*anese martial artist

Yukio Sakaguchi (*anese: 坂口 征夫, Sakaguchi Yukio, born July 26, 1973) is a *anese professional mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor and judoka, who is currently signed with DDT Pro-Wrestling and has fought and competed for World Victory Road, DREAM, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, Pancrase, Pro Wrestling Wave, S-Cup, Shooto, Big *an Pro Wrestling, Union Pro Wrestling, Kaientai Dojo, Dradition, Legend The Pro-Wrestling and K-1. Sakaguchi is known for his fight with Nigerian K-1 kickboxer, Film actor and male model Andy Ologun. Yukio is the son of former judoka and professional wrestling legend Seiji Sakaguchi and the older brother of actor Kenji Sakaguchi, who notably co-starred in Ikebukuro West Gate Park when the television show made its debut run in 2000 and most recently in 2012 started making regular appearances on the show Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi, he also co-starred in the film Face.

In 2009 Yukio was featured in Kamui Gaiden; the film was a box office hit in *an and the Netherlands. After positive reviews on Yukio's performance he was later chosen to play a small supporting role in the sequel to Ninja **in, set to be released in 2014, but never materialized after the project was put into development hell.

In October 2012 Sakaguchi signed a multi-fight deal with Pancrase and in January 2013 re-signed with DDT for the rest of that year. He is currently in his seventh reign as one third of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions, while also being a former one-time KO-D Openweight Champion, two-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2015 King of DDT tournament.

Contents

• 1 Professional wrestling career
• 2 Championships and accomplishments
  • 2.1 Professional wrestling
• 3 Mixed martial arts record
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Professional wrestling career

Sakaguchi made his professional wrestling debut on March 22, 2012, when he defeated Michael Nakazawa at a Hard Hit event, a mixed martial arts inspired sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). He was then drafted as part of the New World *an (nWJ) stable, and made his DDT main card debut on July 22, when he and stablemates Sanshiro Takagi and Soma Takao defeated Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tanomusaku Toba in a six-man tag team match, with Sakaguchi once again submitting Nakazawa for the win. On August 18, Sakaguchi took part in DDT's fifteenth anniversary event in Nippon Budokan, where he and Takao won a five-team gauntlet match. Sakaguchi continued representing nWJ until September 19, when the stable, along with all other stables in DDT, was forced to disband. Sakaguchi and Takagi, however, remained aligned and formed a new stable named "Real Outsiders", replacing Soma Takao with the returning Yoshiaki Yago, also a former member of the New World *an stable. During late 2012, Sakaguchi also formed a regular partnership with Akito, after defeating him in a singles match on October 13. On January 13, 2013, Yukio made an appearance for the LEGEND The Pro-Wrestling promotion, teaming with Riki Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Masahiro Chono. Post-match Liger criticized Sakaguchi, claiming that he did not belong in the same ring with the five other men as he was "only" the son of Seiji Sakaguchi. This led to DDT putting together a match for its February 17 event, where Sakaguchi and Akito were defeated by Liger and his fellow New *an Pro-Wrestling worker Hiromu Takahashi, with Takahashi pinning Akito for the win. Afterwards, Liger requested a singles match with Sakaguchi.

Sakaguchi in 2014

On March 20, Sakaguchi took part in the annual Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal, winning the match by scoring the last elimination over Masa Takanashi and earning a shot at DDT's top *le, the KO-D Openweight Championship. Following the win, Sakaguchi claimed that he had finally earned his spot in DDT. On April 13, Sakaguchi failed in his *le challenge against the defending KO-D Openweight Champion Shigehiro Irie. The following day, Sakaguchi teamed with fellow mixed martial artist Hikaru Sato and defeated Fuma and Kudo in a tag team match to become the number one contenders to the KO-D Tag Team Championship. On May 3, Sakaguchi and Sato defeated Harashima and Yasu Urano to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship, Sakaguchi's first professional wrestling *le. Sakaguchi and Sato made their first *le defense against Monster Army members Ho*ango and Yuji Hino on June 2. Sato's and Sakaguchi's second successful *le defense took place on June 14, when they defeated former champions Kudo and Yasu Urano. Post-match Sato, the de facto leader of the tag team, had mentioned that he wanted to start defending the *le against younger wrestlers, and later nominated rookies Akito and Konosuke Take*a as their next challengers. On June 23, Sato and Sakaguchi defeated Akito and Take*a for their third successful *le defense. Sakaguchi then made it to the semifinals of the annual King of DDT tournament, before losing to finalist Kenny Omega on July 7.

