Ken Satsuki

Kenichi Satsuki (Japanese: 早月 憲一; May 8, 1939 - March 10, 2002) was a Japanese American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Ken Satsuki. Starting out in Sentanese folk wrestling, he later took up professional wrestling, competing in the sport for several decades. He wrestled for several companies, including Mid-Pacific Promotions/50th State Big Time Wrestling, the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA), Championship Wrestling from Las Vegas and the World (Wide) Wrestling Federation, as well as for Joint Promotions in the UK and the Japanese Wrestling Association and All Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan. In his final years, he ran and competed in the Oahu Island Wrestling promotion, which had a working relationship with the WWF as a developmental territory. He is often cited as a pioneer in cruiserweight and light heavyweight styles of professional wrestling.

Early life
Satsuki was born on May 8, 1939 in. His parents were Japanese emigrants from.

Death
On March 10, 2002, Satsuki suffered a heart attack during a battle royal match at Oahu Island Wrestling's "Sunday Night Live" show at the in. He was rushed to where he was pronounced dead at the age of 62. A coroner attributed his death to complications from coronary artery disease. Following the show, the crowd was informed of his death, a ten-bell salute was performed, and Randy Zabarella asked the fans to pray for Satsuki's family.