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!!!Al Burke
* BadassMustache / PornStache
* HeAlsoDid: He was the "Large Billy Idol Fan" in the Creator/AdamSandler movie Film/TheWeddingSinger and is a part-time stuntman and actor.
* {{Jobber}}: He wrestled as enhancement talent for the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
* RedBaron: "Mr Outrageous".
* BadassMustache / PornStache
* HeAlsoDid: He was the "Large Billy Idol Fan" in the Creator/AdamSandler movie Film/TheWeddingSinger and is a part-time stuntman and actor.
* {{Jobber}}: He wrestled as enhancement talent for the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
* RedBaron: "Mr Outrageous".
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!!!Hanbay Terauchi
* CombatCommentator: He has been a regular commentator for promotions like Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, Battlarts, etc
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* CombatCommentator: He has been a regular commentator for promotions like Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, Battlarts, etc
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!!!Al Burke
* BadassMustache / PornStache
* HeAlsoDid: He was the "Large Billy Idol Fan" in the Creator/AdamSandler movie Film/TheWeddingSinger and is a part-time stuntman and actor.
* {{Jobber}}: He wrestled as enhancement talent for the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
* RedBaron: "Mr Outrageous".
* BadassMustache / PornStache
* HeAlsoDid: He was the "Large Billy Idol Fan" in the Creator/AdamSandler movie Film/TheWeddingSinger and is a part-time stuntman and actor.
* {{Jobber}}: He wrestled as enhancement talent for the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
* RedBaron: "Mr Outrageous".
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!!!Yoshiro Ito
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]
* {{Jobber}}
* LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one.
* ShoutOut: Has wrestled as Rikio Ito, after Wrestling/RikiChoshu.
* StoutStrength: Was 264 lbs in his prime and was a powerhouse wrestler.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]
* {{Jobber}}
* LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one.
* ShoutOut: Has wrestled as Rikio Ito, after Wrestling/RikiChoshu.
* StoutStrength: Was 264 lbs in his prime and was a powerhouse wrestler.
!!!Eric Kirk
* RedBaron: "The {{Bouncer}}".
* UnknownCharacter: There is not much information known about him, besides that he was a gaijin.
* RedBaron: "The {{Bouncer}}".
* UnknownCharacter: There is not much information known about him, besides that he was a gaijin.
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A professional boxer.
!!!Takashi Tsukuda
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!!!Takashi Tsukuda
* AlliterativeName
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!!!Shigekazu Tajiri
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate
* {{Jobber}}
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate
* {{Jobber}}
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!!!Tomokazu/Yuichi Fukaya
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate
* {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against Kenji Kawaguchi, which he lost.
* StartMyOwn: Founded Daiwa Entertainment Pro Wrestling.
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate
* {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against Kenji Kawaguchi, which he lost.
* StartMyOwn: Founded Daiwa Entertainment Pro Wrestling.
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* IHaveTheHighGround: Trained in lucha libre and usually wrestled with it as his main style.
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost.
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion. He also trained GarbageWrestling: Has worked for the WING promotion.
* IKnowKarate: Subverted, he didn't seem to have a clue how to fight, all he would do inUsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}.
mixed styles matches was do his best impression of Wrestling/AntonioInoki's strategy against UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, with sliding kicks and thigh kicks, except they didn't usually hit the other guy properly.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost. He also was in a few mixed styles matches in which he lost most of them.
* IKnowKarate: Subverted, he didn't seem to have a clue how to fight, all he would do in
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* GuestFighter: Was a boxer brought in for mixed styles matches.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion.
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!!!Akitoshi Saito
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi and Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara.
* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.
* IKnowKarate: A student of Masashi Aoyagi in Seishin Kaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} before his wrestling career.
* RedBaron: "{{Shinigami}}" ("Reaper").
* StoutStrength: He mixed his karate skills with power moves and is a hefty dude.
* TearsOfRemorse: Was Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa's final opponent and the one who gave him the suplex that ended his life. He openly bawled at his tribute show during the 10-bell salute.
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!!!Hiroshi Osumi
* AnimalMotifs / SharkMan: As Shinjuku Shark.
