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Riki Chosyu


Title History

 

  • NWA (Los Angeles/Japan) North American Tag Team titles w/Seiji Sakaguchi defeating Masa Saito & Hiro Matsuda (June 15, 1979);
  • UWA (Mexico) World Heavyweight title defeating Canek (July 23, 1982);
  • UWA (Mexico) World Tag Team titles w/Gran Hamada defeating Baby Face & Canek (August 1, 1982);
  • WWF International Heavyweight title defeating Tatsumi Fujinami (April 3, 1983);
  • NWA (All Japan) International Tag Team titles w/Yoshiaki Yatsu defeating Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta (February 5, 1986);
  • PWF (Japan) Heavyweight title defeating Stan Hansen (April 5, 1986);
  • IWGP (Japan) Tag Team titles w/Masa Saito defeating Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (June 10, 1988);
  • IWGP (Japan) Heavyweight title defeating Salman Hashimikov (July 12, 1989);
  • IWGP (Japan) Tag Team titles w/Takayuki Iizuka defeating George Takano & Super Strong Machine (July 13, 1989);
  • IWGP (Japan) Heavyweight title defeating Big Van Vader (August 19, 1990);
  • IWGP (Japan) Heavyweight title defeating Tatsumi Fujinami (January 4, 1992);
  • IWGP (Japan) Tag Team titles w/Kensuki Sasaki defeating Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami (April 12, 1997);
  • WMG (Japan) Tag Team titles w/Genichiro Tenryu defeating Jinsei Shinzaki & Shiro Koshinaka (August 21, 2003);

 

Career Highlights

 

  • 1972: Mitsuo Yoshida represented South Korea at the Olympic Games in Munich failing to place in freestyle wrestling..
  • August 1974: Mitsuo Yoshida debuted, wrestling under his real name, he adopted the Choshu name in 1977..
  • Riki Chosyu won the IWGP Tag Team titles on three occassions with three different partners..
  • Riki Chosyu won the IWGP Heavyweight title three times..
  • Riki Chosyu was the most influential wrestler in Japan in the ’80s and ’90s, one of the greatest in-ring performer ever..
  • Riki Chosyu was the longtime booker for New Japan, and was known for being a selfless matchmaker..
  • March 7, 191: Antonio Inoki & Riki Choshu defeated Hulk Hogan & Perro Aguayo in Kisarazu, Japan..
  • 1984: Riki Chosyu jumped from New Japan to All Japan and took a bunch of NJPW wrestlers with him..
  • March 7, 2004 – Z1 Hustle-2: Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Zebra Man & Naohiro Hoshikawa..
  • May 8, 2004 – Z1 Hustle-3: Riki Choshu defeated Adamonster (King Adamo)..
  • July 25, 2004 – Z1 Hustle-4: Naoya Ogawa & Riki Choshu defeated An Joe (Yoji Anjoh) & Dan “The Buffalo” Bobish..
  • September 20, 2004 – Z1 Hustle-5: Riki Choshu & Rikishi defeated Oyajigari (Yoji Anjo) & Dan Bobish..
  • November 13, 2004–New Japan: Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Riki Choshu & Masahiro Chono in an elimination match..
  • January 4, 2005–New Japan Pro Wrestling: Masahiro Chono defeated Riki Choshu..
  • June 5 2005–Riki Pro: Riki Choshu & Enson Inoue defeated Kazunari Murakami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara..
  • July 3 2005–Riki Pro: Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii & IchIro Yaguchi b Tetsuhiro Kuroda & BADBOY Hido & GENTARO..
  • July 4 2005–Riki Pro: Riki Choshu & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda & BADBOY Hido..
  • August 4, 2005–Wrestle-One (debut): Kensuke Sasaki defeated Riki Choshu..
  • December 3 2005–NJPW: Riki Choshu/Yuji Nagata/Shinsuke Nakamura beat Masahiro Chono/Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Tatsutoshi Goto..
  • December 6, 2005–NJPW: Riki Choshu & Takashi Iizuka defeated Hiro Saito & Tatsutoshi Goto..
  • December 7, 2005–NJPW: Choshu/Manabu Nakanishi/Hiroshi Tanahashi beat M.Chono/Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Tatsutoshi Goto..
  • December 10, 2005–NJPW: Choshu/Yuji Nagata/Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Masahiro Chono/Hiroyoshi Tenzan/Tatsutoshi Goto..

 

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Trained By

Masa Saito

Debut

August 1974

Birthday

December 3, 1951

Hometown

Seoul, Korea

Gender

Height

6'

Weight

254 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Scorpion Deathlock

Favorite Move(s)

Riki Lariat

Notable Feuds

El Canek
The Dragon
Tatsumi Fujinami
Kensuke Sasaki

Status