Choukibou-gun ( 超危暴軍 , Chōkibōgun ) was a professional wrestling stable in Pro Wrestling Noah . It was led by Takeshi Morishima .
76-654: Choukibou-gun officially formed on January 5, 2014 at New Years Navigation following the main event where Takeshi Morishima defeated Kenta to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship . After the match, Morishima's stablemates in Brave ( Naomichi Marufuji , Muhammad Yone , and Taiji Ishimori ) came out to congratulate the new champion. However, BRAVE would get attacked by Maybach Taniguchi and Kenoh with Morishima turning heel and joining in. Morishima would denounce both Brave & No Mercy and that his new stable would be
152-518: A TLC match. Choukibou-gun began 2015 very well. On January 10 at the New Year Navigation show, Taniguchi, Kenoh, and Ohara lost a six-man tag to Yoshihiro Takayama , Akitoshi Saito , and Genba Hirayanagi while Morishima defeated Mitsuhiro Kitamiya in the fifth match of Kitamiya's series. Following the match, Kitamiya would shockingly join Choukibou-gun. On January 18, Kenoh and Ohara made
228-402: A blood test had revealed that Morishima had an abnormally high glycated hemoglobin , suggesting diabetes . Following his doctor's recommendation, Morishima decided to immediately retire from professional wrestling. On December 28, 2015, Noah canceled Morishima's retirement ceremony, announcing that his contract with the promotion would expire at the end of the year. Later, Morishima recognized
304-663: A contract and officially ended his day of freelancer . On April 11 Ohara and Kenoh received a rematch for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship but they lost. On April 21, Morishima announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to issues with his blood. Following Morishima's retirement from professional wrestling, Taniguchi entered the GHC Heavyweight Championship picture in May 2015, challenging Minoru Suzuki. On June 9, Taniguchi
380-497: A draw in an Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship number one contenders' match and afterwards agreed to a three-way match for the title. The title match took place on March 19, when Orochi and Tadasuke defeated Momo no Seishun Tag and previous champions, Big Guns (Zeus and The Bodyguard ) to become the new Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions. On April 21 Momo no Seishun Tag returned to Noah, where they defeated GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Kotaro Suzuki and Shane Haste in
456-655: A half minutes, Morishima defeated Rikio with a backdrop suplex. On September 6, 2008 at the Tokyo Nippon Budokan, Morishima lost to Kensuke Sasaki , who gained a pin at the 22-minute mark with the Northern Lights Bomb. On December 7, 2008, Morishima faced Jun Akiyama for the number one contender's spot for the GHC Heavyweight Championship; which he lost to Akiyama. On September 21, 2009 in Nagoya, Japan, Morishima and Sasaki defeated Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith for
532-725: A match for the ROH World Championship on the subsequent evening, thus becoming the first non-American to hold the title. On February 23, 2007, Morishima defeated B. J. Whitmer in his first title defense, and on the next night he and Nigel McGuinness defeated Samoa Joe and Homicide. On March 4, 2007, he successfully defended the ROH Championship in Japan, defeating Kenta in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo . Morishima could not return to
608-457: A match to determine which would go to the finals. Unfortunately, Tanaguchi would suffer a crushing defeated as Suguira defeated him with a front necklock in less than two minutes. Choukibou-gun ended the year on a high note with Ohara and Kenoh making two successful title defenses as they defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask on December 6 then Super Crazy and Pesadilla on December 27 in
684-659: A missile dropkick. He then beat Jamie Noble the following night in another dark match, this time for SmackDown . Later in 2008, he traveled back to the United States to face Bryan Danielson for ROH's Final Battle 2008 , which he lost. This marked Morishima's last appearance in America. Through Noah's working relationship with AAA , Morishima has made several trips to Mexico. On March 19, 2010, Morishima teamed up with Taiji Ishimori to defeat La Hermandad 187 ("The Brotherhood of 187"; Nicho el Millonario and Joe Líder ) to win
