Naoki Tanisaki
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| Naoki Tanisaki | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | SAITO Super Shisa |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 76 kg (170 lb/12.0 st) |
| Born | January 12, 1978 Toyonaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Trained by | Ultimo Dragon |
| Debut | 2002 |
Naoki Tanisaki (born January 12, 1978 in Toyonaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese wrestler currently competing for Dragon Gate.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Toryumon (2002–2003)
Originally from the Toryumon X promotion, Tanisaki soon made the jump to Dragon Gate. He joined up with Magnum Tokyo's DoFixer stable and became Shingo Takagi's rival. He was soon overshadowed by Shingo and BxB Hulk and showed signs of breaking into singles competition. He was recruited for CIMA's Blood Generation stable and after showing heelish mannerisms, he eventually turned on his DoFixer stablemates and joined up with CIMA in 2006. This was short-lived when the Blood Generation split into two separate factions known as the Muscle Outlaw'z and CIMA's new version of the Blood Generation. Tanisaki joined up with Muscle Outlaw'z but soon had a losing streak against Jack Evans and any other gaijin wrestler CIMA brought in. His contract was then terminated in July and he officially left in December.
[edit] Dragon Gate / Independent circuit (2003–2008)
Tanisaki quickly joined the El Dorado Wrestling roster even though he is a freelance wrestler. He was out injured after his second match with the company, however. He joined up with Shuji Kondo upon returning also currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX, Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo as a part of his freelancing. He has recently entered the deathmatch promotion of BJW and joined the heel stable Omega in K-Dojo. He recently left El Dorado altogether and has returned to wrestling in Dragon Gate. It initially seemed that he would return to the Muscle Outlaw'z stable since he has been teaming with Gamma on the Japanese indie scene. He would disregard their invitation to join and sided with Masaaki Mochizuki. Tanisaki has now aligned himself to Mochizuki's group, resulting in him joining up with new stablemates Don Fujii and K-Ness.
[edit] Dragon Gate (2008–Present)
Tanisaki once again signed with Dragon Gate 6 days after announcing he was becoming freelance again, as a result of being sacrificed to the newly arriving Magnitude Kishiwada just like in 2005. He joined Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk and m.c.KZ as part of DoiYoshi's new faction, WORLD-1. He signed an open contract : he competes on all of Dragon Gate show but is also free to compete elsewhere
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Implant (Double leg-hook belly to back piledriver)
- Casanova/Bakatare Hizagiri (Running knee strike to a seated opponent's face)
- D.H. – Dashing Hizagiri (Running jumping knee strike to the opponent's face)
- F.H. – Flying Hizagiri (Running step-up knee strike to a cornered opponent's face)
- Biting Dog (Arm trap guillotine choke)
