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Takahiro Suwa
Ring name(s)	Suwa Judo Suwa/Somusawa[1]
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Billed weight	181 lb (82 kg)[2]
Born	August 31, 1975 (1975-08-31) (age 34)[2]
Resides	Kawanabe, Kagoshima, Japan
Trained by	Último Dragón
Debut	May 11, 1997[2]
Retired	2007

Takahiro Suwa (諏訪 高広, Suwa Takahiro^?), better known by his ring name Suwa (stylized as SUWA), is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, formerly of Pro Wrestling Noah.

Contents 1 Wrestling career 1.1 Toryumon and Dragon Gate 1.2 Pro Wrestling Noah 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 References

[edit] Wrestling career

[edit] Toryumon and Dragon Gate

Suwa, one of Último Dragón's first trainees, made his professional debut on the first card of Dragon's Toryumon promotion on May 11, 1997. He went on to become one of the founding fathers of the Crazy Max faction along with Cima, TARU, and Don Fujii.^[2] Suwa won the Último Dragón Gym Championship, the promotion's top title, from Magnum Tokyo on February 8, 2004. He held it for two months before a shoulder injury suffered in a match with Dragon Kid forced him to vacate the belt. Later that same year, Suwa signed with Pro Wrestling Noah.

[edit] Pro Wrestling Noah

Soon after his arrival in Noah, Suwa was repackaged as a cocky and aggressive villain. On September 18, 2005, he challenged Kenta for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Suwa was originally disqualified for attacking Kenta with a foreign object, but the match was restarted, and Suwa eventually lost.

On December 10, 2006, Suwa teamed with TARU, Shuji Kondo and brother YASSHI during an eight-man-tag-team match to Akira Taue, Mushiking Terry, Atsushi Aoki and Taiji Ishimori. After his team lost the match, Suwa announced his intention to retire from wrestling. In his last match, on January 21, 2007, he teamed up with Yoshihiro Takayama and Minoru Suzuki, losing to Kenta, Naomichi Marufuji and Takeshi Rikio. During the match, Suwa turned on his partners.

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • FFF^[2] – Furious Fatal Finisher (Lifting double underhook facebuster)
  • John Woo Special^[2] (Running high–impact front dropkick, knocking the opponent back several feet)
  • Sweeter Bomb (Front flip powerbomb)

• Signature moves
  • Diving elbow drop^[2]
  • Lariat
  • Powerbomb
  • Reverse Bionic Knee Drop
  • Suicide dive

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Toryumon Japan
  • Último Dragón Gym Championship (1 time)^[3]
  • UWA World Trios Championship (3 times) – with Cima and Don Fujii^[4]
  • NWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[5][6]
  • British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[7]

• Distrito Federal
  • Distrito Federal Trios Championship (1 time) – with Shiima Nobunaga and Sumo Fuji^[8]

• Michinoku Pro Wrestling
  • Futaritabi Tag Team League (1999) – with Cima

[edit] References