760-429: A rematch for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were again defeated by Desperado and Michinoku. On December 24, Naomichi Marufuji dismantled all of Noah's stables, including Choukibou-gun, in order to unite the promotion against Suzuki-gun. Takeshi Morishima Takeshi Morishima ( 森嶋 猛 , Morishima Takeshi ) (born October 15, 1978) is a Japanese former professional wrestler . Morishima
836-567: A rubber match. On October 7 in Burlington, North Carolina , Momo no Seishun Tag failed to capture the Campeonatos de Parejas as they were defeated by Taylor and Gargano two falls to one, following interference from Icarus. The following day, Kotoge and Harada were defeated by Fire Ant and Soldier Ant at a show in Kingsport, Tennessee . On May 1, 2012, Kotoge appeared at a press conference, where he
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#1732883944018912-464: A six-man tag team match, afterwards challenging Aoki and Suzuki to a match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On January 22, 2012, Momo no Seishun Tag failed to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Aoki and Suzuki. On April 7, Kotoge announced that he would be leaving Osaka Pro at the end of the month. Momo no Seishun Tag wrestled their final match together on April 21, when they battled Hideyoshi and Masamune to
988-655: A steel chair shot from Taichi. On May 24, Kotoge represented Noah in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide 's Lucha Libre World Cup in Mexico City . Team Noah, made up of Kotoge, Taiji Ishimori and Yoshihiro Takayama was defeated in the first round of the tournament by the Dream Team ( Myzteziz , El Patrón Alberto and Rey Mysterio Jr. ). Back in Noah, Kotoge made it to the finals of the 2015 Global Junior Heavyweight League , but
1064-481: A string of successful title defenses, defeating the likes of Austin Aries , Shingo , Jay Briscoe , and Roderick Strong . Morishima also competed twice on ROH's first pay-per-view Respect Is Earned , defeating B. J. Whitmer to retain the ROH Championship, and later teaming with Bryan Danielson to defeat Nigel McGuinness and Kenta . At the second pay-per-view, Driven , Morishima again competed twice, retaining
1140-497: A successful return as he teamed with Taniguchi to defeat new GHC Heavyweight Champion Naomichi Marufuji and Katsuhiko Nakajima with Morishima pinning Marufuji. In the main event, Ohara and Kenoh defeated Daisuke Harada and Quiet Storm to win the NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League In August, Morishima would wrestle Marufuji in several tag matches where he usually picked up the win by pinning
1216-752: A tag team for over a year, Kotoge and Harada were finally granted a shot at the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship on January 5, 2008, but were unsuccessful in their attempt at dethroning the defending champions Bad Force ( Gaina and Zero). Just a month later on February 11, the team came to an abrupt end, when Kotoge turned heel and joined the Bad Force stable , which, beside Gaina and Zero, also included Condor, Hideyoshi, Kazushi and Masamune . Meanwhile, Harada formed rival group Blood & Guts with Zeus and Tadasuke . The feud between Bad Force and Blood & Guts would last for
1292-544: A tag team match. On July 18 Momo no Seishun Tag defeated the teams of Joker (Orochi and Tadasuke) and Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. in a three-way match to win the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship for the third time. Four days later Kotoge and Harada returned to Pro Wrestling Noah to take part in the 2011 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League . After two victories and two losses, Kotoge and Harada finished third in their block, missing
1368-424: A third successful title defense by defeating No Mercy's Daisuke Harada and Genba Hirayanagi. On March 15, Kenoh and Ohara lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Suzuki-gun 's El Desperado and Taka Michinoku in a three-way match, also involving Harada and Hirayanagi.On March 28, Kenoh signed a contract with Noah, officially ending his affiliation with Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Ohara also signed
1444-624: A thirty-minute draw. On April 29, Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Tadasuke defeated Billyken Kid, Black Buffalo and Tigers Mask in Kotoge's final Osaka Pro match. Following the match, Kotoge announced Pro Wrestling Noah as his new home promotion. In April 2010, Kotoge along with Harada and their former Blood & Guts partner Tadasuke traveled to the United States to represent Osaka Pro in Chikara 's 2010 King of Trios tournament . In their first round match in
