Toyonobori

professional wrestling as Michiharu Toyonobori (豊登道春, Toyonobori Michiharu) or simply by his shikona Toyonobori (豊登, Toyonobori, "Riser from Toyo"), was a Japanese...

two-out-of-three-falls match pitting Stasiak and Morgan against Thunder Sugiyama and Toyonobori for the Trans-World Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship ended...

ranks; former sumotori usually used their shikona (Rikidōzan, Azumafuji, Toyonobori, etc.) while former judokas usually used their real names or modifications...

to 1967. In mid-1966, Japan Wrestling Association president Michiharu Toyonobori resigned his position and left the promotion, taking along with him some...

Soldier Billed height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Billed weight 120 kg (265 lb) Trained by Hiro Matsuda Toyonobori Debut June 3, 1965 Retired February 14, 1999...

Pro-Wrestling). As a protégé of Toyonobori, Kimura followed him when he left due to backstage struggles. Toyonobori, Isao Yoshiwara, Kimura, Antonio...

Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Toyonobori JWA All Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Toyonobori NWA International Heavyweight Championship...

that was growing in popularity in Japan), in particular the moves of Toyonobori. During pre-production, Tsuburaya had toyed with the idea of using Willis...

the IWA World Tag Team Championship. IWE mainstays Strong Kobayashi and Toyonobori became the inaugural champions on May 18, 1969, defeating the Belgian...

1964 WWA show San Diego, California 3 119 † Toyonobori December 12, 1964 JWA show Tokyo, Japan 1 Toyonobori defeated The Destroyer in a JWA card, but the...

Wrestling Association All Asia Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Toyonobori NWA International Heavyweight Championship (3 times) NWA International...

(d. 2021) 1931 – Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (d. 2013) 1931 – Toyonobori, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1998) 1931 – Al Williamson, American illustrator...

Pro Wrestling Alliance 1953–1973 Tokyo, Japan Rikidōzan (through 1963) Toyonobori (through 1966) Yoshinosato Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre 1953–1986 Mexico...

Umanosuke Ueda, but in the league match, he lost to wrestlers such as Toyonobori and Giant Baba. Although Ramírez's battle record was poor, he created...

He was named "Kotetsu" ("Little Iron") by former Japanese pro wrestler Toyonobori after the famous knight, Aizu-No-Kotetsu. Originally a wrestler, Yamamoto...

of JSA, one of lightest yokozuna, older brother of Takanohana Kenshi Toyonobori 1947-6 1954-9 e1Maegashira 15 Izutsu went on to become a well-known professional...

meanwhile Masao Kimura and Isamu Teranishi stayed with IWE. Coincidentally, Toyonobori, who did not take part in the Pioneer Series, joined IWE, and his tag...

winning the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance tag team championship with partner Toyonobori. Izumi and Toudoukan have been featured multiple times on Japanese television...

Myon-gil: Park Chul-min Kim Il: No Jun-ho Kōkichi Endō: Jun Akiyama† Toyonobori: Muhammad Yone† Harold Sakata: Keiji Mutoh† Azumanami: Shinya Hashimoto†...

Team Championship in the Japan Wrestling Association from Giant Baba and Toyonobori. They lost the championship to Baba and Tonobori just over a month later...