WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Kenji Shibuya Real Name: Robert Shibuya Birthday: Hometown: Born in Utah Relocated to Hayward, California Claimed to be Japanese Marital Status: Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: 1952 Previous Gimmicks: Sato Keomuka Kinji Shibuya (Australia) Finishing Move: Judo Chop to Throat Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Joe Scarpa Jim Hady Victor Rivera Red Bastein Buddy Moreno Art Dominguez Pat Barrett Gorilla Monsoon Pat patterson Buddy Moreno Notable Feuds: Pedro Morales Great Goliath Black Gordman Earl Maynard Dory Dixon Bearcat Wright Dan Miller Ray Stevens Red Bastein Haystacks Calhoun
NWA (Mid Atlantic) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mr. Moto defeating John & Al Smith (July 19, 1954); NWA (Mid Atlantic) Southern Tag Team titles w/Mr. Moto defeating ?????? (????, 1956); NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/Duke Keomuka defeating Luigi Macera & Pepper Gomez (February 21, 1956); NWA (Minneapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Mitsu Arakawa defeating Karol & Ivan Kalmikoff (August 13, 1957); NWA Central States Heavyweight title defeating ??????? (????, 1960); MWA (Ohio) Tag Team titles (as Sato Keomuka) w/Duke Keomuka defeating Mike & Doc Gallagher (November 26, 1960); NWA (Ohio) United States Tag Team titles (as Sato Keomuka) w/Duke Keomuka defeating ??????? (April ??, 1961); AWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Mitsu Arakawa defeating Guy & Joe Brunetti (November 11, 1961); Stampede International Tag Team titles w/Mitsu Arakawa defeating ?????? (????, 1963); NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Mitsu Arakawa defeating Mr. X & Gene Kiniski (March 11, 1963); NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Sweet Daddy Siki defeating Roy Etchison & Dan Miller (October 1, 1963); NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Don Leo Jonathan defeating Dory Funk Sr. & Dory Funk Jr. (January 20, 1964); AWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title defeating Ray Stevens (October 25, 1964); AWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title defeating Bobo Brazil (November 13, 1965); NWA (Amarillo) North American Heavyweight title defeating ?????? (July ??, 1967); AWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title defeating Bearcat Wright (February 17, 1968); AWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Great Sasaki defeating Pedro Morales & Pepper Gomez (May 11, 1968); AWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Masa Saito defeating Pedro Morales & Pepper Gomez (July 13, 1968); NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Heavyweight title defeating Freddie Blassie (March 26, 1971); NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television title defeating Suni War Cloud (April 3, 1971); NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Masa Saito defeating Black Gordman & Goliath (May 21, 1971); NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Masa Saito defeating Salvador Lothario & Pantera Negra (November 19, 1971); NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television title defeating John Tolos (November 27, 1971); NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Goliath defeating Dory Dixon & Earl Maynard (March 1, 1972); NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television title defeating Don Carson (April 8, 1972); NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/Masa Saito defeating Rey Mendoza & Raul Mata (June 30, 1972); NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television title defeating John Tolos (July 15, 1972); NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Great Mephisto defeating Rocky Johnson & Pat Patterson (April 25, 1973); NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Masa Saito defeating Interns (September ??, 1973); NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Heavyweight title defeating Don Leo Jonathan (March 8, 1976); NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/John Quinn defeating Jimmy Snuka & Don Leo Jonathan (May 17, 1976);
Kenji Shibuya claimed to be Japanese but the only time he was ever in japan was in changing planes en route to Australia.. Kenji Shibuya teamed with Masa Saito in Roy Shire's San Francisco and Lebelle's Los Angeles and they were billed as cousins.. Kenji Shibuya also had a lot of success as a tag team with Mitsu Arakawa.. Kenji Shibuya lives in Hayward, CA, and takes care of the koi fish at the local Japanese Buddhist Temple ..