acupuncturist. |
| 1052 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Atrocious X #28, Benki Wo~man, Black Bullfight Sora, Etsuko Tanny, Generalissimo Tanny Mouse, Kyuketsu Nezumi Majo Devil Rat, Mina Taniyama (her real name), and Tanny Mouse. |
| 1053 | %%* {{Jobber}} |
| 1054 | %%* PluckyComicRelief: Mostly known as this. |
| 1055 | %%* RedBaron: "Ai", "Another Version", "NEO no Seigi Chōjin" ("NEO's Justice Superman"). |
| 1056 | |
| 1057 | %%!!!Wrestling/MasatoTanaka |
| 1058 | |
| 1059 | !!!TNT |
| 1060 | * BadBoss: As general manager of IWA Puerto Rico, he often threatened to fire wrestlers, and occasionally did so. He would "discipline" wrestlers by mugging them in a mob, while singing a traditional Puerto Rican bomba, Santa María. He also used his authority to award himself the IWA World Heavyweight Championship. |
| 1061 | * CoolMask / WearingAFlagOnYourHead: When he first wrestled as the Caribbean Kid, he wore a mask that featured the Flag of Puerto Rico. |
| 1062 | %%* CoolTeacher: Trained guys like Apollo, Chotu, Escobar, Gilbert, Hades, Ivelisse Velez, Mr. Big, Pagal Parinda, Sami Zayn and Sebastián Guerra. He also trained wrestlers for Wrestling/{{TNA}} and its SpinOff Ring Ra King. |
| 1063 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Is credited with giving Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson their first singles losses in the WWF, shattering both of their undefeated records. |
| 1064 | %%* GuestFighter: From IWA Puerto Rico. |
| 1065 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as The Caribbean Kid, El Corsario, El Corsario #1, Hombre Dinamita, Kwang, Savio Vega, and TNT. His real name is Juan Rivera. |
| 1066 | %%* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Is noted to be a very nice guy behind the scenes. |
| 1067 | %%* {{Ninja}}: As Kwang. |
| 1068 | * PowerStable: Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination, Los Boricuas, La Corporación, and Los Auténticos. |
| 1069 | * RedBaron: "El Boricua Mayor", "Tio Savio", "Gerente General", "The Man They Call TNT", "The Mighty". |
| 1070 | * RingOldies: 54 years old and still wrestling. |
| 1071 | * WorthyOpponent: Said that his favorites to wrestle against were Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and Wrestling/{{Goldust}}. |
| 1072 | * WrestlingFamily: Is the brother of Dennis Rivera, who also wrestled as Dennis Rodríguez. |
| 1073 | * WrestlingPsychology: Once stated the kind of psychology that comes from taking in the crowd reaction and improvising in the match as it went on was lacking in Wrestling/{{TNA}}, where most wrestlers were under the impression the crowd should be ignored as much as possible. He cited his and Dutch Mantel's attention to this detail as the reason the Knockouts had the best rated segments on flagship show Impact, though he was more in charge of BShow Xplosion till Mantel's departure. |
| 1074 | |
| 1075 | !!!Dick Togo |
| 1076 | %%* TheApprentice: To Gran Hamada. |
| 1077 | %%* BigBad: One for Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 1078 | * CoolTeacher: Has trained wrestlers like Daisuke Sakurai, Daisuke Sasaki, Hiroshi Kozakai, Kazuyuki Hirahara, Koichi Nagari, Masayoshi Kusama, Naohiro Katsumi, Takashi Hirose, Takehito Kusaka, Tetsuya Nakazato, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Tomoya Sato, Yuki Sato, Yusuke Shimizu, and Yusuke Shiranami. He also opened a wrestling school in Vietnam, named Vietnam Pro-Wrestling Academy, which is affiliated with the first Vietnamese wrestling promotion ever, New Vietnam Prowrestling (NVP). |
| 1079 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 1080 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Cancun, Dickomoto, Dick Togo, Duke Togo, Flash Dick, Francesco Togo, Francis Togo, Gantetsu, Gantetsu Sakigake, Kitano Inferno, Ninja Warrior, Prince Togo, P Togo, Revolucion, Rey Cubano, Roshi Togo, SATO, The Suiter, El Tigre de Tokyo. His real name is Shigeki Sato. |
| 1081 | %%* MaskedLuchador: As SATO. |
