Kazushige Nosawa, better known by his ring names Nosawa and Nosawa Rongai, was born on December 17,1976 and is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions.
22 Facts About Nosawa Rongai
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Nosawa Rongai spent much of his early career competing on the US independent scene, Nosawa has competed for American promotions such as Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Xtreme Pro Wrestling.
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On March 16,2003, at a Juggalo Championship Wrestling event, Nosawa Rongai defeated "Ritchie Boy" Breyer Wellington to win the JCW Heavyweight Championship.
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In July 2004, Nosawa Rongai lost the championship to Kid Kash at the Gathering of the Juggalos.
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Nosawa Rongai was featured in the main event War Games match as a member of Team JCW.
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At "East Side Wars", The Great Muta teamed with Nosawa Rongai to help him defeat the team of Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher.
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Nosawa Rongai appeared in a few matches with the JWO, before returning to Japan.
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Nosawa Rongai debuted at the 2003 Super X Cup, losing in the first round to Juventud Guerrera; he then reappeared as captain of Team Japan in the 2004 World X Cup, where he ended up placing last by the end of the tournament.
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Nosawa Rongai would go on to make sporadic appearances on the early episodes of TNA Impact, usually teaming up with fellow Japanese rookie Kazushi Miyamoto.
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In 2006, Nosawa Rongai would begin again wrestling with his old friend Mazada again, and for parts of the year would team with Brute Issei and Akira.
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In 2007, Nosawa Rongai promoted several comedy wrestling shows, making fun of Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation and using both talent from All Japan, as well as freelancers.
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Since disbanding from Mexico Amigos, Nosawa Rongai has rejoined teaming with Mazada and Takemura as the "Tokyo Gurentai".
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Nosawa Rongai won a game of Jenga for the group's leadership role, but Suzuki immediately shot down the idea of Nosawa Rongai as the leader.
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Outside of AJPW, Nosawa Rongai performed for companies under the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance banner up until the alliance's demise, sometimes alongside his mentor Keiji Mutoh.
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On February 20,2011, Nosawa Rongai was arrested on charges of stealing a taxi and driving it without having a driving license.
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Two days later Nosawa Rongai announced that he was taking an indefinite break from professional wrestling.
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Since September 2013, Tokyo Gurentai, Nosawa Rongai included, has worked regularly for Wrestle-1.
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Since April 2015, Nosawa Rongai joined the newly resurrected Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, as the leader of Monster-gun, which evolved into W*ING Monster-gun, when Kintaro Kanemura joined the group.
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Nosawa Rongai is currently working as the head booker for Pro Wrestling Noah.
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At Grand Square 2021 In Osaka, Eita and Nosawa Rongai defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
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At Noah The New Year 2023 on January 1, Nosawa Rongai teamed up with Hiroshi Hase and Sugiura-gun members Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin to defeat Kongo.
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On February 21,2023, Nosawa Rongai would have his retirement match where he teamed with Mazada in a losing effort against Bullet Club.