Toryumon (2002-2004) A former highschool
amateur wrestler, Okimoto trained in the Último Dragón Gym and graduated in the 9th Toryumon school class term, debuting in
Toryumon Mexico in 2002. He performed under the name of
Small Dandy Fujii, a mini version of Toryumon Japan wrestler
Sumo Dandy Fujii, and was a part of the Mini Crazy MAX stable along with
SUWAcito and
Mini CIMA. After a short individual participation in the
Young Dragons Cup 2002, where he was eliminated by
Condotti Shuji at the first round, Small Dandy and SUWAcito competed at the
Yamaha Cup tag tournament, taking out
Henry III Sugawara and
Naoki Tanizaki at the first round before falling to Sailor Boys (
Kei Sato and Shu Sato) at the second. Mini Crazy MAX developed a
feud with Sailor Boys, led by
Taiji Ishimori, and they kept it when the class term was moved to the Toryumon X promotion in Japan. Fujii was a comedic figure, and in October 2004, he got his head partially shaven by stipulation after being pinned by
Manabu Murakami. That would be the last Toryumon X show, and its wrestlers were transferred to
Michinoku Pro Wrestling. He also wrestled in as
HUSTLE Kamen Blue, a member of HUSTLE Kamen along
HUSTLE Kamen Red and
HUSTLE Kamen Yellow.
Michinoku Pro Wrestling (2004-present) Okimoto's first apparition in M-Pro was at the
Futaritabi Tag Team League, wrestling under the mask of
Michinoku Ranger Silver with
Michinoku Ranger Gold as his partner, doing a
super sentai gimmick not unlike they did in
HUSTLE. The duo got important victories over Los Salseros Japoneses (
Pineapple Hanai and
Mango Fukuda) and
Jinsei Shinzaki and
Shinjitsu Nohashi, but they did not win the league, which was taken by
The Great Sasuke and GARUDA. In December, the team was dissolved and Okimoto adopted the gimmick of
Rasse, a masked character representing the
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri. He first teamed up with the former Ranger Gold, now known as
Shanao, and the two gained a title shot for the Tohoku Tag Titles against Great Sasuke and
Dick Togo, but were beaten. Starting 2005, Rasse formed an alliance with GARUDA, first at the
Michinoku Trios League (completing the trio with
Maguro Ooma) and then in the
Futaritabi Tag Team Tournament, but they were unsuccessful, getting eliminated at the latter by the eventual winning team of Shanao and
Kagetora. Rasse spent the year as a low-ranked member of the Michinoku Seikigun against the
heel stable Los Salseros Japoneses, though he had some victories, upsetting Kagetora and
Gamma during the
Iron Man Tournament. However, he ascended the scale in 2006, reaching the finals of a tournament for the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight title before LSJ leader
Takeshi Minamino and actually winning the next
Iron Man after pinning
Hayato Fujita with the Mabataki. Doing this, he won a title short against the next junior heavyweight champion,
Osaka Pro Wrestling's
Super Delfín, but was defeated. Rasse then returned to the midcard, teaming up with Yoshitsune until end of 2006. The next year, Rasse teamed up with the recently turned face Kagetora to win the
Tohoku Tag Team Championship against Kei and Shu Sato, eventually unifying it with the
Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship from Hideyoshi and
Masamune at the Pro Wrestling Summit 2007 independent event. They retained it successfully for the rest of 2007, even winning the next tag league while having the titles, but they finally lost the two titles against Osaka Pro representatives
Gaina and Zero and MPW homologues Great Sasuke and Yoshitsune. The same year, Rasse competed individually at the prestigious
Fukumen World League, but was eliminated at the first round by another Osaka Pro wrestler,
Tigers Mask. Now titleless, Rasse struggled through 2008, but despite a good performance at the
Iron Man and another tag team with Kagetora, he was frustrated. After a failed title shot against Hayato Fujita, now leader of the Kowloon heel stable, Rasse shockingly turned heel and joined them, later pledging his alliance to who revealed as the true leader of the group, their master
Último Dragón.
El Dorado Wrestling (2006–2008) In 2008, Okimoto joined the newborn El Dorado, wrestling as
Jumping Kid Okimoto, a masked character dressed in black and white who came to the ring in
jumping stilts. He initially was an integrant of the
Taiji Ishimori's face army inherited from Dragondoor, but after Ishimori broke from El Dorado and left, Okimoto went solo and feuded with
brother YASSHI. Okimoto got the revenge for a loss to him by showing an embarrassing photo of Yasshi in his high school days, as Okimoto and he had been both in the same school, but the brother got it back defeating him again. They then reconciled and resolved to form an amateur wrestling-themed stable, which also featured
Yuji Hino and was called Nanking Fucking Wrestling Club. During that time, Okimoto competed both under his real name in said stable, using a realistic, mat wrestling based style, and also as Jumping Kid Okimoto, featuring his common high-flying. After Nanking Fucking Wrestling Club folded up, Okimoto competed solo and unaligned again, and for a second time in Masaki's career he lost a hair vs hair match, this time against
Ken45º. In 2008, Jumping Kid Okimoto and
KAGETORA fought Speed of Sounds (
Tsutomu Oosugi and
Hercules Senga) for the vacated UWA Tag Team Championship, but were defeated. Shortly after, El Dorado ended its run. ==Championships and accomplishments==