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Name
  
Kohei Sato

Debut
  
2000


Billed weight
  
100 kg (220 lb)

Billed height
  
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

Role
  
Professional wrestler

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Born
  
September 21, 1977 (age 47) Tokyo, Japan (
1977-09-21
)

Ring name(s)
  
Kohei SatoMonster K

Kohei Sato vs Nick Primo (9/19/2011) Zero1


Kohei Sato (佐藤 耕平, Satō Kōhei, born September 21, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted with Pro Wrestling Zero1. Sato is also a former mixed martial artist.

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Career

From a background in judo, Sato made his transition to mixed martial arts after meeting Kazunari Murakami and Sanshu Tsubakichi. He joined the Shooto promotion, winning the 1998 All Japan Amateur Shooto Championships over Takashi Okada in the heavyweight class, and later turning professional and gaining two wins over Anthony Netzler and Katsuhisa Fujii. He then retired from MMA in order to start in professional wrestling, debuting in Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE in 2001.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Bridging German suplex
  • Cross armbreaker
  • Pole Star (Scoop brainbuster)
  • Signature moves
  • Gutwrench suplex
  • Harai goshi
  • Modified omoplata
  • Multiple kick variations
  • Jumping high
  • Savate
  • Spinning wheel
  • Northern Lights suplex
  • Ura-nage
  • Nicknames
  • Tokyo Tower
  • Entrance themes
  • "Viva!" by Bond (ZERO1; ?-present)
  • "Satrap" (ZERO1; 2011–present; used occasionally)

    • Championships and accomplishments

  • All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hirotaka Yokoi
  • Big Japan Pro Wrestling
  • BJW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Shuji Ishikawa
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #150 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
  • Pro Wrestling Zero1
  • NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (7 times, current) - with Ryoji Sai (2), Yoshihiro Takayama (1), Kamikaze (2), Daisuke Sekimoto (1), and Hideki Suzuki (1, current)
  • NWA United National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
  • ZERO1-MAX United States Openweight Championship (1 time)
  • Fire Festival (2004, 2015)
  • Furinkazan (2010) - with KAMIKAZE
  • Passion Cup Tag Tournament (2008) - with Ryoji Sai
  • World Entertainment Wrestling
  • WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with KAMIKAZE

    • References

    Kohei Sato Wikipedia
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