Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Koki Kitahara Documentation Project

 

Koki Kitahara is in some ways the ultimate 90s Japan indy wrestler: mulleted, tubby asskicker in an oddly colored gi who will try to snap your arm and kick you in the eye. Also started his own experimental shootstyle organization CAPTURE International. He began his career in AJPW but followed Tenryu along, dedicating himself to the path of Wrestling And Romance. He was around for a long time and has quite a number of under the radar hidden gems, so a detailled evaluation is long overdue. As usual, matches will be broken down into EPIC, GREAT, FUN and SKIPPABLE.

1990

vs. Masao Orihara, AJPW 4/9/1990 - FUN

w Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano & Akira Taue (AJPW 5/14/1990) - GREAT

1991

w Takashi Ishikawa vs. Masao Orihara & Naoki Sano, SWS 6/26/1991 - GREAT

vs. Akira Katayama, SWS 10/29/1991 - GREAT

w Yoshihiro Asai vs. Bestia Salvaje & Masao Orihara, SWS 10/30/1991 - GREAT

1992

w Shinichi Nakano vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, SWS 2/14/1992 - EPIC 

w Shinichi Nakano vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Ishinriki, SWS 4/18/1992 - EPIC

w Great Kabuki vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Masao Orihara, WAR 7/14/1992 - EPIC

vs. Takashi Ishikawa, WAR 7/15/1992 - EPIC

vs. Samson Fuyuki, WAR 8/13/1992 - GREAT

w Tenryu & Orihara vs. Kimura & Aoyagi & Koshinaka, WAR 10/21/1992 - EPIC

1993

vs. Akitoshi Saito, NJPW 2/5/1993 - GREAT 

w Hiromichi Fuyuki vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura, WAR 2/14/1993 - GREAT 

w Nobukazu Hirai vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masashi Aoyagi, WAR 3/5/1993 - GREAT

vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi, WAR 3/7/1993 - GREAT

vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi, NJPW 6/25/1993 - EPIC

1994 

w Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiji Muto & El Samurai, WAR 1/5/1994 - FUN 

vs. Shiro Koshinaka, WAR 1/16/1994 - EPIC

vs. Koji Kitao, Kitao Pro 1/21/1994 - GREAT 

w Genichiro Tenryu vs. Super Strong Machine & Hiromichi Fuyuki, WAR 2/24/1994 - EPIC

w Takashi Ishikawa & Ultimo Dragon & Masanobu Kurisu vs. Jado & Gedo & Ricky Fuji & Super Strong Machine (Elimination Match), WAR 4/27/1994 - GREAT

vs. JR Carson (Kitao Pro 6/14/1994) - FUN

vs. Akio Kobayashi (Kitao Pro 6/14/1994) - FUN

w Genichiro Tenryu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Ryo Miyake & Kishin Kawabata, WAR 6/30/1994 - GREAT

w Genichiro Tenryu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Great Sasuke & Shiryu & Masao Orihara, WAR 6/30/1994 - EPIC

w Genichiro Tenryu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado & Gedo, WAR 6/30/1994 - EPIC

w Ishinriki & Takashi Ishikawa vs. Koji Kitao & Masaaki Mochizki & Akio Kobayashi, WAR 7/17/1994 - GREAT

w Pierroth & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Vampiro & Atlantis & Rayo de Jalisco Jr., CMLL 9/23/1994 - GREAT

vs. Genichiro Tenryu (WAR 11/29/1994) - EPIC

1995

vs. Akio Kobayashi, Kitao Pro 2/21/1995 - FUN

vs. Al Snow, Kitao Pro 2/21/1995 - FUN

vs. Koji Kitao, Kitao Pro 2/21/1995 - FUN

vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki, WAR 4/2/1995 - EPIC

w Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Jado & Gedo, WAR 12/8/1995 - GREAT

1996

vs. Shinichi Nakano, WAR 5/26/1996 - GREAT

vs. Tatsuo Nakano, WAR 5/27/1996 - GREAT

vs. 150% Machine, UWFi 6/26/1996 - FUN

w Riki Choshu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Tatsumi Fujinami, Rikidozan Memorial 6/30/1996 - EPIC 

vs. Masahito Kakihara, WAR 7/21/1996 - GREAT

w Yuji Yasuraoka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Arashi, WAR 10/11/1996 - GREAT

w Nobutaka Araya vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Takayuki Iizuka, WAR 12/13/1996 - GREAT

1997

 w Jun Kikuchi vs. Abdullah the Butcher & Koji Kitao, 6/6/1997 - GREAT

w Lance Storm & Nobutaka Araya vs. Koji Kitao & Tommy Dreamer & Nobukazu Hirai, WAR 7/6/1997 - FUN 

w Osamu Tachihikari vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Koji Kitao, WAR 10/6/1997 - FUN

1998

vs. BADBOY Hido, Fuyuki Army 2/19/1998 - FUN

1999

vs. Shinjuku Shark (SPWF 3/11/1999) - GREAT

vs. Nihao, WAR 6/20/1999 - EPIC

2000

w YUSAKU vs. Tomohiro Ishii & DAISAKU (CAPTURE 5/30/2000) - EPIC

vs. Nobutaka Araya, WAR 7/13/2000 - GREAT

2001

w Arashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai, AJPW 11/24/2001 - GREAT

2002

w Daiyu Kawauchi vs. Shoichi Ichimiya & Kazunobu Nakamura (CAPTURE 10/5/2002) - EPIC

w Johta vs. Nobuyuki Kurashima & Masayuki Mineno (CAPTURE 12/8/2002) - GREAT

 2003

vs. Nobuyuki Kurashima (CAPTURE 3/8/2003) - GREAT

vs. Daiyu Kawauchi (CAPTURE 3/8/2003) - EPIC

2018

w Mitsuya Nagai vs. Super Tiger II & Naomichi Marufuji, Fortune Dream 6/11/2018 - FUN

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