Japanese professional wrestler
Yoshihiro Sakai
Muscle Sakai in 2014
Born (1977-11-05 ) November 5, 1977 (age 46)
[1]
Niigata ,
Japan
Ring name(s) Yoshihiro Sakai Muscle Sakai Muscle LesnarSuper Sasadango Machine Billed height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
[2] Billed weight 120 kg (265 lb) Debut 2002
Yoshihiro Sakai (坂井良宏 , Sakai Yoshihiro , born November 5, 1977) is a Japanese
professional wrestler , better known by his
ring name Super Sasadango Machine (スーパー・ササダンゴ・マシン , Sūpā Sasadango Mashin ) and is currently working for the Japanese
professional wrestling promotion
DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).
[3]
Professional wrestling career
Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro Wrestling (2002–present)
Sakai made his
professional wrestling debut for
Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) under his real name, Yoshihiro Sakai at a Non-Fix event on June 20, 2002, in a losing effort to
Hero! .
[4]
Sakai was a part of Team Midbreath alongside
Sanshiro Takagi (under the name Mr. Strawberry) and
Ken Ohka who went under the nickname of O.K. Revolution, and together they were the inaugural
Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Champions after defeating
Super Uchuu Power ,
Tomohiko Hashimoto and
Shuji Ishikawa in a tournament final which took place at the I Shall Return event on July 20, 2003.
[5]
[6] In 2004, while working under the name Muscle Sakai, he was the main protagonist and producer of the DDT sub-brand Muscle (マッスル , Massuru ) which parodied the style of
Hustle (ハッスル , Hassuru ) , a promotion created earlier that year and focused on the
sports entertainment aspect of wrestling. Muscle went on to produce 26 shows between 2004 and 2012, a special event with Ken Ohka in 2015, a "Musclemania" event in 2019 and it was then revived as Hiragana Muscle (まっする , (Hiragana) Massuru ) in 2020.
[7]
[8]
In 2012, he assumed a
masked character by the name of Super Sasadango Machine (a parody of
New Japan Pro Wrestling 's
Super Strong Machine ).
During his tenure with DDT, he worked alongside various wrestlers and personalities such as Ken Ohka,
Ladybeard ,
LiLiCo and
Makoto Oishi with whom he won the
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship at
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 on August 20.
[9] During their reign,
Keisuke Ishii replaced Ladybeard in several title defenses such as the one that occurred at God Bless DDT on November 23, 2017, where thet fought
Shiro Koshinaka , Sanshiro Takagi,
Toru Owashi ,
Shigehiro Irie and
Antonio Honda in a
ten-man tag team match to retain the titles.
[10] On September 27, 2015, at Who's Gonna Top?, Sasadango teamed up with fellow #OhkaEmpire stable members Ken Ohka and
Danshoku Dino to defeat Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and
Soma Takao ) for the
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship .
[11] At
Ultimate Party 2019 , Sakai teamed up with
Jiro Kuroshio , Makoto Oishi,
Hiroshi Yamato and
Yuna Manase to battle Danshoku Dino,
Asuka ,
Yuki Iino ,
Mizuki and
Trans-Am★Hiroshi in a losing effort for the vacant KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship.
[12]
Championships and accomplishments
References
^ Saalbach, Axel.
"Super Sasadango Machine/General Information" . wrestlingdata.com . Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip.
"Super Sasadango Machine-Personal Data" . cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD).
"Yoshihiro Sakai • Profile & Match Listing" . profightdb.com . Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip.
"Events Database » DDT Non-Fix 6/20" . cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^
"DDT Yoshihiro Sakai - I Shall Return" . Wrestlingdata.com . Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
^
"DDT 7/20新潟フェイズ大会~坂井良宏 I Shall Return"その2" . Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
^ Dark angel (February 22, 2019).
"DDT: «Muscle Mania 2019 in Ryogoku» Calm before the storm" . superluchas.com . Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^
マッスル観戦記INDEX . Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ Justin, Dylan (August 23, 2017).
"DDT PETER PAN 2017 (AUGUST 20) RESULTS & REVIEW" . voicesofwrestling.com . Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ Justin, Dylan (November 24, 2017).
"DDT GOD BLESS DDT 2017 (NOVEMBER 23) RESULTS & REVIEW" . voicesofwrestling.com . Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ Dark angel (September 29, 2015).
