[2] These names were later corrupted by American promoters and the sporting press into "Matsada Korgaree Sorakichi," as he would be known in America for the rest of his life.

His opponents included Duncan C. Ross, Jack Gallagher, Benny Jones, Joe Acton,[6] Carlos Martino, Andre Christol[7] and Ted George.

On May 5, 1885, William Muldoon challenged Sorakichi to a handicap match, wagering $100 that he could pin the Japanese wrestler five times in one hour.

His opponents included Jesse Clark, Joe Acton, Jack Hart, Jim Connors, H.M. Dufur, Harvey Parker, William Muldoon,[10] and John McMahon.

[11] Matsuda unsuccessfully tried to bring American wrestling to Japan, with his attempts to introduce the western sport being rebuffed by the Japanese traditional way of life.

In February, 1902, eleven years after his death Cornish champion wrestler Jack Carkeek told the British sporting paper Mirror of Life that he held "a high opinion of Sorakichi, the Jap, whom he considers to probably be the cleverest man in the world at his weight.

The plucky little Jap has suffered numerous defeats simply because he has tackled all the best men of the day, no matter what their size or weight might be, and the good little ones must ever go down to big ones".