YAKUTA

Real Name: Hachiro Yakuta
Birthplace: Okutama, Tokyo Prefecture
Birthdate: July 19, 1978
Theme Music: "Black Crow" by Sex Machineguns
Weight: 105kg (231lbs)
Height: 177cm (5'10")
Debut: June 17, 2000 (vs. Ryo Suzuki)

Title History:

GSW Independent Tag Team Titles
- (w/ ATSUKA) KEIJI & Suya Moto (11/22/2006) /

PWC World Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
- (w/ ATSUKA) Millennium S.K. & Ryoma Inoue (4/22/2008) / Kyoto Okazaki & Shin Kaiju (8/05/2008)

Tournament History:

- None

Trademark Moves:
- Ace Driver (JP: エースドライバー ~ Hurricane Driver/Standing Fireman's Carry into MDII)
- STF
- Ace Black (JP: エースブラック ~ Dangerous Reverse DDT)
- Avalanche Swinging DDT
- Kenka Kick

Biography: Hachiro Yakuta gained most of his experience as a student in the Suzuki Dojo, and immediately sped through the class after only ten months of training. Upon graduation, Yakuta traveled to the United States to gain seasoning, and competed for the World Class Pro-Wrestling organization under the guise of "Gunlto". Word of Yakuta's work in America was noticed back to his homeland, where Koji Tanaka caught wind of it. After WCPW folded, Yakuta was signed by Burning Spirit Pro-Wrestling and returned to Japan. Due to an knee injury he sustained early in his tenure, Yakuta was unable to show the BSPW fans his full potential. After rehabbing his injury, and adapting to more of a rule breaking style, Yakuta returned as YAKUTA, and made an immediate impact by coming to the aid of ATSUKA, who had just been kicked out of the Black STAR unit. Both proclaimed their friendship to the BSPW fans, and announced the formation of "Millennium SAGA". Unfortunately, bad luck struck again, as YAKUTA mysteriously resigned from BSPW, citing differences with the office. YAKUTA re-appeared in Project BETA months later, where he was immediately positioned as the leader of the BETA seikigun, where he led the home army into countless battles against the anti-BETA heel unit, HANGUN. In January 2003, YAKUTA turned on his friends, aligning himself with HANGUN. Eventually, YAKUTA led a revolt of the HANGUN unit against then leader Tetsuhiro Kaneda after he lost the Version 1.0 championship, and proclaimed himself leader. BETA folded in the Summer of 2004, but YAKUTA joined CRIMSON Pro, a shoot-off of the BETA promotion once again as one of the top wrestlers. On 5/01/05, YAKUTA announced he would be leaving CRIMSON and showed up in FURY aligned once again with ATSUKA. After some strife with then-CHAOTICS member Tetsuhiro Kaneda, YAKUTA became an official member of the unit. After Daichi Matsumoto's departure in 2007, YAKUTA the defacto elder of CHAOTICS, and often times the pillar of strength within the unstable faction. In April of 2008, ATSUKA and YAKUTA accomplished a mutual goal of becoming World champions together by defeating Millennium S.K. and Ryoma Inoue of Pro-Wrestling CRIMSON for the PWC World Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team titles.