* TheApprentice: To Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Hiroshi Osumi, SAMA #3, Shinjuku "Rocky" Same, Shinjuku Same, and Shinjuku Shark.
* IKnowKarate
!!!Shingo Shigeta
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate
* {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against a debuting Enson Inoue and lost.
* AnimalMotifs / SharkMan: As Shinjuku Shark.
* TheApprentice: To Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Hiroshi Osumi, SAMA #3, Shinjuku "Rocky" Same, Shinjuku Same, and Shinjuku Shark.
* IKnowKarate
!!!Shingo Shigeta
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate
* {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against a debuting Enson Inoue and lost.
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!!!Ichiro Yaguchi
* TheApprentice: To Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi, Katsuji Adachi, Wrestling/RikiChoshu, and Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* CoolTeacher: Works as a music teacher at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo
* GeniusBruiser: Has a degree from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Jazz Composition.
* HiddenDepths: Is also a musician, author and actor. He has composed music for Japanese PlayStation games and appeared twice at the Fuji Rock Festival in Yuzawa.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Black Yaguchi, Crypt Keeper, Ichiro Yaguchi, Jesus Yaguchi, Mayogun #1, Monster Leather, Mr. Gannosuke #2, Mr. Gennosuke, Mr. Imunosuke, Mr. Rocknosuke, Professor Yaguchi, and Raijin Yaguchi.
* IKnowKarate: A Shintaido practitioner, he also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, sambo, amateur wrestling, UsefulNotes/{{Aikido}} and he even trained UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling at the Pro Wrestling Fujiwara-Gumi Dojo but never debuted there.
* RedBaron: "Rock'n'Roll Crusader", "Shijō Saikyō no Myūjishan" ("History's Strongest Musician"), "Ainodendōshi" ("Missionary of Love").
* TheApprentice: To Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi, Katsuji Adachi, Wrestling/RikiChoshu, and Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* CoolTeacher: Works as a music teacher at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo
* GeniusBruiser: Has a degree from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Jazz Composition.
* HiddenDepths: Is also a musician, author and actor. He has composed music for Japanese PlayStation games and appeared twice at the Fuji Rock Festival in Yuzawa.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Black Yaguchi, Crypt Keeper, Ichiro Yaguchi, Jesus Yaguchi, Mayogun #1, Monster Leather, Mr. Gannosuke #2, Mr. Gennosuke, Mr. Imunosuke, Mr. Rocknosuke, Professor Yaguchi, and Raijin Yaguchi.
* IKnowKarate: A Shintaido practitioner, he also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, sambo, amateur wrestling, UsefulNotes/{{Aikido}} and he even trained UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling at the Pro Wrestling Fujiwara-Gumi Dojo but never debuted there.
* RedBaron: "Rock'n'Roll Crusader", "Shijō Saikyō no Myūjishan" ("History's Strongest Musician"), "Ainodendōshi" ("Missionary of Love").
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!!!Keisuke Yamada
* AnimalMotifs / ALoadOfBull: A buffalo, but close enough.
* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was once the president of IWA Japan.
* CoolMask: As Black Buffalo until he got unmasked.
* DramaticUnmask: When he lost a "mask vs. mask" match to Tigers Mask.
* GarbageWrestling: Most notably in IWA Japan.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Black Buffalo, Black Búfalo, Black Vampire Buffalo, Buffalo, Inaba no Buffalo, Keisuke Yamada, Mōgyūma, Mōgyūma Aratame Tawara Tōda, Orix Buffalo, Rojo del Sol, Tawara Tōda, and Zombie.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}
* MaskedLuchador: As Black Buffalo until he got unmasked.
* RedBaron: "Tactical Violence".
* ShoutOut: His gimmick as Black Buffalo was inspired by Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes baseball team.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Tigers Mask in Osaka Pro Wrestling. Tigers Mask unmasked Yamada and yet they are also two-time Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions. Also both of their chracters were inspired by national baseball teams.
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* CoolMask: When wrestling as Yaiba.
* GarbageWrestling: Has wrestled for WING and Wrestling/{{FMW}}.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as BADBOY Hido, Hido, Hido Takayama, Hideo Takayama, Willie Takayama, and Yaiba.
* IKnowKarate: As well as SumoWrestling.