| 1082 | * PowerStable: A founding member of Kai En Tai. He was also a member of BWO Japan. |
| 1083 | %%* RedBaron: "Master of Wrestling", "Master of Senton". |
| 1084 | |
| 1085 | !!!Turtle Kamen |
| 1086 | %%* TheApprentice: To Boris, Joe, and Wrestling/DeanMalenko. |
| 1087 | %%* BashBrothers: With his brother Mark Ashford-Smith as Wildside. |
| 1088 | %%* CoolTeacher: Has his own wrestling school, the Chris Champion Wrestling School. |
| 1089 | * GuestFighter: Technically from Wrestling/{{FMW}} since he first used the Turtle Kamen gimmick there. |
| 1090 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Black Ninja, Chris Champion, Cowabunga, Dennis Smith, Kowabunga, Ninja Turtle, Synn, Turtle Kamen, and Yoshi Kwan. |
| 1091 | %%* {{Jobber}}: Just like his brother. |
| 1092 | * ShoutOut: His gimmick as Turtle Kamen (also Cowabunga or Ninja Turtle) in one to Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles. |
| 1093 | * WrestlingFamily: Is the brother of PWFG alumni, Mark Ashford-Smith. |
| 1094 | * {{Yellowface}}: His gimmick as Yoshi Kwan had him wear make up to look more Asian. |
| 1095 | |
| 1096 | !!!Uchujin Gray |
| 1097 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 1098 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled against Yuki Ishikawa, who wrestled as The Great Sasuke Tiga in Battlarts. |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | %%!!!Wrestling/GregValentine |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | %%!!![[Wrestling/JeffHardy Willow the Wisp]] |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | !!!Masashi Yamaguchi |
| 1105 | * CombatCommentator: Was a regular commentator for New Japan. |
| 1106 | %%* NonActionGuy |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | !!!Noboru Yamaguchi |
| 1109 | * TheChessmaster: Was part of the Wrestling/FightingOperaHustle brain trust and later became president of the promotion. |
| 1110 | * CombatCommentator: Has commentated for Battlarts and U-STYLE. |
| 1111 | %%* HiddenDepths: Was a former Kami no Puroresu editor. |
| 1112 | %%* NonActionGuy |
| 1113 | |
| 1114 | !!!Wally Yamaguchi |
| 1115 | %%* ArchEnemy: Val Venis. |
| 1116 | * TheChessmaster: He helped founded Wrestling/{{FMW}} with Atsushi Onita in 1989, Universal Lucha Libre with Gran Hamada in 1990, and Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling with Wrestling/TheGreatSasuke in 1993. |
| 1117 | * CombatCommentator: Has served as a color commentator at times. |
| 1118 | * CombatReferee: Was a referee has served as one for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 1119 | * GameBreakingInjury: He had a stroke in December 2017 that left him bedridden. |
| 1120 | * HeAlsoDid: Besides a color commentator, referee, and manager, he was also a booker, promoter, and interviewer. |
| 1121 | * IHaveManyNames: Has been introduced as Mr. Toyota, Wally Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi-san (of Kaientai), and Yusuke Yamaguchi (his real name). |
| 1122 | * NonActionGuy: Was not a wrestler and only appeared in Battlarts as the manager of Kaientai. |
| 1123 | %%* PornStache |
| 1124 | |
| 1125 | !!!Ryuji Yamakawa |
| 1126 | %%* TheApprentice: To Kazuo Sakurada. |
| 1127 | * CombatReferee: Was a special guest referee in Wrestling New Classic. |
| 1128 | * CoolTeacher: Became a PE teacher after he retired from wrestling. He also has his own wrestling school |
| 1129 | * {{Cowboy}}: Had a cowboy gimmick, with blond hair, missing teeth and some scars. |
| 1130 | * GameBreakingInjury: On 18 March 2001, after an accidental bump that caused a skull fracture when he hit the ground due to a power bomb, then fell into a coma and was out of action for several months. He later suffered a herniated disc with paralysis of the right side of the body in 2002 and these injuries would affect him for the rest of his career as he became a part-timer and then finally retired in 2012. |
| 1131 | * GarbageWrestling: Was basically the top wrestler of a deathmatch promotion. |
