Riki Choshu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Riki Choshu

Zainichi Korean professional wrestler

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1951

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Profession: professional wrestler, amateur wrestler

Nationality: Japan, South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Riki Choshu

  • Mitsuo Yoshida (?? ??, Yoshida Mitsuo, born December 3, 1951), better known by his ring name Riki Choshu (?? ?, Choshu Riki) is a Korean-Japanese retired professional wrestler who is best known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as both a wrestler and a booker.
  • He is considered one of Japan’s most influential wrestlers for his work in the 1980s and 1990s and is known as the first wrestler to popularize the Sasori-Gatame, better known in English as the Scorpion Deathlock or Sharpshooter.
  • After leaving NJPW in 2002, he formed Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (WJ), but eventually returned to New Japan in October 2005 as a site foreman, booker, and part-time wrestler.
  • Choshu once again left NJPW in 2010 and primarily worked in Tatsumi Fujinami’s Dradition, as well as his own self-produced Power Hall events as a freelancer.

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