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'''Naoki Sano'''(佐野直喜) is a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He currently goes by the name '''Takuma Sano.''' |
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==Career== |
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===New Japan Pro Wrestling=== |
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Sano was a member of the [[1984]] [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] dojo class, which also included such luminaries as [[Jushin Liger]], [[Keiji Mutoh]], [[Shinya Hashimoto]] and [[Masahiro Chono]]. In the first few years he was a [[jobber]], but gradually began improving his stock. In [[1989]] he had numerous acclaimed matches against Liger over the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]], winning it once before losing it back to Liger. |
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===[[Super World of Sports]]=== |
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In [[1990]], Sano moved to SWS after a big money offer from Megane Super, the company backing the promotion. In SWS he became the top junior heavyweight, feuding with native talent and outsider talent from the [[United States]], [[Mexico]], and outsider promotions [[Universal Lucha Libre]] and [[Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi]]. On December 1991, Sano won the tournament for the SWS Light Heavyweight Championship. He was the only titleholder. |
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After SWS collapsed in mid-[[1992]], Sano worked a few matches for Fujiwara Gumi, but soon moved to [[Union of Wrestling Force International]] upon recommendation from former NJPW comrades [[Nobuhiko Takada]] and [[Kazuo Yamazaki]], the top stars of UWFI. |
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===Yuhi Sano, the shoot wrestler=== |
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In UWFI, he adopted the name '''Yuhi Sano'''. Adopting the shinguards and trunks typical of [[shoot style]] wrestlers, Sano had more opportunities to face actual heavyweights. Nevertheless, during the 1995-96 feud against NJPW, Sano participated on UWFI's side, beating old rival Liger one more time but losing to [[Shinya Hashimoto]]. In the feud against [[WAR (wrestling promotion)|WAR]], which had been born out of the ashes of SWS, Sano lost to old patron [[Genichiro Tenryu]] in a singles match. |
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Upon UWFI's collapse later in 1996, Sano joined its successor promotion, [[Kingdom (professional wrestling)|Kingdom]], but following its faster collapse, Sano, Takada and [[Kazushi Sakuraba]] joined in a stable of fighters called '''Takada Dojo''', whose members would focus more on [[mixed martial arts]] fights. |
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===Independents=== |
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Spurred by Takada Dojo, Sano tried his hand at a few fights in the [[PRIDE Fighting Championships]], but lost all of them. He went back to wrestling, entering Battlarts and feuding with [[Minoru Tanaka]] over the (formerly [[FMW]]) Independent Junior Heavyweight Title. Sano won the belt from Tanaka in 1997 and dropped it back to him the following year. |
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In [[2000]] he participated in the third Super J Cup tournament held by [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]]. He advanced to the final four before losing to eventual runnerup [[Nobuhiko Oshima|CIMA]]. |
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In 2001, Sano appeared on a [[Pro Wrestling NOAH]] card and announced his withdrawal from Takada Dojo, having had enough of mixed martial arts. He immediately signed a contract. |
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===Pro Wrestling NOAH=== |
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He became '''Takuma Sano''', for a year wearing tights and wrestling junior heavyweights, but after fully turning heavyweight, he went back to the shinguards and trunks. As part of the faction led by [[Akira Taue]] and also composed of [[Daisuke Ikeda]], Sano had opportunities for the [[GHC Heavyweight Championship]] held by [[Kenta Kobashi]] and later, [[Mitsuharu Misawa]], but failed both times. Nonetheless, Sano remains a good worker and an integral part of NOAH's heavyweight division. Sano is also openly [[homosexual]]. |
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==In wrestling== |
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*'''Finishing and signature moves''' |
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:*'''[[Brainbuster#Scoop brainbuster|Northern lights bomb]]''' |
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:*Multiple [[suplex]] variations |
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::*[[Suplex#Tiger suplex|Tiger]] |
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::*[[Suplex#German suplex|German]] |
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::*[[Suplex#Full nelson suplex|Dragon]] |
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::*[[Suplex#Double underhook suplex|Double arm]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Savate kick|Savate kick]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving double foot stomp|Diving double foot stomp]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Suicide|Suicide dive]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Front dropkick|Front dropkick]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Sole butt|Rolling sole butt]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling holds#Surfboard|Surfboard stretch]] |
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:*[[Boston crab]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling holds#Bow and arrow hold|Bow and arrow stretch]] |
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==Championships and accomplishments== |
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*'''[[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]]''' |
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:*[[FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[FMW Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]]) |
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*'''[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]''' |
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:*[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]]) |
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*'''[[Super World of Sports]]''' |
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:*[[Super World of Sports#SWS Light Heavyweight Championship|SWS Light Heavyweight Championship]] (1 time) |
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*'''[[WAR (wrestling promotion)|Wrestle Association R]] |
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:*[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Nobuhiko Takada]] and Masahito Kakihara |
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*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]]''' |
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:*[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Match of the Year|Match of the Year]] (1990) <small>vs. [[Jushin Liger]] on January 31 in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]</small> |
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[[Category:Year of birth missing|Sano, Naoki]] |
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[[Category:Japanese professional wrestlers|Sano, Naoki]] |
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[[ja:佐野直喜]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 13 October 2008
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