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'' ` umanosuke ueda '' ' yatomi , aichi , japan 200px 1961 umanosuke ueda.jpg umanosuke ueda
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umanosuke ueda

hiroshi ueda -lrb- born yuji ueda ; 20 june 194021 december 2011 -rrb- was a japanese professional wrestler , better known by his ring name umanosuke ueda .
during his wrestling career , ueda primarily stood out for wrestling with bleached blonde hair , a practice which was rare in his day but later became more common .
his ring name was inspired by samurai warrior and shinsengumi member umanosuke ueda .
after debuting in the old japan pro wrestling alliance in 1961 , he started the circuit in los angeles in 1966 .
in 1974 , he joined japan 's international pro wrestling where he held the iwa world heavyweight championship from june 11 , 1976 , till july 28 , 1976 .
ueda was considered one of the first `` traitor heels '' in japan , as he broke societal mores by dyeing his hair and using a brawling style , and teaming with a hated gaikokujin heel , tiger jeet singh .
the two men were the first team to win tag team titles in both new japan pro wrestling -lrb- the nwa north american tag team championship -rrb- and all japan pro wrestling -lrb- the nwa international tag team championship -rrb- .
mr. gannosuke , tatsutoshi goto and toru yano later based their `` dye job brawler '' ring personas on ueda 's style .
he later went onto appear as a henchman in the japanese game show takeshi 's castle up until the end of the show in the late 80 's and also appeared in the movie burst city .
in 1996 , he was in a car accident , which left him paralyzed and eventually forced him to retire two years later .
ueda died on december 21 , 2011 from respiratory failure ; he was 71 years old .
