Shiro Koshinaka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shiro Koshinaka
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Sep 3, 1958(1958-09-03)
Age	66
Birthplace	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Virgo

Shiro Koshinaka Biography

Shiro Koshinaka is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on September 3, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan.

After working for an electric power company for a year after graduating high school, Shiro Koshinaka enrolled in the All Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo in August 1978, training under Giant Baba and Kazuharu Sonoda. After months of training, on March 5, 1979, he debuted against one of his trainers, Kazuharu Sonoda.

In his first two years, Koshinaka would only gain victories in battle royals, while losing in singles matches to guys like Atsushi Onita, Masanobu Fuchi, Mitsuo Momota, Tor Hayashi, Munenori Higo, Lee Wang-pyo, and Yoshihiro Momota, before gaining his first victory in February 1981 against Masaji Goto. In 1983, Koshinaka defeated Mitsuharu Misawa to win the Lou Thesz Cup, his first tournament.

Shiro Koshinaka Net Worth

Shiro Koshinaka is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shiro Koshinaka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shiro Koshinaka (越中 詩郎 , Koshinaka Shirō, born September 3, 1958) is a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Wrestle Association “R” (WAR) during the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Shiro Koshinaka height 6 ft 1 in Skylar weight 231 lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Shiro Koshinaka Dating?

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In December 1991, Koshinaka and Kuniaki Kobayashi were involved in a violent feud with karatekas Akitoshi Saito and Masashi Aoyagi. After their feud ended in the summer of 1992, the four eventually formed a stable that would eventually become Heisei Ishingun. Heisei Ishingun would also self-promote their own shows. They were also wrestle in WAR, which they feuded with several stars including Genichiro Tenryu, Ashura Hara, Takashi Ishikawa, Hiromichi Fuyuki, and Koki Kitahara, among others. In January 1995, Koshinaka teamed up with The Mad Dogs (Tatsutoshi Goto and Michiyoshi Ohara) to defeat Fuyuki, Jado, and Gedo to win the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, before losing the titles to Tenryu, Kitahara, and Animal Hamaguchi months later in June 1995. In July 1998, he won his second IWGP Tag Team title, this time with Tenryu, defeating Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan. He and Tenryu would on to the titles until January 1999, when they lost the belts back to Tenzan and his new partner, Satoshi Kojima.

Facts & Trivia

Skylar Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Shiro Koshinaka celebrates birthday on September 3 of every year.

In 2008, Koshinaka made his debut in Hustle, defeating Genichiro Tenryu and breaking his winning streak. Koshinaka would start teaming up with Tenryu in order to help him to recover his motivation, and they joined the babyface faction Hustle Army shortly after. Koshinaka also formed a tag team with KG, acting as her mentor.