1520-436: A tryout with All Japan Pro Wrestling , which he passed and shortly after began training with the promotion for a career in professional wrestling. Initially, Morishima was a protégé of Misawa, but after Naomichi Marufuji joined the promotion and Misawa decided instead to focus solely on training Marufuji, Akira Taue took Morishima under his wing and trained him. Morishima debuted for All Japan in 1998, but left in 2000 to join
1596-721: Is a Japanese professional wrestler , currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah , where he is a former one-time GHC Tag Team Champion , three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and record eleven-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion . He is also known for his time in Osaka Pro Wrestling , where he was part of the tag team Momo no Seishun Tag ( 桃の青春タッグ , Momo no Seishun Taggu , "Peach of Youth Tag") with Daisuke Harada . Kotoge and Harada are former three-time Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions and have also worked together for various other promotions across Japan and for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –based Chikara in
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#17328839440181672-410: Is best known for his work with Pro Wrestling Noah , where he is a former three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion . He has also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) in the United States in the past where he was a one-time ROH World Champion . Morishima attended Urayasu High School where he took part in judo. His instructor, Shoji Abe, was friends with Mitsuharu Misawa , and managed to get Morishima
1748-451: The 2013 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League , contested for the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, where they made it all the way to the finals, before losing to Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask. On August 24, Kotoge returned to the ring with Daisuke Harada, when he was pinned by his former partner in a tag team match, where he and Ishimori faced Harada and Hitoshi Kumano . After Harada and Kumano had failed to win
1824-715: The AAA World Tag Team Championship , representing the AAA heel faction La Legión Extranjera ("The Foreign Legion"). On May 23, 2010, Morishima and Ishimori lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to the team of Atsushi Aoki and Go Shiozaki during Pro Wrestling Noah's Navigation with Breeze show in Niigata, Niigata , Japan . In April 2015, Morishima was forced to pull out of the 2015 Global Tag League due to an injury. On April 21, Noah announced that
1900-485: The GHC Tag Team Championship . The following day, Kotoge defeated Rionne Fujiwara for his first win as a heavyweight. Momo no Seishun Tag formally disbanded on February 14, after Kotoge defeated Harada in a singles match. In May, Kotoge and Go Shiozaki advanced to the finals of the 2017 Global Tag League , after finishing their block with a record of five wins and two losses. On May 4, they were defeated in
1976-535: The United States . Kotoge made his debut for Osaka Pro Wrestling on April 29, 2005, at the promotion's sixth anniversary show, facing Kabuto Beetle in a losing effort. After a rocky first year, which saw Kotoge feuding with La Uchida, without much success, the summer of 2006 saw him starting a new feud with Daisuke Harada , during which he also began picking up victories and showing improvement in his in–ring work. In November 2006, Kotoge and Harada ended their feud and decided to partner up instead. After working as
2052-401: The GHC Heavyweight Championship for the second time. Since this victory, Morishima has defended against Naomichi Marufuji, Maybach Taniguchi, Go Shiozaki, Akitoshi Saito, Kenta, Jun Akiyama, and Kohei Sato. After a year-long reign, Morishima lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Kenta on January 27, 2013. On January 5, 2014, Morishima defeated Kenta to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for
2128-611: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time. On October 8, Kotoge and Harada lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Gedo and Jado. Kotoge made his first successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship on October 23, defeating Kanemaru in a rematch. On November 22, Kotoge made his second successful title defense against his tag team partner Daisuke Harada. On December 2, Kotoge defeated Taichi for his third successful title defense. On December 24, Kotoge and Harada regained
