Takuya Sugawara is a
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional wrestler, currently wrestling for
El Dorado WrestlingEl Dorado was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion that was seen as the evolution of dragondoor. Most of El Dorado's wrestlers were graduates from Ultimo Dragon's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion was based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers,...
and
Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAXPro Wrestling Zero1 , formerly known as Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001. It was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance until late 2004...
.
He debuted in the 9th term of T2P as Henry III Sugawara, a Prince character. He joined with and eventually with
Anthony W. MoriAnthony W. Mori is a Japanese professional wrestler for Dragon Gate.-Biography:Before entering the Toryumon dojo, Mori was an accomplished scholar, graduating with a law degree from Ehime University....
and Phillip J. Fukumasa, forming the Royal Brothers unit in T2P. The gimmick was that all three wrestlers were royal princes. However, the Royal Brothers would never make much of an impact.
Takuya Sugawara is a
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional wrestler, currently wrestling for
El Dorado WrestlingEl Dorado was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion that was seen as the evolution of dragondoor. Most of El Dorado's wrestlers were graduates from Ultimo Dragon's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion was based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers,...
and
Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAXPro Wrestling Zero1 , formerly known as Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001. It was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance until late 2004...
.
Toryumon/Dragon Gate
He debuted in the 9th term of T2P as Henry III Sugawara, a Prince character. He joined with and eventually with
Anthony W. MoriAnthony W. Mori is a Japanese professional wrestler for Dragon Gate.-Biography:Before entering the Toryumon dojo, Mori was an accomplished scholar, graduating with a law degree from Ehime University....
and Phillip J. Fukumasa, forming the Royal Brothers unit in T2P. The gimmick was that all three wrestlers were royal princes. However, the Royal Brothers would never make much of an impact. Fukamasa retired almost immediately after T2P closed, and Sugawara spent most of his time back in Mexico while Mori wrestled in Toryumon.
When he finally came to Toryumon himself, he was courted by heel stable Aagan Iisou. Although he initially refused the request to join, he would eventually betray Mori and ally with Aagan. He and Mori would feud, with the finish coming in a hair vs hair match. Sugawara lost the match, but escaped losing his hair.
While a member of Aagan Iisou, he regularly teamed with
Shuji Kondois 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, 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....
. This team would continue for some time.
All the members of Aagan Iisou were fired from Dragon Gate on December 31, 2004, for controversial and mostly unexplained reasons.
dragondoor
Sugawara had been hit the hardest by the firing of Aagan Iisou, and he did not resurface in the wrestling world until dragondoor was announced. He rekindled his alliance with Kondo and YASSHI.
El Dorado Wrestling
When El Dorado started, Sugawara was allied with two rival factions - his old friends in Aagan Iisou, and an upstart heel group called STONED, lead by KAGETORA. Sugawara spent the first few months of El Dorado trying to play both sides. In the end, he would betray both Aagan Iisou and KAGETORA, backstabbing Aagan and kicking KAGETORA out of STONED to take the leadership of it himself.
During the roster restructuring, Sugawara was named one of the four leaders of the promotion, alongside Kondo, YASSHI and former Aagan member
Torou OwashiTouru Owashi is Japanese wrestler for Dramatic Dream Team and is in the faction Disaster-Box with Harashima. He has also been in El Dorado Wrestling as leader of the faction Animal planet He is a former KO-D Openweight Champion and 2 time KO-D Tag Team Champion.-Career:Touru Owashi made his debut...
. Sugawara would build a faction containing most of the members of STONED. It was named
HELL DEMONSHell Demons were a professional wrestling stable in the Japanese promotion El Dorado Wrestling, formed in 2006. It was founded by Takuya Sugawara...
.Sugawara and the Brahman brothers won the
UWA World Trios ChampionshipThe 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....
and defended the Championships 2 times. Sugawara would lead HELL DEMONS for several months before being kicked out of the stable with little fanfare by
Brahman Shu & Brahman KeiShu and Kei Sato are identical twins, and wrestlers for the Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion. They are members of the faction Kowloon and current UWA World Tag Team Champions and WEW Hardcore Tag Team Champions and former 3 times Tohoku Tag Team Champions...
.
The
UWA World Trios ChampionshipThe 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....
was then vacated.
Currently, Sugawara is allied with, but not actually a member of, Torou Owashi's faction "Animal Planets". His participation caused dissention within the Animal Planets, with Bear Fukuda in particular being distrustful of Sugawara. Sugawara won the vacant UWA World Trios Championship for the second time with Torou Owashi and Nobutaka Araya by defeating the HELL DEMONS Braman Shu Brahman kei and Go.
Sugawara vacated the UWA World Trios Championship when he left El Dorado in 2008, along with the other members of Aagan.
Pro Wrestling Zero1
In ZERO1 Sugawara formed a tag team with
Minoru Fujitais a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling ZERO1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara.-Career:...
. they have been the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champions and NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champions. Sugawara and Fujita hold the record for the longest NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship title reign of 399 days.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Buckingham Backbreaker (Backbreaker rack)
- Shiisanpuuta (Reverse over the shoulder belly to back piledriver)
- TCO – The Crime Operation (Running reverse Samoan drop)
- Signature moves
- Dropkick
A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet, this sees the wrestler twist as they jump so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than the...
- Enzuigiri
- Running elbow smash
Championships and accomplishments
- El Dorado Wrestling
El Dorado was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion that was seen as the evolution of dragondoor. Most of El Dorado's wrestlers were graduates from Ultimo Dragon's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion was based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers,...
- 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....
(2 times) – with Brahman Shu and Brahman Kei (1), and Nobutaka Araya and Touru Owashi (1)
- Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX
Pro Wrestling Zero1 , formerly known as Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001. It was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance until late 2004...
- AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Minoru Fujita
is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling ZERO1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara.-Career:...
- NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Minoru Fujita
is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling ZERO1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara.-Career:...
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