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 Super Delfin in January 2012 | |
| Birth name | Hiroto Wakita |
| Born | (1967-09-22)September 22, 1967 (age 57) Izumi, Osaka,Japan |
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| Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Billed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
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| Debut | March 19, 1989 |
Hiroto Wakita (脇田 洋人,Wakita Hiroto, born September 22, 1967) is aJapaneseprofessional wrestler andpolitician who currently runs and wrestles for Kaisen Puroresu. He is better known by hisstage nameSuper Delfin (スペル・デルフィン,Superu Derufin).[1][2]
He has been a member of theIzumi City Council since 2012.[3]
Hiroto Wakita joinedNew Japan Pro-Wrestling'sdojo. He was affiliated with theTakeshi Puroresu Gundan, a Japanese take on the "Rock 'n Wrestling" concept espoused by theWWF at the time in theUnited States, using comedian and directorTakeshi Kitano as the manager ofRiki Choshu and others who had returned fromAll Japan Pro Wrestling. As fans were not receptive to the angle, Kitano and New Japan parted ways, which left Wakita and his fellow dojo students, the futureJado andGedo, without a home. The three men began training almost on their own, with Wally Yamaguchi as their trainer.In 1994 he competed in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament organised by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He finished second by losing toJyushin Thunder Liger in the finals. He attempted to play mind games on Liger by dressing in a similar outfit for the match.
Eventually, Wakita and the others debuted as professional wrestlers inAmsterdam in March 1989. At first he wrestled without a mask under the nameMonkey Magic Wakita. He began his career in Japan inFrontier Martial Arts Wrestling, and then continued on toUniversal Lucha Libre, where he adopted theSuper Delfin character after a tour toMexico. On June 15, 1992 inSōka,Japan Delfin lost toEl Pantera in the 4-man tournament finals to determine the first everUWF Super Welterweight Champion. Later Pantera vacated the championship by leaving the tour. Super Delfin defeated Coloso for vacated title on November 20, 1992 inOsaka,Japan. He held the title nearly two and a half years before losing it toSATO on March 3, 1995 in Osaka, Japan while wrestling forMichinoku Pro Wrestling.
In 1993, he left Universal forMichinoku Pro Wrestling during his reign asUWF Super Welterweight Champion. AfterSATO vacated the title due to injury on May 12, 1995, Super Delfin defeated Triton for the vacated championship on May 14, 1995 inKooriyama,Japan. He lost the title to El Pantera on October 21 the same year inIwate,Japan. Super claimed his third UWF Super Welterweight Championship by victory over El Pantera inAomori,Japan on August 5, 1996. He lost the title the following year toMen's Teioh on May 5 inNakayama,Japan.
On March 15, 1996 he defeated El Pantera in a match supposedly for theCMLL World Welterweight Championship inOsaka,Japan. HoweverConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre did not acknowledge the change and declared the championship vacant because El Pantera had jumped to CMLL's competitorAAA before leaving for Japan.
On February 27, 1999 he defeatedOlímpico inNagoya,Japan for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, this time for legitimate recognition. He lost the championship toArkangel de la Muerte inKawasaki,Japan on August 10, 1999.
He formed Osaka Pro Wrestling, a regionalindependent promotion in 1998, and the company had its first event April 29, 1999. He won theUWF Super Welterweight Championship altogetherfive times, in Universal, Michinoku Pro and Osaka Pro. In 1999 he abandoned that championship and replaced it with theOsaka Pro Wrestling Championship as the most prestigious Osaka Pro championship.
He also held theNWA World Welterweight Championship governed by Toryumon Mexico at the time for 11 days from January 20, 2007 to February 10, 2007. He won and lost the championship title fromHajime Ohara in Osaka, Japan.
Hirooki Goto vacated theNWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship on September 7, 2007, when he graduated to the heavyweight division. On November 9, 2008 in Osaka, Japan Super Delfin defeatedÚltimo Dragón in a decision match to revive title. In July 2015, Delfin announced he was forming a new promotion named Kaisen Puroresu.[4] He formed2point5 Joshi Pro Wrestling in 2021.[5]
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