Takeshi Minamino

Takeshi Minamino
Takeshi Minamino
	Jorge "Skayde" Rivera
Debut	November 7, 2002

Takeshi Yamamoto (山本タケシ, Yamamoto Takeshi),

professional wrestler. He wrestles in Michinoku Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling

.

Professional wrestling career

Toryumon (2002-2004)

Yamamoto made his pro wrestling debut in

stable led by him. Minamino established himself as a major heel and went to feud with top face Taiji Ishimori and his Sailor Boys (Kei and Shu Sato). They had their first bout in Toryumon X, where Minamino unsuccessfully challenged Ishimori for UWA World Welterweight Championship. On August 29, 2004 Minamino got a rematch in Mexico and won the title, retaining it against Taiji on October, 10 with aid from Fukuda and Hanai. The title was vacated after the match. After the Toryumon X demise, Minamino and his colleagues were moved to Michinoku Pro Wrestling

.

Michinoku Pro Wrestling (2004-present)

Upon his arrival to Michinoku Pro, Minamino dissociated himself from Los Salseros Japoneses and formed a tag team with Como Leoapard, using a mask and the name Esthetic Jaguar. However, the team fell after the Futaritabi Tag Team League 2004 and Minamino returned to Los Salseros, posing as the top heel team in Michinoku Pro.

The trio won the

Super Delfín. In June, Los Salseros Japoneses lost the UWA World Trios title against STONED (Maguro Ooma

, Kei Sato and Shu Sato) by a misaimed attack from Minamino to Hanai, after which Los Salseros Japoneses broke up when Hanai turned on him.

Minamino went solo and turned face, adopting a traditional Japanese attire with a black hakama. He also played Happy Man, an alien character dressed in Superman-like pink attire, and had a title shot against the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshitsune, but he failed.

In 2008, Minamino turned heel again and became a member of the Kowloon stable, directed by

tweener

and followed Hayato to his new stable, Bad Boy.