El Desperado

Real Name: Kyosuke Mikami
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 198 lbs.
Date of Birth: December 29, 1983
From: Nagaoka, Niigata (Japan)
Pro Debut: March 7, 2010
Trained By: NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Guitarra de Angel

Biography

– Mikami has a background in various combat sports, including judo and freestyle wrestling
– Mikami participated in a NJPW Dojo tryout in May 2009 and was accepted into the training program shortly thereafter
– Mikami debuted under his real name on March 7, 2010, losing to Ryusuke Taguchi
– Mikami won his first match at a SMASH event on July 24, 2010, defeating Yusuke Kodama
– At Destruction 2011, Mikami & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Takaaki Watanabe & King Fale
– At Satoshi Kojima’s 20th Anniversary Show, Mikami & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Hiromu Takahashi & Tiger Mask
– In February 2012, Mikami was sent on a learning excursion to Mexico’s CMLL promotion. Whilst in Mexico, he competed as ‘Namajague’
– On March 3, 2013, La Fiebre Amarilla (Namajague & Okumura) defeated Stuka Jr & Fuego to win the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Titles
– On July 14, La Fiebre Amarilla defeated Los Reyes de la Atlantida (Guerrero Maya Jr & Delta) to retain the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Titles
– At CMLL’s 80th Anniversary Show, La Ola Amarilla (Namajague, Okumura & Ishii) defeated Rey Cometa, Fuego & Stuka Jr
– Mikami returned to New Japan at Wrestle Kingdom 8, now working under a mask as ‘El Desperado’
– At New Year Dash 2014, El Desperado & Jushin Liger defeated Kota Ibushi & BUSHI
– At The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014, El Desperado & Jushin Liger again defeated Kota Ibushi & BUSHI
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2014, El Desperado, Mascara Dorada, Captain New Japan & BUSHI defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask, Yohei Komatsu & KUSHIDA
– In July 2014, El Desperado joined the Suzuki-gun stable
– Suzuki-gun were sent to Pro Wrestling NOAH in January 2015 as part of an invasion storyline
– On March 15, 2015, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku) defeated Cho Kibou-gun (Hajime Ohara & Kenou) and No Mercy (Daisuke Harada & Genba Hirayanagi) to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On April 11, Suzuki-gun defeated Cho Kibou-gun to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On May 10, Suzuki-gun defeated Zack Sabre Jr & Yoshinari Ogawa to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On June 13, Suzuki-gun defeated Hitoshi Kumano & Genba Hirayanagi to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On August 22, Suzuki-gun defeated Cho Kibou-gun (Hajime Ohara & Kenou) to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– All the members of Suzuki-gun returned to New Japan in January 2017
– At New Year Dash 2018, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takashi Iizuka & Taichi) defeated Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Toa Henare & Hirai Kawato
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2018, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)
– At NJPW’s 46th Anniversary Show, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Kanemaru) defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) and Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Sakura Genesis 2018, Suzuki-gun again defeated Roppongi 3K and LIJ to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On April 23, Suzuki-gun defeated LIJ (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion 2018, Suzuki-gun defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Beppu 2018, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Zack Sabre Jr & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2018, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At New Year Dash 2019, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2019, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI)
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2019, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 14, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– At New Year Dash 2020, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH), Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori) and Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI)
– At Dominion 2020, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato & Yuya Uemura
– On September 11, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) in the final of a tournament to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 15, Suzuki-gun defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On February 25, 2021, Suzuki-gun defeated Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori) to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, having lost it a month earlier
– On February 28, El Desperado defeated El Phantasmo & BUSHI to win the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Dominion 2021, El Desperado defeated YOH to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 10, El Desperado defeated Taiji Ishimori to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 5, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, but would lose them to Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles just over a month later
– At Power Struggle 2021, El Desperado defeated Robbie Eagles to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16, El Desperado defeated Hiromu Takahashi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At the NJPW/NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 16 special, Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & DOUKI) defeated Los Perros del Mal de Japon (NOSAWA Rongai & YO-HEY)
– On February 11, 2022, El Desperado defeated Master Wato to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On April 9, El Desperado defeated SHO to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– Suzuki-gun separated at the end of 2022
– At the Wrestle Kingdom 17 special in Yokohama, El Desperado defeated YO-HEY
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2023, Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita (later named ‘Strong Style’) defeated House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL & SHO) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On April 3, Strong Style defeated House of Torture to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Collision in Philadelphia, Desperado & Volador Jr defeated Kevin Knight & Delirious
– At Satsuma No Kuni 2023, Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Yuto Nakashima & Ren Narita defeated Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Ryohei Oiwa
– At the 2023 All Together Again event, El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita defeated Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Junta Miyawaki
– At NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023, Desperado & Jun Kasai defeated Jon Moxley & Homicide in a No-DQ Match
– At DDT Peter Pan 2023, Desperado defeated Daisuke Sasaki
– At Royal Quest III, Desperado defeated Trent Seven
– At Power Struggle 2023, Desperado & Master Wato defeated BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney), TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) and YOH & MUSASHI
– At Wrestle Kingdom 18, Desperado defeated Hiromu Takahashi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title