* RagsToRiches: Was homeless after a failed business before he turned to pro wrestling.
* RedBaron: "Bad Boy".
* ShoutOut: His gimmick as Willie Takayama was one to Willie Williams
* WrestlingFamily: His wife is Wrestling/{{FMW}} joshi wrestler Megumi Kudo.
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* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Katsumi Hirano, Mr. Gannosuke #3, Mr. Iwanonosuke, Mr. Iwanosuke, The Madness, and The Scalper.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}
* {{Jobber}}
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Katsumi Hirano, Mr. Gannosuke #3, Mr. Iwanonosuke, Mr. Iwanosuke, The Madness, and The Scalper.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}
* {{Jobber}}
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!!!Toyonari Fujita
* {{Acrofatic}}: During his prime, in which he could do standing moonsaults and the like while being quite stout. During his 2012 return he'd lost quite a bit of weight.
* TheApprentice: To Mr. Pogo and Super Delfín.
* TheBrute: He was big, he was mean, and except for a very short stint in an age-based stable was a heel for his entire Wrestling/DragonGate run.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He has a background in powerlifting and is a power based wrestler.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Went from the first non Toryumon or Wrestling/DragonGate trueborn to hold the Dream Gate Title, to a part time performer, to... just quietly not getting booked anymore.
** TheBusCameBack: He went back for a few months in the fall of 2012, long enough to briefly hold the Triangle Gate belts even.
* CoolMask: With quite a few of his gimmicks.
* TheDragonslayer: His gimmick as Toryu.
* HiddenDepths: Has a background in artistic gymnastics which explains his acrofatness.
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: From Kishiwada, Osaka.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Akihabara Mask, Big Boss MA-G-MA, Dragon Winger, Enryu Murasaki, Kaiju Tritos, Kaiju Zagarau, Kaiju Zeta Mandora, Magnitude Akihabara, Magnitude Kishiwada (his current gimmick), Magnitude Tokyo, Maruo-kun, Monster Zeta Mandora, Shienryu, Tank Man , Toryu, Turbo Muscle, and Violence Revenger. His real name is Toyonari Fujita.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained briefly at the Super Tiger Gym and possibly had a MMA match in Shooto ("possibly" because some sources say his place it was ''Yuji'' Fujita, not Toyonari Fujita).
* {{Kaiju}}: As Monster Zeta Mandora.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Very much like other Wrestling/DragonGate wrestlers Fujii or Cyber Kong, Kishiwada is fairly small compared to the long tradition of Japanese heavyweights (and it can be argued that after his weight loss he is not a heavyweight anymore), but has an insane amount of strength and is able to do easily elevated powerbombs and drivers.
* RedBaron: "Osaka de Ichiban Tsuyo Otoko" ("The Strongest Man in Osaka").
* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: Magnitude's match against Cyber Kong in Wrestling/DragonGate. Magnitude won.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He is billed as the strongest man in Osaka.
* {{Acrofatic}}: During his prime, in which he could do standing moonsaults and the like while being quite stout. During his 2012 return he'd lost quite a bit of weight.
* TheApprentice: To Mr. Pogo and Super Delfín.
* TheBrute: He was big, he was mean, and except for a very short stint in an age-based stable was a heel for his entire Wrestling/DragonGate run.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He has a background in powerlifting and is a power based wrestler.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Went from the first non Toryumon or Wrestling/DragonGate trueborn to hold the Dream Gate Title, to a part time performer, to... just quietly not getting booked anymore.
** TheBusCameBack: He went back for a few months in the fall of 2012, long enough to briefly hold the Triangle Gate belts even.
* CoolMask: With quite a few of his gimmicks.
* TheDragonslayer: His gimmick as Toryu.
* HiddenDepths: Has a background in artistic gymnastics which explains his acrofatness.
* TheIdiotFromOsaka: From Kishiwada, Osaka.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Akihabara Mask, Big Boss MA-G-MA, Dragon Winger, Enryu Murasaki, Kaiju Tritos, Kaiju Zagarau, Kaiju Zeta Mandora, Magnitude Akihabara, Magnitude Kishiwada (his current gimmick), Magnitude Tokyo, Maruo-kun, Monster Zeta Mandora, Shienryu, Tank Man , Toryu, Turbo Muscle, and Violence Revenger. His real name is Toyonari Fujita.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained briefly at the Super Tiger Gym and possibly had a MMA match in Shooto ("possibly" because some sources say his place it was ''Yuji'' Fujita, not Toyonari Fujita).
