Kendo Kashin

Title History

CWA (Catch Wrestling Association) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Michael Kovac (September 21, 1996);
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Dr. Wagner Jr. defeating Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Shinjiro Ohtani (January 4, 1999);
IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating Koji Kanemoto (August 28, 1999);
IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating Masayoshi Naruse (October 8, 2001);
AJPW (All Japan) World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Masanobu Fuchi for vacant title (April 13, 2002);
AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Yuji Nagata defeating Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima (June 12, 2004);
DDT Extreme title defeating Antonio Honda (November 28, 2015);

Career Highlights

In the Beginning:

November 4, 1993: Ishizawa defeated Shinjiro Ohtani..

New Japan Pro Wrestling:

January 4, 1999: Kendo KaShin & Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa for the IWGP Junior Tag Team titles..
June 8, 1999: Kendo Kashin defeated Koji Kanemoto to win NJPW’s 1999 Best of The Super Junior League..
August 28, 1999: Kendo Kashin beat Koji Kanemoto to win the IWGP Junior title at Tokyo’s Jingyu Baseball Outdoor Stadium..
June 2, 2000: Kendo Kashin & Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Jushin Liger & Shinya Makabe..
October 8, 2001: Kendo Kashin defeated Masayoshi Naruse in 26 seconds to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title.

All Japan Pro Wrestling:

