 Fukuda in December 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-06-27)June 27, 1982 (age 43) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bear Fukuda Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu Daio HUSTLE Kamen Yellow Mango Fukuda Mastodon Mokaku Daio Monster Kamen Yellow Takayasu Fukuda |
| Billed height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 110 kg (243 lb) |
| Billed from | HUSTLE Nebula (as HUSTLE Kamen Yellow) |
| Trained by | Último Dragón Jorge "Skayde" Rivera |
| Debut | February 22, 2003 |
Takayasu Fukuda (福田 貴泰,Fukuda Takayasu)[1] (born June 27, 1982) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler. He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit and as a regular in Secret Base.
AÚltimo Dragón Gym graduate, Fukuda started his career in Mexico under his real name, being the only heavyweight in his school class term. Shortly after his debut, Fukuda turnedheel and joined forces withTakeshi Minamino andPineapple Hanai to form the Los Salseros Japonesesstable, changing his name toMango Fukuda and his attire to asalsa music outfit. The trio moved toToryumon X and gained a major success byfeuding with Sailor Boys (Taiji Ishimori,Kei Sato and Shu Sato). After the Toryumon X closing, his unit was transferred toMichinoku Pro Wrestling.
Upon reaching M-Pro, Mango and Pineapple won theFutaritabi Tag Team League 2004 after beatingKazuya Yuasa &Kesen Numajiro. The trio became the main heel stable in the promotion, and they captured theUWA World Trios Championship defeating Solar, Ultraman and Ultraman, Jr. in a Toryumon Mexico show. Their reign lasted until May 2006, when they lost the titles to STONED (Maguro Ooma, Kei Sato and Shu Sato) after a misaimed attack from Minamino. Thereafter, the stable was dissolved when Hanai turned on Minamino, and Fukuda left the promotion in order to join El Dorado Wrestling.
Fukuda worked inHUSTLE from 2005 to 2006 asHUSTLE Kamen Yellow, with a comedicface role. He was a part of HUSTLE Kamen Rangers alongHUSTLE Kamen Red andHUSTLE Kamen Blue, and helped the team in their feud against the Monster Army. Yellow stood among his partners for his large size, and was known for his surprising agility. In 2006, he was brainwashed by the Monster Army and turned on his former fellows, becomingMonster Kamen Yellow, but he was brought back to the HUSTLE Army inHUSTLEMANIA 2006. Kamen Rangers disappeared from HUSTLE after the show.
In 2006, while working in Michinoku Pro, Mango asked to appear on the first El Dorado Wrestling show. After becoming full-time in El Dorado upon his second appearance for the promotion, he changed his ring name toBear Fukuda and adopted astreet fightergimmick. He became the man of choice when a big name outside wrestler came to El Dorado, wrestlingShinjiro Otani andAkira Taue, among others. In 2007, Fukuda joinedToru Owashi and his stable Animal Planets. He also appeared inDramatic Dream Team as an El Dorado representative.
When El Dorado folded, Fukuda and others founded Secret Base.
Through 2007, Fukuda wrestled inAll Japan Pro Wrestling under a yellow full body suit asMastodon,Ahii's enemy.
On April 23, 2014, during All Japan Pro WrestlingChampion Carnival tour Fukuda made his return to AJPW. He joined theDark Kingdom group along withKenichiro Arai,Mitsuya Nagai,Takeshi Minamino andKengo Mashimo. The group's leaderKenso announced that this was the "true beginning" of DK.[2]
