Post by Masanori Kawada on May 30, 2018 9:27:02 GMT
REAL NAME:
Masanori Kawada
GENDER:
Male
NATIONALITY:
Japanese
D.O.B/AGE:
October 31, 1976 (age 41)
HOMETOWN:
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
RESIDES:
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
FEDERATION ROLES:
Wrestler
CONTRACT DEAL:
Part-Time
PICTURE BASE:
Satoshi Kojima
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING CAREER
RING NAME(S):
Masanori Kawada (2007 - present)
Ultraman Neos (1990 - 2005)
NICKNAME(S):
All-Might
The Absolute Justice
Everlasting Hero
BILLED FROM:
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
HEIGHT:
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
WEIGHT:
112 kg (247 lb)
TRAINED BY:
Jun Izanagi
CROWD AFFILIATION:
Lawful Good Babyface
PROFESSIONAL DEBUT:
1990
CHARACTER ANALYSIS:
Masanori Kawada debuted in 1990 as the second incarnation of the Ultraman character the first being his trainer Jun Izanagi. Kawada would choose the name Ultraman Neos. During the 90's and early 2000's Kawada would become one of the most popular and decorated Junior Heavyweight wrestlers in Japan, all the while capturing championships from across the country. In 2005, Kawada would publicly announce that he had accomplished all he wanted to do as a Junior Heavyweight and decided he would begin a journey to make the weight cut to become a Heavyweight wrestler. With this, he would remove his mask for the first time in his career and would begin to go by his real name as he passed down the Ultraman Neos persona to one of his younger students. In 2007, he would return to the ring with a completely new physique and appearance, officially joining the Heavyweight ranks. He still was beloved by fans who would become captivated by the completely new wrestling style he would adopt in his time away, becoming the All-Might wrestler.
Despite no longer being the fictional dream hero Ultraman Neos, Masanori Kawada still holds a great sense of justice towards the wrestling world -- Vanquishing evil with all of his might. He has become Puroresu's Absolute Justice, The Everlasting Hero.
Takayama (traditional puroresu/king's road style)
ENTRANCE THEME:
"Forces" by Susumu Hirasawa [Alternative: Big Match Version]
EXPERIENCE:
28 years
ACCOLADES:
» Dynamite Japan Junior Heayweight Championship (6 times)
» Dynamite Japan Junior Tag Team Championship (4 times) - With Wataru Inoki (2), Tommy Kid (1) & Go Fujimoto (1)
» Dynamite Junior League (1995, 1997, 2000, 2002)
» Dynamite Junior Tag League (1994, 1998)
» Dynamite Japan Tag Team Championship (3 times) - With Kenshin Matsamoto (1) & Kazuo Gono (2)
» Dynamite Japan International Championship (2 times)
» Dynamite Japan Tag League (2010)
» Dynamite Japan Grand Summit (2012, 2015)
» K-Pro Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
» British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
» El Dorado World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
» WWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
» Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
» DREAM Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
IN WRESTLING
- FINISHING MOVES
- High-Impact Frog Splash - Early career finisher, uses occasionally
- K-Dynamite (Fisherman Suplex lift into an Emerald Flowsion)
- Titan Bomb (Sit-Out Crucifix Powerbomb)
- K-Dynamite MAX (Avalanche Emerald Flowsion)
- SIGNATURE MOVES
- Diving Elbow Drop
- Diving European Uppercut
- Elbow Drop
- European Uppercut
- Falling Neckbreaker, can be done from the top rope
- Fireman's Carry Single Knee Gutbuster, occasionally from the top rope
- Gallon Throw (Alley Oop Powerbomb)
- Hard Justice (Half nelson lifted and dropped into a bridging Olympic slam)
- Justice Lock (Texas Cloverleaf Hold)
- Knee Drop
- Lifting DDT; can be done off of or onto the apron
- Multiple Suplex Variations
Belly-to-Belly
Electric Chair
Gutwrench
Pop-up Gutwrench German
Release German
Saito, occasionally deadlifting
Stalling Vertical (Does in awe with larger opponents)
Superplex
Ultraman Suplex (Spinning Fisherman)
Vertical - N20 Cutter (Over-The-Shoulder Flip Cutter)
- Neos Special (Corner Slingshot Crucifix Hold)
- Pendulum Bomb (Alabama Slam, occasionally in the corner)
- Pop-Up Powerslam
- Running Corner European Uppercut
- Running DDT
- Running European Uppercut
- Rydeen Bomb
- Scoop Powerslam
- Snap DDT to a kneeling opponent
- Snap inverted DDT
- Spear of Justice (Spear; can be used Diving [rare], to catch a diving opponent [super rare] or diving to the outside [ultra rare])
- Texas Smash (Closed Fist Right Hook Punch; often culminates a forearm strike battle)
- Tilt-A-Whirl Backbreaker
- Ultra Driver Neos (Gutwrench Liger Bomb; occasionally can be done into the turnbuckle or deadlifting an opponent)
- Uranage
Ultraman Neos (1994 - 2005):
After graduating from the Dynamite Japan Dojo in April of 1994, Masanori Kawada was immediately picked among that years students class to become the second person to adopt the persona of Ultraman, a licenced character from Eiji Tsuburaya's Ultraman franchise since 1966. The original man to portray the character was Jun Izanagi as Ultraman Stratos, Kawada's trainer who chose him to succeed him as the crowd beloved character. Under this gimmick, Kawada would bring new life to the character by introducing a new dynamic moveset to the character, with the viewers of Dynamite Japan taking quick notice that the person portraying the character had changed. By the end of that year, Ultraman Neos would be voted as Tokyo Sports Newcomer Award and Popularity award, making him the first man to have won both awards in the same year. On January 8th, 1995, Ultraman Neos would win his first championship under Kawada's tenure when he captured the DJPW Junior Tag Team Championship with Wataru Inoki. He would capture the Junior Tag Team Championship with Wataru once more, as well as with American freelancer Tommy Kid before announcing his intentions of pursuing not just the DJPW Junior Heavyweight Championship, but every single Junior Heavyweight Championship across the country. On December 15th, 1995, Ultraman Neos would win the Dynamite Junior League and challenge then DJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Shinji Yamazaki for the Dynamite Explosion 1996 event. On February 12th, 1998, Ultraman Neos would defeat Shinji Yamazaki to become the DJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion for the very first time. The match would be the first DJPW Junior Heavyweight match to receive a 5-Star rating from The Grapples wrestling newsletter head writer Jack Gibson, as well as Tokyo Sports Match of the Year.