Early 2002: Kendo Kashin jumped to All Japan Pro Wrestling..
April 13, 2002: Kendo Kashin defeated Masa Fuchi in Tokyo to capture the vacant AJPW World Junior Heavyweight title..
February 12, 2004: Kendo Kashin was stripped of the AJPW Junior Heavyweight title..
November 13, 2004–New Japan: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Shinsuke Nakamura..
March 19, 2005–AWS: Rocky Romero beat Kendo Kashin when Toru Yano accidentally threw salt in Kashin’s eyes..
April 1, 2005–Pro Wrestling Guerrilla: The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero) defeated Kendo KaShin & Puma..
April 2, 2005 – ROH: Kendo Kashin won the Best of the American Super Junior’s Tournament under the name “Dragon Soldier B”..
~~~Dragon Soldier B defeated Matt Sydal (1st) | beat James Gibson (2nd) | beat Black Tiger 4 (Rocky Romero) in the finals..
May 14, 2005–NJPW: Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi b Kashin & Manabu Nakanishi to retain the IWGP Tag Team titles..
October 8, 2005–New Japan PPV: Kendo Kashin & Manabu Nakanishi defeated Charlie Haas & Mark Jindrak..
March 2006: It appears Kendo Kashin was fired as a coach at the Inoki Dojo in Santa Monica, California..
December 20, 2007–Inoki Genome Federation: Kurt Angle defeated Kendo Kashin (sub for Booker T) in Tokyo, Japan..
August 15, 2008–IGF: Rob Van Dam defeated Kendo Kashin and Necro Butcher in a 3-way match.
September 25, 2020–IGF: Kendo Kashin & Tamon Honda defeated Bobby Lashley & Bob Sapp.
October 2, 2010–EWP: Ecki Eckstein & Leon van Gasteren defeated Kendo Kashin & Kenichiro Arai to win the tag team titles.
October 9, 2010–GSW: Michael Kovac defeated Kendo Kashin.
December 3, 2010–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Carlito.
August 27, 2011–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Black Tiger.
September 3, 2011–IGF: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin defeated Bobby Lashley & Harry Smith.
December 2, 2011–IGF: Bobby Lashley & Peter Aerts defeated Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin.
March 20, 2012—IGF: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin defeated Bobby Lashley & Bob Sapp.
September 29, 2012–IGF: Alexander Kozlov defeated Kendo Kashin.
October 16, 2012–IGF: Bobby Lashley defeated Kendo Kashin.
December 2, 2012–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Nobuyuki Kurashima.
December 5, 2012–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Akira Jo.
December 31, 2012–IGF: Kendo Kashin & Shogun Okamoto defeated Bob Sapp & Erik Hammer.
March 20, 2013–IGF: Bobby Lashley defeated Kendo Kashin.
May 26, 2013–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Black Genome.
July 20, 2013–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Masked Genome Jr..
October 26, 2013–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Mr. 450. Bobby Lashley & Kendo Kashin defeated Shinichi Suzukawa & Shogun Okamoto. Bob Sapp defeated Kendo Kashin.
December 31, 2013–1GF: Bin Wang defeated Kendo Kashin.
April 12, 2014–AJPW: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Atsushi Aoki & Kendo Kashin.
April 13, 2014–AJPW: Xceed (Kento Miyahara & Kotaro Suzuki) defeated Atsushi Aoki & Kendo Kashin.
April 14, 2014–AJPW: Atsushi Aoki & Kendo Kashin defeated Masao Inoue & Ultimo Dragon.
April 15, 2014–AJPW: Akebono defeated Kendo Kashin.
April 16, 2014–AJPW: Atsushi Aoki & Kendo Kashin defeated Osamu Nishimura & Ryuji Hijikata.
April 19, 2014–AJPW: Kendo Kashin vs Kento Miyahara ended in a double count-out.
April 20, 2014–AJPW: Kendo Kashin defeated Osamu Nishimura.
April 23, 2014–AJPW: Kendo Kashin defeated Suwama.
April 26, 2014–AJPW: Kotaro Suzuki & Ultimo Dragon defeated Atsushi Aoki & Kendo Kashin by disqualification.
April 27, 2014–AJPW: Takao Omari defeated Kendo Kashin.
May 4, 2014–IGF: Bin Wang & Bob Sapp defeated Kendo Kashin & Shogun Okamoto.
May 28, 2014–AJPW: Atsushi Aoki & Kendo Kashin defeated Menso-re Oyaji & Ultimo Dragon.
May 29, 2014–AJPW: Kendo Kashin defeated Hikaru Sato.
November 12, 2014–DDT: Yasu Urano defeated Kendo Kashin.
February 20, 2015–IGF: Kendo Kashin defeated Shinya Aoki.
April 11, 2015–IGF: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin defeated Atsushi Sawada & Naoya Ogawa.
May 5, 2015–IGF: Shinichi Suzukawa & Shogun Okamoto defeated Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin.
June 27, 2015–IGF: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin defeated Atsushi Sawada & Shinya Aoki.
August 29, 2015–IGF: Bin Wang & Kendo Kashin defeated Knux & Tyrus.
September 2, 2015–Tenryu Project: Kendo Kashin & Kenichiro Arai defeated NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa.
November 1, 2015–AJPW: Kendo Kashin & Masakatsu Funaki defeated Hikaru Sato & Suwama.
