Kendo Kashin

Real name: Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 195 lbs.
Date of birth: August 5, 1968
From: Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan
Pro debut: 1992
Trained at: The NJPW Dojo
Finishing move: Cross Arm Breaker

Biography

– Ishizawa graduated from the NJPW Dojo in 1992 and began working as a Young Lion in September of that year
– Ishizawa won his first match on October 11, defeating fellow rookie Yuji Nagata
– At Wrestling Dontaku 1994, Ishizawa & El Samurai defeated Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
– Ishizawa competed on the NJPW/WCW Collision in Korea events in April 1995
– At Wrestling World 1996, Ishizawa, Shinjiro Otani & Yuji Nagata defeated Hiromitsu Kanehara, Kenichi Yamamoto & Kazushi Sakuraba
– Ishizawa won the 1996 Young Lion Cup, defeating Yuji Nagata in the final
– In the summer of 1996, Ishizawa was sent to Europe on a learning excursion. He would surface in Otto Wanz’s CWA promotion under the name ‘Kendo Kashin’
– On September 21, 1996, Kashin defeated Michael Kovac to win the CWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– Ishizawa returned to NJPW under his Kendo Kashin name in May 1997
– At Norio Honaga’s Retirement Show, Kashin & El Samurai defeated Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto
– At Wrestling World 1999, Kashin & Dr Wagner Jr defeated Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On February 11, Kashin & Wagner Jr defeated Otani & Takaiwa to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On March 20, Kashin & Wagner Jr defeated Gran Hamada & El Samurai to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On August 28, Kashin defeated Koji Kanemoto to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 23, Kashin defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At the Battle X-Mas 1999 event, Kashin & Black Cat defeated Shinya Makabe & El Samurai
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2000, Kashin, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Koji Kanemoto defeated Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, Sumo Dandy Fuji 2000 & CIMA
– At Battle Final 2000, Kashin defeated Koji Kanemoto
– On October 8, 2001, Kashin defeated Masayuki Naruse in under 30 seconds to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Destruction 2001, Kashin defeated Katsuyori Shibata to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Osamu Kido’s Retirement Show, Kashin defeated Katsushi Takemura
– At Wrestling World 2002, Kashin defeated Daijiro Matsui to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title, but would jump to All Japan alongside Keiji Mutoh & Satoshi Kojima shortly thereafter, becoming the junior ace of the rebuilding promotion
– On April 13, 2002, Kashin defeated Masanobu Fuchi to win the vacant AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On May 10, Kashin defeated Gran Naniwa to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 17, Kashin defeated Gran Hamada to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On October 19, Kashin defeated Jimmy Yang to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On December 6, Kashin defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On April 12, 2003, Kashin defeated Carl Contini to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 19, Kashin defeated Ryuji Hijikata to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 6, Kashin defeated The Great Sasuke to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On October 26, Kashin defeated Dr Wagner Jr to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– Kashin was forced to vacate the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title in February 2004, due to not defending the title within a given time period
– Kashin returned to NJPW for one night only for their Nexess 2004 event, teaming with Yuji Nagata to defeat Kensuke Sasaki & Manabu Nakanishi
– On June 12, Kashin & Nagata defeated Kaz Hayashi & Satoshi Kojima to win the AJPW Tag Team Titles, but Kashin would leave the company immediately thereafter, becoming a freelancer
– Kashin returned to Europe in August 2004
– On October 16, Kashin defeated Robbie Brookside in Hannover, Germany to win the EWP Intercontinental Title
– On October 22, Kashin defeated Christian Eckstein to retain the EWP Intercontinental Title
– At NJPW’s Toukon Festival 2004 event, Kashin & Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Shinsuke Nakamura
– Kashin won the 2005 ROH Best Of The American Super Juniors Tournament under the name ‘Dragon Soldier B’, defeating Black Tiger (Rocky Romero) in the final
– Kashin briefly returned to NJPW as a regular in mid-2005, before returning to Europe in October
– On October 28, Kashin & Toru Yano defeated Ecki Eckstein & Leon van Gasteren in the final of a tournament to win the vacant EWP Tag Team Titles
– Kashin took a hiatus from wrestling in 2008, returning to IGF in 2010
– Kashin returned to All Japan for the 2014 Champion Carnival shows
– On November 28, Kashin defeated Antonio Honda in a Hybrid Rules Match to win the DDT Extreme Title
– On December 23, Kashin defeated Akito to retain the DDT Extreme Title
– On January 31, 2016, Kashin & Ryu Gouma defeated Yasu Urano & Akito to retain Kashin’s DDT Extreme Title
– On February 28, Kashin defeated Antonio Honda & Yoshihiko to retain the DDT Extreme Title
– In the summer of 2020, Kashin began working for NOAH
– On January 3, 2023, Kashin & NOSAWA Rongai defeated Takao Omori & Masao Inoue to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles, but lost them to Atsushi Onita & Yoshitatsu a month later