>>6963589>Born on May 29, 1995, in Osaka, Japan, Konosuke Takeshita grew up as a prodigious wrestling fan. He idolized Shawn Michaels, appreciating his days as a Rocker to his early 2000s renaissance. Takeshita’s tastes ranged from the Four Horsemen to WWF to DDT. Entering his teenage years, his desire to become a pro wrestler began to take shape. With a background as a 6-foot track and field athlete participating in shot put, he began training at 16 years old.>>6964043Soup is a big fan of old school American bodybuilding culture he learned from wrestling lore. Hulk Hogan used to be billed from Venice Beach because of how famous Muscle Beach was back then. Gold's was always the go to for wrestlers and a part of it all.