Post by Steele on Mar 5, 2018 16:15:13 GMT -5
VITAL STATISTICS
RING NAME: Furanku Furetcha
REAL NAME: Akihiro Handa (I mean, uh... Furanku Furetcha!)
NICKNAMES:
- "Rear American Man"
- "True American Man"
HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
AGE: 22
ALIGNMENT: Face
GIMMICK: Japanese man posing as a super-patriotic American
PICBASE: Kota Ibushi
APPEARANCE:
- A Japanese man crammed into a singlet.
- Slightly larger than the average Japanese man, he could almost pass for American if it weren't for his very obviously Asian looks.
- Normal day-to-day attire consists of plaid shirts, the bluest of blue jeans, cowboy boots and Stetson hat.
TWITTER: @furanku
SMACKTALKER: @rearamerican
BIOGRAPHY
Furanku Furetchā is a Japanese man pretending to be an American patriot.
He wasn't always like this, though. Back home in Japan he made a respectable career for himself under his real name of Akihiro Handa, winning several championships. in Tragic Samurai Kingdom.
In late 2016, Handa abruptly left the Japanese wrestling scene and was not heard from for almost a year - until it was announced that a rebranded TSK would be opening as "Tragic Gaijin Kingdom" in the USA under the XHF Network umbrella.
Calling himself "Frank Fletcher" he reappeared in Tragic Gaijin Kingdom as an American patriot, and became the first TGK Grand Champion. The Championship opened a lot of doors for Furanku- including the door to the White House itself as he formed a friendship with President Donald Trump. A brief-but-intense rivalry with Mad Dog Smith ensued and Furanku lost the Grand Championship. Unable to reclaim the belt, he was barred from further challenging Mad Dog by Reo Nakajima, alienating him from his further friend and ally. Even President Trump turned against him, siding with another of Furanku's rivals, the man-child Jeffrey Viper- even going so far a to make Viper the Vice-President, which angered Furanku.
Disheartened, he turned to his greatest nemesis from TSK, God Damn Grandpa, joining his team in the Battle For It. With President Trump no longer behind him and a failed X*Crown Championship challenge under his belt, Furanku responded in the only logical way- he turned ultra-liberal, embracing feminism and environmental issues, standing up for oppressed minorities everywhere.
Having traded in his prized monster truck with two pairs of truck nuts, Furanku began driving a Toyota Prius with a FleshlightTM taped to it. Guided by his new-found liberal leanings, Furanku was directly responsible for the death of nemesis-turned-sort-of-friend Cat Black.
Furanku's "liberal phase" turned out to be just that however - a phase. Almost as quickly as he had embraced left-wing ideologies, he abandoned them again in the run-up to XHF's Supremacy Pay-Per-View, where he finally dethroned Mad Dog Smith to once again recapture the Tragic Grand Championship. The first one-time Champion was now the first two-time champion... as well as the last champion in TGK's short history.
In an attempt to harness the power of Beelzebub himself (I'm not making this up, this actually happened), Reo Nakajima had killed off nearly everybody in TGK - his business partner Mr. Sumo II, Cat Black, Vespa Rider, Donald Trump, Jerry Springer, Japanese Santa Claus (seriously, this is all TGK canon) and countless others - and he threw down the gauntlet to the TGK roster. He would put everything on the line, in a "Battle For Everything" - a match that flirted dangerously with being a Royal Rumble - and either grow powerful enough to destroy the World, or die trying.
Furanku won the match through traditional means although he didn't manage to open "IT" - the source of Reo's power - with that accolade being achieved by Gold-Borg. Furanku instead focused his efforts on trying to murder Curtis Kanyon and throwing as many of his team-mates out of the ring as he could.
With TGK now in ruins, the future looked uncertain for Furanku... until Bethesda-based Ascension Wrestling Federation bought out what little remained of the company, and Furanku was drafted onto the Rise Up! roster along with TGK alumni Jeffrey Viper, Damien Young, Mike Morales and Corndog Wallace.
QUOTES & CATCHPHRASES
- "Hai! I mean - Yes!"
MOVESET, STYLE & ENTRANCE
FINISHERS:
- "FREEDOM ARROW" (Falcon Arrow)
- "ATOMIC REG DROP" (Atomic Leg Drop)
SIGNATURES:
- "FURANKING UP" (Like Hulk Hogan"Hulking Up")
- "RAINMAKER LARIAT" (it's a Rainmaker Lariat)
SETUP MOVES:
- RAINMAKER LARIAT (sometimes used to set up Atomic Reg Drop)
OTHER MOVES:
- Gutwrench Powerbomb
- Neckbreaker
- Single Knee Facebuster
- Octopus Hold
- Cross Armbreaker
- Drop Toe Hold
- Armbar
- Enzuigiri
- DDT
- Piledriver
WRESTLING STYLE:
Technical; Strong Style
ENTRANCE THEME:
"REAL AMERICAN" by Rick Derringer
ENTRANCE DESCRIPTION:
Derringer's "Real American" rocks the speakers and the fans are on their feet as Furanku Furetcha steps through the curtain; he is wearing a Stetson hat and Letterman Jacket emblazoned with "FF". He proudly holds the American flag aloft and he waves it above his head as he walks the aisle.
Upon reaching the ring, he stands on the apron still waving his flag before stepping through the ropes and handing the flag to the referee, instructing him to take very good care of Old Glory. Removing his hat and jacket, he heads to his corner to start the match.
MANAGED BY
N/A
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
TRAGIC GAIJIN KINGDOM:
- 2x TGK Tragic Grand Champion of the Americas and also Canada
TRAGIC SAMURAI KINGDOM:
- 3x TSK Grand Champion (As Akihiro Handa- Furanku does not recognize these reigns as legitimate. These title reigns are for kayfabe use only.)
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