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Yoshiaki Yatsu

Nickname: Great; Daredevil; Olympic Wrestler

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 264 lbs

From: Ora, Japan

Birthday: Sep 19th

Pro Debut: December 29, 1980

Aliases: Tola Yatsu, Akiyoshi Tsuya, Tora Yatsu, Great Yatsu, Yoshi Yatsu

Feds Worked For: MSW, WCCW, NWA, WCW, WWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (Japan), Asian Pro Wrestling (Japan), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Capture International (Japan), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), DDT Pro Wrestling (Japan), Dotonbori Pro Wrestling (Japan), Dradition Pro Wrestling (Japan), Dramatic Dream Team Pro Wrestling (Japan), EAGLE Pro Wrestling Promotion (Japan), Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Fukumen MAINA (Japan), Ganbare Wrestling (Japan), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Hot Shushu (Japan), IWA Japan (Japan), Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Network of Wrestling (Japan), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Pacific Wrestling Federation (Japan) (Japan), PRIDE Fighting Championships (Japan), Pro Wrestling Crusaders (Japan), Pro Wrestling NOAH (Japan), Pro Wrestling ZERO1 (Japan), Social Pro Wrestling Federation (Japan), Super Pro Wrestling Federation (Japan) (Japan), Super World Sports (Japan), Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (Japan), Tokyo Pro Wrestling (Japan), World Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), World W*ING Spirit (Japan)

Finisher: Jailhouse Lock

Signature Moves: Bulldog, German Suplex, Palm Strikes, Piledriver, Powerbomb, Scoop Salmon (Powerslam), Wonder Suplex (Double Arm Suplex), Front Suplex

Career Highlights: -AJPW Tag Team Champion (5x; all w/ Jumbo Tsuruta)
-IWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Goro Tsurumi)
-NWA International Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Riki Choshu and Jumbo Tsuruta)
-PWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Jumbo Tsuruta)
-SWS Tag Team Champion (w/ Haku)
-WCCW Television Champion
-1987 Winner of AJPW World's Strongest Tag Team League (w/ Jumbo Tsuruta)

Affiliates: Jumbo Tsuruta, Riki Choshu, Goru Tsurumi, Kakumeigun, Haku, Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi, Killer Khan, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Masa Saito, Tiger Toguchi, K. Y. Wakamatsu, Kendo Nagasaki, Ishinriki, Isao Takagi, Shinichi Nakano, Hiroshi Hatanaka, Tetsuya Yamanaka, Akira Taue, Masanobu Fuchi, Mighty Inoue, Yoshinari Ogawa, Jun Akiyama, John Tenta, Shunji Takano, Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiroshi Wajima, The Great Kabuki

Notable Feuds: Genichiro Tenyru, Jumbo Tsuruta, Riki Choshu, Stan Hansen, Takashi Ishikawa, Rusher Kimura, Kengo Kimura, Ashura Hara, Terry Gordy, Abdullah the Butcher, Tatsumi Fujinami, Shunji Takano, Goro Tsurumi, The Great Kabuki, Tiger Jeet Singh, Seiji Sakaguchi, Antonio Inoki, Mitsuharu Misawa, Johnny Rodz, Super Strong Machine, Motoshi Okuma, Kodo Fuyuki, Toshiaki Kawada, Animal Hamaguchi, Osamu Kido, Davey Boy Smith, Mikel Scicluna, Ryuma Go, Killer Khan, Dynamite Kid

Other Facts: -Father of pro wrestler Teriyaki Yatsu
-Competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Japan. Would have competed in the 1980 Olympics, had Japan not boycotted the games.
-Trained for pro wrestling by Hiro Matsuda
-As Tora Yatsu, he used the nickname "The Oriental Asian"
-Former member of Dojo Geki
-Former member of Ishin Gundan
-Former member of Tsuruta-gun
-Owner of Super Pro Wrestling Federation, originally named Social Progress Wrestling Federation
-Competed twice in MMA for PRIDE Fighting Championships in 2000 against Gary Goodridge, but was defeated both times.
-His persona Akiyoshi Tsuya is similar to The Great Muta
-Had his right leg amputated below the knee in 2019, due to diabetes which he had been diagnosed with in 1991.