Kazushi Miyamoto Kazushi Miyamoto is a Japan ese Professional wrestler . Career . Kazushi Miyamoto will forever have the distinction of being the first post - split graduate of the All Japan Pro Wrestling dojo . While in the Dojo Miyamoto was trained by Hiroshi Hase , Johnny Smith , and his mentor Toshiaki Kawada . Miyamoto was so serious about wrestling for All Japan , he originally asked Giant Baba in 1996 , but was denied due to his young age . After completing training in the Dojo , Miyamoto debuted on August 19 , 2001 against Hiroshi Hase . A Jr . Heavyweight when he debuted , for the remainder of the year he opened cards and wrestled different veterans to help him hone his craft . He started 2002 off by pickingup his first pinfall victory in a tag team match , and a couple days later he had his first singles victory over Yasu Urano . For the rest of 2002 he continued wrestling towards the beginning of the card , waiting for his chance to elevate to a more meaningful role . In 2003 , Miyamoto would finally get that chance . In the " Royal Road Initiation 7 Match ' Intense ' Series " , Miyamoto would face off against Genichiro Tenryu on 2 / 16 / 03 . Also in February 2003 he formed a tag team with Tomoaki Honma called " Turmeric Storm " . As Turmeric Storm they would be staples of the mid - card , picking up victories over teams such as Shigeo Okumura and Taichi Ishikari , Hideki Hosaka and Ryuji Hijikata , Gran Naniwa and Jun Kasai , and many others . On February 11 , 2004 they would challenge Great Kosuke and Shiryu for the All Asia Tag Team Championship , but they would lose when Shiryu pinned Miyamoto . Soon after , Miyamoto would begin his excursion , traveling to America . Miyamoto would stay in America for over a year , wrestling for a variety of wrestling promotions . Wrestling both as himself and " The Great Kazushi " ( a gimmick similar to The Great Muta ) , Miyamoto wrestled in Professional Championship Wrestling , USA Pro Wrestling , Border City Wrestling , River City Wrestling , and others . He also wrestled in TNA Wrestling debuting on TNA Impact ! and would be featured there several times , including in a match against Triple X . On June 23 , 2004 he appeared on PPV to team with NOSAWA to wrestle America ' s Most Wanted challenging for the NWA World Tag Team Championship . His last appearance for the company would be at Victory Road 04 ' , where both he and NOSAWA competed in a X - Division Gaunlet , which was won by Hector Garza . Besides TNA , Miyamoto made two appearances in Ring of Honor . On July 23 , he defeated Shawn Daivari and on July 24 he wrestled in a six man match with Trent Acid winning . Overall gain much experience as he had experienced wrestling in many different promotions and even won the River City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship in 2005 . During the summer of 2005 , Miyamoto would return to All Japan . On July 15 , 2005 he wrestled Akira Raijin in his return match , winning in less than four minutes to show his growth . His return to All Japan would not last long , however , as on November 22 , 2005 it was announced that Miyamoto was leaving All Japan for a new promotion called Kings Road . Originally Kings Road was rumored to have Toshiaki Kawada as their ace , but Kawada never appeared for the promotion . Defecting with Miyamoto included All Japan wrestler Shota Takanishi and Genichiro Tenryu . On the main event of the first Kings Road event , Miyamoto main evented against legend Genichiro Tenryu , with Tenryu picking up the victory . Miyamoto continued being the ace of Kings Road , main eventing against Takao Omori on the February event and teaming with Taichi Ishikari against Mitsuya Nagai and Daisuke Ikeda at the April event . By now the promotion was in serious trouble , as Kawada ' s participation never materialized and they had no wrestlers that were draws as Tenryu had only wrestled on the first event . Their next two events would be held in much smaller venues ( with the attendance under 500 for both ) , and on July 1 , 2006 the main event would be a special 5 vs . 5 match against Zero - One Max , with the stipulation being that if Kings Road lost then they would disband . Kings Road would lose the match resulting in Kings Road folding for good . After Kings Road went under , Miyamoto failed to gain entrance back into a major promotion . He had wrestled in New Japan during his Kings Road stint , facing Tanahashi on March 19 , 2006 , but it did not lead to a permanent position . On January 20 , 2007 he appeared in Osaka Pro Wrestling as the secret new member of Bad Force Stable , but he only wrestled on one card and was not seen again . He also wrestled for Riki Choshu ' s Lock Up Promotion in mid - 2007 but he was not invited back . Unable to find steady work , Miyamoto created his own promotion in the fall of 2007 called Super Bulls with himself being the ace of the promotion . After a few brief months Super Bulls held its last show in December 2007 . he wrestled Great Sasuke in the main event with Sasuke picking up the victory by DQ . Miyamoto is still young , in 2008 , Miyamoto still has not found his way onto a full - time roster although he has gotten a look from Pro Wrestling Noah , wrestling for there spinoff promotion Pro Wrestling SEM as well as Tatsumi Fujinami ' s Dradition promotion . In January 2014 , Miyamoto began working for Wrestle - 1 , billed as the " Japanese Million Dollar Man " . In February 2015 , Miyamoto began working for Union Pro Wrestling , where he formed a heel stable with Fuma and Sagat .