1. Keita Yano is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for Professional Wrestling Wallabee.
21 Facts About Keita Yano
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Keita Yano started his career with Battlarts in February 2007 and remained with the promotion for four years, winning the B-Rule Tournament in 2009.
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Keita Yano began training professional wrestling with Battlarts in 2006, when the promotion accepted his third application to enter its training program.
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Keita Yano eventually made his in-ring debut on February 25,2007, losing to Manabu Hara.
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Keita Yano finally picked up his first win at a Battlarts event on March 9,2008, submitting Akifumi Saito with the Larsson.
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On January 10,2009, Keita Yano entered the B-Rule Tournament, advancing directly to the semifinals, after Yuta Yoshikawa was unable to wrestle in his first round match.
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Later that same day, Keita Yano defeated Super Tiger II in his semifinal match to advance to the finals, where he would defeat veteran Alexander Otsuka via points to win the entire tournament.
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On January 17,2010, Keita Yano made it to the finals of his second B-Rule Tournament in a row, but was this time defeated by Yujiro Yamamoto.
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Later that same day, Keita Yano wrestled in a six-way elimination semifinal match, from which he was the third man eliminated by Obariyon.
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The finish of the match had to improvised, after Green Ant legitimately broke his arm, after Keita Yano performed one of his signature moves, Calf Branding, on him.
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Back in Japan, Keita Yano began working regularly for Professional Wrestling Wallabee, a promotion founded by the male wrestlers of Ice Ribbon, becoming the promotion's first TV Champion in October 2010.
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Keita Yano later went to unify the TV Championship with the Capture International and Ricky Fuji Aggressive World Heavyweight Championships, creating what he referred to as the "Indie Triple Crown".
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On October 8,2010, Keita Yano made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, losing to Tomohiro Ishii at a NEVER event, a New Japan project aimed at showcasing up-and-coming wrestlers not signed to the promotion.
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On January 23,2011, Keita Yano made it to the finals of the B-Rule Tournament, but was, for the second year in a row, defeated there by Yujiro Yamamoto.
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Keita Yano returned to take part in Battlarts' final event on November 5,2011, defeating Kenji Takeshima in the opening match.
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On November 13,2011, Keita Yano began working regularly for the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, when he teamed with Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano to defeat Hoshitango, Mikami and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a six-man tag team match.
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Towards the end of the match, Keita Yano pinned Kana to win the title just twenty seconds later, Kana rolled him up to regain the title.
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Keita Yano cites Kendo Kashin as his main influence in wanting to become a wrestler himself.
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Keita Yano later became a fan of Bruiser Brody, adopting many of his in-ring mannerisms, including his signature "huss" chant, while billing himself from Detroit, Michigan, Brody's hometown.
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Keita Yano has wrestled as both "Kendo Ke Ita" and "Brody Boy" in honor of his idols.
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Keita Yano is a fan of soccer, having played the game with some success in high school, and has named two of his signature moves after Swedish soccer players Freddie Ljungberg and Henrik Larsson.