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
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
vs. JR Carson (Kitao Pro 6/14/1994) - FUN
vs. Akio Kobayashi (Kitao Pro 6/14/1994) - FUN
w Genichiro Tenryu & Animal Hamaguchi vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado & Gedo, WAR 6/30/1994 - EPIC
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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