* {{Kaiju}}: As Monster Zeta Mandora.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Very much like other Wrestling/DragonGate wrestlers Fujii or Cyber Kong, Kishiwada is fairly small compared to the long tradition of Japanese heavyweights (and it can be argued that after his weight loss he is not a heavyweight anymore), but has an insane amount of strength and is able to do easily elevated powerbombs and drivers.
* RedBaron: "Osaka de Ichiban Tsuyo Otoko" ("The Strongest Man in Osaka").
* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: Magnitude's match against Cyber Kong in Wrestling/DragonGate. Magnitude won.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He is billed as the strongest man in Osaka.
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!!!Hiroshi Itakura
* TheApprentice: To Ultraseven and Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate: And also trained in UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling at the NJPW Dojo.
* {{Jobber}}
!!!Jun Kikuwada
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is incorrectly spelled as Kikawada on MMA sites.
!!!Masahiko Kochi
* TheApprentice: To Katsuji Adachi, Wrestling/RikiChoshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* GarbageWrestling: Became a regular wrestler for Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
* GuestFighter: A freelancer.
* {{Jobber}}
* RedBaron: "Troubleshooter".
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!!!Antonina
* ActionGirl
* GuestFighter
* IKnowKarate
* UnknownCharacter: Her full name was not given.
* TheApprentice: To Ultraseven and Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate: And also trained in UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling at the NJPW Dojo.
* {{Jobber}}
!!!Jun Kikuwada
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is incorrectly spelled as Kikawada on MMA sites.
!!!Masahiko Kochi
* TheApprentice: To Katsuji Adachi, Wrestling/RikiChoshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* GarbageWrestling: Became a regular wrestler for Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
* GuestFighter: A freelancer.
* {{Jobber}}
* RedBaron: "Troubleshooter".
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!!!Antonina
* ActionGirl
* GuestFighter
* IKnowKarate
* UnknownCharacter: Her full name was not given.
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* TheApprentice: To Ultraseven.
* GuestFighter: From Wrestling Association R.
* {{Jobber}}
* TheApprentice: To Ultraseven.
* GuestFighter: From Wrestling Association R.
* {{Jobber}}
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is incorrectly spelled as Kikawada on MMA sites.
!!!Masahiko Kochi
* TheApprentice: To Katsuji Adachi, Wrestling/RikiChoshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* GarbageWrestling: Became a regular wrestler for Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
* GuestFighter: A freelancer.
* {{Jobber}}
* RedBaron: "Troubleshooter".
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!!!Hiroshi Itakura
* TheApprentice: To Ultraseven.
* GuestFighter: From Wrestling Association R.
* {{Jobber}}
* TheApprentice: To Ultraseven.
* GuestFighter: From Wrestling Association R.
* {{Jobber}}
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!!!Masahiko Kochi
* TheApprentice: To Katsuji Adachi, Wrestling/RikiChoshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* GarbageWrestling: Became a regular wrestler for Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
* GuestFighter: A freelancer.
* {{Jobber}}
* RedBaron: "Troubleshooter".
!!!Masahiko Kochi
* TheApprentice: To Katsuji Adachi, Wrestling/RikiChoshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu.
* GarbageWrestling: Became a regular wrestler for Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
* GuestFighter: A freelancer.
* {{Jobber}}
* RedBaron: "Troubleshooter".
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* IKnowKarate: A Seishin Kaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} representative. He is also a
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!!!Koichiro Kimura
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso.
* CombatReferee: Served as one in Smackgirl.
* DownerEnding: Died in 2014 at the age of 44 from pneumonia.
* GracefulLoser: After his lose to Rickson Gracie, he said he felt honored to have even been in the same ring with him.
* GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling.
* HopeSpot: When Todd Hays dropped out of Vale Tudo Japan due to injury, Koichiro avenged his lose with a win over Wayne Emons to go on to face Rickson Gracie.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS and Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is best known for losing to Todd Hays & Rickson Gracie in the Vale Tude Japan 1995.
