El Samurai
Takayuki Iizuka was Akira Nogami's opponent when Iizuka debuted for New Japan Pro-Wrestling on November 2, 1986. By April 1987, they began teaming up regularly in tag team matches and in multi-man tag team matches, teaming with the likes of Jyushin Thunder Liger, Hiroshi Hase, El Samurai, Riki Choshu, and Tatsumi Fujinami.