Tetsuhiro Kuroda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tetsuhiro Kuroda
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Nov 23, 1971(1971-11-23)
Age	53
Birthplace	Hakodate
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hokkaido
Horoscope	Scorpio

Tetsuhiro Kuroda Biography

Tetsuhiro Kuroda is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on November 23, 1971 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. On February 23 Kuroda as well as Mammoth Sasaki were defeated by Fuyuki as well as Sasuke in tag team battle following Sasuke pins Kuroda in a match that resulted in an unclothed death match between them on March 5. The rules required that the winner cut off the clothes of others and pin the opponent. Kuroda took the win. Kuroda knocked out Kintaro Kanemura to be the leading competitor in Fuyuki’s WEW Heavyweight Championship on March 13, and then beat Fuyuki by using the help of Mr. Gannosuke to win the title a third time in April. Gannosuke was a part of Team Kuroda and then the two fought Hayabusa whom was watching the fight from the ring until the Great Sasuke saved the day but was also beaten. Kuroda and Gannosuke were defeated by Hayabusa as well as Sasuke in an explosive Octagon cage electric explosion death match during The 12th Anniversary Show on May 5. The team Kuroda was split up after losing an all-tag team battle against Hayabusa, Hisakatsu Oya and Ricky Fuji due to a confusion with Kuroda as well as Gannosuke on the 11th of May. On May 22nd, Kuroda was beaten in Kuroda’s WEW Heavyweight Championship to Hayabusa in a double barbed wire hell match with Kodo Fuyuki acting as the guest referee.

He began the FMW career after having been educated by FMW Dojo. FMW Dojo at the time of 1993. He initially participated in low-card matches to enhance his talent in his initial time working for the company. He was a part of Atsushi Onita’s ZEN faction in 1997. He was awarded his debut title at the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship as well as The FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship the following took place in December. He would be a part of several factions during the 1990s, and would eventually begin climbing to title of main event and capturing the first WEW Heavyweight Championship in 2000. In the final months of 2000, the unpopular Kuroda was able to establish himself as the top villain of the company and created the group Team Kuroda to fight the top favorite of fans Hayabusa. Kuroda was the mainstay of the company’s signature event, the FMW Anniversary Show in 2001.

On September 23, 1997, Kuroda began receiving his first major push by last eliminating Mr. Pogo #2 to win a battle royal featuring major FMW wrestlers. Five days later, at Kawasaki Legend: Fall Spectacular, Kuroda won a royal rumble match by last eliminating Ricky Fuji to win a cheque of 10,000,000 yens. On September 30, Kuroda turned into a villain by joining Atsushi Onita’s faction ZEN to feud with FMW. On October 14, Kuroda won his second World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship by teaming with Onita and Hido to defeat Hayabusa, Koji Nakagawa and Masato Tanaka. On October 21, Kuroda pinned his friend Tanaka for the first time in his career in an eight-man tag team match, thus earning his very first title shot at the Double Championship (the unified Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and the Independent Heavyweight Championship) held by Tanaka on December 5, where he lost. On December 20, Onita, Hido and Kuroda lost the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Hayabusa, Hisakatsu Oya and Masato Tanaka during the Super Extreme Wrestling War tour.

In 1998, ZEN turned into a fan favorite group after Mr. Gannosuke, Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido turned on Onita and quit ZEN to form their new group Team No Respect. On January 7, 1998, Onita, Nakagawa and Kuroda competed at ZEN’s first promoted show and scored a win against Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido to gain revenge. On February 13, Onita, Nakagawa and Kuroda defeated Gannosuke, Kanemura and Jado to win the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Kuroda played an important role in ZEN’s rivalry with TNR. In March, Kuroda participated in a #1 contender’s tournament for the Double Championship, where he ended up losing to Jado in the opening round. Kuroda and The Gladiator lost to TNR members Horace Boulder and Super Leather at the company’s first pay- per-view event 9th Anniversary Show. The following night, Kuroda debuted for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) at the company’s twenty-fifth anniversary show Showdown at the Egg by teaming with Gladiator and Hideki Hosaka against Akira Taue, Takao Omori and Masao Inoue in a losing effort. On May 5, Onita, Nakagawa and Kuroda lost the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to TNR members Hido, Kodo Fuyuki and Yukihiro Kanemura. After the title loss, Onita disbanded ZEN. Kuroda and Nakagawa lost to Fuyuki and Kanemura on May 19.

Kuroda started his career as a professional wrestler in the month of January

1993. He was coached through Pro Wrestling Crusaders (PWC) in their dojo. He was introduced on the 18th of March 1993, with Hideki Hosaka. PWC ended its operations after a few months and Kuroda returned to classes at Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) dojo. Kuroda began debut in his FMW debut on the card as a popular fan alongside Masato Tanaka after losing the match to Dark Ranger and Masaru Toi in a tag team contest on the 15th of October. Kuroda was a low card for a long time within the company. He was often used for opening matches and was used as an improvement talent in matches against more experienced opponents, and was able to win against lesser-known talents. Kuroda was frequently paired together with newcomer Tanaka in mid-card match- ups during the beginning of his career. He also was a wrestler alongside Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa and Gosaku Goshogawara. Kuroda’s first main-event match was held on the 26th of November in 1994, in which he team together with Atsushi Onita Katsutoshi Niiyama, and Masato Tanaka to take on Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator, Hideki Hosaka and Hisakatsu Oya in a street fight that was fought with barbed wire. Kuroda was to team up along with Onita, Niiyama and Tanaka in a variety of street fights throughout the latter half of 1994 and into the beginning of 1995. At the end of summer 1995, Kuroda admitted to the Young Spirit Tournament, a round robin competition that was made up of young rookies from the company. He lost all his matches against W*ING Kanemura Hideki Hosaka Koji Nakagawa, and Hido and wrestler Masato Tanaka to a double knockout in order to earn one point in the tournament.