November 15, 2015–Tenryu Project: Kendo Kashin & Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Kenichiro Arai & NOSAWA Rongai.
November 28, 2015–DDT: Kendo Kashin defeated Antonio Honda to win the Extreme title.
December 23, 2015–DDT: Kendo Kashin defeated Akito to retain the Extreme title.
January 31, 2016–DDT: Kendo Kashin & Ryu Gouma defeated Smile Squash (Akito & Yasu Urano). Kashin retains the DDT title.
February 28, 2016–DDT: Kendo Kashin defeated Antonio Honda and Yoshihiko in a 3-way match to retain the Extreme title.
March 21, 2016–DDT: Super Sasadango Machine defeated Kendo Kashin to win the Extreme title.
April 20, 2016–Oudou: Black Mask A & Kendo Kashin defeated Masao Inoue & NOSAWA Rongai.
June 23, 2016–RJPW: Hideki Suzuki, Kendo Kashin & Shogun Okamoto defeated Alexander Otsuka, Mitsuya Nagai & Super Tiger
August 4, 2016–Oudou: Kendo Kashin & Mil Mascaras defeated Dick Togo & NOSAWA Rongai.
August 26, 2016–Fire Pro Wrestling: Atsushi Onita, Chavo Guerrero, Hideki Hosaka & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Black Undercover F, Hideki Suzuki, Kendo Kashin & Shogun Okamoto.
September 4, 2016–AJPW: Kendo Kashin defeated Yuma Aoyagi in the 1st round.
September 10, 2016–RJPW: Hayato Mashita, Masao Orihara & Super Tiger defeated Hideki Suzuki, Kendo Kashin & Shogun Okamoto.
September 17, 2016–AJPW: Kendo Kashin defeated Atsushi Aoki in the quarter-finals.
September 19, 2016–AJPW: Suwama defeated Kendo Kashin in the semi-finals.
October 1, 2016–Tokyo Gurentai: Akebono & Shogun Okamoto vs. Kendo Kashin & Shogun Okamoto ended in a double pin.
November 27, 2016–AJPW: Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin defeated Get Wild (Manabu Soya & Takao Omori).
December 3, 2016–AJPW: Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin defeated The Big Guns (The Bodyguard & Zeus).
December 6, 2016–AJPW: Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin defeated NEWERA (Koji Doi & Kumagoro).
December 9, 2016–AJPW: Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin defeated NEXTREAM (Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi).
December 11, 2016–AJPW: Get Wild (Manabu Soya & Takao Omori) defeated Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin.
December 12, 2016–AJPW: The Big Guns (The Bodyguard & Zeus), Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin defeated Get Wild (Manabu Soya & Takao Omori), Koji Iwamoto & Yohei Nakajima.
December 13, 2016–AJPW: Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin defeated Evolution (Hikaru Sato & Super Tiger).
December 14, 2016–AJPW: Jun Akiyama, Kendo Kashin, Koji Iwamoto & Ultimo Dragon defeated Diablo, Rocky Kawamura, Yohei Nakajima & Zeus.
December 18, 2016–AJPW: Evolution (Atsushi Aoki, Hikaru Sato, Super Tiger & Suwama) defeated Jun Akiyama, Kendo Kashin, Koji Iwamoto & Masao Inoue.
January 3, 2017–AJPW: Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin defeated Axe Bombers (Isami Kodaka & Kazuhiro Tamura).
January 14, 2017–AJPW: Kendo Kashin defeated Rey Paloma.
January 15, 2017–AJPW: The Big Guns (The Bodyguard & Zeus) defeated Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin.
February 19, 2017–AJPW: Jun Akiyama, Kendo Kashin, Masao Inoue & Suwama defeated Atsushi Onita, Flying Kid Ichihara, Hideki Hosaka & Raijin Yaguchi.
March 4, 2017–AJPW: Jun Akiyama, KAI & Kendo Kashin defeated Evolution (Atsushi Aoki, Hikaru Sato & Suwama).
March 5, 2017–AJPW: Kendo Kashin defeated Masanobu Fuchi.
March 26, 2017–AJPW: Evolution (Atsushi Aoki, Hikaru Sato & Suwama) defeated Jun Akiyama, Kendo Kashin & Masao Inoue.
April 4, 2017–Tokyo Gurentai: Kaz Hayashi, Kendo Kashin & Masayuki Kono defeated Manabu Soya, Masaaki Mochizuki & NOSAWA Rongai.
April 21, 2017–DDT: Kazushi Sakuraba & Kendo Kashin defeated Kouki Iwasaki & Mike Bailey.
April 27, 2017–RJPW: Daisuke Sekimoto & Masakatsu Funaki defeated Kendo Kashin & Yuki Ishikawa.
May 15, 2017–BJW: Speed Of Sounds (Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi) & Ultimo Dragon defeated Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu & Kendo Kashin.
May 17, 2017–FMW: Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka, Raijin Yaguchi & Ricky Fuji defeated Chainsaw Tony, Kendo Kashin, Tomohiko Hashimoto & TOSHIZO.
May 19, 2017–FMW: Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka, Raijin Yaguchi & Ricky Fuji defeated Chainsaw Tony, Kazushige Nosawa, Kendo Kashin & Tomohiko Hashimoto.
June 8, 2017–FMW: Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka & Kendo Kashin defeated Atsushi Aoki, Super Tiger & Suwama.
July 17, 2017–BJW: Speed Of Sounds (Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi) & Great Kojika defeated Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu & Kendo Kashin.
