MAO

Mao Inoue (井上 麻生) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name MAO (stylised in all capital letters). He currently works for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he primarily works on their sub-brand DDT New Attitude (DNA). MAO is a former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling Career
Katsumata originally trained under Tajiri in SMASH, but never made his debut. Katsumata then took tried to earn a training spot in the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) dojo, but they didn't had a introductory test. He was eventually accepted into the dojo, after passing the test on 2013 Katsumata joining DDT, becoming the first rookie of his class.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2013-Present)
After joining DDT, Katsumata made his unofficial debut on July 29 losing to Michael Nakazawa. After one year of training in the DDT dojo, Katsumata made his official debut on April 29, 2014 at the Max Bump pay-per-view teaming with Guanchulo losing to Yukio Sakaguchi and Masa Takanashi with Sakaguchi submitting Katsumata for the win. As is customary for most professional wrestlers, Katsumata spent most of his matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give Katsumata some in-ring, televised, experience. During this time Katsumata also competed in Asuka Project, taking part in a tournament to crown the first Asuka Project Champion, losing to the semifinals Wolf Tomoya. On September 28 Katsumata was assigned to the DDT's sub-brand DDT New Attitude. The sub-brand was formed to showcase of all DDT Pro-Wrestling up and coming young talent prospects. In February 2015 Katsumata won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, before losing the title to Hikaru Sato. Later in that year Katsumata formed a team named KAT-TOO alongside Makoto Oishi. In November Katsumata regained the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship twice but he ended up losing the title. On February 28, 2016 Katsumata, Kazusada Higuchi and Kouki Iwasaki defeated T2Hide (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi) to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) on May 15.

Katsumata and Oishi were later joined by Mao Inoue (who renamed himself to MAO) formed NωA on May 29. The three then took part in a tournament for the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions, losing in the semifinals to the eventual winners' DAMNATION (Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo). NωA ended up winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions defeating Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Mizuki Watase to win the titles. The match also involved Smile Squash (Akito, Soma Takao and Yasu Urano). In June Katsumata took part of the King of DDT, losing in the first round to Yukio Sakaguchi. In the final day of the King of DDT, NωA lost their titles to Shuten Doji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Sakaguchi). In July, Katsumata and MAO took part in Pro Wrestling Noah's 2017 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, finishing the tournament with three wins and four losses. Following the tournament, Katsumata and MAO challenged Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League winners and newly won GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions HAYATA and YO-HEY into a title match. The two received their title match on October 1 at The Great Voyage 2017 In Yokohama Vol. 2 losing to HAYATA and YO-HEY in a rematch.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Moonsault
 * Quesadora (Wheelbarrow victory roll)
 * Signature moves
 * 450 Splash
 * Body Attack
 * Dropkick
 * Lightning Spiral (Swinging leg hook fireman's carry slam)
 * Somersault Kick
 * Swandive style X-Factor (Springboard Sitout facebuster)
 * Nicknames
 * "Idol Wrestler"
 * Entrance Themes
 * "P-manjiken" by MONSTER

Championships and accomplishments

 * Dramatic Dream Team
 * KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shunma Katsumata and Makoto Oishi