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NOSAWA Rongai

Birthdate: December 17th, 1976
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Debut: December 27th, 1995
Background: Lucha Libre
Promotion History: DDT (1998 to 2001) and All Japan (2004 to present)
Alliances: GURENTAI
Ring Attire: Red tights
Card Position: Opener/Lower Mid-Card
Major Tournaments Won: None
Current Title Held: None

Championship History:

DDT KO-D Openweight Championship:
- Defeated Exciting Yoshida on 6/29/01 and Vacated on 11/22/01

DDT KO-D Tag Team Championship with Takashi Sasaki:
- Defeated Starman and Vertigo on 6/2/01 and lost to MIKAMI and Super Uchuu Power on 7/5/01

Biggest Matches:
- June 29th, 2001 vs. Exciting Yoshida (title win)
- October 11th, 2004 with MAZADA vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Masanobu Fuchi (title challenge)
- December 5th, 2004 vs. Kaz Hayashi (title challenge)
- October 29th, 2006 vs. Shuji Kondo (title challenge)

Signature Moves:
- Amityville Horror
- La Magistral Cradle
- Michinoku Driver II

2005 Recap:
A curtain jerker, NOSAWA saw little success in All Japan, losing as many opening matches as he won. On March 20th he took a shot at the All Japan Jr. Heavyweight Championship, but lost to TAKA Michinoku. On July 26th, NOSAWA lost a "banishment" match to his old friend MAZADA, and he had to leave All Japan. Soon after that, a new wrestler named Space Lone Wolf appeared that wrestled similar to NOSAWA, and Space Lone Wolf had slightly better success in All Japan then NOSAWA. In December, Space Lone Wolf was unmasked to confirm that he was indeed the same person as NOSAWA.

2006 Recap:
NOSAWA wrestled regularly for All Japan in 2006, but mostly spent his time towards the bottom of the card and out of any major feuds. NOSAWA began wrestling with his old friend MAZADA again, and for parts of 2006 he also teamed with Brute Issei or AKIRA. Towards the end of 2006, NOSAWA began teaming with his new mentor Minoru Suzuki, which landed him a few bigger matches and together they wrestled in the Real World Tag League. Unfortunately the team would come in last place, with NOSAWA being the obvious weak link.

2007 Recap:
After starting the year teaming with his old friend MAZADA, in the late spring NOSAWA joined TAKA Michinoku and Hayashi to form the Mexican Amigos. Now with the name El NOSAWA Mendoza, as a group they feuded with Suzuki and MAZADA along with other mid-card wrestlers. In the Jr. Heavyweight League he only picked up one win which was over Ryuji Hijikata. In December the Mexican Amigos disbanded and NOSAWA went back to teaming with MAZADA.

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