BONE SOLDIER Mitsuhide Hirasawa ( 27 March 1982 ) is a Japanese professional wrestler , currently signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he works under a mask as Captain New Japan . He is also known by his previous ring name Hideo Saito . Professional wrestling career . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 2006 – 2010 ) . Hirasawa originally debuted for New Japan Pro Wrestling on 28 January 2006 , losing to Takashi Iizuka . Hirasawa would wrestle on the New Japan undercard , mostly losing which is custom for new wrestlers in New Japan . His first win would come on 26 April , defeating the two year pro Yujiro Takahashi . Hirasawa teamed up with Ryusuke Taguchi to participate in his first tournament , the National Area Tag League 2006 where they were placed in block C and lost both of their matches . Hirasawa would make several appearances for Pro Wrestling Zero1 , the most notable of which was when he and Manabu Nakanishi participated in the Passion Cup Tag Tournament 2008 . In late 2008 , Hirasawa would form a tag team with Yuji Nagata , which would be a precursor to Seigigun ( " Blue Justice Army " ) . The pair participated in G1 Tag League 2008 block B , they would only gain a single point when they drew with Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie . In the fall of 2009 , Hirasawa joined Yuji Nagata ' s new Seigigun along with Wataru Inoue and Super Strong Machine . At Wrestle Kingdom IV In Tokyo Dome , Hirasawa along with Wataru Inoue and Super Strong Machine defeated Jushin Thunder Liger , Koji Kanemoto , and Kazuchika Okada in the opening match . Even with joining this stable , Hirasawa largely continued in the midcard largely serving as the fall guy in tag match . On 28 June , Seigigun entered a six - man tag tournament with Nagata , Inoue , and Hirasawa forming one team while Machine teamed with Tonga Strong Machine and Pink Strong Machine ( Yutaka Yoshie ) however both teams lost . On 12 September , there was a special Mitsuhide Hirasawa farewell match , which he would lose . World Wrestling Council ( 2010 – 2011 ) . After embarking on an extended tour of Puerto Rican World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) in September 2010 , Hirasawa adopted the new ring name Hideo Saito as a tribute to Masa Saito and Hideo Nomo . On 25 September , Saito would win his first championship when he won a battle royal for the vacant WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship and would lose it on 27 November . On 19 February , he also won the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship and lost it on 26 March . In May 2011 Saito took part in New Japan ' s first tour of the United States , the Invasion Tour 2011 . On 13 May in Rahway , New Jersey , he entered the tournament to determine the first ever IWGP Intercontinental Champion , losing to Yujiro Takahashi in his first round match . Return to New Japan ( 2011 – present ) . Hirasawa returned to New Japan on 18 June , now going permanently by the Saito name , and turned on Seigigun and its leader Yuji Nagata , joining CHAOS . In August , Saito took part in the 2011 G1 Climax , losing his first eight matches only to pick up his opening win on the final day of the tournament in a match against former mentor , Yuji Nagata . On 19 September , Nagata defeated his former protégé in a grudge match . Saito ' s erratic behaviour and poor match results eventually led to the rest of CHAOS kicking him out of the stable on 4 December 2011 . After his exhile from CHAOS , Saito developed an alter - ego called Captain New Japan , dressed in a variation of the Captain America costume , complete with a shield . In November , Captain New Japan took part in the 2012 World Tag League , teaming with IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi under the team name " Captain Ace " . The team lost all six of their matches with Captain New Japan being pinned in each match . On 3 March 2013 , Captain New Japan returned to Seigigun in an eight - man tag team match , where he , Yuji Nagata , Super Strong Machine and Wataru Inoue were defeated by Hirooki Goto , Karl Anderson , Ryusuke Taguchi and Tama Tonga . On 7 April , Captain New Japan was attacked by Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt and would also be unmasked by Devitt , however , his face was never shown . In response to this , Captain New Japan teamed up with Devitt ' s former Apollo 55 partner , Ryusuke Taguchi and challenged the two at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 , where they lost . Following these events , Captain New Japan has fought against the newly formed Bullet Club which is headed by Devitt , he has also reformed his alliance with Tanahashi . On 4 August , Captain New Japan carried Tanahashi to the ring akin to Fale and Devitt , he would also get involved in the matchup trying to limit the effects of Fale ' s interference , however , Devitt would ultimately defeat Tanahashi . In November , Captain Ace reunited for the 2013 World Tag League . Much like the previous year , the team lost their first five matches , but on the final day they finally picked up a win over Fale and Devitt with Captain pinning Devitt , costing the Bullet Club team a spot in the semifinals . On 13 April 2014 , during New Japan ' s trip to Taiwan , Hirasawa , working as Captain Taiwan , received his first title shot in the promotion , when he and Hirooki Goto unsuccessfully challenged Bullet Club representatives Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the IWGP Tag Team Championship .