names birth_place weight trainer debut birth_date article_title name resides
'' ` riki choshu '' ' seoul , south korea 120 kg lb on masa saito new japan pro wrestling dojo 1974 8 8 3 december 1951 riki choshu
 riki choshu yamaguchi , japan
riki choshu

mitsuo yoshida -lrb- ; , , `` kwak gwang-ung '' -rrb- -lrb- born december 3 , 1951 -rrb- , better known by his ring name riki choshu -lrb- 長州力 `` chōshū riki '' -rrb- , is a korean-japanese professional wrestler who is most known for his longtime work in new japan pro wrestling -lrb- njpw -rrb- as a wrestler and a booker .
he is considered one of the most influential wrestlers in japan in the 1980s and 1990s and known as the first wrestler to popularize the sasori-gatame , better known in english as `` scorpion deathlock '' or `` sharpshooter '' .
after choshu left njpw in 2002 , he formed `` fighting world of japan pro wrestling -lrb- wj -rrb- '' , which was later known as `` riki pro '' as he was the main promoter of the promotion .
in october 2005 , he returned to new japan as a site foreman , a booker , and a part-time wrestler .
