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Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 187lbs
Date of Birth: 9/23/76
Place of Birth: Kofu City, Yamanashi
Debut: July 6th, 1996 (w/ Masao Inoue vs. Satoru Asako & Kentaro Shiga)
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Title History:
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title (3):
- Juventud Guerrera (6/24/01) / Tatsuhito Takaiwa (10/19/01)
- KENTA (5/26/02) / Michael Modest (3/30/03)
- Jushin Thunder Liger (7/1/04) / KENTA (7/18/05)
GHC Jr. Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Takashi Sugiura) Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA (6/5/05) / Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (3/5/06)
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi) Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka (8/29/02) / Koji Kanemoto & Jushin Thunder Liger (1/26/03)
WEW Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Masao Inoue) Jado & Gedo (7/28/00) / Tamon Honda & Naomichi Marufuji (10/22/00)
Tournament History:
- Asunaro Cup 2000: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Naomichi Marufuji (12:30) with a moonsault press.
- One Night Tag Tournament (2001): Kentaro Shiga & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura (14:28) when Shiga used a cross armbreaker on Sugiura.
- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament (2001): Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Juventud Guerrera (17:17) with a moonsault press.
- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament (2002): Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat KENTA (16:01) with a brainbuster.
- One Night Jr. 6 Man Tag Tournament (2003): Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takashi Sugiura & Makoto Hashi beat Michael Modest, Donovan Morgan & Vinnie Valentino (15:24) when Sugiura used an Olympic slam on Valentino.
Signature Moves:
- Brainbuster
- Moonsault press
Profile:
Yoshinobu Kanemaru was an avid baseball player during his school days, representing Yamanashi Gakuin University's team as pitcher. He joined All Japan directly after graduating from university, entering it's junior division. Despite turning heads in All Japan, it wouldn't be until Kanemaru joined NOAH that he truly broke out, assuming a leading role in it's upstart junior division and becoming the first ever GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion in June, 2001. A quick and cunning young punk, Kanemaru's charisma and all-round ability has won him much fanfare. In 2004, at NOAH's first Tokyo Dome show, Kanemaru overcame the legendary Jushin 'Thunder' Liger to reclaim the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship title to NOAH.
