1. Kengo Mashimo is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Active Advance Pro Wrestling.
17 Facts About Kengo Mashimo
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Kengo Mashimo's style is a combination of submission wrestling and hard martial arts style strikes.
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Kengo Mashimo did not affiliate with any units in the early years, instead choosing to fight anyone.
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Kengo Mashimo travelled to some other promotions that year, including Riki Choshu's World Japan.
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Kengo Mashimo got the biggest chance of his career, challenging Heat for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
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Kengo Mashimo made it to the STRONGEST-K '04 finals that year after dispatching of Taka Michinoku in the semifinals.
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However, Kengo Mashimo was defeated by Hi69 in the finals at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.
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In 2005, under the guidance of former Far East Connection manager, 296, Kengo Mashimo formed a stable along with KAZMA called Kinnoutou and Kinnoutou started to dominate, eventually taking in Ryota Chikuzen and Kunio Toshima as well.
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Kengo Mashimo resumed his quest to become the ace of K-DOJO and became the first man to win the STRONGEST-K tournament twice by defeating Saburo Inematsu in the final and after his win, he left Kinnoutou and jumped to RAVE where he was a lone wolf after rejecting attempts from New Standard, Kashiwa Gumi and the Boso Heroes.
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Finally, after two years of chasing, Kengo Mashimo finally gained K-DOJO's Strongest-K Championship title by defeating the popular JOE and became the ace of the company.
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Kengo Mashimo appeared regularly on Big Mouth Loud and later Uwai Station shows.
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Once GET and RAVE merged, Kengo Mashimo kept his partnership with Madoka and brought Boso Boy Raito into their alliance, however never officially becoming a group.
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On September 7,2012, Kengo Mashimo began working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, joining the Suzuki-gun stable, which included his trainer Taka Michinoku.
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From November 20 to December 1, Kengo Mashimo took part in the round-robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League, alongside Suzuki-gun leader Minoru Suzuki.
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In February 2013, Kengo Mashimo took part in Suzuki-gun's war with the Chaos stable, which built to a singles match on February 10 at The New Beginning, where he was defeated by Shinsuke Nakamura.
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In early 2014, Kengo Mashimo began working regularly for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a member of Kenso's Dark Kingdom stable.
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On May 21,2017, Kengo Mashimo won his first title in AJPW, when he and Kai defeated Bodyguard and Zeus for the World Tag Team Championship.