藤田ミノル
A day after starting at university, Yoshioka began training at Wrestle Gate, run by Hanzo, and would train there whilst also attending school. After nearly a year, Yoshioka was given exhibition matches on Wrestle Gate pre-shows, whilst wearing a mask, On October 5, 2008, he made his official debut teaming with Susumu in a losing effort against Kindaichi Hogo &amp; Minoru Fujita on Wrestle Gate's 5th Anniversary show. Eventually, he changed his ring name to just Seiki (stylized in all capital letters).