History Wrestling / YojiAnjo

* ThreeAmigos: With Kenichi Yamamoto and Wrestling/YoshihiroTakayama as the Golden Cups.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Has a decent grasp of the language as he spent some time in New Zealand in his youth.

* TheAce: A subversion. Anjo was certainly a man of many talents, as he excelled as a wrestler, speaker, coach and agent, and when it was time to shoot, he was good enough in kickboxing and grappling to hold his own against stars of both sports. However, he lacked aura and was much better playing a heel than a face, so he was never able played the ace role occupied by Takada.

* FingerlessGloves: Wore black MMA gloves in his return to pro wrestling, although abandoned them in HUSTLE.

** He wrestled many times Tatsuo Nakano.

* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: His way of speaking indulged in percentages, just like his nickname.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoji_Anjo The Other Wiki]].

* CoolTeacher: He helped to train fighters like Daiju Takase, Daijiro Matsui and Kenichi Yamamoto, and was a trainer at the UWFI Snakepit, Kingdom Dojo, and Takada Dojo.

* TheLancer: Was one for many years to Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada and was known as "Takada Sōtō no Sokkin" (President Takada's Aide").

* PurpleIsPowerful: Some of his tights were purple leopard-patterned.
* RedBaron: "Mr. 200%", "Rapper Sensei", "U Intā no Porisuman" ("The Policeman of UWF International").

* UnderwearOfPower: Inverted, though he started with these in the Original U. Starting in Newborn, he was one of the few that always wore long pants, though he usually wore some interesting ones like purple leotard skin and zebra stripes.
* UseYourHead: Utilized headbutts to great effect in his bout against Sean Alvarez.

* HeAlsoDid: Was part of UWF-i's management team and usually was the one that negotiated in English on the team's behalf. He also played backstage roles for GLORY kickboxing promotion and Sengoku MMA promotion.

* RealSongThemeTune: "James Brown is Dead" by L.A. Style.

* TheAce: A subversion. Anjo was certainly a man of many talents, as he excelled as a wrestler, speaker, coach and agent, and when it was time to shoot, he was good enough in kickboxing and grappling to give good fights against stars of both sports. However, he lacked aura and was much better playing a heel than a face, so he was never able played the ace role occupied by Takada.
* ActionSurvivor: While Anjo was not a rising MMA star, he was tough and could scrap in shoots. He had mixed styles fight with UsefulNotes/MuayThai legend Changpuek Kiatsongrit in which they fought to a draw., and also fought to another draw against ConfusionFu expert Manson Gibson at a shootboxing event.

* FakeUltimateHero: While he was a tough guy and had the training to be a great fighter, his official fight record is littered with losses and there is also his infamous dojo fight with Rickson Gracie.

* HiddenDepths: Now works as a chef for Ken Suzuki's restaurant.

* InformedAbility: As the above quote states, Naoyuki Taira once claimed Anjo was skilled enough of submitting BJJ black belts. His fight record doesn't support this, as he lost to all four BJJ black belts he fought - although he did give tough fights to two of them (and all the four were world-level, not mere black belts, so it is still a feat).
* JackOfAllStats / MasterOfNone: Was good in all fields of fighting, but was not great at any of them either and mostly got through his fights by toughing it out.

Yoji Anjo (born March 28, 1967) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, [[UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} kickboxer]] and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter. A veteran of the Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, he joined his first incarnation just before it folded and forced its crew to return to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but soon the second UWF was up and serving as Anjo's expositor, and he would land finally in UWF International under Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. Anjo would prove to be UWFI's most versatile wrestler, being not only a sharp wrestler, but also a charismatic heel and a fearless shooter. His history was marked by tragedy when a defeat in a dojo fight to Rickson Gracie made the entire UWFI plummet, but Anjo would prove to be able to bounce back from the disaster, not only adapting to traditional puroresu in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and Fighting of World Japan Pro Wrestling, but also venturing in MMA and kicboxing, which, even if ultimately unsuccessful, granted him the curious honor to be the first pro wrestler to achieve a win in K-1. After a last tenure alongside Takada as part of his wacky Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Anjo became a businessman of the fighting circuit, currently working as a spokesman for kickboxing promotion GLORY.

* ActionSurvivor: He did have a mixed styles fight with UsefulNotes/MuayThai legend Changpuek Kiatsongrit in which they fought to a draw. Anjo also fought another mixed styles fight against ConfusionFu expert Manson Gibson at a shootboxing event, drawing again.

* BigBad: Was the nearest to this in UWFI when he became the leader of the Golden Cups.

* BullyingADragon: He traveled to California to challenge Rickson Gracie and even brought the Japanese press. He got a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in the form of being grounded and pounded on and then choked out.

* {{Determinator}}: If being pounded and choked by Rickson Gracie and ''not giving up'' does not qualify, then nothing does.

* GracefulLoser: After his beatdown by Rickson Gracie, Anjo returned to the dojo a few days later with gifts for Rickson and apologized for his behavior.
* HeAlsoDid: Was part of UWFI's management team and usually was the one that negotiated in English on the team's behalf. He also played backstage roles for GLORY kickboxing promotion and Sengoku MMA promotion.
* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Anjo had one after being brutally beaten by Rickson Gracie in their infamous challenge fight, in which he was representing his boss and long time friend Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. Feeling he had failed him, Anjo sank into a depression and even considered suicide, but ultimately learned to endure his sorrows with laughs and formed the Golden Cups comedy stable in UWF International. Years after, Takada himself welcomed him back to the MMA for a last fight against Ryan Gracie, Rickson's relative.

* IKnowKarate: He has practiced UsefulNotes/MuayThai, As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and SumoWrestling.
* InformedAbility: Once said to have been the best shooter in UWF-i, Anjo was thought to be capable of submitting BJJ black belts as the quote above states. However, neither his fight record nor his performances in the ring and cage back this up (although that said, he did give tough fights to BJJ black belts like Sean Alvarez and Murilo Bustamante).

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* InformedAbility: Was once said to have been the best shooter in UWFI below Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada and as one of the quotes above states, was thought to be capable of submitting BJJ black belts. Neither his fight record or his performances in the ring and cage would have made you believe that.

Yoji Anjo (born March 28, 1967) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, [[UsefulNote/{{Kickboxing}} kickboxer]] and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter. A veteran of the Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, he joined his first incarnation just before it folded and forced its crew to return to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but soon the second UWF was up and serving as Anjo's expositor, and he would land finally in UWF International under Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. Anjo would prove to be UWFI's most versatile wrestler, being not only a sharp wrestler, but also a charismatic heel and a fearless shooter. His history was marked by tragedy when a defeat in a dojo fight to Rickson Gracie made the entire UWFI plummet, but Anjo would prove to be able to bounce back from the disaster, not only adapting to traditional puroresu in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and Fighting of World Japan Pro Wrestling, but also venturing in MMA and kicboxing, which, even if ultimately unsuccessful, granted him the curious honor to be the first pro wrestler to achieve a win in K-1. After a last tenure alongside Takada as part of his wacky Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Anjo became a businessman of the fighting circuit, currently working as a spokesman for kickboxing promotion GLORY.