Takuya Sugi | |
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Sugi in July 2011.
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Born |
Shizuoka City, Japan |
October 6, 1983
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Sugi San Sugi El Blazer Yoshitsune Shanao Mini Cima Little Dragon Hustle Kamen Ranger Red Michinoku Ranger Gold Ahii The★Zest (2nd generation) Namazu Man Rabbit Boy Super Milo Uwai #32 NOIZ El Fuerte |
Billed height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Billed weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Billed from | Hustle Nebula (as Hustle Kamen Ranger Red) Hiraizumi (as Shanao/Yoshitsune) |
Trained by |
Último Dragón Jorge "Skayde" Rivera |
Debut | May 11, 2003 |
Takuya Sugi (杉卓也 Sugi Takuya) is a Japanese professional wrestler from Shizuoka. He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he works as Sugi (stylized in all capital letters). H has used many aliases, most commonly Yoshitsune and El Blazer. He is mainly known for his high-flying abilities.
Immediately after graduating in the 11th Toryumon school class term, Sugi debuted in 2003 in Toryumon Mexico, shortly after moving to the Toryumon X brand. He went under the gimmick of Mini Cima (ミニCIMA Mini Cima), a lighter version of the popular Toryumon wrestler Cima, who was a part of the Mini Crazy Max stable along with Suwacito and Small Dandy Fuji. Aligning themselves as tweeners, they got into a feud with babyface faction Sailor Boys (Taiji Ishimori, Kei Sato and Shu Sato), having several matches against them, sometimes accompanied by senior members of the actual Crazy Max.
In December 2003, Mini Cima and his team competed in the Young Dragons Cup 2003 scramble match, but they were unable to win, being Takeshi Minamino the eventual tournament winner. They would be more successful at the Yamaha Cup 2004tag team tournament, with Mini Cima and Suwacito defeating Manabu Murakami and Naoki Tanizaki in the first round and the Sailor Boys in the second to crown themselves as winners. On September 9, 2003 the group competed in an elimination match for the UWA World Welterweight Championship, eliminating the team of Los Carros Exóticos (Gallardo, Lambo Miura and Murcielago) before falling short to Los Salseros Japoneses (Minamino, Pineapple Hanai and Mango Fukuda). This was the Toryumon X final event, with the promotion folding shortly after. Mini Crazy Max had its last reunion in the special event Dragon Fire The Final Challenge on October 14, where they competed in another special challenge match.