Tetsuhiro Kuroda Net Worth

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

Kuroda and his her new companion Hisakatsu Oya to beat Gedo as well as Koji Nakagawa to take home the WEW Tag Team Championship on the 23rd of August. On the 25th of August, Kuroda, Oya and Yoshinori Sasaki failed to take on Kodo Fuyuki Koji Nakagawa, and Gedo to the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Kuroda was still on the side of Hayabusa who had changed into H to take on Fuyuki and his team. On September 23 Kuroda, Oya and Masato Tanaka defeated Fuyuki, Nakagawa and Gedo to claim the tag team championship for six men. Kuroda and Oya have successfully defended this title WEW Tag Team Championship against Raven and Tommy Dreamer at the 10th Anniversary Show. The first day of the show, December 1, Kuroda and Oya lost the title to H and Mr. Gannosuke and lost in a rematch to win the title. On the 12th of December, Kuroda along with Masato Tanaka fell to H as well as Gannosuke in an unofficial tag team match. Following the match Kuroda and Gannosuke hugged his adversaries, while Tanaka was hesitant to do so because he was furious at H for not allowing Gannosuke in such a short time.

Tetsuhiro Kuroda (Hei Tian Zhe Guang Kuroda Tetsuhiro born 23rd November, 1971) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit. He is most well-known for his involvement working with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) where he was a regular competitor between 1993 and the time of its end in 2002.

Kuroda received the first championship match of his career on May 19, 1996 by teaming with Masato Tanaka and Katsutoshi Niiyama against Super Leather and The Headhunters for the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship but were defeated. The following month, on June 28, Kuroda and Tanaka won the title with Koji Nakagawa by defeating Super Leather and The Headhunters to give Kuroda, his first championship of his career. They successfully defended the title against Hisakatsu Oya, Ricky Fuji and The Gladiator and Terry Funk, Horace Boulder and The Gladiator on September 20. On November 16, Nakagawa, Tanaka and Kuroda were booked to drop the title to Hisakatsu Oya and The Headhunters. Kuroda headlined the Year End Spectacular event on December 11 by teaming with Atsushi Onita, Mr. Pogo and Masato Tanaka to defeat Funk Masters of Wrestling members Terry Funk, Hisakatsu Oya and The Headhunters.

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Fuyuki introduced Garuda to FMW to replaced Hayabusa as the company’s new ace but Garuda turned on Fuyuki and sided with Kuroda and the fan favorites. On November 23, Kuroda and Garuda lost to Fuyuki and Genichiro Tenryu and then Kuroda formed an alliance with Mr. Gannosuke, Kintaro Kanemura and Mammoth Sasaki to feud with Fuyuki, who had turned on FMW to become a loyalist of Tenryu and his WAR group. Garuda left FMW and Kuroda became the new ace of FMW. On December 9, FMW’s team of Kuroda, Gannosuke, Kanemura and Sasaki defeated WAR’s team of Fuyuki, Tenryu, Arashi and Koki Kitahara. On December 21, Kuroda and Gannosuke defeated GOEMON and Onryo, Sabu and Yoshito Sasaki and Kintaro Kanemura and Mammoth Sasaki to win a one-night eight-man tag team tournament for the vacant WEW Tag Team Championship. On January 6, 2002 Gannosuke broke his ankles during a six-man tag team match between the team of Gannosuke, Kuroda and Sasaki against Fuyuki’s foreigner team of Balls Mahoney, The Sandman and Vic Grimes, which would cost Kuroda’s team the match. The following month, on February 4, Kuroda was stripped of the WEW Tag Team Championship due to Gannosuke’s injury and he teamed with Sabu to take on Fuyuki and Sandman for the vacant title in the main event and ended up losing the match. This would turn out to be the last ever match in FMW history as Shoichi Arai closed FMW due to bankruptcy on February 15.

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Kintaro Kanemura formed a freelancer stable of former FMW wrestlers called Apache Army and Kuroda was a part of the group. They would compete at several promotions most notably Pro-Wrestling Zero1. They worked many Zero-One shows and pay-per-views for the new Hustle promotion. Kuroda participated in his third straight Fire Festival in the summer of 2004, in which he scored only three points. At Hustle-2, Kuroda, Kanemura and Masato Tanaka defeated Justin Credible, Sabu and The Gladiator in a match between former FMW champions and former ECW champions. In the summer of 2004, the group founded their own promotion Apache Army and Kuroda lost to Takao Omori at the promotion’s first show on August 30. On November 28, Kuroda promoted his own show for the first time ever titled Tetsuhiro Kuroda Festival, which he headlined by teaming with Hido to get a tag team victory over Ryuji Ito and The Winger in a hardcore rules match.