(born Kim Il-Sung (김일성); October 31, 1966) is a Japanese

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descent. He has previously worked with

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and

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. He is currently a

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Professional wrestling career

Kanemoto practiced

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during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the

(NJPW)

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. He debuted in November 1990, wrestling against

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. In March 1992, he portrayed Tiger Mask in its third incarnation, succeeding

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. In January 1994, he famously lost a "mask vs. mask" match against popular cruiserweight

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. Since 1994 he has wrestled under his own name for NJPW. His style used to be the classic junior heavyweight wrestling, but repeated high-flying moves, the fans' change in taste, and inherent damage on his body put an incentive on him to use

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taught by

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, largely as a modification of his wrestling persona. Hard shoot kicks combined with scientific wrestling are his current trademark along with the facewash, which always gets the crowd going in a

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stadium-like chant. Kanemoto was the first man to defend the

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in the

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, a match against

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at Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling (although

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did not announce it as such). He also holds a victory over revered MMA fighter

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in shoot-style wrestling. He worked for a few matches for WCW. In the early 2000s Kanemoto formed a popular tag team with Minoru Tanaka called "Jr. Stars" the 2 enjoyed a lengthy reign as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, but before they could receive a rematch for their titles, Kanemoto was injured. Kanemoto made a very controversial return, turning on Tanaka and siding with

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's "Team 2000" Stable. As a reward for his defection Chono gave him his own sub-group to lead named "Team 2000 Jr."; among their ranks were

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, & Akira. During this time, Kanemoto wore entrance gear very similar to Chono, as a way to show "he was a boss". After Team 2000 dissolved he became a calmer, much more calculating individual and it was apparent that his days of a rude, arrogant

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were over. In 2003, in an attempt to regain the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles from rival promotion

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, he formed a tag team with Jushin Thunder Liger known as "The Unbeatables"; the two held on to the titles until November, when Kanemoto fractured his left cheekbone, and were forced to vacate them. On May 3, 2006, Kanemoto defeated

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to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title for the fifth time. In the 2006 G1 Climax, Kanemoto reached the semi final, the first junior heavyweight to achieve this feat. Along with

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, he made it to the finals of the

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two years in a row – the

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and

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editions. Also in 2007 he became the first junior heavyweight since

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to receive an

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match. Although he lost this match against his tag team partner Hiroshi Tanahashi he was revered for his performance, especially after kicking out of Tanahashi's

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finish after only a 1 count. After this match it was regarded that Kanemoto was not only the top junior heavyweight but one of the top talents that New Japan has in its entirety. On January 2, 2009 at a Zero-1 show Kanemoto announced his engagement to Zero-1

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wrestler Hikaru. The two have since divorced. Masa Saito mourning performance CIMG9611

On June 14, 2009 Kanemoto forced

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to submit to his trademark Ankle Lock, winning the

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tournament for the third time, becoming only the second man to do so. On May 8, 2010, Kanemoto and

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defeated

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(Prince Devitt and

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) in the finals of an eight team tournament to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Just over two months later, on July 19, Kanemoto and El Samurai lost the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Devitt and Taguchi. On August 22 Kanemoto and Tiger Mask IV took part in a

event and defeated

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and

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to win Noah's

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. They would lose the title to

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and

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on December 24, 2010. In late 2011 he began to work more frequently in

(AJPW) and teaming with Minoru Tanaka and on January 31, 2013, Kanemoto officially quit New Japan Pro-Wrestling to join All Japan Pro Wrestling. In June 2013, Kojimoto also announced his resignation from All Japan in the aftermath of Nobuo Shiraishi taking over as the promotion's new president. Though Kanemoto did not officially join

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's splinter promotion

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, he did take part in the promotion's inaugural event on September 8, reuniting the Junior Stars with Minoru Tanaka in a tag team match, where they defeated

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and

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. On May 24, 2015, Kanemoto returned to his Tiger Mask persona, when he took part in

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, alongside

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and

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as Team AJPW. They were defeated in the first round of the tournament by Team MexLeyendas (

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and

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Championships and accomplishments

* 4 Front Wrestling **4FW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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(

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) – with Minoru Tanaka *

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( 1 time) *Asia Wrestling Federation **AWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tae-San Choi * Chō Sentō Puroresu FMW **

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( 1 time, current) – with Black Tiger V, Black Tiger VII and

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( 5 times) **

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( 4 times) – with Minoru Tanaka (1),

(1),

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(1) and

(1) **

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( 1 time) **

(

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) **National District Tournament (2006) – with

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** Super J Tag Tournament (

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) – with El Samurai **Outstanding Performance Award (2002) **Tag Team Best Bout (2003) with Jushin Thunder Liger vs.

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and

on June 10 *''

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'' **PWI ranked him #24 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2003 **PWI ranked him #104 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "

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" in 2003 *

( 1 time) – with

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( 1 time) – with Minoru Tanaka *

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( 1 time) *VKF Pro-Wrestling **VKF Championship (1 time) *

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** Most Outstanding Wrestler (1998)

Luchas de Apuestas record

References

External links

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