Masao Inoue
Asako made his debut in a tag team match with Richard Slinger, losing to Masao Inoue &amp; Mitsuo Momota. Since his debut he spent most of his time in the opening matches and as an enhancement talent although he rarely wins matches, as he got a little better Asako won his first and only achievement by winning the January 3 Korakuen Hall Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal on January 3, 1994. Asako continued to show progression in his wrestling skills putting on a classic 6-man tag team match with partners Mitsuharu Misawa &amp; Kenta Kobashi defeating Akira Taue, Tamon Honda &amp; Toshiaki Kawada, In 1998 he entered in the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title League and made it to the finals but was unable to win as he lost to Yoshinari Ogawa. He remained in All Japan until June 2000, when he followed Misawa and 24 other wrestlers to form Pro Wrestling NOAH.