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DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024”, 28/12/2024
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1. Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: Haruto Sakuraba Vs X

A press conference was held by DDT in Shibuya today featuring the first announcement for “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024” taking place in Sumo Hall on 28th December. The show will feature the debut pro wrestling match of “The Muscular Actor” Haruto Sakuraba! The actor has appeared on stage shows for Haikyu, Tokyo Revengers, Grappler Baki and Final Fantasy Brave. In fact this deal with DDT came to existence because Saki Akai also starred in the Final Fantasy show and she introduced Sakuraba to Sanshiro Takagi after one of the performances!

Sakuraba was born in Oita on 21st February, 1996. He is 187cm tall and has an athletic background in weight training and also basketball. Takagi described his first time meeting Sakuraba as love at first sight because of his looks and size. He invited Sakuraba to try out pro wrestling and the actor accepted the offer. Akito explains that most people who enter pro wrestling do so as a nobody trying to become a somebody. But when it comes to people from the entertainment industry they already come in as a somebody and usually have a special talent that gives them an advantage over regular wrestlers. He thinks Sakuraba’s advantage is his height and physique. However when watching Sakuraba train, Akito was able to see he has some weaknesses. On the positive side, when Sakuraba is not good at something he will try it over and over until he suceeds.

Sakuraba says he is a big fan of The Rock and became interested in pro wrestling because of him. When he first watched DDT he thought every wrestler there is like a manga character filled with rich personalities. He also saw the promotion does many cool and interesting matches that makes him wonder if he’s watching martial arts or he’s been teleported to another world. His main career is still with acting but he would like to wrestle regularly alongside it so he can become Japan’s answer to The Rock.

Before he has his debut match at Sumo Hall, Sakuraba will appear at DDT’s next Korakuen Hall show on 20th October to greet the fans.

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