Kazushi Miyamoto

[8.0] "Miyamoto is such a strange character in puro history. His beginnings in AJPW showed clear signs that he was destined for greatness within the promotion, as he had seemingly all the potential in the world to be their next big homegrown star post-exodus. He ended up leaving the promotion to join King's Road though, and after that has spent his career mostly as a freelancer, working for pretty much every promotion in japan at some point. Honestly, in my opinion, Miyamoto only got more enjoyable after leaving AJPW though. One of the best hosses not working for Big Japan, Miyamoto at this point in time is like a strange fusion between Scott Steiner and Genichiro Tenryu, with overly-stiff strikes and insane displays of power combined with a genuinely intimidating presence. While he can be slow at times like his contemporary Sekimoto, he definitely works at a faster overall pace than Sekimoto usually does. If he got one big break to work in a place like Big Japan or Zero1 he'd absolutely end up impressing. Sadly he'll probably never get back into a position of success in a major promotion, but Miyamoto has been doing extremely well for himself on the indies and hopefully will continue to do so going forward."

[4.0] ""Victim of circumstance" really does describe Miyamoto to a very accurate degree. Guy had a lot of potential: he was the first to come out of the post-NOAH exodus AJPW dojo, which was rather alarming given Kawada's less than reliable record as a trainer. Still, not only did he have that already on him, but he also had a pretty great look, size, and ring work: nothing special but solid enough to be a consistent fixture in the tag scene. The issue came when he left to go join Kings Road, which quickly showed just how terrible he was in a main event capacity, not helped by the nonsensical booking. After that fell through, Miyamoto couldn't return to AJPW: the trust was gone, and as such, he's spent the last decade or so wandering the indies. He would be back infrequently to job to the more established stars but never would be back in a full capacity. If he'd not left, maybe the extra years spent could've got him up to the level he was rushed into before. As of now, he's a very eh worker with no real upsides, basic as basic can be, not a lot to stand out with."