Susumu Mochizuki

Susumu Mochizuki (望月享), better known by his ring name Susumu Yokosuka (横須賀ススム), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate.

He is not related to fellow Dragon Gate wrestler and long term ally/rival Masaaki Mochizuki, who debuted much earlier for WAR.

After a brief stay in the Michinoku Pro Wrestling dojo, he entered Ultimo Dragon's dojo in Mexico.

He debuted in 1998 as a third term student.

He and Yasushi Kanda formed a tag team there, and they found success, winning the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.

They would hold these titles upon their arrival in Toryumon.

He and Kanda debuted in Toryumon as a heel team, causing mayhem in matches and frequently forcing double countouts to disappoint fans and ruin shows.

They were invited to join the legendary Crazy Max stable and accepted, but turned on them later that same night.

A few months later they were joined by Masaaki Mochizuki, and they dubbed themselves M2K (meaning two Mochizukis and Kanda).

They added Darkness Dragon, Chocoball Kobe, and Genki Horiguchi to their ranks over time (Horiguchi replaced Kobe).

On December 15, 2002, he won his first singles title when he topped Kenichiro Arai for the NWA World Welterweight Title, but six days later he was stripped of the belt because he won it due to outside interference.

He won it a second time from Arai cleanly on May 27 of the following year, but lost it to Ryo Saito on September 30.

He also had two reigns as UWA World Trios Champion, the first time with Kanda and Dragon in July, and the second with Dragon and Masaaki Mochizuki in October.

After Masaaki Mochizuki was kicked out of M2K early in 2002 for trying to reform it, Susumu Mochizuki challenged Masaaki Mochizuki to a match on February 24 for the rights to the Mochizuki surname.

Susumu Mochizuki lost, and was forced to rename himself Susumu Yokosuka, after his home town.

Magnum Tokyo would take over M2K, eventually transforming it into Do FIXER after Yasushi Kanda retired due to neck problems.

Like all of his stablemates, he served as a backup dancer for Magnum Tokyo.

During this time, Yokosuka formed a long lasting tag team with K-ness (formerly known as Darkness Dragon), and continued to establish himself as a choker.

He and K-ness would make it to the finals of the inaugural Rey de Parejas Tournament in 2003, but lost to Dotti Shuji and Brother Yasshi.

Also in 2003, he captured the UWA World Trios Championship for a third time that year in May with Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito.

Things remained quiet for him until July 7, 2004.

After Masaaki Mochizuki was kicked out of Aagan Iisou, he reconciled with him, Second Doi, and Kenichiro Arai, and after K-ness returned from a stint of injury, the five of them would form Final M2K.

This caused him to depart from Do FIXER.

On September 17, 2004, Yokosuka faced CIMA for CIMA's Open The Dream Gate title, but was unsuccessful in his challenge.

2005 was another quiet but steady year, and he finally began to shake the choke artist stigma.

He made it to the finals of that year’s King of Gate Tournament, but he lost to Ryo Saito.

2006 saw him finally emerge as a top line player.

On April 23, he usurped Ryo Saito as Open the Dream Gate Champion, and soon after, Mochizuki named him the leader of Final M2K so he could join Magnum Tokyo in his short-lived Renaissance project.

However, he did not reach the status of ace, and his title reign became overshadowed by other events in the promotion.

He had successful defenses against BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid and Pentagon Black.

On November 23, he lost the title to Don Fujii in his fourth defense, and on January 14, 2007, Final M2K was brought to an end after he, Mochizuki, and K-ness lost a match to CIMA, Don Fujii and Matt Sydal of the also-ending Blood Generation.

He would soon join CIMA in his new Typhoon unit, and he reunited with Ryo Saito in it, and they formed the RyoSuka tag team.

This tandem brought him success, as he and Saito would win the WAR I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Titles in July and had two reigns as Open the Triangle Gate Champions with CIMA.

In 2008, he and Saito added another title to their list of accolades, winning the Open the Twin Gate Championship from Kenichiro Arai and Taku Iwasa on May 5.

They defended it three times before losing to inaugural champions Speed Muscle – Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino – on September 26.

In the interim, Shingo Takagi joined Typhoon, and he was the only member who did not take well to it, creating some dissention.

He fought Takagi for his Open the Dream Gate title, but lost.

After that, Takagi was booted from Typhoon for trying to banish Yokosuka and for attacking CIMA.

The rest of the year remained quiet for him up until the end, when he, Ryo Saito and Dragon Kid lost a Unit Split Survival Three-Way Nine-Man Tag Match against teams from World-1 and Real Hazard.

He continued his team with Saito, and they were given a shot at the Open the Twin Gate titles held by YAMATO and Cyber Kong on February 15, 2009.