(NOAH) The driving force for the second defense of the GHC Championship is the "bare man".

Yahoo.co.jp
24th May

Noah's GHC Heavyweight champion Takashi Sugiura (47) is being challenged in his second defence, by Naomichi Marufuji (38) on the 29th May at Korakuen Hall. He told the story of the "bare man".

Today, Sugiura talked in a severe tone at the signing ceremony, "Marufuji and I will fight, we will have a fight that will make the young wrestler sorry". Although he was talking in a tough tone. After the press conference he returned to his original expression and said shamelessly, "by the way, I have had more to worry about than nude women. I'm looking at naked bodybuilders".
I was amazed as he had revealed it.

Sugiura had arythmia last year and he missed from June last year until October. After gruelling training he is currently maintaining a better body than he did before he had to miss time. He weight trains for three hours a day. "Images of male bodybuilders flow on the gyms monitors, and I am inspired by them. I have to work hard to get a body like that" he laughed as he revealed that the nude man was his driving force.
It goes without mentioning it that Sugiura, King Shameless, does like women very much and is not concerned with nationality or sexuality. Although he may be immersed in weight training, his behavior when leaving the gym is not certain but...

Sugiura explained that his target is to have a sinewy body. He explained not only about the strength, but the equal parts of an ideal body and the balance of it. He will not let go of the belt until he has characterstically got a body of iron.

Link to original article from Yahoo.co.jp (in Japanese)