Osamu Kido
Osamu Kido | |
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Born | (1950-02-02)February 2, 1950[1] Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
Died | December 11, 2023(2023-12-11) (aged 73) Yokosuka, Japan |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Osamu Kido |
Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Billed weight | 105 kg (231 lb) |
Billed from | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
Trained by | Karl Gotch |
Debut | February 21, 1969 |
Retired | 2010 |
Osamu Kido (木戸 修, Kido Osamu, February 2, 1950 – December 11, 2023) was a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He participated in the foundation of New Japan of 1972 and the foundation of Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1984. In 2005, after four years in retirement, Kido returned to the ring.
Career
Osamu Kido made his debut for Japanese Wrestling Association on February 21, 1969, against Hirokatsu Shinkai (Motoyuki Kitazawa/Shoji Kai). When Antonio Inoki was expelled from JWA in 1971, Kido followed suit and helped Inoki form a new promotion called New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1972. In 1975, Kido and Tatsumi Fujinami were sent abroad to Europe, to participate in an international tournament in Germany. Afterwards, he went to the United States to train in Florida with the legendary Karl Gotch, who called Kido "his son."
Kido returned to NJPW in February 1976. However, due to his simplistic wrestling style and lack of expression, he was relegated to opening and mid-card matches.
After eight years, Kido left NJPW to join UWF at Karl Gotch's recommendation. In the UWF, Kido gained popularity with his mat skills. In 1985, he won the Three Tour Tournament.
After the UWF promotion fell apart, Kido and most of the UWF roster returned to NJPW in December 1985, setting the stage for the original NJPW vs. UWF feud. The feud showcased Kido higher up in the matches. On August 5, 1986, Kido teamed with Akira Maeda to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, defeating Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura. They would hold on to the titles for over a month, before losing the titles back to Fujinami and Kimura on September 23, 1986. As Maeda and most of the UWF stars decided to restart the UWF as Newborn UWF in 1988, Kido decided to stay in NJPW, because "his father (Karl Gotch) wasn't there."
In 1992, New Japan entered another inter-promotional feud with WAR, and Kido proved to be NJPW's ace in the hole, as WAR lacked submission-based wrestlers. In 1993, Kido took part in the G1 Climax; he defeated WAR's Takashi Ishikawa in the first round, but lost to eventual winner Tatsumi Fujinami in the quarterfinals. Later that year, he teamed with Fujinami for the Super Grade Tag League; they tied for second place with thirteen points with the team of Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto. In 1994, he took part in the G1 Climax; he placed dead last in Block A with two points. Later that year, he teamed with Scott Norton to take part in the Super Grade Tag League; they tied for second place with ten points with the team of Tatsumi Fujinami and Yoshiaki Fujiwara.
In 1995, Kido teamed with Kazuo Yamazaki for the Super Grade Tag League; they lost to Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan in the finals. Five years later, he took part in his last tournament in NJPW, the G1 Climax; he placed dead last on Block B with no points, tying with Hiro Saito. On November 2, 2001, Kido wrestled his retirement match, teaming with Riki Choshu, wrestling Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura to a time-limit draw. Aside from a battle royal in May 2003, Kido would focus on training rookies at the NJPW Dojo, including Shinsuke Nakamura.
In 2005, Kido came out of retirement to wrestle for Big Mouth Loud. After BML dissolved in 2010, Kido retired from wrestling.
Death
Kido died from cancer in Yokosuka, on December 11, 2023, at the age of 73.[2]
Championships and accomplishments
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Akira Maeda
- Tokyo Sports
- Service Award (2001)
- Universal Wrestling Federation
- Three Tour Tournament (1985)[3]
Notes
- ^ 元新日本プロレス木戸修さん死去73歳「キド・クラッチ」いぶし銀の活躍 娘はゴルファー木戸愛. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). December 14, 2023.
- ^ "Obituary: Osamu Kido, former New Japan Pro-Wrestling star, passed away" 【訃報】元新日本プロレス・木戸修さんが逝去. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 14, 2023.
- ^ "Original UWF Tournaments".
External links
- History
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- Kengo Kimura and Tatsumi Fujinami
- Akira Maeda and Osamu Kido
- Keiji Muto and Shiro Koshinaka
- Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada
- Kazuo Yamazaki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Masa Saito and Riki Choshu
- George Takano and Super Strong Machine
- Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka
- Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto
- Keiji Muto and Masahiro Chono
- Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki
- Hiro Saito and Super Strong Machine
- The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
- Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto
- Big, Bad, and Dangerous (Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow)
- Scott Norton and Tony Halme
- Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior)
- The Jurassic Powers (Hercules Hernandez and Scott Norton)
- Cho-Ten (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Masahiro Chono)
- Junji Hirata and Shinya Hashimoto
- Kazuo Yamazaki and Takashi Iizuka
- Kensuke Sasaki and Riki Choshu
- The Bull Powers (Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima)
- Kazuo Yamazaki and Kensuke Sasaki
- Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka
- Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima)
- Kensuke Sasaki and Shiro Koshinaka
- The Mad Dogs (Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto)
- Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata
- Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami
- BATT (Keiji Muto and Taiyō Kea)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu Nishimura
- Minoru Suzuki and Yoshihiro Takayama
- Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura
- Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori)
- RISE (Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko)
- The Most Violent Players/Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano)
- Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray)
- The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams)
- No Limit/Chaos (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi)
- Seigigun (Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata)
- Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson)
- Chaos (Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano)
- Killer Elite Squad/Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer)
- Bullet Club (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows)
- Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata)
- The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett)
- Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma)
- Guerrillas of Destiny/Bullet Club (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
- Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
- Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano)
- War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
- Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada)
- The Young Bucks/Bullet Club (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
- FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson)
- Golden☆Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi)
- Dangerous Tekkers/Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.)
- Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and Sanada)
- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
- United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb)
- General's Jewel/Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens)
- FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
- Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
- Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo and Hikuleo)
- Bullet Club (Kenta and Chase Owens) (current)