Naoki Fukuda

Name: Naoki Fukuda (福田直樹)
Birthplace: Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
Birthdate: October 06, 1982
Theme Music: "LAST FIGHT" by DAKK
Weight: 113kg (248lbs)
Height: 178cm (5'10")
Debut: October 01, 2003 (vs. Takao Ueshima)

Title History:

Asian Pacific Tag Team Titles
- (w/ Ryuichi Goto) Ryo Inoue & Katsumi Hirata (7/29/2004) /

F-MAX Tag Team Titles
- (w/ TAKU) Yoshihiro Shimoda & Jin Hiroto (12/14/2007) / Akira Takayoshi & Naoyuki Watanabe (5/31/2009)

F-MAX Unified Heavyweight Title
- Otsuo Kayusa (12/21/2009) /

Tournament History:

- Asian Pacific Tag Title Tournament (WLJ - 7/29/2004): Ryuichi Goto & Naoki Fukuda beat Ryo Inoue & Katsumi Hirata (11:14) when Goto used a Shining Wizard on Hirata.
- 5th ANNIVERSARY CUP (10/21/2007): Hiroaki Nakata, TAKU & Mastodon Fukuda beat Etsuya Kawachi, Kazumitsu Takemura & Hidaka Kamon (15:28) when TAKU used the Kinniku Buster on Kamon.
- F-MAX Summit (2009): Naoki Fukuda beat Norihiro Akashi (31:01) with the Mastodon Hades.

Trademark Moves:
- Lariat
- Mastodon Splash (Frog Splash with "Mastodon" style appeal...)
- Mastodon Slam (Olympic Slam)
- Mastodon Buster (Argentine Backbreaker Lift into a Cross-legged Michinoku Driver II. Sometimes done with a spin.)
- Mastodon Hades (Electric Chair lift tossed into a Michinoku Driver II.
- Mastodon Pump (Military Press with multiple presses into an Oklahoma Stampede.)

Biography: Naoki was originally trained in the FURY dojo, while also attending regular training sessions at Yoshihiro Yujiro's Burning Dojo, with hopes of eventually debuting in Burning Spirit Pro-Wrestling. However, he would instead debut in Real Japan Pro-Wrestling against Takao Ueshima. Despite the training, and even being partnered with Kazuma Fujita himself, Naoki's results were unsatisfactory. After Real Japan's collapse, Naoki joined his twin brother Takeshi in the WLJ promotion. Naoki gained some measure of fame in capturing the Asian Pacific Tag Team titles with Ryuichi Goto. Following WLJ, Naoki returned to Real Japan for its resurrection, and was immediately poised as one of the top stars. Naoki eventually became a freelancer under the OFFICE KAZUMA banner, and spent the last two years traveling Japan, competing wherever he was needed. After that time, Naoki has finally returned to his home, and is ready to make Pro-Wrestling FURY his main battle ground, as part of "Rising Force". Fukuda aided the rest of Rising Force in betraying Akira Takayoshi, before forming "UPRISER'Z". Following the creation of the unit, Naoki changed his name to "Mastodon Fukuda." As a member of UPRISER'Z, Fukuda enjoyed a 17-month reign as F-MAX Tag Team titles with TAKU. However, when the two lost the titles in May of 2009, Fukuda was kicked out of UPRISER'Z. After returning to his real name of Naoki, Fukuda formed "REAL-ONE" with Jun Kobayashi and Shigeru Iwasaki.