Shinji Sasazaki is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who frequently worked as the character "Samurai" alongside Shinya Hashimoto's character "Shogun" in CWA out of Memphis, Tennessee. Shinji also teamed with Hiroshi Hase in Stampede Wrestling as the masked team "Viet Cong Express," replacing the injured Fumihiro Niikura as "Viet Cong Express #2" starting in March 1987.