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42-488: Nakae (written: 中江) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Daisuke Nakae (born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler Masato Nakae (1917–1998), United States Army soldier Shinji Nakae (1935–2007), Japanese voice actor and narrator Toju Nakae (1608–1648), Japanese Confucian philosopher Yuji Nakae (born 1960), Japanese film director [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

84-510: A lucha libre mask and kickboxing attire. In September 2009, Kenoh made his return to Michinoku Pro, being introduced by Jinsei Shinzaki as a special ally to counter fellow shoot-style wrestler Fujita "Jr." Hayato and his heel stable Kowloon. Kenoh declined an offer by Great Sasuke of having his redebut match against him and instead demanded a match against Hayato for the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion , which

126-604: A " shoot ". Later on, many wrestlers became interested in promoting this more realistic style of professional wrestling and in 1984, the Universal Wrestling Federation was formed. The UWF was a professional wrestling organisation that promoted the shoot and strong styles of wrestling. While predetermined, the UWF featured effective and practical martial arts moves, which were applied with force. The organization would even host some legitimate mixed martial arts fights, where

168-480: A 10-man tag team match. On January 21, 2023, in the main event of WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 in Yokohama Arena , Kenoh faced Los Ingobernables de Japon leader Tetsuya Naito but was defeated. During his 15th-anniversary show, Kenoh announced the dissolution of "Kongo" and stated, "Pursuing stability means forsaking evolution." On June 24, 2023, he stated, "Pursuing stability means forsaking evolution," and announced

210-460: A considerable influence on the sport of mixed martial arts. Prior to the emergence of the current sport of shoot wrestling, the term was commonly used in the professional wrestling business, particularly in the United Kingdom , as a synonym for the sport of catch wrestling . Shoot wrestling can be used to describe a range of hybrid fighting systems such as shootfighting , shoot boxing and

252-638: A few companies have been promoting shoot-wrestling events. GLEAT is a Japanese promotion founded in 2020 by LIDET Entertainment consists of former Pro Wrestling NOAH officials. The "Lidet UWF" is a sub-brand which has UWF-style matches. Game Changer Wrestling —an American New Jersey –based promotion—promotes shoot-style wrestling events known as the GCW Bloodsport . The events counted with former MMA and shoot-inspired pro wrestlers such as Minoru Suzuki , Josh Barnett , Matt Riddle and Dan Severn . Shoot wrestling branched into several sub disciplines after

294-490: A more arrogant persona for himself, and they renamed the stable as Asura, replacing with Hiugaji the members that had followed Hayato. They feuded with Hayato and his remnant group, called Bad Boy. Kenoh and Fujita clashed again, and this time Kenoh lost the match and the title, but he retaliated eliminating Bad Boy from the Michinoku Tag League 2012 to win it with stablemate Hiugaji. In 2013, Kenoh pinned Hayato to gain

336-628: A popular tag team with Hajime Ohara , and the two went on to hold the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship two times. He graduated to the heavyweight division in 2017, and would go on to win the Global League and the GHC Heavyweight Championship in the same year. Nakae started training nippon kempo at the age of 3, and while in highschool won the championship of his category. Later, in 2003, he

378-569: A stiffer and more realistic wrestling style. Their students left NJPW to form the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1984, pioneering in the new style. Shoot wrestling was popular in Japan from the 1980s until the mid-1990s, fading from popularity due the demise of the leading shoot-style promotion UWFi in 1996 and the simultaneous rise of mixed martial arts (MMA) in Japan. Most shoot wrestlers started to migrate to MMA or back to more theatrical forms of professional wrestling. Shoot wrestling had

420-601: A student of full contact karate, kodokan judo, and sumo . Yoshiaki Fujiwara was already a black belt in judo, while Satoru Sayama had studied Muay Thai with Toshio Fujiwara and went on to study sambo with Victor Koga . This would eventually lead to the added influences of karate, Muay Thai and judo to the wrestling style. One of Gotch's students, Antonio Inoki, hosted a series of mixed martial arts -style wrestling matches in which he pitted his " strong style professional wrestling" against other martial arts in an attempt to show that professional wrestling and shoot wrestling were

