Yutaka Yoshie Yutaka Yoshie ( January 5 , 1974 ) is a Japan ese professional wrestler , currently working as a freelancer in Japan , performing for promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling , New Japan Pro Wrestling , Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1 . In New Japan he is a former IWGP Tag Team Champion and in Zero1 a former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion . Professional wrestling career . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 1994 – 2006 ) . Yoshie , who had a background in judo , joined New Japan Pro Wrestling ' s dojo in February 1994 and made his professional wrestling debut on December 9 , 1994 , in a match against Satoshi Kojima . In only his second match Yoshie broke his leg and was sidelined until December 1995 . After spending years on the undercards of New Japan events , Yoshie wrestled his first major match on January 4 , 1998 , at Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome , where he was one of the five men selected to face Riki Chōshū in his " Riki Road Final Message 5 " series , set to end his retirement tour . The following year Yoshie picked up major victories over wrestlers such as Tatsuhito Takaiwa and El Samurai , before leaving for a learning excursion to Germany in August to compete for Catch Wrestling Association ( CWA ) . While in Europe , Yoshie bulked up and when he returned to Japan in March 2000 , he was a completely different wrestler , basing his new style on sumo wrestling , and was quickly recruited by Yuji Nagata into his stable , Fighting Club G - EGGS . Later that year Yoshie defeated former IWGP Heavyweight Champions Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima in singles matches . However , Yoshie ' s climb was cut short , when Nagata disbanded Fighting Club G – EGGS in June 2001 , sending him back down the card . On June 13 , 2003 , Yoshie won his to date only title in New Japan , when he teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi to defeat Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Tag Team Championship . They would hold the title for six months , before losing it to Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura . After years of being unable to break through into the main fold of New Japan , Yoshie decided not to re – sign with the promotion in January 2006 and instead became a freelancer . Freelancer ( 2006 – present ) . After leaving New Japan , Yoshie made his debut for Pro Wrestling Zero1 , where he , under the ring name Y2P – 160 kg , formed a tag team called the P – Force Men with Steve Corino . On February 25 , 2006 , Yoshie and Corino defeated Skull and Bones ( Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita ) to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship . They would hold the title for four months , before losing it to Kohei Sato and Ryouji Sai on June 20 , 2006 . Yoshie spent most of the rest of 2006 working for All Japan Pro Wrestling , where he in April participated in his first Champion ' s Carnival . In late 2006 Yoshie also made his debut for Tatsumi Fujinami ' s and Osamu Nishimura ' s Muga World Pro Wrestling , for which he wrestled most of 2007 . On December 13 , 2007 , Yoshie defeated Fujinami in the finals of a tournament to win Muga ' s Dragon Cup . On January 4 , 2008 , Yoshie made his return to New Japan Pro Wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome , where he , Masato Tanaka , Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Katsushi Takemura defeated Takashi Iizuka , Koji Kanemoto , Tiger Mask IV and Ryusuke Taguchi in an eight man tag team match , when Yoshie pinned Taguchi . Later that year Yoshie teamed with Manabu Nakanishi to take part in New Japan ' s G1 Climax Tag League , where the team , named Big Mountain , reached the semifinals before losing to the eventual winners of the entire tournament , TenKoji ( Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima ) . On December 6 , 2008 , Yoshie and Nakanishi unsuccessfully challenged The Most Violent Players ( Togi Makabe and Toru Yano ) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship . On February 6 , 2010 , Yoshie made his debut for Pro Wrestling Noah in a match , where he defeated Shuhei Taniguchi . In June Yoshie made another return to New Japan to compete in the J Sports Crown 6 Man Openweight Tag Tournament , where , under a mask and the ring name Pink Strong Machine , he teamed with Super Strong Machine and Tonga Strong Machine . The team was eliminated in the second round by Prince Devitt , Ryusuke Taguchi and Hirooki Goto .