Kento Miyahara is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a six time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion.
18 Facts About Kento Miyahara
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Kento Miyahara was trained by Kensuke Sasaki and started his career in his Kensuke Office promotion in February 2008, before joining AJPW in January 2014.
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Kento Miyahara won his first title, the All Asia Tag Team Championship, in August 2014.
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In February 2016, Miyahara won AJPW's top title, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, becoming the youngest winner of the title in the process.
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Kento Miyahara has since won the title five more times and is tied with Toshiaki Kawada for the most title defenses with ten.
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Kento Miyahara continued working regularly for both Kensuke Office and Pro Wrestling Noah for the next few years, being pegged as the "next Kensuke Sasaki".
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On May 17,2012, Kento Miyahara made his Mexican debut for International Wrestling Revolution Group, when he represented a team of Japanese wrestlers in the 2012 Copa Higher Power.
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In February 2013, Kento Miyahara entered a storyline, where he turned on Sasaki and the former Kensuke Office, now known as Diamond Ring, by joining the villainous Voodoo Murders stable.
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In January 2014, Kento Miyahara signed a contract to officially become affiliated with AJPW.
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Kento Miyahara responded by announcing a new partnership with Jake Lee, vowing to start a generational change in AJPW.
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On February 12,2016, Kento Miyahara defeated Zeus in a decision match to win the vacant Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for the first time.
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At 26 years and 350 days, Kento Miyahara became the youngest Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion in history, beating the previous record held by then 29-year-old Terry Gordy.
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On May 21, Kento Miyahara lost the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship to 2017 Champion Carnival winner Shuji Ishikawa in his ninth defense.
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Kento Miyahara lost the title to 2017 Odo Tournament winner Suwama in his first defense on October 9.
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Kento Miyahara captured the Triple Crown for a third time on March 25,2018 at a show at the Saitama Super Arena Community Hall by defeating Joe Doering.
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Kento Miyahara participated in the 2018 World's Strongest Tag Determination League along with Yoshitatsu, both of them would make 10 points, winning 5 matches and losing 5, failing to advance to the finals.
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On January 3,2019, Kento Miyahara made his first successful defence against KAI.
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Kento Miyahara participated in the Champion Carnival, making 10 points, winning 5 matches and losing 3, advancing to the finals.