462-436: A title match. This led to a match on January 6, where Kenoh defeated Kiyomiya for his first successful defense and along with Sugiura turned on Kiyomiya after the match. On February 6, 2018, he defeated Yuko Miyamoto for his second successful defense and afterwards accepted a challenge from his ally Takashi Sugiura. This led to a match on March 11, where he lost the title to Sugiura in his third defense. The two then made it to

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504-569: A tournament to determine new champions happened on December 7. Kenoh tagged with former partner Masa Kitamiya , but would fail to capture the titles on the finals against Katsuhiko Nakajima and Go Shiozaki. After Kaito Kiyomiya defeated Takashi Sugiura at the Great Voyage in Yokohama, Kenoh came to the ring and challenged the new champion. This led to a title match on January 6, where he was defeated by Kiyomiya. On March 10, 2019, Kiyomiya defended

546-544: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Kenoh Kenoh began his career in Michinoku Pro Wrestling after being scouted by Jinsei Shinzaki . There, he would eventually go on to win the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, before leaving Michinoku Pro and signing with Pro Wrestling Noah in 2015. Initially competing as a junior heavyweight, he formed

588-510: Is that percussion techniques are basically prohibited and are often practiced as mixed martial arts performed by amateurs. Professional wrestler Satoru Sayama , a student of Antonio Inoki , founded Shooto in 1985 with the goal creating a sport that revolved around a realistic and effective fighting system. Shooto is focused on all aspects of fighting: striking , stand-up grappling and ground fighting . Practitioners are referred to as shooters or shootists . An early term for MMA, based on

630-418: Is usually not seen by amateur wrestlers and mixed martial arts fighters, is attractive and is now a successful door for mixed martial arts fighters. In addition, joint levers and chokes are considered fouls unless they lead to a fall, but in combat wrestling a fall does not result in victory (it will be a point at judgment). If a wrestler taps from joint blocks or throttling, a winner is declared. The basic rule

672-575: The GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship , but they were defeated. Kenoh recaptured the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship from Rui Hiugaji in September 2011. Started 2012, he claimed to have the goal to "change Michinoku Pro," which few understood, but it was all revealed when Taro Nohashi betrayed Fujita Hayato and expelled him from Kowloon, instead bringing Kenoh as the new leader. This made Kenoh turn heel , adopting

714-440: The surname Nakae . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nakae&oldid=674215595 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

756-458: The " U-Kei " ("U-Group" or "U-Class"). Shoot wrestling itself was popular until the mid-90s due the demise of the UWFi in 1996 and the simultaneous rise of mixed martial arts in Japan led to a sharp decline in popularity. Most shoot wrestlers started to migrate into MMA— Fighting Network RINGS itself became a full MMA promotion—or back to more theatrical forms of professional wrestling. Currently,

798-606: The GHC Heavyweight Title against Naomichi Marufuji, after the match, Kenoh came to the ring and invited the champion to be his partner for Global Tag League , and Kiyomiya accepted. On May 4, 2019, at a NOAH event held in Korakuen Hall, Kenoh established the faction known as Kongo . On January 8, 2022, at Wrestle Kingdom 16 held in Yokohama Arena , Kongo, led by Kenoh, was defeated by Los Ingobernables de Japon in

840-568: The Indian system of exercises using push-ups, neck exercises, yogic breathing exercises and "Hindu squats" for conditioning. Gotch attained legendary status in Japan, earning the nickname God of Wrestling. In the 1970s he taught catch wrestling-based hooking and shooting to the likes of Antonio Inoki , Tatsumi Fujinami , Yoshiaki Fujiwara , Satoru Sayama , Masami Soranaka, and Akira Maeda . Most of these professional wrestlers already had backgrounds in legitimate martial arts. Masami Soranaka had been

882-534: The North Star . He spent the year in low-profile matches against fellow trainees Rui Hiugaji and Takayuki Aizawa, and in late 2008 he was sent to hone his skills in Okinawa Pro Wrestling, where he adopted a parodic gimmick named "Kanmuriwashi Yoko" patterned after famous boxer Yoko "Kanmuriwashi" Gushiken . Under this character, Nakae sported an afro hairstyle similar to Gushiken's, although complete with