"DDT: Results «Who's Gonna Top? ~ DDT Dramatic General Election »- 27/09/2015 - Three titles at stake" . superluchas.com . Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^
"Ultimate Party 2019~DDTグループ大集合!~" . DDT Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
^
"DDT Extreme Division Title" . wrestling-titles.com . February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^
"Ironman Heavymetalweight Title" . wrestling-titles.com . February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^
"Jiyūgaoka 6-person Tag Team Title" . wrestling-titles.com . February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^
"KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title (Japan)" . wrestling-titles.com . February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
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"Champions and Championships" . wrestlingdata.com . Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
Links to related articles
Individual champions
Collective champions (teams, groups)
2010s
Team Drift (
Keisuke Ishii ,
Shigehiro Irie and
Soma Takao )
Monster Army (
Antonio Honda ,
Daisuke Sasaki and
Yuji Hino )
Golden☆Rendezvous~ (
Gota Ihashi ,
Kenny Omega and
Kota Ibushi )
Monster Army (
Antonio Honda ,
Hoshitango and
Yuji Hino )
Ten Million Gay Powers (
Danshoku Dino ,
Kensuke Sasaki and
Makoto Oishi )
Akebono ,
Sanshiro Takagi and
Toru Owashi
Team Homo Sapiens (
Aja Kong ,
Danshoku Dino and
Makoto Oishi )
Golden☆Storm Riders (
Daisuke Sasaki ,
Kenny Omega and
Kota Ibushi )
Shuten-dōji (
Kudo ,
Masa Takanashi/Masahiro Takanashi and
Yukio Sakaguchi )
Happy Motel (
Antonio Honda ,
Konosuke Takeshita and
Tetsuya Endo )
T2Hii (
Kazuki Hirata ,
Sanshiro Takagi and
Toru Owashi )
Genpatsu Daio (
Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and
Gorgeous Matsuno )
#OhkaTeikoku (
Danshoku Dino ,
Ken Ohka and
Super Sasadango Machine )
#OhkaTeikoku (
Danshoku Dino ,
Kenso and
Super Sasadango Machine )
Kazusada Higuchi ,
Kouki Iwasaki and
Shunma Katsumata
Damnation (
Daisuke Sasaki ,
Mad Paulie and
Tetsuya Endo )
Team DNA (
Kazusada Higuchi ,
Kouki Iwasaki and
Mizuki Watase )
NωA (
Makoto Oishi ,
Mao and
Shunma Katsumata )
All Out (
Akito ,
Diego and
Konosuke Takeshita )
Koju Takeda ,
Kota Umeda and
Yuki Ueno
All Out (
Akito ,
Shunma Katsumata and
Konosuke Takeshita )
Damnation (
Tetsuya Endo ,
Mad Paulie and
Soma Takao )
#StrongHearts (
Cima ,
T-Hawk and Duan Yingnan)
All Out (
Akito ,
Konosuke Takeshita and
Yuki Iino )
Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling (
Chihiro Hashimoto ,
Dash Chisako and
Meiko Satomura )
All Out (
Konosuke Takeshita ,
Shunma Katsumata and
Yuki Iino )
2020s
#DamnHearts (
Tetsuya Endo ,
T-Hawk and
El Lindaman )
Eruption (
Kazusada Higuchi ,
Yukio Sakaguchi and
Saki Akai )
Young Communication Generation (
Akito ,
Kazuki Hirata and
Shota )
Damnation (
Tetsuya Endo ,
Soma Takao and
Yuji Hino )
Pheromones (
Danshoku Dino ,
Yuki Iino and
Yumehito Imanari )
Damnation T.A. (
Daisuke Sasaki ,
Minoru Fujita and
MJ Paul )
Damnation T.A. (
Daisuke Sasaki ,
MJ Paul and
Kanon ) (current)
Omega (
Yuji Hino ,
Makoto Oishi and
Shiori Asahi )
Naruki Doi ,
Toru Owashi and
Kazuki Hirata
Burning (
Tetsuya Endo ,
Kotaro Suzuki and
Yusuke Okada )
Shinya Aoki ,
Super Sasadango Machine and
Yuki Ueno
Harimau (
Kazusada Higuchi ,
Ryota Nakatsu and
Yuki Ishida )
Eruption (
Yukio Sakaguchi ,
Saki Akai and
Hideki Okatani )
D・O・A (
Jun Akiyama ,
Danshoku Dino and
Makoto Oishi )
2010s 2020s
Shinya Aoki ,
Super Sasadango Machine ,
Antonio Honda and
Kazuki Hirata
Team Thoroughbred (
Sanshiro Takagi ,
Yukio Naya , Chikara and Yakan Nabe)
Team Olympian (
Yoshiaki Yatsu ,
Akito ,
Hiroshi Yamato and
Keigo Nakamura )
Toru Owashi ,
Antonio Honda ,
Kazuki Hirata and Yoshihiko
Poison Sawada Julie ,
Gentaro ,
Takashi Sasaki ,
Mikami and
Thanomsak Toba
The37Kamiina (
Mao ,
Yuki Ueno ,
Shunma Katsumata ,
Toy Kojima ) and
Shinya Aoki
Schadenfreude International (
Antonio Honda ,
Masahiro Takanashi ,
Takeshi Masada , Mecha Mummy and
Takayuki Ueki )(current)