Riki Choshu

Riki Choshu (長州力)

Name	Riki Choshu (長州力)
Real name	Mitsuo Yoshida (Japanese Name), Kwak Kwang-ung (Korean Name)
Nicknames	Kaumei Senshi (translated: Revolution Warrior)
Name history	Kwak Kwang-ung (1972 Summer Olympics), Mitsuo Yoshida (pro debut - 1977), Riki Choshu (1977 - )
Family
Maestro(s)	Masa Saito
Birth date, location	December 3, 1951 - South Korea
Obituary date
Debut, location	August 8, 1974 vs. El Greco
Lost mask to
Height	6'0"/183 cm
Weight	254 lbs/115 kg
Signature moves	Sasori-Gatame, Rikilariato, Saito Suplex, Running Powerslam
Titles:	- UWA World Heavyweight Championship UWA World Tag Team Championship (w/ Gran Hamada) IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3) IWGP Tag Team Championship (3x - w/ Masa Saito, w/ Takashi Iizuka, w/ Kensuke Sasaki) WWF International Heavyweight Championship NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version - w/ Seiji Sakaguchi) Greatest 18 Championship PWF World Heavyweight Championship NWA International Tag Team Championship (w/ Yoshiaki Yatsu) WMG Tag Team Championship (w/ Genichiro Tenryu)

Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member

Got a shot at Canek's UWA World Heavyweight Championship in Palacio de los Deportes at the end on 1979. Returned to UWA for the vast majority of 1982, for a excursion lasting from April through October. During which he succeeded in dethroning Canek (and winning the tag titles too for good measure).

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