Career Shiro Koshinaka

1 career

1.1 japan pro wrestling (1979–1985)
1.2 new japan pro wrestling (1985–2003)
1.3 freelance (2003–present)

career
all japan pro wrestling (1979–1985)

after working electric power company year after graduating high school, shiro koshinaka enrolled in japan pro wrestling dojo in august 1978, training under giant baba , kazuharu sonoda. after months of training, on march 5, 1979, debuted against 1 of trainers, kazuharu sonoda.

in first 2 years, koshinaka gain victories in battle royals, while losing in singles matches guys atsushi onita, masanobu fuchi, mitsuo momota, tor hayashi, munenori higo, lee wang pyo, , yoshihiro momota, before gaining first victory in february 1981 against masaji goto. in 1983, koshinaka defeated mitsuharu misawa win lou thesz cup, first tournament.

in 1984, koshinaka went on excursion mexico, wrestling samurai shiro in empresa mexicana de la lucha libre, in july, lost hair vs. hair match el satanico. while ajpw pushed misawa, man koshinaka beat win lou thesz cup year before, second incarnation of tiger mask, koshinaka lingering in emll in mexico. frustrated, koshinaka left ajpw in august 1985.

new japan pro wrestling (1985–2003)

after excursion in mexico, koshinaka joined new japan pro wrestling in september 1985. on february 6, 1986, defeated cobra in tournament become inaugural iwgp junior heavyweight champion. @ same time, njpw in feud shoot-style uwf promotion, , koshinaka put in feud nobuhiko takada, @ 1 time antonio inoki s protégé, koshinaka giant baba s. koshinaka lost title takada on may 19, 1986, regained title 4 months later on september 19, 1986.

while reigning iwgp junior heavyweight champion, formed tag team keiji mutoh in bid win iwgp tag team championship, vacated tatsumi fujinami , kengo kimura in february 1987. on march 20, 1987, koshinaka , mutoh defeated takada , akira maeda win vacant titles, making koshinaka double champion, tag team title reign didn t last , mutoh lost titles takada , maeda in rematch week later, on march 26, 1987. on august 2, 1987, koshinaka vacated junior heavyweight title due ankle injury. when returned fall, koshinaka rebounded, rebound big when won first top of super juniors league in 1988, defeating hiroshi hase, reigning iwgp junior heavyweight champion @ time, in finals on february 7, 1988, earning him title shot against hase on march 19, 1988, lost. tried again wrest junior heavyweight title hase on may 8, 1988, failed again. finally, on june 24, 1988, third time charm, koshinaka won third , final iwgp junior heavyweight title owen hart. hold on title, before losing title hase on march 16, 1989.

as new decade began, koshinaka graduated heavyweight division. in august 1990, went austria otto wanz s catch wrestling association challenge steve wright cwa world middleweight championship, failed, lost on tenth round. returning japan in september 1990, first opponent mutoh s alter-ego, great muta, , joined tatsumi fujinami s dragon bombers.

in december 1991, koshinaka , kuniaki kobayashi involved in violent feud karatekas akitoshi saito , masashi aoyagi. after feud ended in summer of 1992, 4 formed stable become heisei ishingun. heisei ishingun self-promote own shows. wrestle in war, feuded several stars including genichiro tenryu, ashura hara, takashi ishikawa, hiromichi fuyuki, , koki kitahara, among others. in january 1995, koshinaka teamed mad dogs (tatsutoshi goto , michiyoshi ohara) defeat fuyuki, jado, , gedo win war world six-man tag team championship, before losing titles tenryu, kitahara, , animal hamaguchi months later in june 1995. in july 1998, won second iwgp tag team title, time tenryu, defeating masahiro chono , hiroyoshi tenzan. , tenryu on titles until january 1999, when lost belts tenzan , new partner, satoshi kojima.

after heisei ishingun disbanded, koshinaka rebounded , regained iwgp tag team titles in march 1999, time kensuke sasaki. , sasaki held on belts until june 1999, when lost belts mad dogs. in summer of 2000, ajpw , njpw working after pro wrestling noah exodus killed ajpw. led koshinaka return home promotion after fifteen years. took part in tournament triple crown heavyweight championship vacated kenta kobashi; defeated johnny smith in first round, lost toshiaki kawada in semi-finals. in january 2003, koshinaka s contract not renewed njpw officials.

freelance (2003–present)

since january 2003, koshinaka has been freelancer, wrestling various promotions through japan, both major , independent. freelancer, has won 3 championships: nwa intercontinental tag team championship takao omori in 2004 pro wrestling zero1, interim iwgp tag team championship togi makabe in 2006 new japan pro wrestling, , ko-d tag team championship danshoku dino in 2010 dramatic dream team. on january 4, 2016, koshinaka made surprise return njpw taking part in new japan rumble on wrestle kingdom 10 pre-show. second last man eliminated match eventual winner, jado.

in 2008, koshinaka made debut in hustle, defeating genichiro tenryu , breaking winning streak. koshinaka start teaming tenryu in order him recover motivation, , joined babyface faction hustle army shortly after. koshinaka formed tag team kg, acting mentor.