Toshiaki Kawada and Samson Fuyuki started teaming up in 1985, while on an excursion in San Antonio, wrestling for
Texas All-Star Wrestling. Kawada and Fuyuki, who by then went under the name Ricky Fuyuki, went under the team name
Japanese Force and they feuded with
American Force (
Paul Diamond and
Shawn Michaels). They were managed by
Gary Hart. In 1987, Kawada and Fuyuki, now going by the name Samson Fuyuki, joined
Genichiro Tenryu's
Revolution. In January 1988, they began wearing matching ring attire and named their team
Footloose. On March 9, 1988, Footloose won the
All Asia Tag Team Championship, defeating Mighty Inoue and
Takashi Ishikawa. They would hold the titles for exactly six months before losing the belts to Shinichi Nakano and Shunji Takano on September 9, 1988. However, Footloose rebounded by defeating Nakano and Takano to reclaim the titles six days later, on September 15, 1988. After the feud with Nakano and Takano died down, Footloose went into a heated rivalry with
The Can-Am Express (
Doug Furnas and
Dan Kroffat). On June 5, 1989, Furnas and Kroffat defeated them for the All Asia Tag Team titles. Four months later, on October 20, 1989, Footloose defeated the Express to win back the titles for the third time. Their third reign would be their last, before losing the titles back to the Express on March 2, 1990. Soon after the title loss in April 1990, Footloose disbanded, as Kawada would form a team with friend
Tiger Mask II, who would later unmask, revealing himself as
Mitsuharu Misawa. Fuyuki followed Tenryu into the new
Super World of Sports promotion. On October 27, 2001, Kawada defeated Fuyuki in a singles match in AJPW. ==The New Footloose==