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924-429: The Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship back, but on December 13, he vacated it, announcing his intention of joining Pro Wrestling Noah . Kenoh returned to Noah as a freelancer, joining the new Choukibou-gun stable in 2014 and forming a tag team with stablemate Hajime Ohara . On August 2, 2014, Kenoh and Ohara won the 2014 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League by defeating Daisuke Harada and Quiet Storm in

966-434: The UWF wrestlers were able to test their shoot wrestling techniques against fighters with other styles, mimicking Inoki's own exploits. However, internal conflicts between the wrestlers soon resulted in a breakup of the company. After the breakup of the original Universal Wrestling Federation, shoot wrestling branched into several disciplines. One of the first top stars to leave was " Tiger Mask " Satoru Sayama in 1985, he

1008-444: The breakup of the original Universal Wrestling Federation. The main forms and revivals are listed below. Combat wrestling, also known as "MMA without strikes" is a shoot wrestling variation founded by Kiguchi Dojo. Doojo, a former wrestler, incorporated classic wrestling rules in his sport.  Famous mixed martial artists also participate in the tournament and a tournament is also held throughout Japan.  Even matchmaking, which

1050-435: The champion accepted. Shockingly, Kenoh won and captured the title, and went to enter in a heated feud with Fujita and his stablemates. He slowly became the next ace of the promotion, a place vacated after Yoshitsune 's departure. The same year, Kenoh and Rui Hiugaji took part in the Michinoku Tag League, beating the teams of Munenori Sawa and Yuta Yoshikawa and Kowloon's Fujita Hayato and Rasse , but they were defeated at

1092-401: The dissolution of "Kongo" during his 15th-anniversary show. Shoot-style Shoot wrestling is a Japanese hybrid grappling style and combat sport . Shoot wrestling incorporates techniques from various wrestling , submission grappling , kickboxing and karate styles. It was particularly inspired and influenced by catch wrestling , a form of wrestling with submissions that was

1134-677: The finals by another Kowloon team, Takeshi Minamino and Maguro Ooma . On the individual field, Kenoh retained the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight title before Hayato, Minamino and Taro Nohashi , until he lost it to Great Sasuke. In 2011, Kenoh and Kenbai were sent to compete in Pro Wrestling Noah 's NTV G Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, where they got a big victory over heavy favourite team No Mercy ( Kenta and Yoshinobu Kanemaru ), with Kenoh personally pinning Kenta. They also challenged ANMU ( Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki ) for

1176-568: The finals of the 2018 Global Tag League where they lost to former ally Kaito Kiyomiya and Go Shiozaki. He gained a measure of revenge on Kiyomiya by defeating him on June 10 to earn a chance to regain the GHC Heavyweight Championship, leading to a match on June 26, where he failed to regain the title from Takashi Sugiura. As Naomichi Marufuji and Akitoshi Saito vacated the GHC Tag Team Championship on November 28,

1218-511: The finals. On October 12, Kenoh and Ohara defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Taiji Ishimori to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . They lost the title to El Desperado and Taka Michinoku on March 15, 2015. On March 28, Kenoh signed a contract with Noah, officially ending his affiliation with Michinoku Pro. On March 19, 2016, Kenoh and Ohara won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for

1260-466: The latter, a few wrestlers such as Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki , dissatisfied with Fujiwara's turn to lucha libre -inspired style and lack of focus in fighting skills, founded Pancrase in 1993, a company which used shoot-wrestling rules but promoted real unscripted fights. The multiple successors and organizations inspired by the UWF range from professional wrestling, to MMA and even standalone martial arts styles, they are collectively known as

1302-480: The pairing made a challenge to GHC Tag Team Championship holders Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi to a title match. On January 21, Kenoh and Kitamiya defeated Shiozaki and Taniguchi to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions. On February 24, Kenoh turned on Kitamiya, forming an alliance with Takashi Sugiura, which led to the two being stripped of the tag team title. This led to a match on March 12, where Kenoh and Sugiura defeated Kitamiya and Muhammad Yone to win

