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Riki Chōshū

Japanese professional wrestler · Japan · On the map · Athletes · Born 1951 · age 74

Mitsuo Yoshida, better known by his ring name Riki Choshu , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestler, who is best known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as both a performer and a booker.

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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.

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Athletes
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Born 1951 · age 74

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