2204-442: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. He made his first successful title defense in a rematch with Harada on January 24, 2015. He lost the title to Taichi in his second defense on March 15, following repeated outside interference from Taichi's Suzuki-gun stablemates El Desperado and Taka Michinoku . Kotoge received a rematch for the title on May 10, but was again defeated following outside interference from El Desperado and
2280-609: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Gedo and Jado. Following the win, Kotoge stated he wanted to join the heavyweight division in 2017. On December 26, Noah held a press conference to officially announce Kotoge's transition into the heavyweight division, resulting in him relinquishing both the GHC Junior Heavyweight and GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. Kotoge's heavyweight debut took place on January 7, 2017, when he and Naomichi Marufuji unsuccessfully challenged Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi for
2356-646: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Liger and Tiger Mask, Kotoge and Ishimori received another shot at the title on October 5, but were again defeated by the NJPW representatives. Kotoge and Ishimori finally won the title on March 21, 2014, when they defeated Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr. Afterwards, Kotoge announced he was planning on becoming a double junior heavyweight champion, challenging GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, former partner Daisuke Harada. Kotoge and Ishimori's reign as GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions lasted only 22 days, before they lost
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2432-568: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles. In October, Morishima and Taniguchi enter the Global League but neither won. Morishima would end up in 7th place with only 6 points though he did score wins over Shane Haste , Marufuji, and New Japan's Satoshi Kojima . Taniguchi fared much better placing 4th and scoring 8 points as he defeated Yone, Nagata, Mikey Nicholls , and Quiet Storm. On November 8, Tanaguchi faced Sugiura in
2508-723: The GHC Tag Team Championship to Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura. Morishima has also wrestled in the United States. He competed in Harley Race 's World League Wrestling promotion in 2003, defending the WLW Heavyweight Championship, which he had won from Ron Harris while Harris toured Japan. Morishima returned to the United States in February 2007, wrestling four matches with Ring of Honor. He lost to Samoa Joe on February 16, 2007 before defeating Homicide in
2584-526: The GHC Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Muhammad Yone and Quiet Storm on October 1. On March 11, he teamed with Naomichi Marufuji to defeat Akitoshi Saito and Shiro Koshinaka and later that night challenged Takashi Sugiura, who had just defeated Kenoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, to a title match, then busted him open with a headbutt. During the Global Tag League in April, he managed to pin
2660-897: The GHC Tag Titles to the Dangan Yankies (Takashi Suguira & Masato Tanaka ) and Choukibou-gun continued to spiral when Morishima was hurt in June. On July 5 at Great Voyage in Tokyo Vol. 2, the group went 1-2 with Ohara winning a three way match against Super Crazy and Quiet Storm while Kenoh failed to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Daisuke Harada and Taniguchi lost to Big Japan's Daisuke Sekimoto by disqualification. In July, Kenoh and Ohara entered 2014 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League and on August 2, Choukibou-gun were back on track as Morishima made
2736-560: The GHC Tag Titles. However, on December 6, at the last show of Winter Navigation '09, Morishima and Sasaki lost the titles to Takeshi Rikio and Muhammad Yone . Morishima appeared on the TV Drama in Japan, "Hesitation I Come" during his time off due to a foot injury. However, on November 23, during (Noah Winter Navigation 2010 - Day 4), Morishima returned to Noah teaming with Kensuke Sasaki and defeating Shuhei Taniguchi and Takashi Sugiura. On January 22, 2012, Morishima defeated Go Shiozaki to win
2812-489: The Joker team of Hideyoshi, Masamune, Orochi, Quiet Storm and Spider J, with Kotoge pinning Spider J for the win. On January 27, 2013, Kotoge represented Noah in an interpromotional match with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), teaming with Yoshinari Ogawa in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask . On March 10, Kotoge received another shot at the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, but
