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| Born | Kazushige Nosawa (1976-12-17)December 17, 1976 (age 48) Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan |
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| Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Billed from | Ichikawa, Chiba,Japan |
| Trained by | Negro Casas Tatsumi Fujinami Minoru Suzuki |
| Debut | December 27, 1995 |
| Retired | February 21, 2023 |
Kazushige Nosawa (野沢 一茂,Nosawa Kazushige; born December 17, 1976), better known by hisring namesNosawa andNosawa Rongai (NOSAWA論外), is a Japanese retiredprofessional wrestler, best known for his appearances inAll Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.
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Nosawa spent most of his early career training and wrestling inMexico, most notably withConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He also spent much of his early career competing on theU.S. independent scene, Nosawa has competed for American promotions such asRing of Honor (ROH),Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), andXtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW). Along withMitsunobu Kikuzawa,Kazuhiko Masada,Minoru Fujita andKatsushi Takemura, Nosawa created the group "Tokyo Gurentai".
In 2004, he would adapt the "Nosawa Rongai" or "Nosawa Out of the Question"ring name as a play off to a comment made byKaz Hayashi, who had replied "Nosawa is out of the question" when he was asked about whether he was going to allow Kazushige to challenge for theWorld Junior Heavyweight Championship. By doing this, Nosawa forced a title match against Hayashi, and although he lost, he would decide to keep the name for the rest of his career.
On March 16, 2003, at aJuggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) event, Nosawa defeated "Richie Boy" Breyer Wellington to win theJCW Heavyweight Championship.[1] Later that year, he was featured onJCW Vol. 3 in a match where he again defeated Wellington.[2] In July 2004, Nosawa lost the championship toKid Kash at theGathering of the Juggalos.[1] In 2007, he took part in the Pro Wrestling Unplugged/Juggalo Championship Wrestling cross promotional event "Cuffed & Caged: Last Man Standing". Nosawa was featured in the main event War Games match as a member of Team JCW.[3]
In 2007, Nosawa went on tour with JCW to film theInternetwrestling showSlamTV!, where he was one of the main heroes of the program. However, he started off his SlamTV! tour with a string of losses, going 0–5 in his first five matches.[4] After receiving a letter from his storyline mentorThe Great Muta, saying that Muta was coming to JCW to check up on his pupil, Nosawa stepped up his game and began a winning streak.[4] At "East Side Wars", The Great Muta teamed with Nosawa to help him defeat the team of Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher.[5] By the following week however, The Great Muta had left. Despite this, Nosawa continued his winning streak into episode 14, where he faced and defeated Ron Zombie.[5] During the match,Justin Credible came to the ring and assaulted Nosawa.[5] On the next episode, Nosawa interfered in Credible's match by spittingAsian mist into his eyes. AtBloodymania, Nosawa and The Great Muta teamed up again to defeat Justin Credible and2 Cold Scorpio.[5]
On October 6, 2007,Corporal Robinson,Scott Hall, andViolent J formed the Juggalo World Order (JWO) atEvansville Invasion.[6] At that year'sHallowicked After Party, on October 31,Shaggy 2 Dope was introduced as a member of the group. After the main event of the night,special guest referee Nosawa ripped off his referee shirt to reveal that he, too, was a member of the JWO.[6] Nosawa appeared in a few matches with the JWO, before returning to Japan.
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Nosawa would first gain national U.S. exposure by making appearances forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He debuted at the 2003Super X Cup, losing in the first round to Juventud Guerrera; he then reappeared as captain of Team Japan in the2004 World X Cup, where he ended up placing last by the end of the tournament. Nosawa would go on to make sporadic appearances on the early episodes ofTNA Impact!, usually teaming up with fellow Japanese rookieKazushi Miyamoto. The duo even challenged for theNWA World Tag Team Championship at TNA's second Anniversary show in June 2004, but ultimately came up short againstAmerica's Most Wanted. The duo's last in-ring appearance for the company would be atVictory Road '04, where both Nosawa and Miyamoto competed in the X-Division Gauntlet match, which was won byHéctor Garza.
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Nosawa would originally find little success after arriving in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in the mid-2000s, losing as many matches as he won. On March 20, 2005, he received an opportunity at theWorld Junior Heavyweight Championship, but would lose to defending championTaka Michinoku. On July 26, he lost a "Banishment" match to his old friend Mazada, and was forced to leave All Japan. Soon after that, he would reappear as a masked wrestler named Space Lone Wolf (Keiji Mutoh's old alter-ego), finding more success than his previous character. However, by December, Space Lone Wolf would be unmasked and revealed as being Nosawa.
In 2006, Nosawa would begin again wrestling with his old friend Mazada again, and for parts of the year would also team with Brute Issei andAkira. Towards the end of 2006, Nosawa and Mazada began to team up withMinoru Suzuki to form "Minoru Gundan", which landed Nosawa a more prominent role in the promotion. He and Suzuki would go on to wrestle in theWorld's Strongest Tag Determination League, but the team would come in last place.
