Yosuke Santa Maria
Yosuke♥Santa Maria in November 2016
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| Birth name | Yosuke Watanabe |
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| Born |
14 December 1991 Itabashi, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Former Super Shenlong III: Yosuke Watanabe Super Shenlong III Yosuke♥Santa Maria Yosuke Watanabe |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Trained by | Nex wrestling school |
| Debut | May 30, 2011 |
Yosuke Watanabe (渡辺陽介 Watanabe Yōsuke?, born December 14, 1991 in Itabashi, Tokyo) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Dragon Gate professional wrestling promotion under the ring name Yosuke♥Santa Maria (ヨースケ♥サンタマリア Yōsuke♥Santa Maria?). He is a former Open the Owarai Gate Champion.
Watanabe trained for his professional wrestling career in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate's wrestling school called "Dragon Gate Nex" and made his debut on January 26, 2011 at Dragon Gate Nex's Sanctuary.71 show in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, wrestling to a draw against fellow trainee, and future stable mate, Eita Kobayashi. He later "graduated" to the main Dragon Gate shows as a low ranking rookie. On April 19, 2012, Watanabe would become the third incarnation of Super Shenlong, he would also form -akatsuki- along Chihiro Tominaga, Shingo Takagi and Yamato. On May 6, -akatsuki- defeated Mad Blankey in an eight-man tag team match. Super Shenlong teamed up with Takagi and Yamato to participate in 2012's Summer Adventure Tag League with their only win going against Mad Blankey's Cyber Kong, Kzy and Mondai Ryu. On August 1 2013, -akatsuki- was forced to disband, after losing to Mad Blankey in a five-on-four tag team match. Also part of the stipulation, Super Shenlong was forced to unmask revealing his true identity. During the Summer Adventure Tag League, Naruki Doi turned on Masato Yoshino, meaning that Watanabe would fill Doi's spot in the tournament. Surprisingly, the team managed to defeat Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki.
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