Captain New Japan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Captain New Japan
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 1982(1982-03-27)
Age	42
Birthplace	Sapporo
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hokkaido
Horoscope	Pisces

Captain New Japan Biography

Captain New Japan is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on March 27, 1982 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Japanese professional wrestler Mitsuhide Hirasawa is Ping Ze Guang Xiu / Hirasawa Mitsuhide. He was born 27 March 1982. He is best known for working in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under his masked persona, Captain New Japan (kiyaputenniyuziyapan , Kyaputen Nyu Japan) . He also worked as Bone Soldier under another mask, unmasked under his real identity, and under the ring name Hideosaito (hideosaito, Hideosaito).

Hirasawa, who now goes by the Saito surname, returned to New Japan in June. He turned against Seigigun’s leader Yuji Nagata and joined Chaos. Saito participated in the 2011 G1 Climax. He lost his first eight matches, but he won his first win in the tournament against his mentor Yuji Nagata on the final day. Nagata beat his former protege in a grudge game on 19 September. Saito’s unpredictable behavior and poor match results led to Chaos exiling him from the stable on December 4, 2011. Saito was exiled from Chaos and created an alter-ego, “Captain New Japan”, wearing a variant of Captain America’s costume complete with shield. Captain New Japan participated in the 2012 World Tag League. He teamed up with Hiroshi Tanahashi, IWGP Heavyweight Champion, under the name “Captain Ace”. Captain New Japan was pin in each of the six matches. The team lost all six. Captain New Japan was defeated by Hirooki, Karl Anderson and Ryusuke Taguchi in an eight-man tag match at Seigigun on March 3. Bad Luck Fale attacked Captain New Japan on 7 April. Devitt would also unmask him, but his face was not shown. Captain New Japan formed a partnership with Taguchi (Devitt’s former Apollo 55 partner) and challenged Devitt at Wrestling Dontaku 2013. They lost. After these events, Captain New Japan faced off against Devitt’s Bullet Club and reformed his alliance to Tanahashi. Captain New Japan brought Tanahashi to the Ring akin Fale and Devitt on 4 August. He became involved in the match-up to try to limit Fale’s interference, but Devitt ultimately defeated Tanahashi. Captain Ace and Tanahashi reunited in November for the 2013 World Tag League. The team lost five of their first five matches. However, on the final day they won Fale and Devitt’s match. Captain pin Devitt, which cost the Bullet Club team a place in the semifinals.

In early 2016, Captain New Japan became part of Yoshitatsu’s new anti-Bullet Club stable, Hunter Club. On 12 September, Yoshitatsu, upset with Captain New Japan’s poor performances, announced a Twitter poll that would decide whether he would get to stay in Hunter Club.

Hirasawa did not achieve success during his time in NJPW. Despite being part of two of NJPW’s best known stables, Chaos and Bullet Club, his time with both was short and marred by poor performances. His Bone Soldier persona was heavily panned outside Japan and was consequently named 2016’s “Worst Gimmick” by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Hirasawa took a tour of Puerto Rican World Wrestling Council in September 2010 and adopted the new ringname Hideo Saito as a tribute Masa Saito (and Hideo Nomo). Saito would soon find himself playing many characters, thanks to his new gimmick. Saito won his first championship on 25 September when he won a fight royal for the vacant WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship. He would then lose it on 27 novembre. He also won the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship on 19 February and lost it on 26 April. Saito participated in the Invasion Tour 2011, NJPW’s first ever tour of the United States. He entered the tournament in Rahway, New Jersey on 13 May to determine the first ever IWGP Intercontinental Champion. In his first round match, he lost to Yujiro Takahashi.

Captain New Japan Net Worth

Captain New Japan is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Captain New Japan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hirasawa, before becoming a professional wrestler was a freestyle wrestler. He participated in the 1996 and 1998 World Championships, as a cadet, and the 2001 World Championship, as a junior.

Hirasawa first made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling on 28 January 2006. He lost to Takashi Iizuka, his mentor. Hirasawa would compete on the NJPW Undercards, losing most of his matches. This is typical for new NJPW wrestlers. On 26 April, Hirasawa defeated Yujiro Takahashi, a two-year pro. Hirasawa joined forces with Ryusuke Taguchi in order to take part in his first tournament, National Area Tag League 2006. They were placed in block B and lost both their matches. Hirasawa would appear in several Pro Wrestling Zero1 appearances, the most prominent being when he and Manabu Nagaishi took part in the Passion Cup Tag Tournament 2008. Hirasawa and Yuji Nagata would form a tag-team in late 2008 that would lead to Seigigun (“Blue Justice Army”) They participated in 2008 G1 Tag League block A, but only one point was earned when they drew against Yutaka Yoshie and Manabu Nakanishi. Hirasawa, Wataru Inoue, and Super Strong Machine joined Yuji Nagata’s Seigigun stable in the fall 2009. Hirasawa and Inoue defeated Kazuchika Okada, Koji Kanemoto and Jyushin Thunderliger in the opening match at Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome. Hirasawa continued to be the tag guy in the midcard even after joining the stable. Seigigun entered a six man tag tournament on 28 June with Inoue, Nagata and Hirasawa. Machine was paired with Tonga Strong Machine (Yoshie) and Pink Strong Machine. Both teams lost. The 12th September saw a Mitsuhide Hirasawa farewell match. He would lose it.

On 13 April 2014, during NJPW’s trip to Taiwan, Hirasawa, working as Captain Taiwan, received his first title shot in the promotion, when he and Hirooki Goto unsuccessfully challenged Bullet Club representatives Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Captain New Japan Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Captain Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Captain New Japan celebrates birthday on March 27 of every year.