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Kikutaro

Nickname: The King of Comedy

Height: 5' 6"

Weight: 231 lbs.

From: Osaka, Japan

Birthday: Nov 17th

Pro Debut: May 14, 1994

Aliases: Ebessan, KIKUZAWA, Blue Fire Kikuzo, Chicken Boy, Ebedullah The Butcher, Ebessan Hansen, Kikusan Hansen, Ebetaro, Ebisu Yellow, Mitsunobu Kikuzawa, Mitsunobu Kikujawa, Black Ebessan, Bret Kikuhart, Darkside Kiku, Dump Kiku, Ebecleman, Ebedullah the Butcher, Ebefujisan, Ebemma, Ebessan Jack, Ebetosan, Great Kabukikujawa, Hironobu Kikuzawa, Jumbo Kikutaro, Jun Kikuzawa, Jushin Thunder Ebesga, Jushin Thunder Kikuiger, Kikuberg, Kiku Blazer, Kiku Bonotaro, Kikucaras, Kikudullah the Butcher, Kikufujisan, Kiku Hiroshi, Kiku-Kiku-Kiku, Kiku-san Hansen, Killer Kikutaro, Kodo Fuyukitaro, KTP-101,5kg, Rey Kikuterio, Tarzan Kiku, Tiger Jeet Kiku, Tiger Mask Kikutaro, Kikutaro Angle, Kikutaro Hansen, Kikutimate Warrior, Kikuto-san, Kikutus Jack, Kiku Warrior, Kikutaro Ichirin no Hone

Feds Worked For: ComPro, Impact Wrestling, NWA-TNA, ROH, TNA, 666 (Japan), Absolute Intense Wrestling (OH), All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Pro Wrestling (CA), Alpha-1 Wrestling (Canada), Alternative Wrestling Show (CA), Apache Pro-Wrestling (Japan), Asuka Project (Japan), Bar Wrestling (CA), BAR045 (Japan), Beyond Wrestling (MA), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Big Mouth Loud (Japan), Brian Kendrick’s Wrestling Pro Wrestling (CA), Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CA), CHIKARA, Cho Sento Puroresu FMW (Japan), Combat Zone Wrestling (NJ/PA), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Mexico), Diamond Ring (Japan), Dradition Pro-Wrestling (Japan), Dragon Gate, Dramatic Dream Team (Japan), Empire State Wrestling (NY), F1RST Wrestling (MN), FIST Combat (CA), Freelance Wrestling (IL), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (Japan), Fukumen MANIA (Japan), FWA Academy (England), GAEA Japan (Japan), Game Changer Wrestling (NJ), GLEAT (Japan), Global Pro-Wrestling Alliance (Japan), Gold Rush Pro Wrestling (CA), Hard Hits (Japan), Heroes and Legends Wrestling (IN), House of Hardcore (MD/NY/PA), Ice Ribbon (Japan), Iconic Heroes of Wrestling Excellence (TX), Inspire Pro Wrestling (TX), International Catch Wrestling Alliance (France), IWA East Coast (WV), IWA Japan (Japan), Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project (Japan), KAIENTAI DOJO (Japan), Kensuke Office Pro Wrestling (Japan), Kyushu Pro Wrestling (Japan), Lucha In the 6 (Canada), Mach One Pro Wrestling (CA), Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling (Japan), Maverick Pro Wrestling (CA), Michinoku Pro Wrestling (Japan), Mobius (Japan), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), New Wrestling Entertainment (Italy), Niigata Pro Wrestling (Japan), NPH Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Jersey (NJ/NY), NWA Pro Wrestling (CA), NWA Vendetta Pro Wrestling (CA/NV), One Pro Wrestling (England), Onita Pro (Japan), Osaka Pro Wrestling (Japan), Osaka Style Wrestling (Japan), Oudou (Japan), OZ Academy (Japan), Pacific Coast Wrestling Ultra (CA), Promociones (Japan), Pro Wrestling A-Team (Japan), Pro Wrestling Blitz (IL), Pro Wrestling Championship Series (IL), Pro Wrestling El Dorado (Japan), Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS (Japan), Pro Wrestling FTO (Japan), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (CA), Pro Wrestling HEAT UP (Japan), Pro Wrestling KAGEKI (Japan), Pro Wrestling NOAH (Japan), Pro Wrestling WAVE (Japan), Pro Wrestling ZERO1 (Japan), Real Quality Wrestling (England), REINA (Japan), Revolution Pro Wrestling (CA), Rockstar Pro Wrestling (OH), Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling (Japan), Saint Louis Anarchy (IL), Shota Nakagawa Produce (Japan), STYLE-E Pro-Wrestling (Japan), Tenryu Project (Japan), Tokyo Championship Wrestling (Japan), Tokyo Gurentai (Japan), Tokyo Pro Wrestling (Japan), UWAI Station (Japan), VKF Pro Wrestling (Japan), World Entertainment Wrestling (Japan), WRESTLE-1 (Japan), World Wonder Ring Stardom (Japan), Wrestle Association-R (Japan), WrestleCircus (TX), Wrestling International New Generations (Japan), Wrestling Marvelous Future (Japan), Wrestling New Classic (Japan), Xtreme Pro Wrestling (CA), Yanagase Pro Wrestling (Japan)

