Magnum Tokyo Katsumasa Kuroki ( January 9 , 1973 ) is a Japan ese professional wrestler , better known by his ring name Magnum TOKYO . He wrestles for the HUSTLE professional wrestling promotion , and has competed in the past for World Championship Wrestling , Toryumon , and Dragon Gate as Tokyo Magnum and Magnum TOKYO . Magnum TOKYO has become popular in Japan for both his high - flying junior - heavyweight style ( a style common amongst students of Último Dragón ) and his elaborate entrances , which have included dancing through the crowd and dance sequences in the ring with his own dance troupe . His gimmick is that of an adult entertainer , and he often wears eye - masks to the ring while carrying a pink umbrella . At one point in his career , some members of the crowd would actually stuff money into his tights . Professional Wrestling Career . Early career . Magnum Tokyo was a popular mainstay in Japan ' s Dragon Gate promotion . He was trained by Último Dragón and graduated from Dragon ' s " Toryumon Gym " in 1997 , making his professional wrestling debut on May 11 , 1997 by defeating fellow débutante Nobuhiko Oshima . After his first match he would become Magnum Tokyo and developed his character over the year . He would also make appearances for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and International Wrestling Revolution Group . Magnum defeated Tony Rivera in the final of the Young Dragons Cup 1997 . On July 5 , he defeated El Hijo del Gladiador for the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship and held it for three months before losing it to Mr . Niebla . World Championship Wrestling ( 1998 ) . Less than a year into his professional career , he gained some mainstream notoriety in North America with World Championship Wrestling in early and mid - 1998 . While there , he participated in a brief program wherein he wanted to become a member of The Dancing Fools ( a tag team consisting of Disco Inferno and Alex Wright ) , and would appear dancing behind them ( without their knowledge ) during their entrance . The program came to a head when his interference backfired in a tag team match between The Dancing Fools and The Public Enemy at the 1998 " Road Wild " pay - per - view . Two nights later on the August 10 episode of " Nitro " , he was told by Wright and Disco Inferno that if he wanted to be a member of The Dancing Fools , he needed to impress them in a match against Eddie Guerrero . He lost the match in under two minutes , and the match was his last appearance with the company until he returned briefly in October and November of that same year . During those two months , he appeared sporadically in squash matches and as a participant in the annual World War 3 battle royal on November 22 , 1998 . One night later ( on the November 23 episode of " Nitro " ) he made his final televised appearance for WCW in a loss against Kanyon . Toryumon / Dragon Gate ( 1999 - 2006 ) . Magnum returned to Japan and made his debut for Toryumon Japan on January 31 , 1999 . Magnum participated in the NWA World Middleweight Title Tournament but lost in the finals to SASUKE . During his early years in Toryumon he would align himself with wrestlers such as Dragon Kid and Keni ' chiro Arai to combat the factions of Crazy MAX and M2K . In March and April 2001 , Magnum took part in El Numero Uno and was placed into block A . With three points he progressed to the semi final and then eventually the final which took place on April 4 . In the final he took on M2K leader Masaaki Mochizuki where the match would end in a double count out , therefore the match would restart and this time Mochizuki would come out on top . On July 1 , 2001 he defeated Mochizuki for the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship and on August 14 , he , Dragon Kid and Ryo Saito won the UWA World Trios Championship from Crazy MAX . On October 28 , the trio lost the title to M2K . On March 15 , 2002 , Magnum lost the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship to SUWA . In 2002 ' s El Numero Uno , Magnum would this time defeat Mochizuki . In a shocking turn of events , on May 19 , Magnum joined M2K and became their leader , on that night he teamed up with Mochizuki in a one night tag team tournament where they were defeated by Crazy MAX . On September 8 , Darkness Dragon was kicked out of M2K and went on to form Do Fixer with Dragon Kid and Ryo Saito . On October 28 , Magnum dissolved M2K and announced that he and the remnants of M2K were the real Do FIXER , and that Darkness Dragon - now renamed K - ness - was still a member of the group and was sent into the home army ( Seikigun ) to cause problems within it . It worked in that Ryo Saito was not welcomed back into Seikigun , but Dragon Kid , however , was . In El Numero Uno 2003 , Magnum only reached the quarter finals before losing to Genki Horiguchi . On June 29 , Magnum defeated CIMA for the Último Dragón Gym Championship and would lose it to SUWA on February 8 , 2004 . From the end of 2003 , there were problems between Magnum and the remaining stable members again and again and on March 27 , 2005 , Magnum appointed Ryo Saito as the new leader . On March 28 , Magnum joined PoS . HEARTS but was still considered a member of Do FIXER . Magnums first titile shot since Toryumon became Dragon Gate came on May 1 , for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship against Do FIXER . Magnum took part in King Of Gate 2005 but was eliminated in the first round by Masaaki Mochizuki . Magnum would leave PoS . HEARTS and formed a new stable called Renaissance and was still considered a member of Do FIXER . Retirement . On August 26 , 2006 , Magnum and Mochizuki took part in the Dragon Gate I - J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship tournament and during the second round match up involving Don Fujii and Yasushi Kanda , although they won the match , Magnum ' s career was put into jeopardy after he suffered a very serious eye injury . After being out for seven months with little to no improvement to the condition of his eye , TOKYO announced his retirement in April 2007 . Hustle ( 2008 - 2009 ) . On November 20 , 2008 , Magnum returned to professional wrestling , appearing under a new gimmick , Detective Alan Kuroki , at a Hustle event in Tokyo , Japan . He wrestled his return match for HUSTLE on November 22 , 2008 . On March 25 , 2009 , he announced he would be returning to his Magnum Tokyo gimmick . After returning as Magnum Tokyo he would team up with TAJIRI . Magnum appeared at Hustle Jihad 2009 where he teamed with Akira Shoji Rene Dupree , Shiro Koshinaka and Toshiaki Kawada and lost to Genichiro Tenryu , King RIKI , Riki Chōshū , Wataru Sakata and Yoshihiro Takayama . Since the closure of HUSTLE , Magnum has stayed away from wrestling and is presumed retired .