2888-473: The Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship to Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki , representing rival promotion Dragon Gate . On October 15, 2010, Kotoge and Harada made their debuts for Pro Wrestling Noah to take part in the 2010 Nippon TV Jr. Heavyweight Tag League . After one victory and three losses, Kotoge and Harada finished last in their block. Upon their return to Osaka Pro, Momo no Seishun Tag defeated Fujii and Mochizuki on October 31 to regain
2964-520: The Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship. Their second reign would last less than two months as they lost the title to Joker (Kuuga and Orochi) on November 28. On January 15, 2011, Kotoge and Harada returned to Noah to unsuccessfully challenge Atsushi Aoki and Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . On March 6, Momo no Seishun Tag wrestled Joker representatives Orochi and Tadasuke to
3040-512: The Suzuki-gun stable. Afterwards, Kotoge and Harada continued feuding with Suzuki-gun by successfully defending their title against members of the stable; first defeating El Desperado and Michinoku in a rematch on December 23, then defeating Taichi and Michinoku on January 31, 2016, and finally defeating Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru on February 19. On March 19, Kotoge and Harada lost the title to Hajime Ohara and Kenoh. Kotoge and Harada regained
3116-445: The United States until almost a month and a half later when he and Chris Hero took on Nigel McGuinness and Doug Williams , and the next night when he successfully defended the belt against McGuinness for the first time. On April 21, 2007, Morishima was honored at the 42nd annual Cauliflower Alley Club banquet, being presented with the "Future Legend" award. Back in ROH, Morishima went on
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3192-555: The center of Noah's future. The stable would take part in its first tour later that month which was the First Navigation tour where they would be extremely successful winning almost all their matches. The only losses came on January 19 when Taniguchi lost to Kenta by disqualification while Morishima and Kenoh fell to New Japan's Yuji Nagata and Jyushin Thunder Liger and again on January 25 when Kenoh lost to Muhammad Yone. On January 25, Kenoh lost to Yone by disqualification after Yone
3268-578: The champion. However, gold continued to elude them. On August 17, Ohara challenged Harada for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title in a three way which also involved Zack Sabre, Jr but took the pinfall loss on Harada. On August 24, Morishima challenged Marufuji for the GHC Heavyweight Title but came up short. On September 6, Choukibou-gun took on Brave in a four series match. While Ohara lost the first match to Kotoge by disqualification,
3344-492: The defending champions, Genba Hirayanagi and Suwa . Kotoge and Sugiura finished the Global Tag League on April 28 with a record of two wins and two losses. Despite failing to make the finals, they were awarded the Technique award. On May 12, Kotoge wrestled in a singles match, where he defeated former tag team partner Daisuke Harada, who had just joined Noah from Osaka Pro. From July 11 to 28, Kotoge and Ishimori took part in
3420-439: The diabetes wasn't the reason of his retirement, but a bad physical and mental state. On July 10, 2018, it was announced that Morishima was set to make his in-ring return in late 2018 at a show produced by Riki Choshu . The show, initially named Genesis, was scheduled to take place on October 15, but was cancelled after Morishima announced he required emergency surgery for arthritis in his foot. On November 4, 2018, Morishima
3496-530: The end, Kotoge was able to score his third pinfall of the day, winning the match for Momo no Seishun Tag, while also earning the team their third point, which guaranteed them a shot at the Campeonatos de Parejas , which was at the time held by Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush . On August 25, Chikara announced that Momo no Seishun Tag would return to cash their points on October 7, challenging brand new Campeones de Parejas, F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano), in
3572-400: The finals of the 2016 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League , but were defeated there by A. C. H. and Taiji Ishimori. This led to a title match on August 21 at a NJPW show, where Kotoge and Harada defeated ACH and Ishimori for their fourth successful title defense, afterwards nominating Gedo and Jado as their next challengers. On September 23, Kotoge defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win
