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Killer Khan (キラー・カーン) [KinchStalker Deluxe Profile #4] Profession: Wrestler Real name: Masashi Ozawa (小澤正志) Professional names: Masashi Ozawa (simplified as 小沢正志), Temojin El Mongol, Killer Khan Life: 3/6/1947-12/29/2023 Born: Yoshida (now Tsubame), Niigata, Japan Career: 1971-1987 Height/Weight: 195cm/141kg (6’5”/311 lbs.) Signature moves: Flying Kneedrop, Mongolian chop, Asian Spike Promotions (Japan): Japan Wrestling Association, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Japan Pro Wrestling Titles: NWA Florida United States Tag Team [CWF] (1x, w/Pak Song), Mid-South Louisiana [Mid-South] (1x), Mid-South Mississippi [Mid-South] (1x), North American …
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Kiyotaka Otsubo (大坪清隆) Profession: Wrestler, Trainer Real name: Kiyotaka Otsubo Professional names: Kiyotaka Otsubo, Hishakaku Ootsubo Life: 7/10/1927-7/29/1982 Born: Tottori or Tokyo, Japan (sources vary) Career: mid 1950s-1971 Height/Weight: 170cm/93kg (5’7”/205lbs.) Signature moves: Boston crab Promotions: International Pro Wrestling (Kimura), Japan Wrestling Association Titles: none Kiyotaka Otsubo was most important as an early puroresu trainer. Otsubo sits on Antonio Inoki as he performs a neck bridge. [THIS PROFILE IS BEING REWRITTEN.]
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Kokichi Endo (遠藤幸吉) Profession: Wrestler, Executive, Commentator (Color) Real name: Kokichi Endo Professional names: not applicable Life: 3/4/1926- (presumed alive) Born: Kanai (now Yamagata City), Yamagata, Japan Career: 1951-1966 Promotions: Japan Wrestling Association Height/Weight: 180cm/125kg (5’11”/275 lbs.) Signature Moves: Dropkick Titles: NWA World Tag Team Championship (1x, w/Rikidozan), Pacific Coast Tag Team title (1x, w/Rikidozan) Summary: Kokichi Endo was one of the JWA's most prominent early figures, most notably working as Rikidozan’s tag partner in the mid-fifties. Besides this, Endo is best known for his later executive …
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Kosuke Takeuchi (竹内宏介) Profession: Journalist, Editor, Commentator (Color) Real name: Kosuke Takeuchi Professional name: not applicable Life: 1/6/1947-5/3/2012 Born: Atami, Shizuoka, Japan Career: 1965-2006 Promotions: International Wrestling Enterprise, All Japan Pro Wrestling (as commentator) Kosuke Takeuchi might have never worked between the ropes, but no chronicle of the history of puroresu is complete without him. The face of Gong magazine and a guru for generations of hardcore fans, Takeuchi was a pillar of puro culture throughout his forty-year career. [For a more detailed overview of the story of Takeuchi and Gong, see my blog post “…
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Kyoko Okada - born in 1949 from Tajiri Town, Miyagi Prefecture Had wrestled prior to joining AJW from retirement in the summer of 1972. She was originally living above a hair salon that she was learning at in Nakameguro before quitting after half a year to become a wrestler. Signature move is the Cobra Twist. (Information from January 1973 issue of Daily Sports Girls Wrestling) [Her previous wrestling years may have been 1968-1970 but I haven't been able to verify that as of 2023]
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