Masashi Aoyagi
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| Masashi Aoyagi | |
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| Born | 27 December 1956 Kasuya District, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Died | 6 July 2022 (aged 65) |
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| Billed height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Debut | 6 October 1989 |
| Retired | 15 August 2021 |
Masashi Aoyagi (Japanese: 青柳 政司, Hepburn: Aoyagi Masashi, 27 December 1956 – 6 July 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestler and karateka. He worked for numerous Japanese promotions for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH and many others.
Early life
Aoyagi was born in Kasuya District, Fukuoka, and raised in Toyota, Aichi.[1][2] He was a swimmer while he was in elementary and junior high school, and was occasionally selected as a representative of the prefectural convention.[3]
Professional wrestling career
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Aoyagi started his professional wrestling debut in 1989. Early in his career Aoyagi worked for Wrestle Association-R from 1992 to 1994 and 1997 to 1998, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling from 1989 to 1994, and New Japan Pro Wrestling from 1990 to 1994.[4]
In May 1994, when the World Wrestling Federation was on tour in Japan, Aoyagi wrestled a few matches for WWF. He defeated Bob Backlund on May 8 and later lost to Owen Hart and Bam Bam Bigelow.[5]
In 2000, Aoyagi made his debut for the new promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH where he would work there until his retirement in 2015.
On February 18, 2018, Aoyagi came out of retirement.[6]
He wrestled his last match on August 15, 2021.[7]
Death
Aoyagi died on 6 July 2022.[8] His death was announced by Pro Wrestling Zero1 the following day.[9][10]
Championships and accomplishments
- Daiwa Entertainment Pro Wrestling
- DEP Openweight Champion (1 time)
- WAR
- International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Gokuaku Umibozu
- Tokyo Sports
- Newcomer Award (1990)
- Best Tag Team Award (1992) – with Akitoshi Saito, Kengo Kimura and Shiro Koshinaka
References
- ^ 参考文献『週プロ』2014-10-15 pp72 「実は福岡生まれ」の節より
- ^ プロフィール上は青柳が生まれてほどなく転居した愛知県 豊田市出身となっている
- ^ "ジャイアント馬場＆アントニオ猪木よりも外国人選手が好きだった…青柳政司さん伝説(1)プロレスとの出会い【週刊プロレス】". BBM Sports. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1852&page=20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1852&page=4&year=1994&promotion=1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1852&page=4&year=2018&search=02.2018.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1852&page=4&year=2021&promotion=3032.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Masashi Aoyagi passes away". 7 July 2022.
- ^ "元平成維震軍、誠心会館館長の青柳政司さんが死去". Tokyo Sports. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "【訃報】青柳館長が死去 週刊プロレスmobile". wp.bbm-mobile.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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- 1956 births
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