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Title History
- 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);
Career Highlights
- 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