NOZAWA
Report Last Updated - 12/03 (Fall)
Real Name - Kazushige Nozawa
Birthdate - 12/17/76
5'9" 198 lbs. - Osaka, Japan
Aliases - Super Cacao, Dark Guerrera
Athletic background - n/a
Teachers - Shogun K.Y. Wakamatsu; Atsushi Onita
Professional background - Japanese Indies(`95-`01), XPW(`01), CMLL(`01-), Tijuana(`01), US Indies(`02-), NWA-TNA(`03)
Groups - n/a
Career Highlights - n/a
Finisher(s) -
- Nozawa Driver
Favorites -
- Camel Clutch
- Michinoku Driver
- Missile Dropkick
- Superkick
- Seated Dropkick
Ringwork Rating -
move set - 6
science - 1
aerial - 3
power - 6
strikes - 6
Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 5
selling - 6
bumping - 6
heat - 4
carrying - 6
push - 5
potential - 6
Outlook - Kazushige Nozawa's career seems to be hitting its stride after the expected seasoning period, typical to many Japanese workers. He's shown an inclination to the lucha style with a sound offense and the ability to carry a match on the heel side. NOZAWA seems to small and non-Japanese to make it in the American companies, but he's been a good rudo in Mexico and has work in Japan for him when he returns. Expect him to keep on keeping on and who knows just how far he could get. He's still relatively young, not yet thirty, with ample experience around the world and might catch on somewhere.