Takuya Sugi

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Takuya Sugi (杉卓也)
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Ring name(s) El Blazer,
Shanao,
Yoshitsune,
Mini CIMA,
Little Dragon,
HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red,
Michinoku Ranger Gold,
AHII
Billed height 165 cm (5'4")
Billed weight 65 kg (143 lbs.)
Born October 6, 1983
Shizuoka, Japan
Billed from Hustling Nebula (as HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red)
Trained by Ultimo Dragon Toryumon Wrestling School
Debut May 11th, 2003, in Turyumon Mexico

Takuya Sugi (杉卓也) is a Japanese professional wrestler from Shizuoka. He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit; he is a member of the AJPW roster as AHII and of the HUSTLE roster as HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red, while he uses the aliases of Yoshitsune, Little Dragon and El Blazer as a freelancer. He is mainly known for his high-flying abilities.

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Career

He has worked for many Japanese federations: immediately after graduating in the 11th Toryumon school class term, he debuted in 2003 in Toryumon Mexico and later in Toryumon X with the gimmick of Mini CIMA (ミニCIMA), a little version of the Japanese wrestler CIMA, teaming up with SUWAcito and Small Dandy Fuji, forming the Mini CMAX stable. In 2004 he joined Michinoku Pro Wrestling, originally as Michinoku Ranger Gold during the Michinoku Pro Futuritabi Tag Team Tournament 2004, later changing his name and gimmick to Shanao (遮那王), gaining a major success by feuding with Kagetora. In late 2005 Sugi changed his stage name to Yoshitsune (義経), like the famous samurai Yoshitsune Minamoto. Yoshitsune has never won a title, but gained a title shot for the Tohoku Jr. Heavyweight Title, losing to TAKA Michinoku, and another title match for the Tohoku Tag titles, teaming up with Rasse, and losing to Great Sasuke & Dick Togo. He also appeared as Yoshitsune in some shows of Big Mouth LOUD and several others Japanese independent promotions, including the LOCK UP NJPW brand.

He worked for Dragondoor as Little Dragon (リトル・ドラゴン), a character of the same lineage of Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid and Darkness Dragon, who wrestled in a blue outfit, but his character remained in low-carding and never won a single match, until the promotion failed.

He currently wrestles also in HUSTLE, where he debuted in 2004, as HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red, leading the Kamen Rangers in their feud against the Monster Army; Kamen Rangers disappeared from HUSTLE after the show HUSTLEmania'06 and it is not currently known if their character will be used again in the future.

In 2006 Sugi joined the newborn El Dorado, wrestling as El Blazer (エルブレイザー), a legendary bird-like creature in a blue outfit; he is proposed as one of the original characters of the promotion. He originally used an outfit with blue feathers, later abandoned because of the fact they were often lost during the matches. Sugi wrestled as El Blazer also in GPWA, and in the Indy Summit 2006 as one of the El Dorado representatives.

On August 20, 2006, Sugi debuted a new character, called AHII, in AJPW, the result of a cooperation between Sanrio Company Ltd. and the AJPW; on August 27 he wrestled his first match in AJPW, defeating Voodoo Mask and continued to work sporadically for the company during the next months. AHII is a comedy character, whose gimmick resembles Curry Man, the character interpreted by Christopher Daniels, since AHII is inspired to the Mexican "Habanero" pepper.

In February 2007, Takuya Sugi officially quit El Dorado and Michinoku Pro Wrestling as a full time roster member, thus becoming a freelancer. Soon after becoming a freelancer, Sugi restarted to use the gimmick of Little Dragon.

Wrestling Facts

Finishing and signature moves

As Yoshitsune

As El Blazer

As HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red

As AHII

As Little Dragon

As Shanao

As Michinoku Ranger Gold

As Mini CIMA

As Any Persona

Stage Names

Takuya Sugi's ring attires: Shanao, Yoshitsune, Michinoku ranger Gold, Mini CIMA, HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red, El Blazer, AHII and Little Dragon
Takuya Sugi's ring attires: Shanao, Yoshitsune, Michinoku ranger Gold, Mini CIMA, HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red, El Blazer, AHII and Little Dragon
Name Promotion Year
AHII AJPW 2006 - current
El Blazer El Dorado, Japanese indies 2006 - current
Yoshitsune Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Japanese indies 2005 - current
Little Dragon Dragondoor 2005 - current
HUSTLE Kamen Ranger Red HUSTLE 2004 - 2006
Shanao Michinoku Pro Wrestling 2004 - 2005
Michinoku Ranger Gold Michinoku Pro Wrestling 2004
Mini CIMA Toryumon X, Toryumon Mexico 2003 - 2004

Nicknames

  • "Blue Legend" (as El Blazer)
  • "Legend of Eternity" (as El Blazer)
  • "Hustling Justice" (as Kamen HUSTLE Ranger Red)
  • "Mardi Gras Ninja" (as Yoshitsune)

Tag team Partners

Championships and accomplishments

Entrance Themes

  • Me Gusta COLA (as Mini CIMA)
  • Kazabayasi volcano (as Yoshitsune)

Trivia

  • Hayabusacito (a mini version of Hayabusa), which appeared only twice during 2006 in a Ring Soul event and in an All Japan house-show, is not Sugi, as reported by several web rumors, but Masaki Okimoto.

External links

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