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Shiro Koshinaka

Also known as Samurai Shiro

General Data

Current gimmick:

Shiro Koshinaka

Age:

67 years

Promotion:

Freelancer

Active Roles:

Singles Wrestler, Tag Team Wrestler

Personal Data

Birthday:

04.09.1958

Birthplace:

Tokyo, Japan

Gender:

male

Height:

6' 1" (185 cm)

Weight:

231 lbs (105 kg)

Background in sports:

Baseball, Volleyball

WWW:

Career Data

Alter egos:

Samurai Shiro
Shiro Koshinaka

Roles:

Singles Wrestler (1979 - today)
Tag Team Wrestler (1980 - today)

Beginning of in-ring career:

05.03.1979

In-ring experience:

46 years

Wrestling style:

Allrounder, Technician

Trainer:

Giant Baba & Kazuharu Sonoda

Signature moves:

Hip Attack
Powerbomb
Samurai Driver '84
Diving Hip Attack
German Suplex
Dragon Suplex

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Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 43

Number of comments: 9

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Average rating: 7.70 [43]

Average rating in 2026: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2025: 8.00 [1]

Average rating in 2024: 7.00 [3]

Average rating in 2023: 8.17 [6]

Average rating in 2022: 8.20 [5]

Average rating in 2021: 8.29 [7]

Average rating in 2020: 7.00 [2]

Average rating in 2019: 9.00 [1]

Average rating in 2016: 7.50 [2]

Average rating in 2015: 8.00 [2]

Average rating in 2012: 8.00 [1]

Average rating in 2011: 7.50 [2]

Average rating in 2010: 8.00 [3]

Average rating in 2008: 7.00 [3]

Average rating in 2007: 6.50 [4]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

texasyosh wrote on 29.04.2022:

[8.0] "Solid undercard guy for the junior and tag division in the 80s to the 00s. One of the more underrated guys in my opinion."

CoolKyle wrote on 06.02.2022:

[8.0] "Could make any kind of shitty NJ undercard program watchable, and even fun. Gotta rewatch some of his junior work soon."

WrestlingStuff wrote on 15.10.2021:

[10.0] "YATTE YARUTTE! Koshinaka is one of my favorites, a fun and awesome wrestler! Too bad All Japan didn't invest in his talent (but well, if they would, we wouldn't get Misawa's rise). This man managed to make a swordless samurai gimmick look cool by simply using his hips. The first ever IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Top Of The Super Junior/Best Of The Super Junior tournament winner, and the leader of one of the most important and impactful stables ever, Heisei Ishingun. A man that sells moves like gold and shows a fiery tempered charisma that matches the absolute style of New Japan. Has a cool looking moveset consisting of one of the best Powerbombs ever hit, and someone who surely deserved an IWGP Heavyweight run."

singaporecane wrote on 26.06.2016:

[7.0] "The original winner of the T/BOTSJ tournament. Perhaps not as storied as guys who would come later like Liger, Kanemoto and Ohtani, but he is certainly one of the most important and influential wrestlers to compete in the junior heavyweight division."

jchiofal wrote on 18.08.2012:

[8.0] "Koshinaka is a talented wrestler with a very unique moveset consisting of primarily rear-end attacks. However, he was never a comedy wrestler. He is talented, and a veteran of the ring who is beyond underrated."