* StartMyOwn: Founded a number of women's MMA promotions like Smackgirl, AX and the women's division of Shooto; G-Shooto, which gave rise to MMA fighters like Megumi Fujii.
* TheWorfEffect: Lose to Todd Hays, an American bobsledder and kickboxer by submission in the first round of Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* {{Yakuza}}: Played one in the film Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban (Yakuza: Like a Dragon in English).
!!!Koichiro Kimura
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso.
* CombatReferee: Served as one in Smackgirl.
* DownerEnding: Died in 2014 at the age of 44 from pneumonia.
* GracefulLoser: After his lose to Rickson Gracie, he said he felt honored to have even been in the same ring with him.
* GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling.
* HopeSpot: When Todd Hays dropped out of Vale Tudo Japan due to injury, Koichiro avenged his lose with a win over Wayne Emons to go on to face Rickson Gracie.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS and Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is best known for losing to Todd Hays & Rickson Gracie in the Vale Tude Japan 1995.
* StartMyOwn: Founded a number of women's MMA promotions like Smackgirl, AX and the women's division of Shooto; G-Shooto, which gave rise to MMA fighters like Megumi Fujii.
* TheWorfEffect: Lose to Todd Hays, an American bobsledder and kickboxer by submission in the first round of Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* {{Yakuza}}: Played one in the film Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban (Yakuza: Like a Dragon in English).
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is incorrectly spelled as Kikawada on MMA sites.
!!!Koichiro Kimura
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso.
* CombatReferee: Served as one in Smackgirl.
* DownerEnding: Died in 2014 at the age of 44 from pneumonia.
* GracefulLoser: After his lose to Rickson Gracie, he said he felt honored to have even been in the same ring with him.
* GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling.
* HopeSpot: When Todd Hays dropped out of Vale Tudo Japan due to injury, Koichiro avenged his lose with a win over Wayne Emons to go on to face Rickson Gracie.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS and Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is best known for losing to Todd Hays & Rickson Gracie in the Vale Tude Japan 1995.
* StartMyOwn: Founded a number of women's MMA promotions like Smackgirl, AX and the women's division of Shooto; G-Shooto, which gave rise to MMA fighters like Megumi Fujii.
* TheWorfEffect: Lose to Todd Hays, an American bobsledder and kickboxer by submission in the first round of Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* {{Yakuza}}: Played one in the film Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban (Yakuza: Like a Dragon in English).sites.
!!!Koichiro Kimura
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso.
* CombatReferee: Served as one in Smackgirl.
* DownerEnding: Died in 2014 at the age of 44 from pneumonia.
* GracefulLoser: After his lose to Rickson Gracie, he said he felt honored to have even been in the same ring with him.
* GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling.
* HopeSpot: When Todd Hays dropped out of Vale Tudo Japan due to injury, Koichiro avenged his lose with a win over Wayne Emons to go on to face Rickson Gracie.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS and Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is best known for losing to Todd Hays & Rickson Gracie in the Vale Tude Japan 1995.
* StartMyOwn: Founded a number of women's MMA promotions like Smackgirl, AX and the women's division of Shooto; G-Shooto, which gave rise to MMA fighters like Megumi Fujii.
* TheWorfEffect: Lose to Todd Hays, an American bobsledder and kickboxer by submission in the first round of Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* {{Yakuza}}: Played one in the film Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban (Yakuza: Like a Dragon in English).
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* GuestFighter: From at the time, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.
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!!!Hiromichi Fuyuki
* TheApprentice: To Isao Yoshihara and Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu.
* TheChessmaster: Was the last head booker of Wrestling/{{FMW}} before it closed down. He was also for a time FMW Commissioner.
* CoolTeacher: Trained Gedo.
* DownerEnding: Passed away at approximately 6:50pm on March 19, 2003, after an almost year long battle with intestinal cancer. He was 42.
* GuestFighter: From Wrestle Association R.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as either Hiromichi (real name), Kodo (most known ring name), Ricky (after Riki Choshu) or Samson (not sure) Fuyuki.