July 19, 2017–Tokyo Gurentai: Kazushi Sakuraba & Kendo Kashin defeated Hikaru Sato & Rocky Kawamura.
August 6, 2017–A-TEAM: Kendo Kashin, KENSO & Koji Kanemoto defeated Dick Togo, Hi69 & Tomohiko Hashimoto.
August 11, 2017–DDT: Kendo Kashin defeated Chikara in the 1st round.
August 12, 2017–DDT: KENSO defeated Kendo Kashin by count-out in the 2nd round.
August 12, 2017–WAVE: Kendo Kashin & TAKA Michinoku defeated Dick Togo & Keisuke Goto.
August 13, 2017–DDT: Chikara & Mitsuo Momota defeated Kendo Kashin & Yumehito Imanari.
August 22, 2017–Oudou: Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka & Kendo Kashin defeated FUJITA, KAI & NOSAWA Rongai.
September 17, 2017–WAVE: Chikara & Fairy Nihonbashi defeated Hikaru Shida & Kendo Kashin in a hair vs hair match.
September 27, 2017–Tokyo Gurentai: Hiro Saito, Kendo Kashin & Manabu Soya defeated Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu & Mitsuo Momota.
October 9, 2017–Atsushi Onita Produce: Atsushi Sawada & Kendo Kashin defeated Naoshi Sano in a handicap match. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka, Raijin Yaguchi.
October 10, 2017–AAA: Team Japan IGF (Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai) defeated Team Resto Del Mundo Lucha Underground (Mil Muertes & Vampiro) by disqualification in the quarter-finals. Team Mexico AAA (Pagano & Psycho Clown) defeated Team Japan IGF (Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai) in the semi-finals.
October 31, 2017–Atsushi Onita Produce: Atsushi Onita, KAI & Shingo Takagi defeated Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai.
November 15, 2017–Tokyo Gurentai: FUJITA, Ken Ohka & Yuko Miyamoto defeated Kendo Kashin, Kesen Numajiro & Yasu Urano.
November 16, 2017–Toho Eiyu-den Japanese Launching Business Convention: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin defeated Masakatsu Funaki & Wang Fei.
December 17, 2017–BJW: Speed Of Sounds (Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi) & Kendo Kashin defeated Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu & Minoru Fujita.
March 25, 2018–AJPW: Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Evolution (Hikaru Sato, Suwama & Yusuke Okada).
April 5, 2018–Hagure IGF International: Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Hideki Hosaka, Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda.
May 1, 2018–DDT: Kendo Kashin defeated Gota Ihashi.
June 3, 2018–AJPW: Hikaru Sato, Masakatsu Funaki & Suwama defeated Black Tiger, Jun Akiyama & Kendo Kashin.
July 7, 2018–KAI Produce The 1st Yokohama Children’s Hospice Charity Pro-Wrestling: Kendo Kashin, Leather Face & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Hikaru Sato, Rocky Kawamura & Takatoshi Matsumoto.
July 17, 2018–Tokyo Gurentai: Kendo Kashin & Rey Wagner defeated El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & NOSAWA Rongai.
July 21, 2018–BJW: 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda) defeated Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu & Kendo Kashin.
August 7, 2018–DDT: Keisuke Okuda, Kendo Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Gota Ihashi, Ken Ohka & Sanshiro Takagi.
August 26, 2018–Ice Ribbon: Akane Fujita & Hyoketsu defeated Hideki Suzuki & Kendo Kashin in a sumo rules match to retain the Triangle Ribbon title.
October 28, 2018–A-TEAM: Atsushi Onita, HASEGAWA & Kendo Kashin defeated Kim Duk, Raiden & Tomohiko Hashimoto.
December 2, 2018–Stardom Idols: Kendo Kashin defeated Pandita & Tam Nakano in a handicap match.
December 28, 2018–Riki Choshu Produce: Shinjiro Otani, Takashi Sugiura, Takuya Nomura & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kendo Kashin, Kohei Sato & Tomoya Hirata.
February 19, 2019–Giant Baba Death 20th Memorial Box Office ~ Abdullah The Butcher Retirement Memorial: Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka, Hideki Suzuki & Kendo Kashin defeated Great Kojika, Hikaru Sato, Mitsuya Nagai & Shuji Ishikawa.
June 20, 2019–RJPW: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin defeated Masakatsu Funaki & Super Tiger.
August 14, 2019: Kendo Kashin has signed a WWE contract to become a coach at the performance center.
April 15, 2020: Kendo Kashin was released from his WWE contract.

Updated:

Trained By

Dean Malenko & Hiroshi Hase

Debut

September 21, 1992

Birthday

August 5, 1968

Hometown

Aomori, Japan
Parts Unknown

Gender

Male

Height

5'9"

Weight

200 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Jujigatame (Cross Arm Breaker),
Super Jujigatame

Favorite Move(s)

Rolling Clutch Pin,
Vertical Suplex,
European Uppercut

Notable Feuds

Status

Living