3648-436: The finals of the tournament by reigning GHC Tag Team Champions Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji. On June 4, Kotoge defeated Kenoh to become the number one contender to the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Kotoge received his title shot on June 25, but was defeated by Katsuhiko Nakajima . On August 26, Kotoge won his first title as a heavyweight, when he and Go Shiozaki defeated Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji for
3724-555: The finals of the tournament. On October 30, Momo no Seishun Tag lost the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship to the Joker team of Hayata and Kuuga. On November 27, the members of Momo no Seishun Tag faced off in the first round of the 2011 Tenno-zan tournament, with Harada eliminating Kotoge and advancing to the second round, eventually going on to win the entire tournament. On December 18, Momo no Seishun Tag returned to Pro Wrestling Noah, where they teamed with Shane Haste to defeat Atsushi Aoki, Kotaro Suzuki and Taiji Ishimori in
3800-406: The finals. Later that same day, they defeated the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions El Desperado and Taka Michinoku in the finals to win the tournament. This led to a match on October 4, where Kotoge and Harada defeated El Desperado and Taka Michinoku to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, becoming the first Noah wrestlers to reclaim one of the four GHC titles from
3876-416: The future, he has no intentions in regaining the ROH Championship, as he will be fully focused on Noah's heavyweight scene. On June 14, 2008, Morishima made his very first defense of the GHC Heavyweight Title against Takashi Sugiura . Morishima prevailed after hitting a backdrop driver . Morishima's second defense happened on July 18, 2008 against former his tag team partner Takeshi Rikio . After about 13 and
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#17328839440183952-567: The group would dominate the rest of the series by going 3-1 with Morishima defeating Nakajima, Taniguchi defeating Muhammad Yone and Kenoh would score a huge upset over Marufuji thanks to interference from Taniguchi. On September 23, Taniguchi would challenge Marufuji for the Heavyweight Championship but would also come up short. Less than a month later on October 12, Choukibou-gun would finally claim another title when Ohara and Kenoh defeated BRAVE's Taiji Ishimori and Atsushi Kotoge to win
4028-542: The lowest ranking member of Blood & Guts, turned on the stable and joined rival group LOV (Legion of Violence). The turn built to a Hair vs. Hair match on July 25, where Kotoge was defeated by Tadasuke. With Zeus out of Osaka Pro, Kotoge and Harada disbanded the Blood & Guts stable, renamed their tag team Momo no Seishun Tag and concentrated on chasing the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship. On January 16, 2010, Kotoge and Harada defeated Orochi and Tadasuke to become
4104-574: The newly formed Pro Wrestling Noah (founded by Misawa), where he became a mainstay. In Noah, he frequently teamed with Takeshi Rikio as Wild II, and the duo have previously held the GHC Tag Team Championship . On March 2, 2008, Morishima defeated Mitsuharu Misawa at the Budokan Hall Event of Pro Wrestling Noah's Second Navigation Tour to become the 12th GHC Heavyweight Champion . A veteran of American Ring of Honor promotion, Morishima has stated that while he plans on returning to ROH in
4180-485: The next contender. In April, Morishima and Taniguchi entered the Global Tag League but performed poorly as they finished in 7th place with only 4 points with their only wins being over TMDK and Chris Hero and Colt Cabana . The tour only got worse on April 20 when Taniguchi challenged Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Title but lost. On May 31, Choukibou-gun would lose their only title when Morishima and Taniguchi lost
4256-419: The next three months, before Bad Force was dissolved, when Condor, Gaina and Zero jumped to splinter promotion Okinawa Pro Wrestling, after which Kotoge reunited with Harada by joining his stable. In June, Blood & Guts sent two teams into the 2008 Osaka Tag Festival, with Kotoge teaming with Tadasuke and Harada with Zeus. Both teams made it to the finals, where Harada and Zeus were victorious. Kotoge spent
4332-713: The number one contenders to the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship and finally, on February 11, defeated Hideyoshi and Masamune to win the Tag Team Championship for the first time. On May 9, Kotoge and Harada teamed with Takoyakida to defeat Tokyo Gurentai ( Fujita , Mazada and Nosawa Rongai ) for the UWA World Trios Championship . They would hold the Trios Championship for a month, before losing it to Ebessan, Kanjyouro Matsuyama and Kuishinbo Kamen . On July 17, Momo no Seishun Tag lost
