Japanese promotions (2005–2019) Nakazawa is best known for his tenure with
DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former
KO-D Tag Team Champion (with
Kenny Omega),
Jiyūgaoka 6-Person Tag Team Champion and
DDT Extreme Champion. Throughout his career he has also wrestled for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling,
Michinoku Pro,
Big Japan Pro Wrestling and
All Japan Pro-Wrestling. Nakazawa studied in the United States and is a fluent speaker of
English. He often acted as an interpreter for English-speaking foreign wrestlers in Japan and through this relationship he met Kenny Omega, a now-
Executive VP at AEW, with whom he has shared a ring 35 times, both as an opponent and as a tag team partner.
All Elite Wrestling (2019–present) Nakazawa was announced as a new signee of
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in early 2019. The following month at
Fyter Fest, Nakazawa defeated Alex Jebailey in a
hardcore match. On the November 13 episode of
Dynamite, Nakazawa made his debut quickly losing to
Jon Moxley. Following this, Nakazawa would mainly wrestle on AEW's secondary show
Dark, facing the likes of
Shawn Spears,
Trent Beretta,
Matt Sydal and Mike Sydal in losing efforts. On the January 20, 2021 episode of
Dynamite, Nakazawa was seen in
Kenny Omega's house welcoming in
The Young Bucks thus establishing his affiliation with Omega in AEW. He Joined
The Elite on February 17. On the March 10 episode of
Dark: Elevation, Omega set up a match between Nakazawa and Matt Sydal where if Sydal won, he would receive an AEW World Title Eliminator match against Omega. During the match, Nakazawa displayed
villainous tactics such as choking Sydal with his
lanyard but he would eventually go on to lose the match. ==Championships and accomplishments==