Finisher: Corkscrew Moonsault Press; Shining Wizard

Signature Moves: Handspring Elbow, Moonsault, Small Package, Kick to the Groin

Career Highlights: -Apex of Triangle Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Keizo Matsuda & Masao Orihara and Black Tiger & Koju Takeda)
-Barbed-Wire Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Atsushi Onita & Shigeo Okumura and Atsushi Onita & Sanshiro Takagi)
-ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
-DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion (11x)
-El Mejor de Mascara Champion
-Fukumen World Champion
-Open the Owarai Gate Champion (2x)
-Open the Owarai Gate Tag Team Champion (w/ Don Fuji)
-Osaka Pro Meibutsu Sekaiichi Champion (3x)
-Osaka Pro Battle Royal Champion (6x)
-Osaka Pro Owarai Champion (3x)
-Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Champion (w/ Stalker Ichikawa)
-World's Best Osaka Attraction Champion (3x)

Affiliates: NOZAWA/NOSAWA/NOSAWA Rongai, Billy Ken Kid, Darren Burridge, Sonny Onoo, Atsushi Onita, Shigeo Okumura, Sanshiro Takagi, Don Fuji, Stalker Ichikawa, Miracle Man, Kuishinbo Kamen, Nobutaka Araya, Gamma, Takehiro Murahama, Magnitude Kishiwada, Tigers Mask, Denssen Man, Perro, Super Delfin, Keizo Matsuda, Masao Orihara, Black Tiger, Koju Takeda, MAZADA, FUJITA/Minoru Fujita, TAKEMURA/Katsushi Takemura, HUB, YAMATO, Bear Fukuja, Buta Mamushi, Doku Mamushi Sanshiro, Hebikage, Hebimo, Inokuma Santoin Kumachari, Jaiant Hebi Ishikawa, Jakai-bo Hebider, Jakai Mask #1, Jakai Mask #2, Jakai Mask #3, Jakai-oji, Jaori Yoneyama, JARASHIMA, Jatsutoshi Goto, Majaaki Mochizuki, Majami, Masa Takamamushi, Mitsuya Jagai, Naomi Susan/Zansurian Joo, Poison JULIE Sawada/Poison Sawada JULIE, Sentoin-ko, Takashi, Toguro Habukage, Toru Momowashi, El Hijo del Ice Cream, Ice Cream, Jr., Zazuhi Miyamoto, Katsushi Takemura

Notable Feuds: Kuishinbo Kamen, Super Delfin, Kengo Takai, Masanobu Fuchi, Takehiro Murahama, Miracle Man, Nozawa, Tigers Mask, Buffalo, Magnitude Kishiwada, HUB, Nobukazu Hirai, Nobutaka Araya, Gamma, Otoko Sakari, Billy Ken Kid, Yutaka Fukuda, MAZADA, CHANGO, Tsubasa, HAYATE, Kaz Hayashi, Ryuji Hijikata, TAKA Michinoku, SHU, Daio QUALLT, Apple Miyuki, Densen Man, Duke Swellington

Other Facts: -Sometimes billed from Las Vegas, Osaka, Japan
-Former member of Delfin Army
-Former member of Jakai Tensho
-Former member of The New Republic
-Former member of Team Japan/AJPW 2004
-Current member of Tokyo Gurentai
-Appeared in the movie "Kabuto-Ô Bîtoru" in 2005
-Ranked #185 in the 2006 PWI 500
-Ranked #280 in the 2007 PWI 500
-Ranked #498 in the 2017 PWI 500