In mid-2013, Sakaguchi began feuding with the Monster Army stable, brought on by them stealing a gown and a statue belonging to his father Seiji. The rivalry culminated in an eight-man tag team match on August 17, during the first day of the Peter Pan weekend in Ryōgoku Kokugikan, where Sakaguchi, Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Masa Takanashi faced Monster Army members Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Ho*ango and Yuji Hino. Sakaguchi submitted Honda for the win, following outside interference from his brother Kenji. The following day, Sakaguchi and Sato lost the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto. In late 2013, Sakaguchi was named the number one contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship, held by Harashima. En route to the *le match, Sakaguchi submitted Harashima in a six-man tag team match on December 15 to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. On December 23, Sakaguchi failed in his KO-D Openweight Championship challenge against Harashima and, as a result, also lost the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship back to him.

On March 2, Sakaguchi formed a new stable, later named Shuten-dōji, with Kudo and Masa Takanashi, based on the three's shared love of alcohol. On May 4, Shuten-dōji defeated Daisuke Sasaki, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. They lost the *le to Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Take*a and Tetsuya Endo) in their second defense on July 13. Shuten-dōji, however, regained the *le from Happy Motel just seven days later in a three-way match, which also included Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao). They lost the *le to Team Drift on August 17 at DDT's largest event of the year, Ryogoku Peter Pan 2014. On February 15, 2015, Shuten-dōji won the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship for a record-tying third time, defeating previous champions Genpatsu Daio (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno). Shuten-dōji then entered a series of matches with Team Drift, where the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship changed hands between the two teams three times in six weeks with Shuten-dōji losing the *le on March 1, winning it on March 21, and losing it again on April 11. On June 28, Sakaguchi defeated Konosuke Take*a in the finals to win the 2015 King of DDT tournament. This led to Sakaguchi defeating stablemate Kudo on August 23 to win the KO-D Openweight Championship for the first time. He lost the *le to Isami Kodaka on November 28. On December 11, 2016, Sakaguchi, Kudo and Takanashi defeated Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo) to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship for the fifth time. On January 9, 2017, Sakaguchi and Masakatsu Funaki defeated Konosuke Take*a and Mike Bailey to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship. On January 22, Sakaguchi, Kudo and Takanashi lost the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Mizuki Watase in a three-way match, also involving Antonio Honda, Konosuke Take*a and Trans-Am★Hiroshi. On April 29, Sakaguchi and Funaki lost the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Danshoku Dino and Yoshihiro Takayama in their third defense. On June 25, Sakaguchi, Kudo and Takanashi won the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship for a record-tying sixth time by defeating NωA (Makoto Oishi, Mao and Shunma Katsumata). They were stripped of the *le on October 10, when Kudo was sidelined with a concussion. Following Kudo's return, Shuten-dōji won the *le for the seventh time by defeating All Out (Akito, Diego and Konosuke Take*a) on December 10.

Championships and accomplishments

Shuten-dōji (Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, and Kudo) as the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions in May 2014

Professional wrestling

• DDT Pro-Wrestling

• Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (6 times)
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (8 times, current) – with Kudo and Masa Takanashi/Masahiro Takanashi (7) and Kazusada Higuchi and Saki Akai (1)
• KO-D Openweight Championship (1 time)
• KO-D Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Hikaru Sato (1), Masakatsu Funaki (1) and Kazusada Higuchi (1)
• King of DDT Tournament (2015)
• One Night 6-Man Tag Team Tournament (2017) – with Kudo and Masahiro Takanashi
• Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract (2013)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #285 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016

Mixed martial arts record

References

External links

• Professional MMA record for Yukio Sakaguchi from Sherdog
• Ameba personal blog (in *anese) from Ameba
• Pancrase profile (in *anese) from Pancrase
• DDT Pro-Wrestling profile (in *anese)
• SRC profile (in *anese) from Sengoku Raiden Championship
• Yukio Sakaguchi at IMDb
• MixedMartialArts.com profile

