El Desperado (wrestler)
Mikami as El Desperado in September 2014
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| Birth name | Kyosuke Mikami |
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| Born |
December 29, 1983 Nagaoka, Niigata |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
El Desperado Kyosuke Mikami Namajague |
| Billed height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Trained by |
NJPW Dojo Koji Kanemoto |
| Debut | March 7, 2010 |
Kyosuke Mikami (三上 恭佑? Mikami Kyōsuke, born December 29, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working under the ring name El Desperado (エル・デスペラード? Eru Desuperādo). He is signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Mikami was trained by the NJPW dojo and worked for NJPW for two years as a low rookie while gaining in-ring experience. In 2012 he traveled to Mexico for an extended stay as part of his training regimen, working for NJPW's Mexican affiliate Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as the masked character Namajague, a Spanish translation of Namahage, a Japanese folk demon. While in CMLL he won his first professional wrestling title alongside Okumura, the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship, in March 2013. After being unmasked due to losing a match and briefly working without one, Mikami returned to NJPW in January 2014 and was repackaged under another mask as El Desperado.
Mikami was born and raised in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. He later attended Senshu University but dropped out before graduating. He pursued both a Judo and an Amateur wrestling career, both in Greco-Roman and in Freestyle wrestling.
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