Masato Yoshino
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| Born |
July 17, 1980 Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan |
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| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Masato Yoshino Yoshino Yossino Speed Star Sexy Tarzan |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Trained by |
Último Dragón Jorge "Skayde" Rivera |
| Debut | September 2, 2000 |
Masato Yoshino (吉野正人 Yoshino Masato?, born July 17, 1980 in Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion.
Masato Yoshino was part of the T2P class, tied with Stevie "brother" Tsujimoto for the second highest rank of the students, although far behind top ranked Milano Collection A.T.. He was noted early on for his incredible speed in the ring, earning him the nickname Speed Star. He patterned his look after Tarzan, which involved tights fringed in a pattern to imitate a grass skirt, and the names of several of his moves centered around a jungle theme. He was nicknamed Sexy Tarzan at times by female fans, due to his outfit and muscular physique. He also adopted a "pet gorilla" (really a midget wrestler in a gorilla suit) named Venezia.
Yoshino and Tsujimoto joined Milano Collection A.T.'s Italian Connection stable when it was formed on March 3, 2002, and renamed to YOSSINO and "brother" YASSINI, respectively. While in the Italian Connection, he would hold the UWA World Trios Championship twice, with Milano/YASSINI, and with Milano/Condotti Shuji, and would also hold the NWA World Welterweight Championship once. He would also have several highly acclaimed matches with Darkness Dragon/K-ness that would increase his standing within the federation.
The Italian Connection began splintering in 2003 when Milano and Yossino wished to take the stable in a face direction, while Shuji, YASSINI, Berlinetta Boxer and Bakery Yagi wanted to remain heel. The ItaCon split when Kondo and YASSINI attacked Venezia, then Yossino for trying to stop them, and finally Milano. Kondo and the others went on to form Aagan Iisou, and ItaCon would settle as a face stable, adding Anthony W. Mori as a third member after his former partner Takuya Sugawara joined Aagan Iisou. ItaCon would feud with Aagan Iisou into the birth of Dragon Gate in July 2004.
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