Super Delfin | |
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Super Delfin in January 2012
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Born |
Izumi, Osaka, Japan |
September 22, 1967
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Super Delfin Monkey Magic Wakita Momotaro |
Billed height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Billed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
Trained by |
Gran Hamada Atsushi Onita Apollo Sugawara |
Debut | March 19, 1989 |
Hiroto Wakita (脇田 洋人 Wakita Hiroto?, born September 22, 1967) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently runs Kaisen Puroresu and is also working as a wrestler there. He is better known by his stage name Super Delfin (スペル・デルフィン Superu Derufin?).
Hiroto Wakita joined New Japan Pro Wrestling's dojo. He was affiliated with the Takeshi Puroresu Gundan, a Japanese take on the "Rock 'n Wrestling" concept espoused by the WWF at the time in the United States, using comedian and director Takeshi Kitano as the manager of Riki Choshu and others who had returned from All Japan Pro Wrestling. As fans were not receptive to the angle, Kitano and New Japan parted ways, which left Wakita and his fellow dojo students, the future Jado and Gedo, without a home. The three men began training almost on their own, with Wally Yamaguchi as their trainer. In 1994 he competed in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament organised by New Japan Pro Wrestling. He finished second by losing to Jushin Thunder Liger in the finals. He attempted to play mind games on Liger by dressing in a similar outfit for the match.