1. Kinya Oyanagi was born on April 26,1976 and is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.
11 Facts About Kinya Oyanagi
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Kinya Oyanagi has worked extensely in Toryumon Japan and Michinoku Pro Wrestling, where he is a former Tohoku Tag Team champion along with Kesen Numajiro.
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Kinya Oyanagi feuded with Taru and traded wins with him, eventually reverting to his true name and adopting the gimmick of a cram student who brought a textbook with him to the ring and studied during holds.
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Taru brought his mini version wrestler, Tarucito, to counter Oyanagi's antics, while Kinya teamed up with Takamichi Iwasa.
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In 2005, Kinya Oyanagi came from retirement for Dragondoor, appearing in backstage vignettes where he wore a businessman suit and talked about economy, eventually switching to a ragged suit to symbolize the promotion's future when sponsor Livedoor retired his help.
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Kinya Oyanagi went as Billy Oyanagi, a parody of Billy Blanks.
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However, after his old enemy Taru gave him a beatdown and advised him to take wrestling seriously, Kinya Oyanagi dropped his comedy characters and announced that he was going to go "strong-style".
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Kinya Oyanagi adopted plain black tights and wrestling shoes, in the tradition of old-fashioned wrestlers like Antonio Inoki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, and became a mat wrestling technician, capitalizing on his grappling skills and flexibility to overwhelm his opponents and counter any movement.
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Kinya Oyanagi's break came in 2014, wrestling Hayato Fujita to a draw during the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament and challenging Brahman Shu for the title shortly after.
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Kinya Oyanagi would get a great victory by submitting The Great Sasuke in Oyanagi's anniversary event.
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On May 3,2016, Kinya announced his retirement match on November 3, which took place against Jinsei Shinzaki with a loss to Oyanagi.