1. Yutaka Yoshie was a Japanese professional wrestler, who worked as a freelancer in Japan, performing most notably for All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was a former World Tag Team Champion.
18 Facts About Yutaka Yoshie
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Yutaka Yoshie had previously worked for promotions such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he was a former IWGP Tag Team Champion, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1.
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Yutaka Yoshie had a background in judo before joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling's dojo in February 1994 and made his professional wrestling debut on December 9,1994, in a match against Satoshi Kojima.
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In only his second match, Yutaka Yoshie broke his leg and was sidelined until December 1995.
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Later that year Yutaka Yoshie defeated former IWGP Heavyweight Champions Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima in singles matches.
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However, Yutaka Yoshie's climb was cut short, when Nagata disbanded Fighting Club G-EGGS in June 2001, sending him back down the card.
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On June 13,2003, Yutaka Yoshie won his only title in NJPW, when he teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi to defeat Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.
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Yutaka Yoshie spent most of the rest of 2006 working for All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he in April participated in his first Champion Carnival.
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In late 2006 Yutaka Yoshie made his debut for Tatsumi Fujinami's and Osamu Nishimura's Muga World Pro Wrestling, for which he wrestled most of 2007.
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On December 13,2007, Yutaka Yoshie defeated Fujinami in the finals of a tournament to win Muga's Dragon Cup.
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On January 4,2008, Yutaka Yoshie made his return to NJPW at Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome, where he, Masato Tanaka, Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Katsushi Takemura defeated Takashi Iizuka, Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask and Ryusuke Taguchi in an eight-man tag team match, when Yutaka Yoshie pinned Taguchi.
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Later that year Yutaka Yoshie teamed with Manabu Nakanishi to take part in NJPW's G1 Tag League, where the team, named Big Mountain, reached the semifinals before losing to the eventual winners of the entire tournament, TenKoji.
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On February 6,2010, Yutaka Yoshie made his debut for Pro Wrestling Noah in a match, where he defeated Shuhei Taniguchi.
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Yutaka Yoshie returned to the ring at an AJPW event on January 20,2013, when he teamed with Kenso to defeat Mazada and Sushi in a tag team match.
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On January 26,2014, Yutaka Yoshie formed a super heavyweight tag team with Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Akebono.
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On March 10,2024, Yutaka Yoshie wrestled in a show for All Japan Pro Wrestling at the Gunma Convention Center in Takasaki.
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Yutaka Yoshie teamed up with Ryo Inoue in a loss to the team of Hokuto Omori and Ryoji Sai.
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Yutaka Yoshie was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital in Takasaki, where he was declared dead at the age of 50.