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Riki Choshu

Born: December 3rd, 1951 in Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, Japan

Billed Height: 6'0"

Billed Weight: 265 lbs

Trainers: Antonio Inoki, Masa Saito & Karl Gotch

Debut: August 8th, 1974 vs. El Greco at NJPW Summer Fight Series 1974 Night 24

Nickname: Kakumei Senshi

Promotions Worked (At least 50 matches): New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Fighting of World Japan Pro-Wrestling (WJ)

Retirement: June 26th, 2019 with Shiro Koshinaka and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Keiji Mutoh, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Togi Makabe at Riki Choshu Produce Power Hall 2019 - New Journey Begins

Accolades

Championships and Tournament Victories

New Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW)

  • 3-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion

  • 3-time IWGP Tag Team Champion

    • With Kensuke Sasaki (1), Masa Saito (1), and Takayuki Iizuka (1)

  • 1-time NWA North American Tag Team Champion

    • With Seiji Sakaguchi​

  • 1-time WWF International Heavyweight Champion

  • 1-time Greatest 18 Champion

  • 1-time G1 Climax Winner (1996)

  • 1-time Super Grade Tag League (Now World Tag League) Winner (1992)

    • With Shinya Hashimoto​

  • 1-time Six Man Tag Team Cup League Winner (1988)

    • With Antonio Inoki and Kantaro Hoshino​​​

  • 1-time World Cup League Winner (1989)

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Other Promotions

  • 1-time PWF World Heavyweight Champion

  • 1-time NWA International Tag Team Champion

    • ​With Yoshiaki Yatsu

  • 1-time UWA World Heavyweight Champion

  • 1-time UWA World Tag Team Champion

    • Gran Hamada​

  • 1-time WMG Tag Team Champion

    • With Genichiro Tenryu​

  • 1-time WMG Tag Team Title Tournament Winner (2003)

    • With Genichiro Tenryu​

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Notable Trainees (Debut Year)​

  • Kensuke Sasaki (1986)

  • Hiroshi Hase (1986)

  • Tatsuhito Takaiwa (1992)

  • Tomohiro Ishii (1996)

  • Togi Makabe (1997)

  • Daisaku Shimoda (1998)

  • Katsuhiko Nakajima (2004)

  • Akebono (2005)

  • Manabu Soya (2007)

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