(born December 16, 1966) is a Japanese

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, better known by his

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, (also written MEN's Teioh). Another of his ring names, Terry Boy, is a homage to American professional wrestler

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. Men's Teioh is a longtime mainstay of

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(BJW) as well as a former competitor of

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(Michinoku Pro). He is known as an original member of the group,

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, which competed in

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(ECW) and the

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(WWF) during the late 1990s. He was also briefly a member of the BWO while in Extreme Championship Wrestling, and appeared on the promotion's first PPV event Barely Legal in 1997.

Professional wrestling career

Ōtsuka was trained to wrestle by

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and

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. He debuted in September 1992 for

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(FULL) under his birth name, adopting the ring name "Men's Teioh" the following month. In March 1993, he began competing for the Iwate-based

promotion. In February 1997, Kaientai DX travelled to the United States, facing

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, and

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at an

(ECW)

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. The following month, they appeared on ECW's inaugural

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, Barely Legal, facing Gran Hamada, The Great Sasuke, and Masato Yakushiji. In spring 1998, Kaientai returned to the United States to wrestle for the

(WWF). They made their in-ring debut on the May 11, 1998 episode of ''

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'', with Men's Teioh, Dick Togo and Sho Funaki facing

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and

in a

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. Kaientai feuded with

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, defeating Michinoku and Bradshaw in another handicap match at Over the Edge 1998, then losing to Michinoku and

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in a

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. In August 1998, Michinoku joined forces with Kaientai. At

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, Kaientai lost to The Oddities in another handicap match. Kaientai continued to appear with the WWF until late-1998. In early 1999, Men's Teioh returned to Japan where he began wrestling for

(BJW). He appeared regularly with the promotion until 2015.

Championships and accomplishments

** BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 3 times) **

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( 1 time) – with

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** Maximum Tag League (

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) – with Daisuke Sekimoto **BJW Six Man Tag Team League 2001 – with Daisuke Sekimoto and

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( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) – with

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** GAY World Anal Championship ( 1 time) *

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( 1 time) – with Daisuke Sekimoto *

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( 1 time) – with

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(

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) *

**Futaritabi Tag Team League (1996) – with

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**Futaritabi Tag Team League (2008) – with Shinobu **

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( 1 time) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him No. 440 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the

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in 2003 *

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( 1 time) – with Hiroshi Fukuda

References

External links

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