 Another gimmick he used in 2007 is UWAI # 32, a robot character only used in UWAI Station.On December 29, 2008, Sugi appeared in an Akiba Pro Wrestling event as El Fuerte (エル・フォルテ), a character inspired from the Street Fighter video game saga.Sugi started wrestling for Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max in May 2007 under his El Blazer character.