Kohei Sato
































Kohei Sato
佐藤耕平.jpg
Born
(1977-09-21) September 21, 1977 (age 41)
Tokyo, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Kohei Sato
Monster K
Billed height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Billed weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Trained by
Shinya Hashimoto[1]
Debut June 14, 2001[2]

Kohei Sato (佐藤 耕平, Satō Kōhei, born September 21, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted with Pro Wrestling Zero1. Sato is also a former mixed martial artist.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Championships and accomplishments


  • 3 Mixed martial arts record


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Career


From a background in judo, Sato made his transition to mixed martial arts after meeting Kazunari Murakami and Sanshu Tsubakichi. He joined the Shooto promotion, winning the 1998 All Japan Amateur Shooto Championships over Takashi Okada in the heavyweight class,[3] and later turning professional and gaining two wins over Anthony Netzler and Katsuhisa Fujii. He then retired from MMA in order to start in professional wrestling, debuting in Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE in 2001.



Championships and accomplishments




  • All Japan Pro Wrestling

    • All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hirotaka Yokoi



  • Big Japan Pro Wrestling


    • BJW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Shuji Ishikawa


    • Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Daisuke Sekimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani




  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI ranked him #150 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016[4]



  • Pro Wrestling Zero1


    • NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (7 times) - with Ryoji Sai (2), Yoshihiro Takayama (1), Kamikaze (2), Daisuke Sekimoto (1), and Hideki Suzuki (1)


    • NWA United National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


    • World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)


    • ZERO1-MAX United States Openweight Championship (1 time)


    • Fire Festival (2004, 2015)


    • Furinkazan (2010) - with KAMIKAZE

    • Passion Cup Tag Tournament (2008) - with Ryoji Sai




  • World Entertainment Wrestling

    • WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with KAMIKAZE




Mixed martial arts record






































































Res.
Record
Opponent
Method
Event
Date
Round
Time
Location
Notes
Win
2-0

Katsuhisa Fujii
TKO (punches)

Shooto - Renaxis 2

July 16, 1999
1
4:05

Tokyo, Japan

Win
1-0
Anthony Netzler
Decision (unanimous)

Shooto - Renaxis 1

March 28, 1999
2
5:00

Tokyo, Japan



References





  1. ^ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=445


  2. ^ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=445


  3. ^ 第5回全日本アマチュア修斗選手権大会 公式結果


  4. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2016-09-01..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links







  • Zero1 profile


  • Professional MMA record for Kohei Sato from Sherdog Edit this at Wikidata









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