* PosthumousCredit: Is perhaps the only wrestler to participate in a match posthumously, as before his death he planned to come out of retirement and had been scheduled to face Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto in a barbed wire deathmatch, and the planned match indeed went ahead. After a ceremony in Kawasaki stadium honouring Fuyuki, Hashimoto clutched an urn containing Fuyuki's ashes and flung himself into the barbed wire, giving Fuyuki a final victory.
* PowerStable: Team No Respect.
* RedBaron: "Macho Body".
* StartMyOwn: Founded World Entertainment Wrestling.
* TagTeam: With Toshiaki Kawada as Footloose.
* ThreeAmigos: With Jado and Gedo as Fuyuki-Gun.
!!!Gedo
-->''"WWE has characters, and it's not that big a deal. You need characters that people can understand and like, but that's not as important as skill. Characters are different in the United States than they are in Japan. Skill and fighting spirit are most important, much more than character, in Japan. Ultimately, my most important thing is my partner, Jado. I choose to stay with my partner."''
* BadassBeard / BeardOfEvil
* BadassesWearBandanas: It even covers his eyes.
* BaldOfAwesome / BaldOfEvil
* TheChessmaster: Is a co-head booker of NJPW with Jado and were named "Bookers of the Year" by the Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter for four consecutive years.
* CoolMask: As Masked CTU-G.
* GuestFighter: At the time, from Wrestle Association R.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Gedo, Black Eyed Man, Black Wolf, Bulldog K.T., Crush, CTU KISS-GESS, Keiji Takayama (his real name), Masked CTU-G.
* TheMentor: To Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada.
* PowerStable: Team No Respect.
* RedBaron: "Super Fly", "Complete Fighter", "Raintaker", "The Wrestling/DustyRhodes Of Japan".
* ThreeAmigos: With Jado and Hiromichi Fuyuki in WAR and Wrestling/{{FMW}}
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Jado, [[HeterosexualLifePartner for almost all of his career]].
!!!Jado
-->''"Two of them were Jado and Gedo, who I'd met while they were making pennies working in Mexico. They'd follow [[Wrestling/UltimoDragon Dragon]]'s path and gone to Mexico after being told they were too small for New Japan. They were also tremendous performers and were major contributors to the strengthening WAR junior division."''
-->-- Wrestling/ChrisJericho, in his autobiography; A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent / SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: As Captain Noah to Captain New Japan.
* BaldOfAwesome / BaldOfEvil
* TheChessmaster: Is a co-head booker of NJPW with Gedo and were named "Bookers of the Year" by the Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter for four consecutive years. He is also the current booker of Wrestling/ProWrestlingNoah.
* CoolMask: As Captain NOAH and Masked CTU-J.
* GuestFighter: At the time, from Wrestle Association R.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Jado, Boat People Joe, Captain NOAH, Coolie SZ, CTU KISS-JISS, Masked CTU-J, Punish, and Shoji Akiyoshi (his real name).
* PluckyComicRelief: As Captain Noah.
* PowerStable: Team No Respect.
* RedBaron: "Wrestling Master", "Crash" as Coolie SZ, and for some reason "Stan".
* ThreeAmigos: With Gedo and Hiromichi Fuyuki in WAR and Wrestling/{{FMW}}
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gedo, [[HeterosexualLifePartner for almost all of his career]].
* TheApprentice: To Isao Yoshihara and Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu.
* TheChessmaster: Was the last head booker of Wrestling/{{FMW}} before it closed down. He was also for a time FMW Commissioner.
* CoolTeacher: Trained Gedo.
* DownerEnding: Passed away at approximately 6:50pm on March 19, 2003, after an almost year long battle with intestinal cancer. He was 42.
* GuestFighter: From Wrestle Association R.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as either Hiromichi (real name), Kodo (most known ring name), Ricky (after Riki Choshu) or Samson (not sure) Fuyuki.
* PosthumousCredit: Is perhaps the only wrestler to participate in a match posthumously, as before his death he planned to come out of retirement and had been scheduled to face Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto in a barbed wire deathmatch, and the planned match indeed went ahead. After a ceremony in Kawasaki stadium honouring Fuyuki, Hashimoto clutched an urn containing Fuyuki's ashes and flung himself into the barbed wire, giving Fuyuki a final victory.
* PowerStable: Team No Respect.
