(born August 17, 1969 in Odate City) is a Japanese
professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, .
Sato has
performed for numerous Japanese promotions as well as
American
promotions
such as Extreme
Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and
Ring of Honor. While in
Michinoku Pro he formed a
stable called
Kaientai DX with
Taka Michinoku,
Funaki,
Men's
Teioh and
Shiryu.
He was briefly a member of the
bWo
in
Extreme Championship
Wrestling. Throughout his career, Togo has been a part of
several stables in the Japanese independent circuit: the original
Kaientai in Michinoku Pro Wrestling with Taka,
Shiryu, and;
LOV (Legion of Violence) in
Osaka Pro Wrestling, with Black Buffalo
and Daioh Quallt (Masaru Seno), the
Far East
Connection with
Gedo,
Jado, Masao Orihara, and
Ikuto Hidaka as a freelancer stable; and now
the "Super Crew", with Hayate, Tsubo Genjin, Nobutaka Moribe and
Osamu Inoue.
In wrestling
- *Diving
senton
- *Brainbuster
- *Crossface
- *Diving
front flip cutter
- *Pedigree (Double underhook
facebuster)
- *Reverse STO
- *Silver Bullet (Slingshot
somersault
senton)
- *Standing
moonsault
- *Tornado
DDT
- *Inverted
brainbuster
- With Italian Four Horsemen; as Francisco
Togo
- *Italian Impact (Diving
clothesline / Electric chair drop combination)
- *Italian Driver (Double Inverted brainbuster)
- With Yasuura No; as Rushi Togo
- *Chinese Impact ((Diving
clothesline / Electric chair drop combination)
- *Yamaguchi-san
Championships and accomplishments
- *100 % Lucha Champ of Champions, Argentina (1 time)
- *DDT KO-D
Openweight Championship (2 times)
- *DDT KO-D Tag Team
Championship (3 times) - with
Nobutaka Moribe (1) and Antonio Honda (1) PIZA Michinoku (1)
- *TREASURE HUNTERS Tag Team Tournament (2006) - with Shuji Kondo
- *UWA World Trios
Championship (1 time, current)
with PIZA Michinoku and Antonio
Honda
- *British
Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1
time)
- *Tohoku
Junior Heavyweight Championship (1
time)
- *Tohoku Tag Team
Championship (1 time) - with
The Great Sasuke
- *UWA/UWF
Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1
time) - with Gedo
- *IWGP
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1
time) - with TAKA Michinoku
- *Osaka Pro
Wrestling Championship (1 time current)
- *AWA
World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1
time)
- *NWA
International Lightweight Tag Team Championship (1
time) - with Ikuto Hidaka
- *UWF Super
Welterweight Championship (1
time)
- World Entertainment Wrestling
- *WEW Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kintaro
Kanemura and Masao Orihara
References