23 Facts About Kazma Sakamoto

Kazma Sakamoto was born on 1 October 1982 and is a Japanese professional wrestler.

Kazma Sakamoto originally started his career working for Kaientai Dojo in Japan, where he became a one-time Strongest-K Champion and a three-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champion alongside Ryota Chikuzen, Kengo Mashimo and Miyawaki.

Kazma Sakamoto spent two years working for WWE, as well as for its development brands, Florida Championship Wrestling and NXT.

In 2005, Kazma Sakamoto took on Michinoku for the Strongest-K Championship and a few days later took part in the Strongest-K 2005 tournament and would lose both.

In 2005, under the guidance of former Far East Connection manager, 296, Kazma Sakamoto formed a stable along with Kengo Mashimo called Kinnoutou and started to dominate, eventually taking on Ryota Chikuzen and Kunio Toshima as well.

Mashimo and Kazma Sakamoto were very successful as a group, Mashimo and Kazma Sakamoto went on an undefeated streak since the formation of Kinnoutou and did not drop a fall until well after he left the group.

Mashimo and Kazma Sakamoto won the first Strongest-K Tag Team tournament and were crowned the first ever Strongest-K Tag Team Champions.

Kazma Sakamoto teamed up with Ryota Chikuzen to take on Miyawaki and Yoshiya for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship and lost.

In summer 2007, Kazma Sakamoto participated in Strongest-K Tournament 2007 and reached the semifinals before being knocked out of the competition.

For most of 2009, Kazma Sakamoto would take on members of other stables and factions in both singles and tag team match ups.

Kazma Sakamoto would take part in two tournaments in quick succession, the first being a one-day three-way tournament, which was won by Hino, and Strongest-K Tournament 2009, where he was eliminated by Kashiwa in the semifinals.

On 17 October 2009, Kazma Sakamoto finally defeated Michinoku to become Strongest-K Champion.

Kazma Sakamoto went on to team up with Tonai in the Kaientai Dojo Tag League 2010 and earned four points which two other teams in block A had and therefore took part in a decision three-way won by Asahi and Hino.

Kazma Sakamoto made his FCW debut on 4 December 2011 alongside fellow K-Dojo alum Jiro in a loss against the team of Big E Langston and Nick Rogers.

Kazma Sakamoto went on to lose every televised FCW match he participated in, including defeats to Dean Ambrose and Mike Dalton.

On 26 March 2012, Kazma Sakamoto made his first appearance on WWE television in a vignette for the re-debuting Lord Tensai.

Kazma Sakamoto made his debut on the 2 April 2012 episode of Raw as the follower of Tensai.

On 11 June 2013, Kazma, billed under the ring name Kazma Sakamoto, returned to Japan at a Pro Wrestling Zero1 event, where he announced that he would be taking part in the 2013 Fire Festival.

Kazma Sakamoto replaced an injured Kohei Sato as a member of a heel stable named Desperado, led by Masayuki Kono, and later in the event helped Kono defeat Masakatsu Funaki.

On 11 January 2014, Kazma Sakamoto made his debut for Wrestling New Classic, defeating Masaya Takahashi, after which he challenged and attacked WNC Champion Tajiri.

On 30 January 2015, Kazma Sakamoto received his first title shot in Wrestle-1, when he and Desperado's newest member Koji Doi unsuccessfully challenged Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo for the Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship.

On 26 June 2015, it was announced that Kazma Sakamoto had signed with Wrestle-1, officially ending his days as a freelancer.

Shortly afterwards, Kazma Sakamoto became the new leader of Desperado, after kicking Kono out of the group.