In 2007, Nosawa promoted several comedy wrestling shows, making fun ofAntonio Inoki'sInoki Genome Federation and using both talent from All Japan, as well as freelancers. During theChampion Carnival, Nosawa switched his name to El Nosawa Mendoza and formed a new stable called "Los Mexico Amigos", with Pepe Michinoku (Taka Michinoku) and Miguel Hayashi, Jr (Kaz Hayashi). Nobutaka Araya then joined the team as El Hijo del Araya Segundo after the Carnival's final show. Along with changing their names, the group wore the official colors of the Mexican Flag (Red/Green/White). After multiple bouts againstMinoru Suzuki, Nosawa offered Suzuki an invitation into Mexico Amigos, to which he declined. This resulted in the group changing multiple assets. Their name was changed to Mexico Amigos Black, the previous worn Mexican Flag attire became black and gold attire, and Araya was kicked out of the group. Later in the year, Mexico Amigos teamed with "Ray Suzuki" to defeat the team of Ryuji Hijikata, Kikutaro,T28 and Ryuji Yamaguchi. After the match, Ray Suzuki revealed himself as Minoru Suzuki. Suzuki stated that starting the next year Mendoza would throw his Amigos tights away and return to the Nosawa Rongai ring name, Suzuki then kidnapped Nosawa to start his "early training". This was followed by Pepe and Miguel announcing they would return to Mexico, while Kaz Hayashi and Taka Michinoku were announced as returning to All Japan come the new year. After one last "Viva Mexico", Los Mexico Amigos disbanded.
Since disbanding from Mexico Amigos, Nosawa has rejoined teaming with Mazada and Takemura as the "Tokyo Gurentai". Nosawa, Mazada, and Takemura later align themselves with Minoru Suzuki andTaiyō Kea, and dubbed their new group GURENTAI. Nosawa won a game ofJenga for the group's leadership role, but Suzuki immediately shot down the idea of Nosawa as the leader. Nosawa would later return toAll Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and was defeated byRene Dupree in his return match.
Outside of AJPW, Nosawa performed for companies under theGlobal Professional Wrestling Alliance (GPWA) banner up until the alliance's demise, sometimes alongside his mentorKeiji Mutoh.
On February 20, 2011, Nosawa was arrested on charges of stealing a taxi and driving it without having a driving license.[7] Two days later Nosawa announced that he was taking an indefinite break from professional wrestling.[8] Nosawa returned from his break on June 25 at a Minoru Suzuki promoted charity event, losing to Suzuki in the main event.
Since September 2013, Tokyo Gurentai, Nosawa included, has worked regularly forWrestle-1.
Since April 2015, Nosawa joined the newly resurrectedFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, as the leader of Monster-gun, which evolved into W*ING Monster-gun, whenKintaro Kanemura joined the group.
On August 27, 2017, Nosawa, as Black Tiger VII, teamed with Taka Michinoku to defeatAtsushi Aoki andHikaru Sato for the AJPWAll Asia Tag Team Championship.[9] They lost the title toNaoya Nomura andYuma Aoyagi on September 30.[10]
Nosawa is currently working as the head booker forPro Wrestling Noah.
In December 2020,Kotaro Suzuki aligned himself with Rongai and his mystery partner, who later revealed to beIkuto Hidaka. Over the following months, the trio continued their rivalry withStinger, while also being joined byYo-Hey in May 2021 following the disbandment of Full Trottle.[11] The following month,Dragon Gate wrestlerEita, who had previously worked in Mexican wrestling promotions and met Rongai in 2017, was revealed to be the newest member of the group.[12]
On June 27, at Muta The World, the stable's name was revealed to be dubbed Los Perros del Mal de Japón, as a tribute to the Mexican stableLos Perros del Mal after Eita, Rongai and Yo-Hey won against Stinger (Yoshinari Ogawa,Seiki Yoshioka andYuya Susumu).[13] A brawl began between the two stables with Suzuki andIkuto Hidaka coming to help them, outnumbering and overwhelming Stinger.[14] Rongai later revealed that relatives ofPerro Aguayo Jr., the founders of the Los Perros del Mal, had granted him permission to use the stable's name.[15]
At Grand Square 2021 In Osaka, Eita and Rongai defeatedAtsushi Kotoge andHajime Ohara to win theGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[16]
AtNoah The New Year 2023 on January 1, Rongai teamed up withHiroshi Hase andSugiura-gun membersKazuyuki Fujita andKendo Kashin to defeat Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima,Masakatsu Funaki,Manabu Soya andHajime Ohara).[17] AtThe Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" on January 22, Nosawa Rongai and Eita teamed up with Yoshinari Ogawa in a losing effort against Junta Miyawaki, Alejandro and Yasutaka Yano.[18] OnFebruary 21, 2023, Rongai would have his retirement match where he teamed with Mazada in a losing effort againstBullet Club (Taiji Ishimori andGedo).[19][20]
On May 23, 2012, Nosawa and former girlfriendIo Shirai were arrested at theNarita International Airport inNarita, Chiba upon their return from Mexico to Japan under suspicion of trying to smuggle 75 grams ofmarijuana, hidden inside paintings of the two, into the country.[21][22] On July 9, Mexico-based Japanese wrestlerTakuya Sugi held a press conference and confessed to planting the drugs on Shirai and Nosawa.[23][24][25][26][27]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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| Arkangel de la Muerte (mask) | NOSAWA (hair) | Unknown | Live event | Unknown | |
| Tigre Blanco (mask) | Super Cacao (mask) | Mexico City | Live event | October 19, 1999 | |
| Tony Rivera (hair) | Super Cacao (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | May 18, 2000 | [Note 1] |
| Ricky Marvin (hair) | Super Cacao (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | May 28, 2000 | [Note 2] |
| Mike Segura andÚltimo Vampiro (hair) | NOSAWA and MASADA (hair) | Naucalpan,Mexico State | Live event | May 31, 2001 | |
| Negro Casas andEl Satánico (hair) | NOSAWA and MASADA (hair) | Mexico City | Live event | May 16, 2003 |
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