| 1132 | %%* GuestFighter: From Big Japan Pro Wrestling. |
| 1133 | %%* IKnowKarate: He traveled to Brazil to train under Marco Ruas and had his only MMA match losing to Bunsimma Roong at the Brazil Open of 1995. |
| 1134 | %%* RedBaron: "Mr Big Japan", "Fujishin" ("Unfriendly"). |
| 1135 | |
| 1136 | !!!Kotetsu Yamamoto |
| 1137 | * AboveTheInfluence: He once said in a tv program that he has never read or watched porn and never had an interest in it. |
| 1138 | * TheApprentice: To Wrestling/{{Rikidozan}} and was considered his last disciple. He later became one to Wrestling/KarlGotch and Wrestling/AntonioInoki. |
| 1139 | * AuthorAppeal: His teachings are called Kotetsu-ism by his students, which is just a mix of [[Wrestling/KarlGotch Gotch-ism]], [[Wrestling/AntonioInoki Inoki-ism]], and his own ideas. |
| 1140 | * BadassTeacher: Was the main trainer of the New Japan Dojo since 1980 till his death. |
| 1141 | %%* BashBrothers: With Kantaro Hoshino as the Yamaha Brothers. |
| 1142 | * CombatCommentator: Was notable for being the color commentator with Akira Fukuzawa in NJPW and was the first pro-wrestler to become a commentator in Japan. |
| 1143 | * CombatReferee: Has refereed a few New Japan matches. |
| 1144 | * HeAlsoDid: Was also the General Manager of Planning and Advertising at NJPW, and was President and Representative Director of Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling Service. |
| 1145 | * HiddenDepths: He bought the first dojo ring for New Japan when it was in its infancy, he got the funds from sueing the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance and winning the lawsuit and 2 million yen. He is credited with creating New Japan’s lion logo. |
| 1146 | * MeanCharacterNiceActor: Outside the ring and dojo, he is said to be quite sociable and usually had lunch with the trainees and young lions to get to know them better. |
| 1147 | %%* RedBaron: "Ningen Bakudan" ("Human Bomb"), "Oni Kōchi/Gunsō" ("Demon Coach/Sergeant"). |
| 1148 | * RespectedByTheRespected: Is respected by almost everyone that has trained under him. |
| 1149 | * RingOldies: Was a founding father of Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Was doing the same exercises and drills he instructs his trainees in while his 60s. |
| 1150 | * SadistTeacher: Not unusual especially in Japanese pro wrestling, but he was described as being quite shinai-friendly. |
| 1151 | * ShoutOut: He was named "Kotetsu" by Toyonobori after Aizu-no-Kotetsu, a knight-errant from the 19th century. |
| 1152 | * SpecialGuest: Appeared in Battlarts as a commentator. |
| 1153 | * TheStoic: Was very serious when it came to wrestling and never smiled in the dojo. |
| 1154 | |
| 1155 | !!!Yellow Man |
| 1156 | %%* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: It's in his name. |
| 1157 | %%* GuestFighter |
| 1158 | * UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know who he is except that he wrestled against Turtle Kamen in Battlarts. |
| 1159 | |
| 1160 | !!!Kazuya Yuasa |
| 1161 | %%* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/JinseiShinzaki and Wrestling/TakaMichinoku. |
| 1162 | * CelebrityResemblance: He looks like Shuji Kondo, which was noted later in his career. Amusingly enough, he debuted before Kondo himself. |
| 1163 | %%* CoolMask: As Shisao. |
| 1164 | %%* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling. |
| 1165 | * IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Bearded Lady GAINA, Darkside GAINA, GAINA, Kazuya Yuasa, and Shisao. |
| 1166 | * MightyGlacier: Is slow, but comparatively heavy and very strong. |
| 1167 | * OurMonstersAreDifferent: His current gimmick, Shisao, is based in a Shisa. He is unrelated to Super Shisa, however. |
| 1168 | %%* RedBaron: "Midori no Majin" ("Green Demon"), "Ryūkyū no Mamorigami" ("Guardian Deity of Ryukyu"). |
| 1169 | %%* TheRockStar: As GAINA. |
| 1170 | * StoutStrength: Only 5'9 but 308 lbs. And most of it isn't fat! |
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