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{{short description|Japanese professional wrestler (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name=Super Delfin
|image=Super Delfin.JPG
|caption=Super Delfin in January 2012
|names={{Unbulleted list|'''Super Delfin'''|'''Monkey Magic Wakita'''|Momotaro}}
|height={{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<!-- In Japan they measure height in meters so that should be first -->
|weight={{convert|86|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<!--In Japan they measure weight in kilograms so that should be first -->
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1967|9|22}}
|death_date = 
|birth_name = Hiroto Wakita
|birth_place =[[Izumi, Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|resides=
|billed=
|trainer= {{Unbulleted list|[[Gran Hamada]]|[[Atsushi Onita]]|Apollo Sugawara}}
|debut=March 19, 1989
|retired=
|}}

{{nihongo|'''Hiroto Wakita'''|脇田 洋人|Wakita Hiroto|born September 22, 1967}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[professional wrestler]] and [[politician]] who currently runs and wrestles for Kaisen Puroresu. He is better known by his [[stage name]] {{nihongo|'''Super Delfin'''|スペル・デルフィン|Superu Derufin}}.<ref name=OWOW>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/s/super-delfin/|title=Super Delfin profile|access-date=May 19, 2014|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref name=Puro>{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresucentral.com/delfin.html|title=Profile at Puroresu Central|publisher=Puroresu Central|access-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref>

He has been a member of the [[Izumi, Osaka|Izumi]] City Council since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council News |script-title=ja:市議会だより |url=https://www.gijiroku.jp/izumi/main/news-past.html |access-date=July 28, 2023 |website=gijiroku.jp |publisher=[[Izumi, Osaka|Izumi City Council]] |language=ja}}</ref>

== Professional wrestling career==

===New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1989, 1994)===
Hiroto Wakita joined [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]'s [[NJPW Dojo|dojo]]. He was affiliated with the '''Takeshi Puroresu Gundan''', a Japanese take on the "Rock 'n Wrestling" concept espoused by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] at the time in the [[United States]], using comedian and director [[Takeshi Kitano]] as the manager of [[Riki Choshu]] and others who had returned from [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]. As fans were not receptive to the angle, Kitano and New Japan parted ways, which left Wakita and his fellow dojo students, the future [[Shoji Akiyoshi|Jado]] and [[Keiji Takayama|Gedo]], without a home. The three men began training almost on their own, with Wally Yamaguchi as their trainer.
In 1994 he competed in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament organised by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He finished second by losing to [[Jyushin Thunder Liger]] in the finals. He attempted to play mind games on Liger by dressing in a similar outfit for the match.

===Independent circuit and Mexico (1989{{ndash}}1994)===
Eventually, Wakita and the others debuted as professional wrestlers in [[Amsterdam]] in March 1989. At first he wrestled without a mask under the name '''Monkey Magic Wakita'''. He began his career in Japan in [[Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling]], and then continued on to [[Universal Lucha Libre]], where he adopted the '''Super Delfin''' character after a tour to [[Mexico]]. On June 15, 1992 in [[Sōka, Saitama|Sōka]], [[Japan]] Delfin lost to [[Pantera (wrestler)|El Pantera]] in the 4-man tournament finals to determine the first ever [[UWF Super Welterweight Championship|UWF Super Welterweight Champion]]. Later Pantera vacated the championship by leaving the tour. Super Delfin defeated Coloso for vacated title on November 20, 1992 in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. He held the title nearly two and a half years before losing it to [[Dick Togo|SATO]] on March 3, 1995 in Osaka, Japan while wrestling for [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]].

===Michinoku Pro Wrestling (1993{{ndash}}1996)===
In 1993, he left Universal for [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]] during his reign as [[UWF Super Welterweight Championship|UWF Super Welterweight Champion]]. After [[Dick Togo|SATO]] vacated the title due to injury on May 12, 1995, Super Delfin defeated Triton for the vacated championship on May 14, 1995 in [[Kooriyama]], [[Japan]]. He lost the title to El Pantera on October 21 the same year in [[Iwate, Iwate|Iwate]], [[Japan]]. Super claimed his third UWF Super Welterweight Championship by victory over El Pantera in [[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]], [[Japan]] on August 5, 1996. He lost the title the following year to [[Men's Teioh]] on May 5 in [[Nakayama, Yamagata|Nakayama]], [[Japan]].

===Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1996{{ndash}}1999)===
[[File:Masa Saito mourning performance CIMG9607.jpg|thumb|200px|Super Delfin in 2019.]]
On March 15, 1996 he defeated El Pantera in a match supposedly for the [[CMLL World Welterweight Championship]] in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. However [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] did not acknowledge the change and declared the championship vacant because El Pantera had jumped to CMLL's competitor [[Lucha Libre AAA World Wide|AAA]] before leaving for Japan.

On February 27, 1999 he defeated [[Olímpico]] in [[Nagoya, Aichi|Nagoya]], [[Japan]] for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, this time for legitimate recognition. He lost the championship to [[Arkangel de la Muerte]] in [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]], [[Japan]] on August 10, 1999.

===Osaka Pro Wrestling (1998{{ndash}}2008)===
He formed Osaka Pro Wrestling, a regional [[Independent circuit|independent promotion]] in 1998, and the company had its first event April 29, 1999. He won the [[UWF Super Welterweight Championship]] altogether [[UWF Super Welterweight Championship#Title history|five times]], in Universal, Michinoku Pro and Osaka Pro. In 1999 he abandoned that championship and replaced it with the [[Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship]] as the most prestigious Osaka Pro championship.

===Toryumon (2007)===
He also held the [[NWA World Welterweight Championship]] governed by Toryumon Mexico at the time for 11 days from January 20, 2007 to February 10, 2007. He won and lost the championship title from [[Hajime Ohara]] in Osaka, Japan.

===Return to the independent circuit (2007{{ndash}}present)===
[[Hirooki Goto]] vacated the [[NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship]] on September 7, 2007, when he graduated to the heavyweight division. On November 9, 2008 in Osaka, Japan Super Delfin defeated [[Último Dragón]] in a decision match to revive title. In July 2015, Delfin announced he was forming a new promotion named Kaisen Puroresu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/ring/2015/07/23/0008235104.shtml|title=デルフィン氏、新団体「海鮮プロレス」|date=July 23, 2015|access-date=July 23, 2015|work=Daily Sports Online|publisher=[[Kobe Shimbun]]}}</ref> He formed [[2point5 Joshi Pro Wrestling]] in 2021.<ref name="DS">{{Citation| last =| first =| year =2022| title =松竹芸人が女子プロレスに参戦！ 総合Ｐデルフィン、フワちゃん称賛「めちゃくちゃ本気」|trans-title=Shochiku entertainer participates in women's professional wrestling! Comprehensive P Delphine praises Fuwa-chan "Insanely serious"
|language=Japanese|publisher=daily.co.jp|url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2022/11/04/0015780057.shtml| access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref>

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]]'''
**[[CMLL World Welterweight Championship]] ([[CMLL World Welterweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/cmll/cmll-wl.html|title=CMLL World Welterweight Championship history}}</ref>
**[[NWA World Welterweight Championship]] ([[NWA World Welterweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-wl.html|title=NWA World Welterweight Championship history}}</ref>
*'''[[Universal Lucha Libre|Federación Universal de Lucha Libre]]'''
**[[UWF Super Welterweight Championship]] ([[UWF Super Welterweight Championship#Title history|2 times]])<ref name=UWFTitle>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/osaka/uwf-swl.html|title=UWF Super Welterweight Championship history}}</ref>
*'''[[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]]'''
**[[Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/michinoku/tohoku-j.html|title=Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship history}}</ref>
**[[UWF Super Welterweight Championship]] ([[UWF Super Welterweight Championship#Title history|2 times]])<ref name=UWFTitle/>
*'''[[Osaka Pro Wrestling]]'''
**[[Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship]] ([[Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship#Title history|4 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/osaka/osaka-s.html|title=Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship history}}</ref>
**[[UWF Super Welterweight Championship]] ([[UWF Super Welterweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref name=UWFTitle/>
**[[Tennōzan (professional wrestling)|Tennōzan]] ([[Tennōzan (professional wrestling)#2001|2001]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=907|title=Tenno-zan 2001 results}}</ref>
*'''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
**PWI ranked him #'''75''' of the 500 top singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2001
*'''[[Toryumon (Último Dragón)|Toryumon]]'''
**[[NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/int-j.html|title=NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship history}}</ref>
*'''[[Universal Wrestling Association]]'''
**[[UWA World Welterweight Championship]] ([[UWA World Welterweight Championship#Championship History|2 times]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/uwa-wl.html|title=UWA World Welterweight Championship history}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
* {{professional wrestling profiles}}

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