Common

• Aika
• Akihiro
• Chotaro Kamoi
• Shinichiro Kawamatsu
• Kazuki Ohkubo
• Kazuhiko Ogasawara
• Yuka Nakamura
• Hyota Echizenya
• Yusuke Ino*a
• Kenshin
• Senpai
• Mecha Mummy
• Kotatsu
• Futoshi Miwa
• Bullfight Sora
• Toshiyuki Moriya
• Yuuki
• Riki Senshu
• Yusuke Ino*a
• Chiharu
• Taiyo Rojo
• Misae-chan
• Yuki Arai
• Naoshi Sano
• Takeshi Aida
• Chinsuke Nakamura
• Masakazu Nagase
• "Showa"
• Maho Kurone
• Guts-Seijin
• Kaede
• Megumi Grace Asano
• Kazumasa Nihei
• Kasai-Shi
• Ebessan
• Cerealman
• The Great Mampuku
• Ajayu
• Mataro
• Yuni
• Tetsuya Koda
• Abe Wakichi
• Jarek 1:20
• Nate Webb
• Ryota Sakai
• 2 Tough Tony
• 296
• 726
• A Bolivian boy
• A chef
• A taxi driver
• A television cameraman
• AD Yamamoto
• Aika Sawaguchi
• Airi Ueda
• Akira Aoki
• Albret Neklenburg
• Ankoku Sherman Monolith
• Ano
• Antonio Koinoki
• Asako Galapagos Akita
• Ashton Phoenix
• Bill Hanstock
• Bio-Monster DNA
• Brandon Stroud
• Brian Metz
• Brian Walters
• Bull Armor Takuya
• CPA
• Cuban Heat
• Daisuke Kiso
• Dokaben
• Fang Suzuki
• Fushicho Karasu
• Giovanni Lombardo Jr.
• Gudo
• Haruka Matsuo
• Hebider/Jakaibo Hebider
• Heppoko Chojin
• Hidex
• Hinata
• Hironosuke Izumii
• Hiroshige
• Hisaya Imabayashi
• Ikeda Seijin
• Issei Fujisawa
• Izumi
• Jack the Jobber
• Jimmy Lloyd
• Johnny *strong
• Jon Murray
• Jushin Satsugai Liger
• Karate Mummy
• Kawano
• Keiko Saito
• Keisuke Masuda
• Keita Yano
• Ken Kataya
• Kenshin Chikano
• Kent
• Kevin Quinn
• Kinoko
• Leonard Dodeka *a
• Leonard Takatsu
• Levi Everrett
• Lucky Ikeda
• Macho Bump
• Maru
• Masashi Kakuta
• Matt Caraballo
• Mecha Mummy Gold
• Michael Mamezawa
• Michiaki Nakano
• Mika
• Minami Tanabe
• Miyuki Maeda
• Momomi Wagatsuma
• Mr. Sato
• Nasty Black Panther
• Natsumi Misaki
• Nikolai Gotchanski
• Nodoka Onesan
• Norikazu Fujioka
• Ohashi Dynamite
• Para-Para *a-san
• Pink Tiger
• Pinkie Sanchez
• Poa Poa
• Pork Bun
• Rei Takagi
• Reiji Azuma
• Remi Nagano
• Rey Paloma
• Rick Knox
• Rikiya Shindo
• Risa Azuma
• Rise Shiokawa
• Robert Sharpe
• Royce Isaacs
• Satoru
• Sayuri Namba
• Seito Kaicho
• Shigero Kato
• Shimon Nagao
• Shiori Takahashi
• Shoppana Yanagiya
• Suge D
• Suguru Miyatake
• Super Stanley
• Sosa with the Cosa
• Soto Utashiro
• "Spider-Man"
• Steven Pena
• Takashi Echigo
• Takashi Niwada
• Taneichi Kacho
• Tanny Mouse
• Tanya Cornell
• Ted Tanabe
• Tetsuhiro Kuroda
• Tetsuya Koda
• The Bloody
• The MAC
• Tokura Sepa
• Uematsu Papa
• Ultraman Robin
• Ventvert Jack
• World's PK
• Yoshiaki Yago
• Yuichi
• Yukihiro Abe
• Yukinori Matsui
• Yuna Mizumori
• Yusuke Kubo

Collective champions
(teams, groups)

• Airi Ueda, Minami Tanabe and Shiori Takahashi
• Beyond Wrestling audience
• Hiroshi Yamato and Toru Owashi
• Mizuki Watase, Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino and Yukio Naya
• The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian)
• The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
• 100,000 DDT YouTube subscribers

Objects, animals, etc.

• Yoshihiko
• Arnold Skeskejanaker
• The Young Bucks’ autobiography Killing the Business
• Yatchan
• Cocolo
• Saki Akai's photo book "Lip Hip Shake"
• The Invisible Man
• Bunny
• Ladder
• "Kōmyō"
• Acupuncture foot mat
• A desk at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Akihiro
• Apple
• Baseball bat
• Beer
• Big *an Pro Wrestling ring truck
• Bus
• Chair
• Chair (II)
• Chiba-kun Stuffed Animal
• Chiririn
• D-Oh Grand Prix trophy
• Desk
• Dish
• Disposable chopsticks
• Excellent mince cutlet
• Gota Ihashi's tights
• Gota Ihashi's underwear
• Ironman *le belt
• Kagami mochi
• Kitty-chan doll
• Mah-kun
• Mitsuboshi curry
• Pro Wrestling Wave poster
• Rice
• Ringside mat at Ice Ribbon Dojo
• RN: Konyamoanokodenuitarou
• Trash bin
• TV Tokyo Camera Crane
• Vince McMahon's Hollywood Walk of Fame star
• Yakitori
• Yakitori (II)
• Yakitori (III)

DDT Pro-WrestlingTournamentsPersonnel

• Sanshiro Takagi
• Roster
• Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling

Parent company

• CyberFight
  • CyberAgent

Miscellaneous

• Peter Pan
• Judgement
• Ultimate Party
• Into The Fight
• DDT Is Coming to America
• Kawasaki Strong 2021
• CyberFight Festival
• Wrestle Universe

Partnerships DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Into The Fight DDT Judgement DDT Ultimate Party

CyberFight Festival