Shuji Kondo
| Shuji Kondo | |
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Kondo in 2010
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| Born |
January 21, 1978 Fuji, Shizuoka |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Shuji Kondo Condotti Shuji Dotti Shuji |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Trained by |
Último Dragón Skayde |
| Debut | May 18, 2001 |
Shuji Kondo (近藤修司 Kondō Shūji?) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Prior to becoming a pro wrestler, he played rugby. After starting his career in Toryumon, Kondo eventually joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he became one of the promotion's top junior heavyweights, winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship twice and the All Asia Tag Team Championship once. Upon leaving AJPW in 2013, Kondo joined Wrestle-1, where he became half of the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions. Kondo also works as a trainer for Wrestle-1.
Kondo was part of the T2P class in Toryumon. At first he was a face in the Toryumon Seikigun.
He would turn heel and join the Italian Connection, changing his name to Condotti Shuji, after the shopping district. One of his stablemates in the ItaCon was "brother" Yasshi, who has remained a firm ally of his ever since.
In 2003, the ItaCon was divided over the face/heel issue, with Kondo leading the heel side. He would lead the turn, briefly rename to Dotti Shuji, and soon after revert to his real name. He and Yasshi formed a group called Hagure Gundam (Rogue Corps in English) with fellow ItaCon member Shogo Takagi, and Toru Owashi. When Hagure Gundam was joined by Masaaki Mochizuki, it was renamed Aagan Iisou. Mochizuki would later be kicked out of the stable after he and Kondo feuded over who was leader, and Takuya Sugawara was added to the group.
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