WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Satoshi Kojima Real Name: Birthday: September 14, 1970 Hometown: Katsuyama City, Tokyo Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6' - 247 lbs Trained by: Debut: July 16, 1991 Previous Names: The Great Koji Finishing Move: The Kojo Cutter The Lariat The KOJI MAX Submission Favorite Moves: Flying Elbow Drop Michinoku Driver II Running Corner Forearm Splash Sitout Spinebuster Topи Notable Feuds:
IWGP Tag Team titles w/Manabu Nakanishi defeating Kensuke Sasaki & Riki Choshu (May 3, 1997); IWGP Tag Team titles w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeating Shiro Koshinaka & Genichiro Tenryu (January 4, 1999); IWGP Tag Team titles w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeating Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata (July 20, 2000); MLW (Major League Wrestling) World Heavyweight title defeating Jerry Lynn for vacant title (September 26, 2002); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Taiyo Kea won a tournament (December 6, 2002); AJPW All Asia Tag Team titles (as Great Kosuke) w/Shiryu (aka Kaz Hayashi) defeating Mr. Gannosuke & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (January 2, 2004); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Kaz Hayashi defeating Arashi & Keiji Mutoh (January 18, 2004); AJPW (All Japan) Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight title defeating Toshiaki Kawada (February 16, 2005); IWGP Heavyweight title defeating Hiroyoshi Tenzan (February 20, 2005); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/TARU defeating Taiyo Kea & Toshiaki Kawada (August 26, 2007); AJPW (All Japan) Triple Crown defeating Yoshihiro Takayama (September 26, 2009); NJPW (New Japan) IWGP Heavyweight title defeating Togi Makabe )October 11, 2010);
August 1, 2003: Satoshi Kojima beat Shinjiro Otani to win Zero-One's annual Fire Festival tournament.. September 6, 2003: Shinjiro Otani beat Satoshi Kojima in a Triple Crown tournament first round match.. Satoshi Kojima teams with Hiroyoshi Tenzan to form what is currently one of the hottest teams in Japan, "Tenjima".. December 27, 2003 - ROH/AJPW Final Battle: Satoshi Kojima defeated Homicide w/Low Ki & Monsta Mack.. January 4, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-1: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi b Dos Caras Jr. & Solar.. March 7, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-2: Shinjiro Otani & Satoshi Kojima defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes Jr.. July 21, 2004--Hawaiian Championship Wrestling: Sting & The Great Muta beat Diamond Dallas Page & Satoshi Kojima.. January 4, 2005--New Japan Pro Wrestling: Satoshi Kojima defeated Osamu Nishimura.. February 16, 2005 - AJPW PPV: Satoshi Kojima defeated Toshiaki Kawada to win the All Japan Triple Crown.. February 20, 2005 - NJPW PPV: Satoshi Kojima defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 59:49 via KO to unify the Triple Crown and IWGP title.. March 26, 2005 - NJPW PPV: Satoshi Kojima retained the IWGP title going to a 60:00 draw with Shinsuke Nakamura at Sumo Hall.. ~~~With AJPW and NJPW working together, the booking of Kojima in both companies slowly went downhill.. May 14, 2005: Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Satoshi Kojima to recapture the IWGP World title.. May 29, 2005--AJPW: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima.. November 19 2005--AJPW: Satoshi Kojima defeated Kensuke Sasaki to retain the Triple Crown title.. November 20 2005--AJPW: Team 3D defeated Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi (Real World Tag League Block B) November 23, 2005--AJPW: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi beat Shuji Kondo & Brother YASSHI (Real World Tag League Block B).. November 26, 2005--AJPW: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi defeated Arashi & Ryuji Hijikata November 27, 2005--AJPW: Keiji Muto & Akebono & Ryuji Hijikata beat Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi & Akira Raijin.. November 28, 2005--AJPW: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi beat D-Lo Brown & Buchanan (Real World Tag League Block B).. November 29, 2005--AJPW: Kensuke Sasaki/Katsuhiko Nakajima/Taiji Ishimori beat Satoshi Kojima/Kaz Hayashi/Space Lone Wolf.. November 30, 2005--AJPW: Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi & Kohei Suwama beat TARU & Giant Bernard & Shuji Kondo.. December 1, 2005--AJPW: Muto/Arashi/Ryuji Hijikata/Akebono beat Kojima/Kensuke Sasaki/Hayashi/Katsuhiko Nakajima December 3, 2005--AJPW: Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Satoshi Kojima & Kaz Hayashi (RW Tag League Block B).. December 5, 2005--AJPW: TARU/Giant Bernard/Shuji Kondo/Brother YASSHI beat Kojima/Hayashi/Kohei Suwama/Taiji Ishimori.. September 26, 2009: Satoshi Kojima defeated Yoshihiro Takayama to win All Japan Pro Wrestling's Triple Crown .. October 11, 2010--NJPW: Satoshi Kojima defeated Togi Makabe to win the IWGP Heavyweight title