4408-511: The reigning Osaka Pro Wrestling Battle Royal Champion Ultimate Spider Jr. On April 15, Team Osaka Pro defeated the Throwbacks ( Dasher Hatfield , Matt Classic and Sugar Dunkerton) in their first round match. However, the following day, Team Osaka Pro was eliminated from the tournament by F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor, Icarus and Johnny Gargano ), when Taylor pinned Spider Jr., while grabbing a hold of his tights, much like how Tadasuke had pinned him in
4484-606: The rest of the year teaming with Harada and on November 15, the two unsuccessfully challenged Black Buffalo and Tigers Mask for the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship. In March 2009, Kotoge entered the Indie Junior Challenger Determination tournament, defeating tag team partner Daisuke Harada in his first round match. The finals of the tournament on April 4 was a three-way match between stablemates Kotoge, Harada and Tadasuke, with Harada once again being victorious. On June 6, 2009, Tadasuke, considered
4560-493: The semifinals of the tournament. On April 25, Team Osaka Pro was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by The Colony (Fire Ant, Green Ant and Soldier Ant). Despite failing to win the tournament, Team Osaka Pro's strong showing had made them instant crowd favorites in Chikara. On March 1, 2011, Chikara announced that Kotoge and Harada would be returning to the promotion for the 2011 King of Trios , this time teaming with
4636-544: The third time. Post-match, Morishima quit Brave to form a new group with Kenoh and Maybach Taniguchi, later named Choukibou-gun , turning heel in the process. On January 25, Morishima and Taniguchi defeated TMDK ( Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste ), with help from Kenoh and new stablemate Hajime Ohara , to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. On February 8, Morishima lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to New Japan Pro-Wrestling representative Yuji Nagata in his first title defense. On May 31, Morishima and Taniguchi lost
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#17328839440184712-539: The title against Jimmy Rave and later Adam Pearce . On July 16, 2007, Morishima wrestled in the main event of Ring of Honor's debut show in Japan and defeated Nigel McGuinness to retain the ROH Championship. Morishima lost the title to McGuinness at Undeniable on October 6. In August 2008 Morishima had a dark match tryout against Charlie Haas for WWE before a live Raw in Chicago, defeating Haas in 3 minutes with
4788-465: The title back to Ogawa and Sabre in their first defense on April 12. On April 19, Kotoge also failed in his attempt to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship from Harada. On July 5, Kotoge and Ishimori regained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Ogawa and Sabre. They lost the title to Hajime Ohara and Kenoh on October 12. On December 6, Kotoge won his first singles title, when he defeated former partner Daisuke Harada for
4864-487: The title in a rematch on April 5. They then went back to defending the title against Suzuki-gun, defeating El Desperado and Taka Michinoku for their first successful defense on April 30, before defeating Ohara and Kenoh in a title rematch on May 28. On June 12, Kotoge and Harada won a three-way match, defeating the Suzuki-gun team of Michinoku and Taichi as well as Gedo and Jado , to make their third successful title defense. The following month, Kotoge and Harada made it to
4940-564: The title to Yuji Nagata. From there, they were not as dominant as they traded wins and losses with TMDK, Brave, and No Mercy throughout the tour. On March 8 at Great Voyage In Tokyo, the stable had mixed results with Kenoh and Ohara failing to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship while Morishima and Taniguchi successfully defended the Heavyweight Tag Titles against TMDK and Taniguchi attacked Nagata following his title defense against Takashi Sugiura to establish himself as
5016-414: The tournament and become the number one contenders to the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Kotoge and Ishimori received their title shot on October 8, but were defeated by the defending champions, Ricky Marvin and Super Crazy . On December 16, Kotoge made a special return to Osaka Pro, teaming with Ishimori, Billyken Kid, Tigers Mask and Tsubasa in a ten-man tag team match, where they defeated
