Kendo Kashin

Last updated by M.A LeBlanc on April 16, 2020

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.