Japanese professional wrestler
Kankuro Hoshino
Hoshino in August 2015
Birth name Naotake Hoshino Born (1975-07-06 ) July 6, 1975 (age 48)
[1]
Saitama ,
Japan
Ring name(s) Kaijin Busaiking Hoshi Mercury Daio IkemenKankuro Hoshino Billed height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
[2] Billed weight 100 kg (220 lb) Debut 2005
[3]
Naotake Hoshino (星野直丈 , Hoshino Naotake ) is a
Japanese
professional wrestler best known for his time with the Japanese
professional wrestling promotions
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and
Dramatic Dream Team (DDT).
[4] He performs under the
ring name Kankuro Hoshino (星野勘九郎 , Hoshino Kankurō ) .
[5]
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2005–present)
Hoshino competed at BJW World Triangle Night In Korakuen , a cross-over event held between
Westside Xtreme Wrestling ,
Combat Zone Wrestling and
Big Japan Pro Wrestling on July 30, 2012, where he teamed up with his Heisei Gokudo Combi stable partner Masato Inaba in a losing effort to
Shadow WX and Clint Margera.
[6] He participated at another event produced by the three promotions, the wXw/CZW/BJW Triangle Of Ultraviolence: Messengers Of Death , where on the second night from October 3, 2011, he fell short to
Jimmy Havoc .
[7] Hoshino made a couple of appearances for
Chikara Pro Wrestling , where at CHIKARA King Of Trios 2010 , he teamed up with
Daisuke Sekimoto and
Yuji Okabayashi as Team Big Japan Wrestling, defeating Team Frighting (
Frightmare ,
Hallowicked and
Mike Quackenbush ) on the first night from April 23, 2010.
[8] On the second night from April 24, they defeated Team Future Is Now (
Equinox ,
Helios and
Jigsaw ) in the quarter-finals, but fell short one night later on April 25 to Die Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (
Ares ,
Claudio Castagnoli and Tursas) in the semi-finals.
[9]
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2007–present)
Hoshino is best known for his long-time tenure with
Big Japan Pro Wrestling , promotion for which he debuted at BJW Lazona Kawasaki 3 Days on December 27, 2007, where he scored a defeat against
Ryuji Ito .
[10] He participated in one of the longest matches in
professional wrestling history, a
108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special , a cross-over event held between
Big Japan Pro Wrestling ,
DDT and
Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as
Kota Ibushi ,
Taka Michinoku ,
Kenny Omega ,
Abdullah Kobayashi ,
[11] and the winner of the match,
Jun Kasai .
[12] At BJW Ryogokutan 2016 on July 26, Hoshino defeated
Ryuji Ito in a
scaffold and G-Shock death match to win the
BJW Death Match Heavyweight Championship .
[13] At BJW Death Market 58 on November 29, 2020, Hoshino teamed up with
Yuko Miyamoto to defeat
Minoru Fujita and
Jaki Numazawa in a
fluorescent lighttubes death match .
[14] Hoshino is a former
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion , title which he last won alongside
Great Kojika and Masato Inaba as Heisei Gokudo Combi at BJW Ryogokutan 2015 on July 20 by defeating
Brahman Kei ,
Brahman Shu and Takayuki Ueki.
[15]
Championships and accomplishments
References
^ Saalbach, Axel.
"Kankuro Hoshino/General Information" . wrestlingdata.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip.
"Kankuro Hoshino-Personal Data" . cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ Puroresu Central.
"Kankuro Hoshino Profile/Big Japan Roster" . puroresucentral.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ レスラーヒューマンストーリー第207回 星野勘九郎 [Wrestler Human Story #207 Kankuro Hoshino].
Weekly Pro-Wrestling [
ja ] (in Japanese) (1752): 71–74. August 27, 2014.
^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD).
"Kankuro Hoshino • Profile & Match Listing" . profightdb.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^
Westside Xtreme Wrestling (July 30, 2012).
"wXw "& BJW & CZW WORLD TRIANGLE NIGHT IN KORAKUEN" " . wxw-wrestling.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^
Westside Xtreme Wrestling (October 3, 2011).
"wXw / CZW / BJW Triangle of Ultraviolence - Night 2" . wxw-wrestling.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^
Chikara Pro Wrestling (April 23, 2010).
"King of Trios 2010 - Night 1" . chikarapro.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ Jasper, Gavin (August 27, 2018).
"King of Trios: The History of CHIKARA's Epic Wrestling Event" . denofgeek.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ Purolove (December 27, 2007).
"Big Japan Pro-Wrestling - "LAZONA KAWASAKI 3 DAYS"/Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Sol" . purolove.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ Jayaram, Nishant (December 12, 2019).
"10 longest matches in pro-wrestling history/#5 Battle Royal - BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special (2009) - 85:12" . sportskeeda.com . Retrieved March 15, 2021 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip.
"BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special" . cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 15, 2021 .
^ Justin, Dylan (July 29, 2016).
"BIG JAPAN WRESTLING RYOGOKUTAN 2016 (JULY 24) RESULTS & REVIEW" . voicesofwrestling.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ Dark angel (December 7, 2020).
"BJW: "Death Market 58" Astronauts beat Brahman Brothers" . superluchas.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^ WrestleKulture (July 21, 2015).
"BJW "RYOGOKUTAN", 20.07.2015 (Samurai! TV/Live)" . wrestlekulture.com . Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^
"BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title (Japan)" . wrestling-titles.com . January 2, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021 .
^
"Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship history" .
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). BJW.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-01-21 .
^
GWC認定6人タッグ選手権|タイトル名鑑|収穫昆布|新日好きプロレス全般ファンサイト . Syu-Kaku Konbu (in Japanese). Retrieved March 7, 2021 .
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