Doi debuted in Toryumon Japan as part of the T2P. As one of his family members was a player for the Japanese baseball team theYomiuri Giants, he was given a baseball gimmick and the name of Second Doi.
Doi was originally groomed as the top face for T2P, but injuries forced him to debut in Japan late and his growth was slightly stunted. He joined the Toryumon Japan roster, and Shin M2K as T2P ended its run, later joining Final M2K.
Doi continued on in Final M2K. At the end of 2004, he abruptly dropped the baseball gimmick and started competing under his real name.
In January 2005, Doi turned heel and joinedCIMA's new faction Blood Generation. He gained more rank then, and rose to be something of a second-in-command for the stable. He also became the firstOpen the Brave Gate Champion on March 13, and would hold it until November 13, when he lost it toDragon Kid.
On April 12, 2006, whenGamma was kicked out of Blood Generation due to constant clashes with CIMA, Doi left with Gamma, along withMasato Yoshino andNaoki Tanizaki. It was unclear whether Doi or Gamma was the leader of the splinter faction. After Doi and Gamma won the rights to the Blood Generation name in a tag match against CIMA andDon Fujii eleven days later, Doi's faction renounced it, renaming themselves theMuscle Outlaw'z. The MO'z ranks would grow whenMagnitude Kishiwada joined them after returning from a stint of injury, as well as refereeKinta Tamaoka. The group would lose Tanisaki later that year, but shortly after recruitedGenki Horiguchi. MO'z would also host any heel wrestlers visiting Dragon Gate.
Doi continued to gain rank in 2007, and formed a regular tag team with Masato Yoshino, known as Speed Muscle, an amalgamation of their respective nicknames "Speed Star" and "Bosou Muscle". Doi and Yoshino declared themselves the firstOpen the Twin Gate Champions after winning the inauguralSummer Adventure Tag League Tournament in June, and later defeatedTaku Iwasa andKenichiro Arai for theI-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to unify the two belts. In November, Doi and Yoshino added theGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to their collection. Doi and Yoshino would drop the GHC titles toShingo Takagi andBxB Hulk ofNew Hazard in January 2008, and then the Open the Twin Gate titles to Iwasa and Arai the month after, and opted to stop teaming with each other. Doi briefly teamed with Horiguchi while Yoshino pursued CIMA and the Open the Dream Gate championship. Yoshino put forward an impressive performance, and despite losing, was congratulated by both CIMA and Doi. Their team reconciled.
Doi and Yoshino's increasing popularity began to cause a split in the Muscle Outlaw'z, as Yoshino began to feud with stablemateYasushi Kanda. The MO'z eventually split, with the heel faction of Kanda, Horiguchi, Gamma and YAMATO joining up with Shingo Takagi and Cyber Kong to form Real Hazard. Doi and Yoshino formed their own new stable, World-1, that also included BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanizaki, andm.c. KZ.
In August, he and Yoshino won the Summer Adventure Tag League Tournament for the second year in a row, and then a month later, on September 26, they captured the Open the Twin Gate Titles for a second time fromRyo Saito andSusumu Yokosuka. Their second reign was very short, for they lost the titles nine days later toYAMATO andCyber Kong. However, Doi would go on to become the ace of the promotion by year's end: He won theKing of Gate Tournament on December 19, and then nine days later he defeated Shingo Takagi to become the Open the Dream Gate Champion.
Doi in 2009
On May 5, he made a notable defense of the title against the former sumo champion-turned-wrestlerAkebono. Despite the huge size difference, he was able to defeat Akebono and retain the title, after hitting him with five consecutive Bakatare Sliding Kicks. On July 19, he got his biggest victory ever when he defeated Open the Brave Gate Champion CIMA in a Title vs. Title Match, claiming the Brave Gate for a second time and really cementing his status as the unquestioned ace of the promotion. He vacated the Brave Gate immediately afterwards. On August 24, 2010, Doi and Masato Yoshino won their third Summer Adventure Tag League by defeating Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito in the finals.[2] On October 13, 2010, Doi turned on Yoshino and joined the former Deep Drunkers andTakuya Sugawara to form a new heel stable.[3] On November 23, 2010, Doi and Gamma defeatedK-ness and Susumu Yokosuka to win the Open the Twin Gate Championship.[4] At the final Dragon Gate show of 2010,Final Gate 2010 on December 26, Doi unsuccessfully challenged his former partner Masato Yoshino for the Open the Dream Gate Championship.[5] On January 10, 2011, Doi and Gamma lost the Open the Twin Gate Championship to Don Fujii andMasaaki Mochizuki. On January 14, 2011, Team Doi aligned themselves with CIMA's Warriors stable, who turned heel in the process.[6] On January 18 the new group was named Blood Warriors.[6] On September 2, Doi, Kzy and Naoki Tanizaki defeated Gamma, Masato Yoshino and YAMATO to win theDragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship. They were stripped of the title on January 19, 2012, after Tanizaki was sidelined for six months with a shoulder injury. After being kicked out of Blood Warriors by new leaderAkira Tozawa, Doi reunited with Masato Yoshino to form World-1 International. On May 6, Doi, Yoshino andPac won the Open the Triangle Gate Championship.[7] On September 12, 2013, Doi again turned on Yoshino and jumped toMad Blankey, signalling the end of World-1 International.[8] On August 5, 2014, Doi became the interim Open the Dream Gate Champion, when he defeated BxB Hulk in a four-on-one handicap match.[9] He failed to become the official champion, losing to Hulk in a one-on-one match on August 17. On June 13, Doi and YAMATO would defeat Masato Yoshino and Sachihoko Boy to become Open the Twin Gate champions. On August 16, 2015, Mad Blankey was forced to disband after losing to Jimmyz in a five-on-five elimination tag team match, after being betrayed by K-ness.[10] On September 23, Doi formed a new stable named VerserK with Cyber Kong, Kotoka, Mondai Ryu, Shingo Takagi and Yamato.[11] Doi and Yamato would hold the Open the Twin Gate championships until losing the titles to T-Hawk and Big R Shimizu on March 6, 2016. They'd break Mochizuki and Fujii's most defences record with 9 defenses before losing the belts. On October 12, 2016, VerserK turned on Doi after disbanding Monster Express and kicked him out of the unit. Doi subsequently became atweener, and once again began teaming with longtime partner Masato Yoshino. Doi unsuccessfully challenged YAMATO for theOpen the Dream Gate Championship at Final Gate on December 25.[12] Doi refused a handshake from YAMATO after the match, and was helped to the back by two men wearing pink hoods over their heads. On January 18, 2017, Doi saved Masato Yoshino, Kotoka, and Ben-K from an attack by VerserK. A match between the two sides was then set for February 2. On May 4, Naruki Doi reunited with Masato Yoshino and formed a new unit called MaxiMuM with Big R Shimizu, Ben-K, and Kotoka.
Doi has also appeared for the Hawaii-based Action Zone Wrestling, debuting with tag team partnerMasato Yoshino on January 7, 2008 in a four-way tag team match. He later returned for singles action at AZW's third anniversary show Anniversary Annihilation on June 2, 2008 in a triple threat match against Akua and Sabaki.
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