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Susumu Mochizuki (望月享), better known by his ring name Susumu Yokosuka (born August 18, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate professional wrestling promotion, where he is a member of the Real Hazard stable. He is not related to fellow Dragon Gate wrestler and long term ally/rival Masaaki Mochizuki, who debuted much earlier for WAR.
[edit] Career[edit] MexicoAfter a brief stay in the Michinoku Pro Wrestling dojo, he entered Ultimo Dragon's dojo in Mexico. He debuted in 1998 as a third term student. He and Yasushi Kanda formed a tag team there, and they found success, winning the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Titles. They would hold these titles upon their arrival in Toryumon. [edit] M2KHe and Kanda debuted in Toryumon as a heel team, causing mayhem in matches and frequently forcing double countouts to disappoint fans and ruin shows. They were invited to join the legendary Crazy Max stable and accepted, but turned on them later that same night. A few months later they were joined by Masaaki Mochizuki, and they dubbed themselves M2K (meaning two Mochizukis and Kanda). They added Darkness Dragon, Chocoball Kobe, and Genki Horiguchi to their ranks over time (Genki replacing Kobe). On December 15, 2000, he won his first singles title when he topped Keni'chiro Arai for the NWA World Welterweight Title, but six days later he was stripped of the belt because he won it due to outside interference. He won it a second time from Arai cleanly on May 27 of the following year, but lost it to Ryo Saito on September 30. He also had two reigns as UWA World Trios Champion, the first time with Kanda and Dragon in July, and the second with Dragon and Masaaki in October. After Masaaki was kicked out of M2K early in 2002 for trying to reform it, he challenged Masaaki to a match on February 24 for the rights to the Mochizuki surname. Masaaki defeated him, and Susumu was forced to rename himself Susumu Yokosuka, after his home town. To this day, he has never won a singles match against Masaaki. [edit] Do FixerMagnum Tokyo would take over M2K, eventually transforming it into Do Fixer after Yasushi Kanda retired due to neck problems. Like all of his stablemates, he served as a backup dancer for Magnum Tokyo. During this time, Yokosuka formed a long lasting tag team with K-ness (the now-former Darkness Dragon), and continued to establish himself as a choker. He and K-ness would make it to the finals of the inaugural Rey de Parejas Tournament in 2003, but lost to Shuji Kondo & Brother Yasshi. Also in 2003, he captured the UWA World Trios Championship for a third time that year in May with Genki and Ryo. [edit] Final M2KThings remained quiet for him until July 7, 2004. After Masaaki Mochizuki was kicked out of Aagan Iisou, he reconciled with him, Second Doi, and Keni’chiro Arai, and after K-ness returned from a stint of injury, the five of them would form Final M2K. This caused him to depart from Do Fixer. 2005 was another quiet but steady year, and he finally began to shake the choke artist stigma. He made it to the finals of that year’s King of Gate Tournament, but he lost to Ryo Saito. 2006 saw him finally emerge as a top line player. On April 23, he usurped Ryo Saito as Open the Dream Gate Champion, and soon after, Mochizuki named him the leader of Final M2K so he could join Magnum TOKYO in his short-lived Renaissance project. However, he did not reach the status of ace, and his title reign became overshadowed by other events in the promotion. On November 23, he lost the title to Don Fujii in his fourth defense, and on January 14, 2007, Final M2K was brought to an end after he, Mochizuki, and K-Ness lost a match to Cima, Don Fujii & Matt Sydal of the also-ending Blood Generation. [edit] TyphoonHe would soon join Cima in his new Typhoon unit, and he reunited with Ryo Saito in it, and they formed the RyoSuka tag team. This tandem brought him success, as he and Saito would win the WAR I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Titles in July and had two reigns as Open the Triangle Gate Champions with Cima. In 2008, he and Ryo added another title to their list of accolades, winning the Open the Twin Gate Championship from Keni'chiro Arai & Taku Iwasa on May 5. They defended it three times before losing to inaugural champions Speed Muscle – Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino – on September 26. In the interim, Shingo Takagi joined Typhoon, and he was the only member who did not take well to it, creating some dissention. He fought Shingo for his Open the Dream Gate title, but lost. After that, Shingo was booted from Typhoon for trying to banish him and for attacking Cima. The rest of the year remained quiet for him up until the end, when he, Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid lost a Unit Split Survival Three-Way Six-Man Tag Match against teams from World-1 and Real Hazard. [edit] Warriors-5He continued his team with Ryo, and they were given a shot at the Open the Twin Gate titles held by Yamato & Cyber Kong on February 15, 2009. However, near the end of the match, Ryo turned on him, causing him to take the fall, and joined up with Real Hazard. Ryo and the rest of Real Hazard then proceeded to beat him up until Gamma came down to make the save. He began to team with Gamma, and they were given a shot at YAMATO & Kong’s Twin Gate titles on March 1, but with the added stipulation that Gamma would be banished from Dragon Gate if he lost. However, he and Gamma pulled through and won the titles after some assistance from Real Hazard member KAGETORA, and after that, a returning CIMA brought them and KAGETORA into his new stable WARRIORS-5. They would hold the titles until May 5, when they lost them to Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi in a Three-Way Match that also included Keni'chiro Arai & Yasushi Kanda. In November, he began to mysteriously associate himself with Real Hazard member Dr. Muscle. The first incident with him came on the 11th: Gamma cost Susumu a match against Ryo Saito when he tried to throw protein powder into Saito's eyes and it hit Susumu instead, allowing him to be pinned. After the match, Susumu left with Dr. Muscle. On the 14th, Dr. Muscle drew Susumu's attention away from a tag match that he and Gamma were in against Naruki Doi & BxB Hulk, causing them to lose. Susumu went to say something afterwards, but he stopped in mid-sentence to hit Hulk with a Jumbo no Kachi! and then left with Dr. Muscle again. Following this, Dr. Muscle began to exhibit moves from Susumu's moveset, which continued over the course of the next couple of weeks. On the 23rd, Susumu blew off CIMA & Gamma after winning a match, and later on that night, Gamma tried to unmask Dr. Muscle, but the Doctor escaped. Finally, on December 3, Susumu's true colors became known: After he no-showed for a tag team match he had with KAGETORA against Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi, causing KAGETORA to lose, Dr. Muscle came out and struck down KAGETORA with a Mugen and Jumbo no Kachi!, then unmasked to reveal himself to be Susumu. He joined Ryo and Genki in beating down KAGETORA some more before CIMA & Gamma stopped him, and he officially joined Real Hazard and reformed his team with Ryo. [edit] Real HazardRyo & Susumu's reunion was quickly derailed, however, when Ryo suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon a couple of weeks later, sidelining him. [edit] Action Zone WrestlingSusumu Yokosuka made his Hawaii debut on September 5, 2007 losing to stablemate Dragon Kid. The match was voted AZW Match of the Year for 2007. Susumu returned to AZW on January 7, 2008, where he defeated AZW wrestler Kaniala. [edit] In wrestling
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