Athlete

One of the reasons to come to the WWE was to wrestle at 'WrestleMania,' but to main-event 'WrestleMania?' Wow! I live for this.

You have a good side and bad side, real side. Then I put that on in the ring. My character, my personality in the ring, came from heel stuff.

Wrestling is a universal language. The moves, the facial expressions, most people understand.

I feel as if I accomplished everything in Japan, so I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted something new, so I decided to come to WWE.

With Michael Jackson, when he moved, it looked like a martial artist to me. He was quicker than other dancers, but he didn't have muscles; he was just quicker and looked more in control of gravity. He looked like a martial arts master, so I tried to steal body movement from him; that's why I imitate Michael Jackson a little bit.

I really want to face Roman Reigns again.

I felt good in the ring with John Cena.

A human being has a lot of sides, like a kind of diversity, so it's like a good side, a bad side, a crazy side, a normal side, like a man-ish side, a woman-ish side.

I need to study English more. I'll start by watching 'Sesame Street' every day.

Wrestling has its own culture. Every culture - Japan, Samoan, Indian, Korean - has wrestling, and wrestling is a worldwide mix.

I like to go surfing because I want to feel the ocean and experience nature, and nature fixes my balance, and this life is crazy sometimes, so it helps a wrestler's life because a wrestler's life is crazy sometimes.

When I was a kid, I loved Nintendo.

I love wrestling, and I love telling a story to the audience.

At 'WrestleMania,' I can show my 100 percent or more.

Moving to the United States is a huge decision.

I never think about pride. I don't think about stuff like that. I just enjoy the moment of my life. I think about just trying harder and continuing to find challenges to move toward.

Sometimes I dance for concentration. I dance to release my nervousness.

Every characteristic of my character and my moves always came from my real life. My character is kind of close to my real personality.

WWE style is a much different platform than other wrestling companies. Each wrestler wrestles under strict rules that fans never know.

Around 2005, UFC offered me a chance to fight for them. But, at that moment, I was under contract with NJPW, and I decided to stay in pro-wrestling. It was a good opportunity, but I don't regret my choice.