Kohei Sato

is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently contracted with Pro Wrestling Zero1. He also makes appearances on the Japanese independent circuit. Sato is also a former mixed martial artist.

Career A former judoka and amateur wrestler, Sato made his transition to mixed martial arts after meeting Kazunari Murakami and Sanshu Tsubakichi. He joined the Shooto promotion, winning the 1998 All Japan Amateur Shooto Championships over Takashi Okada in the heavyweight class, and later turning professional and gaining two wins over Anthony Netzler and Katsuhisa Fujii. He then retired from MMA in order to start in professional wrestling, debuting in Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE in 2001.

Championships and accomplishments Active Advance Pro Wrestling 2AW Openweight Championship (1 time) All Japan Pro Wrestling All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hirotaka Yokoi World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shuji Ishikawa All Asia Tag Team Title League (2003) – with Hirotaka Yokoi Big Japan Pro Wrestling BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship (1 time) BJW Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Daisuke Sekimoto (1) , and Shuji Ishikawa (2) Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Daisuke Sekimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #150 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016 Pro Wrestling Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) ZERO1-MAX United States Openweight Championship (1 time) NWA United National Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Ryoji Sai (2), Yoshihiro Takayama (1), Kamikaze (2), Daisuke Sekimoto (1), and Hideki Suzuki (1) Fire Festival (2004, 2015) Furinkazan (2010) – with Kamikaze Furinkazan (2018) – with Sugi Passion Cup Tag Tournament (2008) – with Ryoji Sai Five-Man Tag Team Tournament (2015) – with Yusaku Obata, Masato Tanaka, Shinjiro Otani and Hideki Suzuki Tenryu Project Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masayuki Kono Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kenichiro Arai and Masayuki Kono World Entertainment Wrestling WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kamikaze

Mixed martial arts record Win

Katsuhisa Fujii TKO (punches) Shooto - Renaxis 2

Tokyo, Japan Win

Anthony Netzler Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Renaxis 1

Tokyo, Japan