Ryoji Sai
Ryoji Sai | |
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Zero1 Dojo | |
Debut | September 1, 2001[3] |
Ryoji Sai[1] (崔領二, Sai Ryōji, 최영이) (born Choi Young-ii June 3, 1980) is a Korean professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and promoter who currently owns and operates Pro Wrestling Land's End, where he is a former All Asia Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for working for Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former two-time World Heavyweight Champion.
He is the older brother of mixed martial artist Young Choi.
Career
Ryoji Sai is a 3rd Generation
Osaka, Japan. His parents own a restaurant near Tsuruhashi Station in Osaka. At 15 years old, Ryouji attended the Sidmouth International School in Sidmouth, England. He then attended Bloxham School in Oxfordshire between 1996 and 1999. While in Europe he studied martial arts under Gerard Gordeau
in the Netherlands.
When he returned to Japan he joined
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship
in 2005 and 2006.
Ryoji twice finished as the runner-up in ZERO1
Fuji TV show Ainori
(あいのり) under the name of "Wrestler" (レスラー).
Championships and accomplishments
- World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dylan James (1) & Zeus (1)
- 1 time) – with Wataru Sakata[4]
- Pro Wrestling Land's End
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 220 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014[5]
- Ranked No. 220 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
- Pro Wrestling Zero1
- 3 times) – with Kohei Sato (2) and Osamu Namiguchi (1)[6]
- 1 time)[7]
- World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[8]
- Fire Festival (2009, 2014)[9]
- Passion Cup Tag Tournament (2008) – with Kohei Sato[9]
MMA record
4 matches | 1 win | 1 loss |
By knockout | 1 | 1 |
By submission | 0 | 0 |
By decision | 0 | 0 |
By disqualification | 0 | 0 |
Draws | 1 | |
No contests | 1 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1-1-1 (1) | Kenichi Serizawa | TKO (Punches) | Titan Fighting Championship 2 | January 21, 2001 | 2 | 3:32 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Win | 1-0-1 (1) | Koichi Sato | TKO (Punches) | Titan Fighting Championship 2 | January 21, 2001 | 1 | 2:54 | Tokyo, Japan | |
NC | 0-0-1 (1) | Koichi Sato | No contest (illegal knees) | Titan Fighting Championship 2 | January 21, 2001 | 1 | 0:26 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Draw | 0–0–1 | Masakazu Imanari | Technical Draw | Titan Fighting Championship 1 | September 29, 2000 | 1 | 1:29 | Tokyo, Japan |
References
- ^ a b c d e "ZERO1-MAX fighters page". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ^ "Ryouji Sai profile" (in Japanese). ZERO-ONE-MAX.com. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ^ "ZERO-ONE Fire Festival 2001 tour results". Strong Style Spirit. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ^ "Hustle Super Tag Team Championship history".
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2014". internet wrestling database. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ "NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship title history". ZEROONEUSA.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-14. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ^ "NWA United National Heavyweight Championship title history". ZEROONEUSA.com. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ^ "Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship history".
- ^ a b "Tournaments".
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