Yasushi Tsujimoto

Yasushi Tsujimoto
Ring name(s)	brother YASSHI Stevie "brother" Tsujimoto YASSINI "brother" YASSINI "strong" YASSHI "brother" Tom Yankun
Billed height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Billed weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Born	January 26, 1982 (1982-01-26) (age 29)
Resides	Uji, Kyoto
Trained by	Último Dragón Jorge Rivera
Debut	2000

Yasushi Tsujimoto (辻本 恭史, Tsujimoto Yasushi^?), better known by his ringname "brother" YASSHI, is a Japanese professional wrestler, known for his appearances in El Dorado Wrestling, Dragon Gate, and All Japan Pro Wrestling. He was an amateur wrestler before becoming a pro wrestler.

Career

Toryumon - Japan

Tsujimoto debuted in Toryumon Japan as part of the T2P class as Stevie "brother" Tsujimoto. He was ranked second, roughly tied with Masato Yoshino, but far behind Milano Collection AT. Both he and Yoshino would join Milano's faction The Italian Connection, renaming to YASSINI and YOSSINO respectively. Tsujimoto did not like his new name, and after arguing with Milano, settled on "brother YASSINI".^[1]

The Italian Connection began showing a divide, as Milano and YOSSINO were face oriented, whereas YASSINI and fellow ItaCon stablemates Condotti Shuji, Bakery Yagi and Berlinetta Boxer were all heels.^[1] YASSINI and Shuji would split from the ItaCon when they attacked Milano and YOSSINO with blue boxes. They renamed to brother YASSHI and Shuji Kondo respectively, and as of 2008 have remained together. Kondo and YASSHI brought Touru Owashi and Shogo Takagi (the unmasked Berlinetta Boxer) into their group, and renamed to Hagure Gundam.^[1]

Dragon Gate - Aagan Iisou

Veteran Dragon Gate wrestler Masaaki Mochizuki joined Hagure Gundam as the leader. The stable renamed to Aagan Iisou, which means roughly Villains all wear the same colors. They added Takuya Sugawara into the mix shortly after. Kondo, YASSHI and Sugawara formed a regular three man tag team. Kondo and Mochizuki began to argue over who was the ace of the stable, and Aagan sided with Kondo, kicking Mochi out of the group.

All five members of Aagan Iisou - Kondo, YASSHI, Sugawara, Owashi and Takagi - were fired from Dragon Gate on December 31, 2004, for controversial and mostly unexplained reasons.^[2]

All Japan Pro Wrestling

After Kondo and YASSHI were fired from Dragon Gate, they surfaced in AJPW as part of DG alumni TARU's stable Voodoo Murders.^[3]

Dragondoor/El Dorado

YASSHI and Kondo reprised their alliance in the short lived Dragondoor promotion, as well as their three man tag team with Takuya Sugawara. Although Torou Owashi and Shogo Takagi were both in the promotion, a full reunion of Aagan Iisou never happened.

In El Dorado, YASSHI split from Kondo for the first time since their early days in the Italian Connection. YASSHI returned to the wrestling and Llave style he used in the early days of his career, and formed a stable of his own called the Nanking Fucking Wrestling Team alongside high school wrestling teammates Masaki Okimoto and Yuji Hino. It did not last long as he made few attempts to expand it, and after losing a match to Kondo in which the loser disbanded his faction, YASSHI reformed his alliance with Kondo.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Flying Big Head (Diving headbutt)
  • Nice Jamaica (Bridging German suplex)

• Signature moves
  • Bad Boy (Corkscrew neckbreaker, sometimes from the top rope)
  • Bronx Buster (Bronco buster)
  • Chlamydia/69 Driver (Spinning kneeling belly to belly piledriver)
  • Flying Worm (Slingshot 450° splash)
  • Postore de la Noche (Modified crucifix pinfall)
  • Testicular claw
  • Turntable (Spinning horizontal cradle)
  • YASSHI Lift (Wrist-clutch Karelin lift)

• With Shuji Kondo
  • Big Boy (Powerbomb (Kondo) / Bad Boy (YASSHI) combination)

Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Shuji Kondo
  • January 3 Korakuen Hall Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal Winner (2006, 2007, 2009) ^[4][5]

• Tokyo Sports Grand Prix

• Tag Team Of The Year (2006)- with TARU, Suwama, & Shuji Kondo ^[6]

• Toryumon Japan
  • UWA World Trios Championship (2 times) - with Milano Collection A.T. and YOSSINO (1), and Condotti Shuji and Touru Owashi (1)^{[7][Note 1]}

Footnotes

1. ^ The UWA Closed in 1995, since then various UWA titles have been used by promotions in Mexico and Japan, this title was promoted by Toryumon Japan at the time TARU won it.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Chatra, Mo (March 2005). "Toryumon Uncovered". Power Slam Magazine (Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD): pp. 34–35. 116. 
2. ^ "The history of Puroresu". Fighting Spirit Magazine (England: Uncooked Media): pp. 38–46. November 2006. Issue 8. 
3. ^ PWI Staff. "Mid-Year Report: the top 50 stories of the half year (21) Suwama wins Triple Crown Title". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Kappa Publications): p. 80. September 2008 Edition. 
4. ^ http://www.purolove.com/ajpw/results/09nyshiningseries.php
5. ^ http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/alljap/ajtourn.htm
6. ^ http://www.puroresu.com/awards/2000s.html
7. ^ "Universal Wrestling Association World Trios Title". Wrestling-titles.com. January 24, 2010. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/uwa-6.html. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 

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Name	Tsujimoto, Yasushi
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Date of birth	January 26, 1982
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