Career
Sawafuji made his debut in 2000 in Toryumon, and gained success. His gimmick is that of an Italian fashion aficionado/supermodel, wearing lavish coats and trunks and showing his outrageousness with an invisible dog named Mikeru. In mid-2006, he surfaced at the Texas Wrestling Academy in San Antonio, Texas at the urging of World Wrestling Entertainment"s Shoichi Funaki, and trained under Rudy Boy Gonzalez.
During his tenure in the Trans World Airlines, he held the Television Championship for 8 months.
He has wrestled for many other American wrestling federations, including East Coast Wrestling Association, Ring of Honor, NWA Anarchy, and Chikara. He worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling as a part of the R.I.S.E. faction.
He competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling"s World X Cup as a part of Team Japan, winning his first and only singles match for TNA against Curry Manitoba, gaining 2 points for his team He then competed at Victory Road in the third round, which was a four team triple elimination match, dominating early in the match before getting eliminated.
On January 18, 2010, Sawafuji announced his retirement from the professional wrestling because of inferior oblique muscle palsy, brought on by an excessively strong thrust kick to the eye by Gedo.
A retirement ceremony was held on February 14. Finishing moves
A.T. Lock (Headscissors kimura)
International Rectifier – Italian Revolution (Cut-throat wrist-clutch bridging fisherman suplex)
International Rectifier II – Italian Revolution II (Double hammerlock belly to back inverted mat slam)
Paradise Lock (Over-rotated Delfin Clutch)
Victoria Milanese (Bridging leg-hook saito suplex)
Signature moves
A-Dise Lock (Chickenwing cross-legged inverted Boston crab)
Armani Shoe Exchange (Middle rope springboard corkscrew senton)
Emporio Armani Shoe (Middle rope springboard moonsault)
Bridging belly to back suplex
Bridging evasion
Elevated cutter
Handspring back elbow smash
Italian Stretch (Octopus chickenwing)
Italian Stretch #8 (Straight jacket triangle choke)
Italian Stretch #32 (Modified Koji clutch)
Medulla Oblongata Cutter (Enzuigiri)
Milan-Gatame (Snapmare floated over into a modified cradle)
One-handed cartwheel back elbow to a cornered opponent
Standing STF
STFashion (Stepover toehold full nelson)
Superkick to a kneeling opponent
Entrance themes
"Milano Fever + Europe"
Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship (1 time) – with Anthony West. Mori and YOSSINO
NWA Florida
Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup (2006)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Best of the Super Juniors (2007)
Texas Wrestling Entertainment
TWE Television Championship (1 time)
Toryumon
NWA International Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
University of Western Australia World Trios Championship (2 times) – with Brother YASSINI and YOSSINO (1), and YOSSINO and Condotti Shuji (1)
T2P Strongest League (2002)
Young Dragons Cup (2000)
Other
ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Championship (1 time).