Yasufumi Nakanoue

Yasufumi Nakanoue
Photograph of Yasufumi Nakanoue
Birth name Yasufumi Nakaue
Born (1986-06-14) 14 June 1986
Osaka, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Yasu
Yasufumi Nakanoue
Billed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Trained by Animal Hamaguchi
Kaz Hayashi
Satoshi Kojima
Debut January 2, 2010

Yasufumi Nakaue (中上 靖文 Nakaue Yasufumi, born June 14, 1986) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Yasufumi Nakanoue (中之上 靖文 Nakanoue Yasufumi). He started his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling and has also worked for Wrestle-1, where he is a former one-time Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion and a two-time UWA World Trios Champion.

Professional wrestling career

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2010–2013)

Nakanoue debuted for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) on January 2, 2010, losing to Shuji Kondo. He left AJPW in June 2013.

Wrestle-1 (2013–2016)

On July 10, 2013, Nakanoue was announced as part of Keiji Mutoh's new Wrestle-1 promotion. During the promotion's inaugural event on September 8, Nakanoue teamed with Ryota Hama in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Kohei Sato and Ryouji Sai. On June 28, 2016, Nakanoue announced he was leaving Wrestle-1 due to his contract with the company expiring.[1]

Other promotions

On March 9, 2014, Yasu appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as part of TNA's working agreement with Wrestle-1, teaming with The Great Muta and Sanada to defeat Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian in a six-man tag team steel cage match at Lockdown.[2]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ Ｗ１、５選手が退団を発表. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  2. ↑ Howell, Nolan (March 9, 2014). "Lockdown: Magnus retains while power shifts in TNA". Slam Sports. Canoe.ca. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "「Wrestle-1 Tour 2016 Outbreak」". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). June 8, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
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