Muhammad Yone | |
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Born |
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
February 23, 1976
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Captain Noah Muhammad Yone Satoshi Yoneyama |
Billed height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Billed weight | 110 kg (240 lb) |
Trained by |
Yoshiaki Fujiwara Yuki Ishikawa |
Debut | August 18, 1995 |
Satoshi Yoneyama (米山 聡 Yoneyama Satoshi?), better known by his ring name Muhammad Yone (モハメド・ヨネ Mohamedo Yone?), is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he a multi-time GHC Tag Team Champion, a one time GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion and winner of the Global Tag League in 2012 with Naomichi Marufuji. He is known for his trademark afro hairstyle, which earned him the nickname "Mr. Afro". Later on he would cut his hair short and changed his pants color to black and red in order to resemble his Brave teammates.
Yoneyama made his professional wrestling debut on August 18, 1995, wrestling under his real name Satoshi Yoneyama. Early in his career he would work for Japanese promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling Battlarts, Michinoku Pro, WAR and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. In 1999, he changed his ring name to Muhammad Yone (spelled "Mohammad Yone" in some sources). In 2000, Yone joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) working low card matches.