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1344-608: The predominant style of professional wrestling in the 19th and early 20th century, at the time a competitive sport and not yet predetermined. Shoot wrestling originated in Japan's professional wrestling circuit ( puroresu ) of the 1970s, particularly stemming from the influence of wrestlers Karl Gotch , Lou Thesz and Billy Robinson , all who had an enduring popularity in Japan due to their serious submission wrestling style. Professional wrestlers of that era attempted to use more realistic or even "full contact" moves in their matches to increase their excitement, diminishing or eschewing

1386-504: The renowned catch wrestler Billy Riley in Wigan . The gym was the centre of learning submission wrestling as practiced in the mining town of Wigan, popularly known as catch-as-catch-can wrestling. It was here that Karl Gotch honed his catch wrestling skills. Karl Gotch also travelled to India to practice the wrestling form of Pehlwani ; later on he would propagate the exercises using the "Hindu mace" (large clubs) and would go on to incorporate

1428-473: The second time by defeating Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada. They lost the title back to Kotoge and Harada on April 5. On July 5, Kenoh defeated Genba Hirayanagi in a four-man tournament final to win one of Noah's three spots in New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's 2016 Super J-Cup . On July 20, Kenoh defeated Gurukun Mask in his first round match in the tournament. On August 21, he was eliminated from

1470-466: The sport's later stages. Karl Gotch is one of the most important figures in the development of shoot wrestling. Karl Gotch would begin his journey into wrestling in the German and North American professional wrestling circuits, where Gotch found moderate success. However, it was in his tours of Japan that the early formations of shoot wrestling took place. Gotch was a student of the " Snake Pit " gym, run by

1512-456: The strongest fighting disciplines. Inoki would go on to teach these fighting techniques to a new generation of wrestlers in the dojo of his professional wrestling promotion, New Japan Pro-Wrestling . These matches eventually culminated into the Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki . While the previous matches were predetermined, Ali and Inoki could not agree on the terms of the match and it turned into

1554-573: The styles of mixed martial arts done in the Shooto , Pancrase and RINGS promotions. Organizations, promotions and gyms with origins in shoot wrestling are referred as the " U-Kei ". Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Historically, shoot wrestling has been influenced by many martial arts, most influential of them being catch wrestling , but also freestyle wrestling , Greco-Roman wrestling , and then sambo , karate , Muay Thai and judo in

1596-420: The theatrical elements and acrobatics, looking more similar to an actual, unscripted fight. The name "shoot wrestling" comes from the professional wrestling term " shoot ", which refers to any unscripted occurrence within a scripted wrestling event. The first wave of shoot wrestlers were students of Antonio Inoki and Karl Gotch from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), two wrestlers which already were advocates of

1638-519: The tournament in the second round by reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Kushida . On December 23, 2016, after losing to Takashi Sugiura and Alejandro Saez, Kenoh officially announced the break up of Kenohara. Kenoh and Ohara wrestled their last match as a team on December 24, defeating Taiji Ishimori and Hitoshi Kumano . Kenoh's heavyweight debut was on January 7, 2017, in a tag team match where he and partner Masa Kitamiya defeated Akitoshi Saito and Muhammad Yone . Following this match,

1680-402: The vacant GHC Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji on April 14. On November 19, Kenoh defeated Go Shiozaki in the finals to win the 2017 Global League . On December 22, Kenoh defeated Eddie Edwards to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the first time and was afterwards confronted by the returning Kaito Kiyomiya, who challenged him to

1722-442: Was crowned as the youngest All Japan kenpo champion ever, and went to win the contest again in 2006 and 2007. Nakae signed with Michinoku Pro Wrestling in 2007 after being scouted by Jinsei Shinzaki , wrestling several exhibition bouts before officially debuting against Alexander Otsuka . He went under the name of "Kenoh" ( 拳王 , Ken'ō , Fist King) , a reference to the character Raoh from popular manga and anime Fist of

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1764-559: Was dissatisfied with the UWF's internal politics and decided to follow his dream of founding his own martial art discipline. He combined his knowledge of shoot wrestling and other martial arts to create a legitimate fighting style which he later named " Shooto ", holding the first amateur event in 1986 and first professional event in 1989. Nobuhiko Takada and his supporters went to found UWF International , Akira Maeda founded Fighting Network RINGS while Yoshiaki Fujiwara went to found Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi ("Fujiwara family"), in

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