Yasushi Kanda
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Hiroyuki Kanda, better known as Yasushi Kanda, born on August 29th, 1978 in Chiba City, Japan, is a wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion in Japan. He was a founding member of the M2K stable in Toryumon, which he wrestled for following his debut in 1998 until his neck injury in November 2001. He became a referee following the injury, but eventually returned to Dragon Gate as the General Manager. In July of 2006, he signed a wrestler's contract and returned to the ring. He recently lost the Open The Brave Gate Title to Masato Yoshino on 09/22/07. He is known for his mohawk and attitude, and for being one of Toryumon's greatest heel characters. After wrestling as a singles wrestlers for quite some time he has recently joined the Muscle Outlaw'z faction.
On 14th May 2008, Kanda joined the newest Dragon Gate super-heel group, Real Hazard, consisting of himself, Gamma, Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong, YAMATO, & Genki Horiguchi.
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Ryu Spin (Spinning lifting sitout double underhook facebuster)
- Gekokujoh Elbow (Diving elbow drop)
- German suplex