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STATS Wrestler's Name: Date Sakuraba D.O.B.: 12/24/1984 Height: 6'1" Weight: 221 lbs Alignment: 6 Billed From: Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan Pro Debut: May 3, 2006 MOVESET Grappling Style: 1. Shoot Fighting 2. Submission Grappling Finishing Moves: 1. Owari Otoshi - Sleeper Headlock Takedown into Rear Naked Choke Trademark Moves: 1. Octopus Stretch 2. Brainbuster transitioned into Kimura 3. Dragon Screw Legwhip into Ankle Lock 4. Release German Suplex 5. Crossface Chickenwing Common Moves: 1. Stiff open palm strikes 2. Shoot Kicks 3. Standing Dropkick 4. Jumping Big Boot 5. Flying Armbar 6. Rolling Kneebar 7. Muay Thai clinch followed by knees 8. Elbow Smashes 9. Stalling Dropkick to opponent down in corner 10. Back Suplex 11. Vertical Suplex 12. Olympic Slam 13. Headbutt 14. Seated Abdominal Stretch (cranks the neck while applying hold) 15. Tornado DDT feint into Guillotine Choke ENTRANCE & ATTIRE Entrance Music: "Await Rescue" by 65daysofstatic Ring Attire: -Black Towel with "戦闘機" (Fighter) stitched into the fabric in orange. -White Wrist Tape -Black Kickpads -Black Kneepads -Black Boots -Orange Mouthpiece Ring Entrance: "Await Rescue" by 65daysofstatic begins to play. The lights begin to slowly strobe orange. As the beat kicks in with the drums, the light then add in white. Date Sakuraba steps from the back, his head down as he makes a B line for the ring. He climbs onto the apron of the ring and wipes his feet carefully. Date then springs up and over the ropes. As the strong begins to frantically pick up the pace, the lights begin to flash violently orange and white. Date stands in the middle of the ring, his eyes closed. They then open up and a sharp glare can be seen coming from his eyes. He turns his head, scanning the crowd, a look of determination painted on his face. He takes a deep breath, slowly walking to his corner. Sakuraba wipes his feet in his corner and begins to pull down on the ropes as he squats down quietly. He stretches his neck and keeps his back to his opponent, putting his towel down on his corner and closing his eyes, waiting for the bell to ring. Championship Entrance: N/A CHARACTER BACKGROUND Picbase: Katsuyori Shibata Gimmick: Date is rough around the edges, but is an honorable man. He doesn't speak formal, and he doesn't like blowhards. You think you're tough, think you hit hard, think you're legit? He'll make you humble the hard way. Strengths: 1. "Former Shootfighter" - Date is a former fighter who had a fighting record of 23-15-2. He's an experienced striker who has trained in kickboxing. He fights the old Pancrase-style that was made famous in Japan. He doesn't like to use his fists, he likes to rock his opponents with open palm strikes, and to be honest, they hurt more than his fists. He also possesses powerful kicks and knees to keep anyone modest if they think they're going to stand with him. 2. Grappler - Date trained in Jiu-Jitsu when he was a professional fighter. He holds a brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu and knows his way around mat wrestling. He's not afraid of the ground, that's just giving him what he wants. Once he tires you out on the feet, he will look to slap on submissions anywhere and any way he can. 3. "Fighting Spirit." - Sakuraba is a proud man who always reaches deep when it's called upon. When you're a fighter, you learn to never give up. Date's doesn't fear a punch, nor does he flinch in big time moments. His will in unbreakable and no matter what, as a man, he'll take whatever you've got and stand on his two feet. Weaknesses: 1. "Punch Drunk" - Though his will is strong, he still has to be careful. Sometimes you can't just hit something and hope it falls before you do. Date can get into slugfests or "scraps" when he feels like he's being challenged. He tends to be overzealous and those stiff hard fights can take it's toll. 2. Wear and Tear - Back in his fighting days, Date had an incident. He was caught in an armbar by his opponent and being a man of hubris, he couldn't bring himself to tap. Date's left arm was snapped and he would have to rehabilitate for almost a year. Though his arm's healed, by most people's standards, his arm still aches once in awhile. If the left arm becomes targeted, Date will do whatever he can to keep it safe. 3. "Speed Kills." - Sakuraba is a strong fighter, but even he has trouble with speedy and fast opponents. It's hard to get those types to play at his pace. Date will have trouble with high flyers, and he knows it. He finds them annoying, and will be irritated when he wants them to come and fight him. Taunts/Mannerisms: 1. If someone strikes Date and Date feels as if it were weak. Date will steps up to them, unfazed, egging them on to hit him harder. 2. "ORA!!!!" He shouts when letting out hard strikes 3. During face-offs, Date stands with his hands on his hips glaring at his opponent. Bio: Date's childhood was that of his father leaving him and his mother a large sum of debt when he was six years old. Date was poor, a lot of kids made fun of his misfortunes and sometimes he got into fights. He soon began to develop a mean-streak and hung with the wrong people. Date from middle school to high school was known as a juvenile delinquent. He got into fights, he skipped school, he lived the life of someone who didn't have a future to look forward to. One bright spot in Date's downward spiral was his mother. Date constantly lied that he was still in school, when he hung out in the city. He told his mother he got a part-time job, when actually he strong-armed people for cash at his school. Date was a mean and vile person. However, that began to change. Date made the mistake of trying to rob a man. This man was a professional shoot-fighter who would then proceed to hand Date his ass. But Date, the stubborn little bastard didn't want to give up after his friends ran away. He kept coming at this guy. The man, respecting this kid's heart, told him of a gym outside of town he could go and join. Something to relieve that anger he had pent up for over 12 years. Date refused, but after the man told him of how much money he could make fighting, he joined. Date trained hard, at times he was stubborn, violent, and took shit to heart, but he began to learn. Soon he was a shootfighter, raking up an impressive record of 23 wins but suffered 15 losses and two draws. He became well-known in the fighting world for his "scrappy fighting spirit" and his slug-fests and that drew in money and attention to Date. Date's fighting career was put on hold after his gym closed down. Soon, he joined wrestling dojo. His teacher was a former professional wrestler and black-belt jiu-jitsu practioner, Grand Jiraiya. Jiraiya took Date under his wing and became his coach since his wrestling debut in 2006. Date has done freelance work for promotions in Japan. For the next, 8 years Date has become known for his ruthless style of fighting. |
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