, better known by his ring name

Ring name

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 Suwa (stylized as SUWA), is a retired Japan

Japan

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ese professional wrestler

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

, formerly of Pro Wrestling Noah

Pro Wrestling Noah

is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...

.

Toryumon and Dragon Gate

Suwa, one of Último Dragón's first trainees, made his professional debut on the first card of Dragon's Toryumon promotion on May 11, 1997. He went on to become one of the founding fathers of the Crazy Max faction along with Cima

Nobuhiko Oshima

, better known by his ring name Cima , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA...

, TARU

Yoshikazu Taru

Yoshikazu Taru is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name TARU. He works for All Japan Pro Wrestling and El Dorado Wrestling.-Professional wrestling career:...

, and Don Fujii

Don Fujii

, is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate, best known by his ring name Don Fujii. He was one-half of the inaugural Open the Owarai Twin Gate Champions and a former Open the Twin Gate Champion with Masaaki Mochizuki. He was previously in the Crazy MAX and Blood Generation stables.-Biography:He was...

. Suwa won the Último Dragón Gym Championship

Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship

The Último Dragón Gym Championship was the top title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Toryumon.-Title history:-References:**-See also:*Toryumon Mexico*Dragon Gate...

, the promotion's top title, from Magnum Tokyo on February 8, 2004. He held it for two months before a shoulder injury suffered in a match with Dragon Kid

Dragon Kid

Dragon Kid is a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestles for Dragon Gate.-Professional wrestling career:...

 forced him to vacate the belt. Later that same year, Suwa signed with Pro Wrestling Noah

Pro Wrestling Noah

is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...

.

Pro Wrestling Noah

Soon after his arrival in Noah, Suwa was repackaged as a cocky and aggressive villain

Heel (professional wrestling)

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. On September 18, 2005, he challenged Kenta

Kenta Kobayashi

, also known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time Global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Champion...

 for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship

GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship

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. Suwa was originally disqualified for attacking Kenta with a foreign object, but the match was restarted, and Suwa eventually lost.

On December 10, 2006, Suwa teamed with TARU, Shuji Kondo

Shuji Kondo

is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Prior to becoming a pro wrestler, he played rugby.-Toryumon/Dragon Gate:Kondo was part of the T2P class in Toryumon. At first he was a face in the Toryumon Seikegun....

 and brother YASSHI

Yasushi Tsujimoto

, better known by his ringname "brother" YASSHI, is a Japanese professional wrestler, known for his appearances in El Dorado Wrestling, Dragon Gate, and All Japan Pro Wrestling. He was an amateur wrestler before becoming a pro wrestler.-Toryumon - Japan:...

 during an eight-man-tag-team match to Akira Taue

Akira Taue

is a Japanese professional wrestler, and the current President of Pro Wrestling Noah. He is also a former AJPW Triple Crown champion, a former GHC Heavyweight Champion and has had 14 5 Star Matches as awarded by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter....

, Mushiking Terry

Kotaro Suzuki

Kotaro Suzuki , born June 18, 1978 in Warabi, Saitama is a professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one half of the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.- Career :...

, Atsushi Aoki

Atsushi Aoki

Atsushi Aoki is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one half of the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Aoki made his professional wrestling debut in 2005 and has worked primarily for NOAH where he was part...

 and Taiji Ishimori. After his team lost the match, Suwa announced his intention to retire from wrestling. In his last match, on January 21, 2007, he teamed up with Yoshihiro Takayama

Yoshihiro Takayama

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Takayama is well known for his ability to endure massive amounts of punishment, especially after his fight at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye...

 and Minoru Suzuki

Minoru Suzuki

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion and was the second King of Pancrase world champion...

, losing to Kenta, Naomichi Marufuji

Naomichi Marufuji

is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions like Ring of Honor, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, among others. Marufuji is the first of only two Grand Slam Champion in Pro...

 and Takeshi Rikio

Takeshi Rikio

Takeshi Inoue, known by his stage name , born December 20, 1972, is a Japanese professional wrestler, who works for Pro Wrestling Noah. He is also a former sumo wrestler.- Sumo career :...

. During the match, Suwa turned on his partners.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • FFF – Furious Fatal Finisher (Lifting double underhook facebuster)
  • John Woo
    John Woo
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     Special (Running high–impact front dropkick, knocking the opponent back several feet)
  • Sweeter Bomb (Front flip powerbomb)

• Signature moves
  • Diving elbow drop
  • Lariat
  • Powerbomb
    Powerbomb
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  • Reverse Bionic Knee Drop
  • Suicide dive

Championships and accomplishments

• Toryumon Japan
  • Último Dragón Gym Championship
    Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship
    The Último Dragón Gym Championship was the top title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Toryumon.-Title history:-References:**-See also:*Toryumon Mexico*Dragon Gate...
    
     (1 time)
  • UWA World Trios Championship
    UWA World Trios Championship
    The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995....
    
     (3 times) – with Cima
    Nobuhiko Oshima
    , better known by his ring name Cima , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA...
    
     and Don Fujii
    Don Fujii
    , is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate, best known by his ring name Don Fujii. He was one-half of the inaugural Open the Owarai Twin Gate Champions and a former Open the Twin Gate Champion with Masaaki Mochizuki. He was previously in the Crazy MAX and Blood Generation stables.-Biography:He was...
    
    
  • NWA World Welterweight Championship
    NWA World Welterweight Championship
    The NWA World Welterweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship governed by the National Wrestling Alliance . For the majority of its existence, the title has been promoted by Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where it was known as the Campeonato Mundial Welter de...
    
     (1 time)
  • British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship
    British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship
    The British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that although being created in England, it gained its biggest notoriety in Japan...
    
     (1 time)

• Distrito Federal
  • Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) – with Shiima Nobunaga
    Nobuhiko Oshima
    , better known by his ring name Cima , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA...
    
     and Sumo Fuji
    Don Fujii
    , is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate, best known by his ring name Don Fujii. He was one-half of the inaugural Open the Owarai Twin Gate Champions and a former Open the Twin Gate Champion with Masaaki Mochizuki. He was previously in the Crazy MAX and Blood Generation stables.-Biography:He was...
    
    

• Michinoku Pro Wrestling
  Michinoku Pro Wrestling
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  • Futaritabi Tag Team League (1999) – with Cima
    Nobuhiko Oshima
    , better known by his ring name Cima , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA...