1. Kenoh currently wrestles in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a 3-time GHC Heavyweight Champion.
18 Facts About Kenoh
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Kenoh began his career in Michinoku Pro Wrestling after being scouted by Jinsei Shinzaki.
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Kenoh graduated to the heavyweight division in 2017, and would go on to win the Global League and the GHC Heavyweight Championship in the same year.
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Kenoh went under the name of "Kenoh", a reference to the character Raoh from popular manga and anime Fist of the North Star.
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Kenoh spent the year in low-profile matches against fellow trainees Rui Hiugaji and Takayuki Aizawa, and in late 2008 he was sent to hone his skills in Okinawa Pro Wrestling, where he adopted a parodic gimmick named "Kanmuriwashi Yoko" patterned after famous boxer Yoko "Kanmuriwashi" Gushiken.
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Kenoh declined an offer by Great Sasuke of having his redebut match against him and instead demanded a match against Hayato for the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion, which the champion accepted.
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Shockingly, Kenoh won and captured the title, and went to enter in a heated feud with Fujita and his stablemates.
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Kenoh slowly became the next ace of the promotion, a place vacated after Yoshitsune's departure.
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Kenoh recaptured the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship from Rui Hiugaji in September 2011.
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In 2013, Kenoh pinned Hayato to gain the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship back, but on December 13, he vacated it, announcing his intention of joining Pro Wrestling Noah.
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Kenoh returned to Noah as a freelancer, joining the new Choukibou-gun stable in 2014 and forming a tag team with stablemate Hajime Ohara.
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On July 5, Kenoh defeated Genba Hirayanagi in a four-man tournament final to win one of Noah's three spots in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's 2016 Super J-Cup.
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On November 19, Kenoh defeated Go Shiozaki in the finals to win the 2017 Global League.
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Kenoh tagged with former partner Masa Kitamiya, but would fail to capture the titles on the finals against Katsuhiko Nakajima and Go Shiozaki.
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On March 10,2019, Kiyomiya defended the GHC Heavyweight Title against Naomichi Marufuji, after the match, Kenoh came to the ring and invited the champion to be his partner for Global Tag League, and Kiyomiya accepted.
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On May 4,2019, at a NOAH event held in Korakuen Hall, Kenoh established the faction known as Kongo.
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On January 8,2022, at Wrestle Kingdom 16 held in Yokohama Arena, Kongo, led by Kenoh, was defeated by Los Ingobernables de Japon in a 10-man tag team match.
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On January 21,2023, in the main event of WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 in Yokohama Arena, Kenoh faced Los Ingobernables de Japon leader Tetsuya Naito but was defeated.