[5.0] "Kendo Kashin's pretty mid for his whole career, in my opinion. Nothing really stands out to me about his career besides being a veteran. Out of all the junior heavyweights NJPW had in the late 90s-00s, he stands out the least."
[8.0] "I can get the low ratings but honestly, Kashin is a net positive for me given everything I've watched out of the guy. Great worker in the 90's and stood out with his dickish antics and unique mat-based approach, but also managed to reinvent himself into more of a comedy outing during his IGF days and beyond. Not everything sticks and Kashin certainly can't really do much in terms of workrate these days, but he's a consistently entertaining foil and manages to use his experience to make dull matches more interesting or just injecting his own flavour into things and seeing how it goes. Never forget that he was solid in his prime, even if he did start to slack off during the early 2000's and continued from there. Very good at incorporating little things into his routine and you really get to see it when he's on the ball. NOAH stuff is more hit and miss but works as a goofy side-act alongside more serious workers."
[3.0] "A big old drizzler. I watched a lot of his 90's work, and despite showing some promise as a youngster (before the Kashin gimmick), he has been habitually apathetic at every point in his career. His work in NOAH is just a continuation of an all-time awful run."
[4.0] "He may have been a good performer in his 1990's prime, but of as right now, in 2021, I have no idea why he is ever booked to wrestle on a NOAH show. He completely does not fit the bill of what NOAH stand for these days. NOAH is all about dead serious in-ring competition, and I would go as far to say that they are the real "King of Sports" professional wrestling promotion (along with AJPW). Then we have Kendo Kashin, who is an unfunny, unathletic wrestler who cannot keep up with the pacing of a hard hitting NOAH match, and has no chemistry with anyone. He feels extremely out of place, and he should be booked to wrestle in DDT comedy matches, not on a NOAH show, ever. He also had no business in the N-1 Victory ever, as he played the role of a "Toru Yano" spoiler that nobody asked for."
[3.0] "I've only recently started seeing Kashin's 'work' so may have missed some good stuff from his past but boy he stinks. He has a terrible look, is unathletic, unfunny, just all around bad."
[7.0] "Kendo Kashin's matches are generally "hit or miss". At his best, he could have an enjoyable technical match, as long as his opponent is on the same level. At his worst, he'd have a meaningless brawl with no substance. His character-work however, as always been very well defined, an attitude very similar to The Destroyer, where he's constantly playing with the referee and using a lot of tactics to have the upper hand. Pretty Good, but far from being great 7/10"
[6.0] "A serious 10 when hes motivated. A guy just too content in the ring though. Spent too many years rotting away on a limited schedule. Best theme music ever."
[8.0] "Submissiongott, Grapplinggenie und der letzte Typ unter den NJP-Juniors der 90er Jahre mit einer ultracoolen Maske und einem einprägsamen Namen. Hätte das Potenzial dazu gehabt, eine absolute Juniorlegende zu werden - stattdessen ist er in seiner besten Zeit ein exzellenter Wrestler mit sporadischen Titelgewinnen gewesen, der sich zum Teil gegen die starke Konkurrenz nicht durchsetzen konnte. Heute, als Teilzeitwrestler in der IGF, sind seine Matches nur noch selten von der alten Klasse gezeichnet."
[7.0] "Aktuell weniger als 6 Punkte? Nein, damit kommt Kendo Kashin eindeutig zu schlecht weg. Wer solche fancy Submissions drauf hat verdient mehr. Er ist zwar kein unantastbarer Titan wie Liger, aber zumindest früher ein wirklich guter Junior, der etliche sehenswerte Matches geliefert hat."
[5.0] "Finde den schon ziemlich langweilig. Vor ein paar Jahren in der EWP ganz brauchbar, in den 90érn in der CWA wirklich nicht sehenswert! Bis auf ein zwei Kämpfe gegen Kovac."
[4.0] "Besonders live eigentlich immer unterhaltsam, doch auf den großen Bühnen Japans hat es Kashin letztlich nicht all zu weit gebracht. Da stehen zwar große Erfolge zu Buche, doch seine Ringfähigkeiten und wohl diverse Probleme hinter den Kulissen haben ihn beinahe gänzlich aus den Ringen verschwinden lassen."