* RedBaron: "Macho Body".
* StartMyOwn: Founded World Entertainment Wrestling.
* TagTeam: With Toshiaki Kawada as Footloose.
* ThreeAmigos: With Jado and Gedo as Fuyuki-Gun.
!!!Gedo
-->''"WWE has characters, and it's not that big a deal. You need characters that people can understand and like, but that's not as important as skill. Characters are different in the United States than they are in Japan. Skill and fighting spirit are most important, much more than character, in Japan. Ultimately, my most important thing is my partner, Jado. I choose to stay with my partner."''
* BadassBeard / BeardOfEvil
* BadassesWearBandanas: It even covers his eyes.
* BaldOfAwesome / BaldOfEvil
* TheChessmaster: Is a co-head booker of NJPW with Jado and were named "Bookers of the Year" by the Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter for four consecutive years.
* CoolMask: As Masked CTU-G.
* GuestFighter: At the time, from Wrestle Association R.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Gedo, Black Eyed Man, Black Wolf, Bulldog K.T., Crush, CTU KISS-GESS, Keiji Takayama (his real name), Masked CTU-G.
* TheMentor: To Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada.
* PowerStable: Team No Respect.
* RedBaron: "Super Fly", "Complete Fighter", "Raintaker", "The Wrestling/DustyRhodes Of Japan".
* ThreeAmigos: With Jado and Hiromichi Fuyuki in WAR and Wrestling/{{FMW}}
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Jado, [[HeterosexualLifePartner for almost all of his career]].
!!!Jado
-->''"Two of them were Jado and Gedo, who I'd met while they were making pennies working in Mexico. They'd follow [[Wrestling/UltimoDragon Dragon]]'s path and gone to Mexico after being told they were too small for New Japan. They were also tremendous performers and were major contributors to the strengthening WAR junior division."''
-->-- Wrestling/ChrisJericho, in his autobiography; A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent / SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: As Captain Noah to Captain New Japan.
* BaldOfAwesome / BaldOfEvil
* TheChessmaster: Is a co-head booker of NJPW with Gedo and were named "Bookers of the Year" by the Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter for four consecutive years. He is also the current booker of Wrestling/ProWrestlingNoah.
* CoolMask: As Captain NOAH and Masked CTU-J.
* GuestFighter: At the time, from Wrestle Association R.
* IHaveManyNames: Has wrestled as Jado, Boat People Joe, Captain NOAH, Coolie SZ, CTU KISS-JISS, Masked CTU-J, Punish, and Shoji Akiyoshi (his real name).
* PluckyComicRelief: As Captain Noah.
* PowerStable: Team No Respect.
* RedBaron: "Wrestling Master", "Crash" as Coolie SZ, and for some reason "Stan".
* ThreeAmigos: With Gedo and Hiromichi Fuyuki in WAR and Wrestling/{{FMW}}
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gedo, [[HeterosexualLifePartner for almost all of his career]].
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-->''"Masashi Aoyagi of the Skinheads group was the only pushed wrestler who didn't sign a new contract for this year and he instead is forming his own promotion called Martial Arts Pro Wrestling with its debut show on 2/18..."''
-->-- Dave Meltzer
-->''"Former New Japan wrestler Masashi Aoyagi (Skinheads) formed his own promotion called Shinkakutogi Pro Wrestling, or NSBW (New Stage Battle as Wrestling)."''
-->-- Dave Meltzer again
!!As a whole
* LetsGetDangerous: Defied, they got their asses kicked by the Shooto guys in seconds.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Almost everyone.
* ShortLivedBigImpact: Sort of, it was one of the major things that cast doubt in the claim that "pro wrestling is the strongest fighting discipline" that NJPW was fond of claiming.
!!!Masashi Aoyagi
* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was the president of the Seishin Kaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} organization.
* CoolTeacher: Trained Akitoshi Saito, Shigekazu Tajiri, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, and U.M.A..
* GameBreakingInjury: Retired on May 9, 2015 in a motorcycle accident, a severe leg injury with multiple fractures, which forced him to end his career as a wrestler.
* GuestFighter: From at the time, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.
* IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt before his wrestling career.
