Kintaro Kanemura then worked briefly for IWA Japan after W*ING folded in 1994 before ultimately joining FMW.
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Kintaro Kanemura made a name for himself in FMW by rising from a mid-carder to one of FMW's top main eventers as a member of W*ING Alliance and Team No Respect.
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Kintaro Kanemura was the first title holder of the Independent Heavyweight Championship and the Hardcore Championship.
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Kintaro Kanemura became a three-time world champion in FMW, winning the Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship once, the Independent Heavyweight Championship once and the WEW World Heavyweight Championship once.
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Yukihiro Kintaro Kanemura made his debut in December 1990 for Pioneer Senshi, against Akitoshi Saito, who debuted.
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Kintaro Kanemura made his debut for Wrestling International New Generations on August 7,1991 as a fan favorite underdog by teaming with Ryo Miyake against The Headhunters in a losing effort.
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Kintaro Kanemura became W*ING's top fan favorite after Mitsuhiro Matsunaga left the company to join Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
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Kintaro Kanemura signed with FMW for a deal of a monthly salary of $10,000.
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Kintaro Kanemura debuted in FMW on September 7,1994 as a villain by attacking Atsushi Onita and joining Mr Pogo's group.
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On March 7,1995, Kintaro Kanemura won his first title in FMW as he and Mr Pogo defeated Atsushi Onita and Mr Gannosuke to win the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship.
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Kintaro Kanemura participated in a tournament for the new Independent Heavyweight Championship, defeating Koji Nakagawa in the quarter-final and Super Leather in the semi-final, a Caribbean Barbed Wire Deathmatch to advance to the final round to determine the first champion at Summer Spectacular, where he defeated Masato Tanaka to win the tournament and become the inaugural Independent Heavyweight Champion.
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At 8th Anniversary Show, the team of Onita, Masato Tanaka and W*ING Kintaro Kanemura defeated the team of Cactus Jack, The Gladiator and Terry Funk in a Texas Tornado Street Fight Deathmatch when Kintaro Kanemura pinned Gladiator.
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However, Tanaka begged Onita and Kintaro Kanemura to give him one more chance and the request was accepted with Kintaro Kanemura defeating Tanaka in a No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch at Shiodome Legend to earn the right to face Onita in the main event of Fall Spectacular.
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Kintaro Kanemura lost the match due to his fractured foot, resulting in him being forced to disband W*ING Alliance.
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The following month, Onita and Kintaro Kanemura vacated the tag team titles due to Onita's inactivity.
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Gannosuke and Kintaro Kanemura had a great chemistry and they became over with the fans due to their villainous antics and surpassed their leader Atsushi Onita to get heat from the audience.
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Gannosuke and Kintaro Kanemura retained the titles against Hayabusa and Shinzaki and confronted Onita on his ego and selfishness.
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Kintaro Kanemura's team lost but attacked their opponents after the match and were joined by Fuyuki-Gun in the assault, leading to the two groups merging to form a new alliance called Team No Respect, with Mr Gannosuke as the leader.
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Later that month, Fuyuki and Kintaro Kanemura formed a tag team called The New Footloose, a spin-off of Fuyuki's old tag team with Toshiaki Kawada called Footloose in All Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Kintaro Kanemura defeated Hideki Hosaka in the opening round before losing to eventual winner Mr Gannosuke in the quarter-final round.
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In early 1999, Kintaro Kanemura teamed with Hido to participate in a tournament for the vacant Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship and they were eliminated from the tournament losing all of the matches.
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Two days later, Kintaro Kanemura unsuccessfully challenged Masato Tanaka for the Independent Heavyweight Championship at Last Match, which would turn out to be the last match of the title as it would be retired after the event.
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Kintaro Kanemura successfully defended the title against Extreme Championship Wrestling's Balls Mahoney at 10th Anniversary Show.
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In 2000, Kintaro Kanemura began an angle with Big Japan Pro Wrestling's Ryuji Yamakawa, resulting in an interpromotional feud between BJW and FMW.
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Kintaro Kanemura then wrestled for ECW, where he lost to Balls Mahoney at Living Dangerously.
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At FMW 11th Anniversary Show, Kintaro Kanemura defeated Ryuji Yamakawa to win his second Hardcore Championship.
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Kintaro Kanemura then began a violent feud with Masato Tanaka, which culminated in a match between the two for Kanemura's Hardcore Championship at Deep Throat, which Kanemura won to retain the title.
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At 12th Anniversary Show, Kintaro Kanemura defeated Sasaki to regain the title winning it for a third time.
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Later that night, Kintaro Kanemura turned fan favorite by siding with Mr Gannosuke, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Mammoth Sasaki to feud with Kodo Fuyuki, who had turned on FMW to ally with Genichiro Tenryu's WAR alliance.
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On January 6,2002, Kintaro Kanemura lost the WEW World Heavyweight Championship to Kodo Fuyuki.
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Kintaro Kanemura had begun wrestling for several promotions in 2000 to make more money while competing for FMW.
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Kintaro Kanemura had begun making appearances for Dramatic Dream Team in 2001 and began feuding with DDT's top star Sanshiro Takagi in 2002.
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At Max Bump, Kintaro Kanemura defeated champion Sanshiro Takagi to win the KO-D Openweight Championship, winning Takagi's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for the second time in the process.
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Kintaro Kanemura lost the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship six days later to Chocoball Mukai.
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Kintaro Kanemura continued to compete as WEW's top wrestler until the promotion closed in 2003 due to the death of its owner Kodo Fuyuki and the promotion was changed into Fuyuki Army.
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Kintaro Kanemura returned to the ring in early 2004 and WEW's successor Fuyuki Army ended on May 5.
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On November 15,2015, Kintaro Kanemura announced that he plans on retiring from the ring sometime next year.
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