5092-548: The tournament on April 23, Team Osaka Pro defeated The UnStable ( Colin Delaney , Stigma and Vin Gerard ). While Kotoge and Harada worked the tour as faces , Tadasuke worked as a heel, and in the following day's quarterfinal match, used his heel antics to eliminate the reigning King of Trios, F.I.S.T. ( Chuck Taylor , Gran Akuma and Icarus ), from the tournament by pinning Taylor, while holding his tights, thus sending Team Osaka Pro to
5168-566: The tournament the previous year. On April 17, the final day of the tournament, Kotoge and Harada entered a ten tag team gauntlet match. They entered the match as the eighth team, facing the Roughnecks ( Brodie Lee and Grizzly Redwood), whom they eliminated when Kotoge pinned Redwood. After Kotoge also scored the pinfall, which eliminated team number nine, 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews), he and Harada faced off with representatives from rival promotion Dragon Gate, Kagetora and Super Shisa . In
5244-429: The upcoming 2012 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League . On August 9, Kotoge wrestled another big match, where he was defeated by the recently returned Kenta . At the end of the two-week-long NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, Kotoge and Ishimori won their round-robin block with three wins and one loss, advancing to the finals, where, on September 22, they defeated Daichi Hashimoto and Ikuto Hidaka to win
5320-461: Was arrested at 11:30pm local time in Kabukichō, Tokyo after assaulting a taxi driver. Morishima allegedly refused to pay the 18,000 Yen the driver asked for and then punched him in the face, breaking both of his cheekbones. Morishima accepted the charges, saying "there is no doubt there was an argument". Atsushi Kotoge Atsushi Kotoge ( 小峠 篤司 , Kotōge Atsushi ) (born October 18, 1985)
5396-520: Was attacked by Hajime Ohara who then joined the group. In the main event, Morishima-army added more gold when Morishima and Taniguchi defeated TMDK to win the GHC Tag Team Championship thus given the group a monopoly on the heavyweight titles. Following the show, Morishima would officially name his group: Choukibou-gun. The groups's fortunes declined in February as Taniguchi lost to Kenta in no dq match which ended their feud. Five days later on February 8, Morishima's title reign abruptly ended when he lost
5472-400: Was defeated by the defending champion, Taiji Ishimori. In April, Kotoge got to take part in his first Global Tag League , when he replaced an injured Naomichi Marufuji and became Takashi Sugiura's new partner for the tournament. While the tournament was still ongoing, Kotoge and Ishimori received another shot at the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on April 21, but were defeated by
5548-412: Was defeated there on August 5 by Daisuke Harada. On August 22, Kotoge and Harada announced they were reuniting for the 2015 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League , which would mark their first matches together as a tag team in four years. On September 22, Kotoge and Harada finished their round-robin block in the tournament with a record of three wins and one loss, winning their block and advancing to
5624-557: Was named the number one contender to Kanemaru's title. Kotoge received his title shot on June 3, but was defeated by Kanemaru. On July 22, Kotoge wrestled one of the biggest matches of his career, when he was defeated by DDT Pro-Wrestling representative Kota Ibushi in a singles match. After losing to Muhammad Yone on July 29, Kotoge was accepted into the Brave stable, which in addition to Yone also included leader Naomichi Marufuji , Ricky Marvin , Takashi Sugiura , Takeshi Morishima and Taiji Ishimori, who agreed to team with Kotoge in
5700-406: Was officially presented as Pro Wrestling Noah's newest signee. Kotoge wrestled his first match under a Noah contract on May 6, when he was defeated by Go Shiozaki . On May 13, Kotoge pinned GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru in a tag team main event, where he teamed with GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima and Kanemaru with Maybach Taniguchi . The following day, Kotoge
5776-459: Was unmasked during a tag team match, where he and Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka. Taniguchi received his title shot on June 15, but was defeated by Suzuki.On July at Global Junior Heavyweight League Ohara and Kenoh were in separate blocks, Kenoh on block A and Ohara on Block B. Neither Kenoh or Ohara advanced to the finals, though Kenoh finished his block with 8 points and Ohara with 6 points. On August 22, Ohara and Kenoh received
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