Yosuke Santa Maria

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Yosuke Santa Maria
Birth name Yosuke Watanabe[1]
Born (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 32)[1][2]
Itabashi, Japan [1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Former Super Shenlong III: Yosuke Watanabe[2]
Super Shenlong III[2]
Yosuke♥Santa Maria[2]
Yosuke Watanabe[2]
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Billed weight 73 kg (161 lb)[1][2]
Trained by Nex wrestling school[1]
Debut May 30, 2011[1]

Yosuke Watanabe (渡辺陽介 Watanabe Yōsuke?, born December 14, 1991 in Itabashi, Tokyo)[1] is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Dragon Gate professional wrestling promotion under the ring name Yosuke♥Santa Maria (ヨースケ♥サンタマリア Yōsuke♥Santa Maria?). He is a former Open the Owarai Gate Champion.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Dragon Gate

Debut (2011-2013)

Watanabe trained for his professional wrestling career in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate's wrestling school called "Dragon Gate Nex" and made his debut on January 26, 2011 at Dragon Gate Nex's Sanctuary.71 show in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, wrestling to a draw against fellow trainee, and future stable mate, Eita Kobayashi. He later "graduated" to the main Dragon Gate shows as a low ranking rookie. On April 19, 2012, Watanabe would become the third incarnation of Super Shenlong, he would also form -akatsuki- along Chihiro Tominaga, Shingo Takagi and Yamato. On May 6, -akatsuki- defeated Mad Blankey in an eight-man tag team match.[4] Super Shenlong teamed up with Takagi and Yamato to participate in 2012's Summer Adventure Tag League with their only win going against Mad Blankey's Cyber Kong, Kzy and Mondai Ryu.[5] On August 1 2013, -akatsuki- was forced to disband, after losing to Mad Blankey in a five-on-four tag team match.[6] Also part of the stipulation, Super Shenlong was forced to unmask revealing his true identity. During the Summer Adventure Tag League, Naruki Doi turned on Masato Yoshino, meaning that Watanabe would fill Doi's spot in the tournament.[7] Surprisingly, the team managed to defeat Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki.

Millennials (2014-present)

No longer wanting to hide his true feelings, Watanabe joined the Millennials and renamed himself Yosuke♥Santa Maria, stating that she now used feminine pronouns. In keeping with the Millennials lucha libre style, Santa Maria is an exótico, man who fights in drag, incorporating dancing, feminine costumes and outrageous moves such as Sky♥Love and Zona Rosa. On February 22, 2014, Santa Maria debuted for Dragon Gate USA losing to Caleb Konley,[8] the following night she defeated Ethan Page.[9] On March 1, Santa Maria had her first championship match against Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! for the Open the Brave Gate Championship, which she lost.[10] On November 2, Santa Maria teamed with the unaffiliated "Mr. High Tension" Kotoka and Yuga Hayashi to defeat Don Fujii, Stalker Ichikawa and Super Shisa, teasing their eventual joining.[11] Four days later, the Millennials defeated Team Vetern Returns forcing them to disband, had the Millennials lost they would have been deported.[12] On November 30, Santa Maria was pinned during a hair vs hair match.[12] Santa Maria was forced into the chair for her haircut and despite her rampant protests, Fujii said that the rules were the rules, and as such the show has to end with Maria having her head shaved.[12] However, he had a change of heart after seeing how dejected Santa Maria was, and after offering to cut someone else's hair, decided to cut his own hair in an act he considered tanpatsushiki.[12] Following Flamita vacating the Open the Brave Gate Championship and abandoning the Millennials, Santa Maria entered a tournament to crown a new winner but on January 1, 2015, she lost to Dr. Muscle in the first round. On February 4, Santa Maria defeated Jimmy Kanda and via fan support won the Open the Owarai Gate Championship, her first professional wrestling title.[13] She lost the title to Akira Tozawa on March 29, 2015.[14] On August 6, 2015, Millennials lost a three-way match and were as a result forced to disband.[15] Despite this, Watanabe retained the Yosuke♥Santa Maria gimmick.[16] On March 5, 2016, Watanabe defeated Kotoka to win the Open the Brave Gate Championship. On May 28, Yosuke, along with BxB Hulk, YAMATO, and Kzy, formed a new unit named Tribe Vanguard.

Factions

  • -akatsuki- (2012-2013)
  • Millennials (2014–2015)
  • Tribe Vanguard (2016- )

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Signature moves
  • "Santa Maria Walk" by Tsutomu Toya ft. Yuri Komuro[1]
  • Maria-chan[1]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  10. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=107894
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links

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