Captain New Japan
Mitsuhide Hirasawa (平澤 光秀, Hirasawa Mitsuhide, born 27 March 1982) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He worked under a mask and is better known by his ring name Captain New Japan (キャプテン・ニュージャパン, Kyaputen Nyū Japan). He was known for his time with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). He is also known by his former ring name Hideo Saito (ヒデオ・サイトー, Saito Hideo).
| Captain New Japan | |
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| Ring name(s) | Bone Soldier Captain New Japan Captain Taiwan Hideo Saito Mitsuhide Hirasawa |
| Billed height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
| Born | 27 March 1982
(aged 43) Sapporo, Hokkaido |
| Trained by | Takashi Iizuka |
| Debut | 28 January 2006 |
| Retired | 5 January 2017 |
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Captain New Japan / Hideo Saito
- Caribbean Death Grip (Tongan death grip)
- As Mitsuhide Hirasawa
- Hira Bottom (Side slam)
- Nagata Lock II (Crossface) – adopted from Yuji Nagata
- As Captain New Japan / Hideo Saito
- Signature moves
- Entrance themes
Championships
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biography". RMLabel. Archived from the original on 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ↑ "新日本・携帯サイトの"着うた"で、アンダーソンの新入場曲! ベンジャミンの入場曲を絶賛配信中!!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ↑ "Caribbean Heavyweight Title (Puerto Rico) history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ↑ "Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title (WWC)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
Other websites
- NJPW profile (in Japanese)
- Captain New Japan on Twitter