Later that year, Ultraman Neos would venture to other promotions in an attempt to unify every Junior Heavyweight Championship across Japan, the first of which would be against KANSAI PRO's Kinnikuman, another character who was lifted from a different form of media, this time a manga created by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada in 1979, however, was introduced as a wrestling persona in 1998 after the Kinnikuman: The Second Generation was launched in Japan. He would defeat Kinnikuman to capture the K-Pro Junior Heavyweight Championship on February 2nd. He would later go on to capture the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight, El Dorado World Light Heavyweight, WWA World Junior Heavyweight, Mexican National Cruiserweight and DREAM Junior Heavyweight Championships. In the process, he would create the J-Crown and would defend all of these championships at the same time. He would hold onto these titles until March of 2000, where he lost the crown to his former rival Shinji Yamazaki after defending the combined J-Crown 22 times.
In 2005, Ultraman Neos would announce his retirement from professional wrestling as he wished to serve some time in the Japan Self-Defense Forces. With this announcement, he unmasked for the first time in a wrestling ring, announced his real name before offering the Ultraman Neos namesake and mask to Hayato Sekishima, who would accept.
Return as a Heavyweight (2007 - 2017):
In 2007, Masanori Kawada made a surprise appearance at the Dynamite Explosion event, announcing his honorable discharge from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and his return to professional wrestling. Having gained quite a lot of muscle during his time away, he also announced that despite his legacy in the Junior Heavyweight class, he no longer has anything the pursue in the division. As such, he would be making the jump to the Heavyweight class upon his return. His first feud back in Dynamite Japan would be against Hayato Sekishima, who in his time away discarded and mocked the Ultraman Neos namesake, removing his mask disgracing it in the process. During the feud, Sekishima carried around the Ultraman Neos mask, stepping on it, ripping it, spitting on it and various other methods of defiling it in an attempt to provoke Kawada. On September 19th, He would defeat his former successor in a Máscara contra retiro (Mask versus Retirement) match, while debuting a new variation of the Ultra Driver.
Strong Style Wrestling (2018 - present):
In January of 2018, Masanori Kawada announced that he had left Dynamite Japan to venture outwards into new flourishing promotions around the country, and sighted the brand new Strong Style Wrestling as his new base promotion. He was quickly signed onto the Shoot Nation faction, alongside Satoshi Yoshida, Tetsuo Miyashiro, Candice Blair, Ken Matsuda & faction leader Jaydane Pendragon. On January 21st, Kawada was defeated by Khmaoch Sângkât in a match to coronate the first SSW Heritage Champion after John Doe attacked Kawada. On January 28th, the Shoot Nation team of Kawada and Candice Blair defeated The Phantom Troupe's Khmaoch Sângkât and Mizuki Nakata, the ending saw Kawada pin Sângkât with the K-Dynamite to avenge his loss from the week prior. Later in the night, Kawada tried to save Ronin's Steven Cassidy and Koji Senju from a post-match attack from John Doe and Saul Omen, only for John Doe to punt Cassidy in the head before Kawada ran them off. Following the show, it was announced Kawada would be a participant in a 16-man tournament to crown the inaugural Puroresu Heavyweight Champion. Following some legal disputes, SSW seemingly stopped operations until they announced they would return March 20th.
On March 31st at their return supershow, Exodus, Kawada attempted to save Jaydane Pendragon from a mid-match assault directed by John Doe, however, Kawada would be intercepted by Saul Omen to ultimately allow Aria Jaxon to become the inaugural Puroresu Heavyweight Champion. On April 7th, Kawada and Pendragon defeated the Phantom Troupe team of CM Nas and Saul Omen. On April 14th, Kawada advanced in the first round of the Heaven's Arena Tournament after CM Nas got himself disqualified after attacking Kawada with brass knuckles. The assault would continue until referee's restrained Nas. On April 21st, Kawada, Belle Kingsley & Jaydane defeated the Ronin team of Tarah Nova, Endeavour & Atem Octavian Amun-Ra. On April 28th, Kawada defeated Tarah Nova to advance to the semi-finals, showing respect to her following the match. On May 5th, Jaydayne Pendragon, Masanori Kawada, The Apparition & Belle Kingsley defeated The Phantom Troupe team CM Nas, Saul Omen, Khmaoch Sângkât & Gronk. On May 12th, Jaydane would defeat Kawada to advance to the finals of the Heaven's Arena tournament, the two showing respect to each other after the match.
OUT OF CHARACTER:
Name: Brent
Years of Experience: 2 years
Twitter Handle: Don't have one, yet
Best Way to Reach?: I'll check here
Willing to Help Write Matches?: Depends on my schedule tbh.
How Did You Hear About Us?: Partnership with SSS
Why did you select King's Road?: Wanted to world build the character