 Sasaki in June 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-03-12)March 12, 1982 (age 43)[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Brahman Yoshihito Hecate Yoshihito Macbeth Sasaki Yoshihito Sasaki |
| Billed height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
| Trained by | Animal Hamaguchi Masato Tanaka Tatsuhito Takaiwa |
| Debut | 2000[2] |
| Retired | 2013 |
Yoshihito Sasaki (佐々木義人,Sasaki Yoshihito) is a retiredJapaneseprofessional wrestler, best known for his time with the Japaneseprofessional wrestling promotionsBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) andPro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1).[4]
Sasaki made his professional wrestling debut forFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, competing at one of the promotion's biggest shows, theFMW 12th Anniversary Show which took place on May 5, 2001, where he teamed up with Tomokazu Morita in a losing effort toRicky Fuji and Satoru Makita.[5] He also competed in Onita Pro Wrestling, a promotion created byAtsushi Onita at ahouse show from June 23, 2002, where he teamed up withMasato Tanaka in a losing effort toKintaro Kanemura andTetsuhiro Kuroda.[6] Sasaki worked a match forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling, atNJPW Lock Up from February 24, 2008, where he teamed up with Tengu Kaiser, falling short toGreat Bash Heel (Togi Makabe andToru Yano).[7] He even made an appearance in thejoshi puroresu promotionOz Academy, at the 15th Anniversary of it, where he teamed up withRyuji Ito and Shinya Ishikawa to defeatDaisuke Sekimoto,Kazuki Hashimoto andYuji Okabayashi.[8] Sasaki worked in a couple of matches forAll Japan Pro Wrestling, first one atAJPW 40th Anniversary on February 3, 2012, where he teamed up with Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto andYuji Okabayashi), scoring a defeat against S.M.O.P. (Akebono andRyota Hama), andKeiji Muto.[9] The second one was atAJPW New Year Shining Series 2013 on January 26, where he unsuccessfully challengedManabu Soya for theBJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.[10] Sasaki also worked forPro Wrestling Noah, participating on the fourth night of theNOAH Summer Navigation 2013, event which portraited the 15th Anniversary ofNaomichi Marufuji's career, where he teamed up with Shinya Ishikawa to unsuccessfully challengeTMDK (Mikey Nicholls andShane Haste) for theGHC Tag Team Championship.[11]
Sasaki participated several times in theSaikyo Tag League, making his first appearance on the2009 edition of the event, teaming up with Shinya Ishikawa, placing themselves in the Block B and scoring a total of four points after facing the teams ofMasashi Takeda andIsami Kodaka,Yuko Miyamoto and Takashi Sasaki,Jun Kasai andJaki Numazawa, and Katsumasa Inoue andKankuro Hoshino.[12] His last appearance was on the2013 edition, where he teamed up withRyuji Ito in the Block B, scoring a total of two points against the teams ofYuko Miyamoto andIsami Kodaka, Speed of Sounds (Tsutomu Oosugi andHercules Senga),The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Shu andBrahman Kei),The Irish Airborne (Dave Crist andJake Crist), and Shinya Ishikawa and Madoka.[13] He participated in one of the longest matches inprofessional wrestling history, a108-man battle royal atTenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held betweenBig Japan Pro Wrestling,DDT andKaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such asGreat Kojika,Taka Michinoku,Kenny Omega,Poison Sawada Julie,[14] and the winner of the match,Jun Kasai.[15]
Sasaki worked in cross-over events held betweenCombat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in partnership with other promotions. AtwXw/CZW/BJW Triangle Of Ultraviolence from October 3, 2011, he unsuccessfully challengedBig Van Walter for thewXw Unified World Wrestling Championship.[16] Sasaki worked in another cross-over event held byCZW,BJW,DDT,Kaientai Dojo and Freedoms, theIndie Wrestling Summit from December 3, 2011, where he unsuccessfully challengedSami Callihan for theCZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[17] AtCZW Cage of Death XIII, Sasaki teamed up withJaki Numazawa,Jun Kasai, Kamui andMasahiro Takanashi in a losing effort toDanshoku Dino,Kengo Mashimo,Kudo,Ryuji Ito and Takashi Sasaki.[18]
Sasaki started his long tenure withPro Wrestling Zero1 atZERO-ONE Genesis 2002, show from April 27, where he fell short toNaohiro Hoshikawa.[19] He participated in the2007 edition of the Fire Festival, placing himself in the Block B, finishing with a total of two points after going againstMasato Tanaka,Kohei Sato,Daisuke Sekimoto andTakao Omori.[20]
Sasaki worked for a brief period of time for theGermanpromotionWestside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). He competed in thewXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament of 2012, facingBad Bones successfully on the first night on March 2 in afirst-round match.[21] On the second night of the event, he fell short toZack Sabre Jr. in aquarter-final match.[22] Despite getting eliminated from the tournament, he competed in one lastelimination tag team match on the third night, where he teamed up withAlexander Wolfe,Robert Dreissker andKarsten Beck in a losing effort toBig Van Walter,Daisuke Sekimoto, Kim Ray and 2Face.[23] Sasaki also took part in a series of cross-over events promoted byWestside Xtreme Wrestling in partnership withCombat Zone Wrestling andBig Japan Pro Wrestling namedWorld Triangle Night, first of them being theBJW World Triangle Night In Osaka, where he teamed up with Shinya Ishikawa in a losing effort toBig Van Walter andRobert Dreissker.[24] The next one was theBJW World Triangle Night In Korakuen from July 30, 2012, where he teamed up withBad Bones and Shinya Ishikawa to defeat Alexander Wolfe and Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto andYuji Okabayashi) in asix-man tag team match.[25] The last one was theBJW World Triangle Night In Nagoya, where he teamed up withShinobu Sugawara to defeat MK McKinnan andTrent Seven.[26]
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