* StartMyOwn: Founded Shin Kakutō Puroresu (New Combat Pro-Wrestling), which would only last less than a year.
* StoutStrength: A bit pudgy.
* ThreeAmigos: With his trainees Akitoshi Saito and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga as Seishin Keikan.
!!!Jun Kikuwada
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate: A Seishin Kaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} representative. He is also a former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is incorrectly spelled as Kikawada on MMA sites.
!!!Koichiro Kimura
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso.
* CombatReferee: Served as one in Smackgirl.
* DownerEnding: Died in 2014 at the age of 44 from pneumonia.
* GracefulLoser: After his lose to Rickson Gracie, he said he felt honored to have even been in the same ring with him.
* GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling.
* HopeSpot: When Todd Hays dropped out of Vale Tudo Japan due to injury, Koichiro avenged his lose with a win over Wayne Emons to go on to face Rickson Gracie.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS and Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is best known for losing to Todd Hays & Rickson Gracie in the Vale Tude Japan 1995.
* StartMyOwn: Founded a number of women's MMA promotions like Smackgirl, AX and the women's division of Shooto; G-Shooto, which gave rise to MMA fighters like Megumi Fujii.
* TheWorfEffect: Lose to Todd Hays, an American bobsledder and kickboxer by submission in the first round of Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* {{Yakuza}}: Played one in the film Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban (Yakuza: Like a Dragon in English).
-->-- Dave Meltzer
-->''"Former New Japan wrestler Masashi Aoyagi (Skinheads) formed his own promotion called Shinkakutogi Pro Wrestling, or NSBW (New Stage Battle as Wrestling)."''
-->-- Dave Meltzer again
!!As a whole
* LetsGetDangerous: Defied, they got their asses kicked by the Shooto guys in seconds.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Almost everyone.
* ShortLivedBigImpact: Sort of, it was one of the major things that cast doubt in the claim that "pro wrestling is the strongest fighting discipline" that NJPW was fond of claiming.
!!!Masashi Aoyagi
* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Was the president of the Seishin Kaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} organization.
* CoolTeacher: Trained Akitoshi Saito, Shigekazu Tajiri, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, and U.M.A..
* GameBreakingInjury: Retired on May 9, 2015 in a motorcycle accident, a severe leg injury with multiple fractures, which forced him to end his career as a wrestler.
* GuestFighter: From at the time, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.
* IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt before his wrestling career.
* StartMyOwn: Founded Shin Kakutō Puroresu (New Combat Pro-Wrestling), which would only last less than a year.
* StoutStrength: A bit pudgy.
* ThreeAmigos: With his trainees Akitoshi Saito and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga as Seishin Keikan.
!!!Jun Kikuwada
* TheApprentice: To Masashi Aoyagi.
* IKnowKarate: A Seishin Kaikan UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} representative. He is also a former IBF Japanese welterweight boxing champion.
* {{Jobber}}: Had two fights against Yuki Nakai, both which he lost.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is incorrectly spelled as Kikawada on MMA sites.
!!!Koichiro Kimura
* AlliterativeName
* TheApprentice: To Hidetaka Aso.
* CombatReferee: Served as one in Smackgirl.
* DownerEnding: Died in 2014 at the age of 44 from pneumonia.
* GracefulLoser: After his lose to Rickson Gracie, he said he felt honored to have even been in the same ring with him.
* GuestFighter: From Submission Arts Wrestling.
* HopeSpot: When Todd Hays dropped out of Vale Tudo Japan due to injury, Koichiro avenged his lose with a win over Wayne Emons to go on to face Rickson Gracie.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Submission Arts Wrestling]]: Competed in events before coming to RINGS and Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* ShockingDefeatLegacy: He is best known for losing to Todd Hays & Rickson Gracie in the Vale Tude Japan 1995.
* StartMyOwn: Founded a number of women's MMA promotions like Smackgirl, AX and the women's division of Shooto; G-Shooto, which gave rise to MMA fighters like Megumi Fujii.
* TheWorfEffect: Lose to Todd Hays, an American bobsledder and kickboxer by submission in the first round of Vale Tudo Japan 1995.
* {{Yakuza}}: Played one in the film Ryū ga Gotoku Gekijōban (Yakuza: Like a Dragon in English).
