Mitsunobu Kikuzawa(菊澤 光信,Kikuzawa Mitsunobu), better known by his wrestling persona Kikutaro(菊タロー,Kikutarō) and formerly Ebessan(えべっさん,Ebessan), is a freelance Japaneseprofessional wrestler primarily competing for Kensuke Office, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Wrestle-1. Though best known for wrestling under a mask, he also regularly works unmasked under the ring name Kikuzawa (stylized in all capital letters), representing Tokyo Gurentai. Kikuzawa has also made appearances in North America, competing in promotions such as Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and Ring of Honor (ROH).
Career
Kikuzawa started his wrestling career in 1994, wrestling under his birth name for Japanese hardcore wrestling promotions including FMW and W*ING. He was only a jobber and never made much of a name for himself at this stage in his career. Kikuzawa eventually signed with Osaka Pro Wrestling and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he continued to use his real name while competing for DDT, but began wearing a mask while wrestling for Osaka Pro as a character named Ebessan (based on Ebisu, the Japanese god of good fortune); using comedic spots to get over with the crowd, Kikuzawa was immediately accepted by the Osaka Pro crowd. Moving up the ranks quickly in the comedic promotion, he soon made Osaka Pro his full-time home in 2001. He became well known for his rivalry with Kuishinbo Kamen, the two having many fun and comedic matches. They even worked as a tag team from time to time.
IWA Kokusai
5/14/95
Yokohama Yong Dong Village
Crusher Okamoto vs ?
Toyonori Fujita(Magnitude Kishiwada) vs Masanobu Kochi
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa(Kikutaro)/Shigeo Okumura vs Two Masked Gaijins
Chain Death Match: The Mummy vs The Black Mummy
Street Fight Death Match: Silver Majin X vs Super Maijin
Hiroshi Shimada/Kamen Rider vs Blackhole 1 & 2
IWA Kokusai Tag Team Titles: Demonio One/Demonio Two vs Masahiko Takasugi/Goro Tsurumi
published: 10 Mar 2012
FMW Best of Hayabusa: The Ace (May to July 1995)
The best high flyer in all of FMW was Hayabusa, and here is an FMW release covering some early Hayabusa matches.
Complete and full matches include versus Onita in the famous exploding cage match, versus Ooya in an incredible bout for the vacant Brass Knuckles title after Onita's 1995 retirement, and versus The Gladiator in a massive 1 on 1 contest.
Hayabusa v Atsushi Onita 5/5/95 *Exploding Cage Barbed wire Death Match*
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Horace Boulder 5/17/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji 5/28/95
Hayabusa & Takashi Ishikawa v Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Douktare 6/6/95
Hayabusa v Hisakatsu Oya 6/27/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya 7/18/95
Hayabusa v The Gladiator 7/30/95
published: 04 Nov 2018
Wrestle Yume Factory - 1997/09/23
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Tag Team Match
Makoto Saito & Tadahiro Fujisaki vs. Akinori Tsukioka & The Great Takeru
Tag Team Match
Cosmo Soldier & Shigeo Kato vs. Onryo & Shinichi Shino
Singles Match
Katsumi Hirano vs. Shinigami
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match
Hirofumi Miura & Masashi Aoyagi (c) vs. Azteca & Masayoshi Motegi
Tag Team Match
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Tarzan Goto vs. Basara & Shinichi Nakano
Six Man Tag Team Match
Masaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Okamura & Yoshikazu Taru vs. Hiroyoshi Kotsubo, Kamikaze & Masakazu Fukuda
published: 14 Nov 2021
FREE FULL COMEDY WRESTLING MATCH - Cabana v Kikutaro [Tokyo, Japan - April 16,2014]
*FREE* Autographed Cover-Card by COLT, GRADO & KIKUTARO with DVD purchase (while supplies last)
The world of professional wrestling has always been known for it's tough, mean, hard-hitting wrestlers. This movie-documentary is the complete opposite. Join three of the world's most famous comedic pro wrestlers on their journey.
Japan's Kikutaro, Scotland's Grado & Chicago's Colt Cabana tour a variety of wrestling shows, opening up the world of independent and comedic pro wrestling for the world to see. Get ready for laughter, intrigue, fascination, psychology and much more.
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published: 10 Nov 2016
IWA Japan @ Town General Gymnasium 03/01/96 (Handheld Fan Cam)
March 1st 1996
International Wrestling Association Japan
Town General Gymnasium
Shonan, Chiba, Japan
Video Quality - EX (Not a great camera angle)
Tudor The Turtle vs. Takeshi Sato
Emi Motokawa vs. Kyoko Ichiki
Keizo Matsuda vs. Keisuke Yamada
Umanoseke Ueda vs. Katsumi Hirano
Akemi Tsukioka & Hiroshi Itakura vs. Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Mr. Gannosuke
Takashi Okano vs. Cactus Jack
Tarzan Goto vs. Leatherface
published: 01 Oct 2020
PWG: Ebessan promo
From PWG's "88 Miles Per Hour" Ebessan has a few words for the home audience.
DVD available at ProWrestlingGuerrilla.com
IWA Kokusai
5/14/95
Yokohama Yong Dong Village
Crusher Okamoto vs ?
Toyonori Fujita(Magnitude Kishiwada) vs Masanobu Kochi
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa(Kikutaro)/Shige...
IWA Kokusai
5/14/95
Yokohama Yong Dong Village
Crusher Okamoto vs ?
Toyonori Fujita(Magnitude Kishiwada) vs Masanobu Kochi
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa(Kikutaro)/Shigeo Okumura vs Two Masked Gaijins
Chain Death Match: The Mummy vs The Black Mummy
Street Fight Death Match: Silver Majin X vs Super Maijin
Hiroshi Shimada/Kamen Rider vs Blackhole 1 & 2
IWA Kokusai Tag Team Titles: Demonio One/Demonio Two vs Masahiko Takasugi/Goro Tsurumi
IWA Kokusai
5/14/95
Yokohama Yong Dong Village
Crusher Okamoto vs ?
Toyonori Fujita(Magnitude Kishiwada) vs Masanobu Kochi
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa(Kikutaro)/Shigeo Okumura vs Two Masked Gaijins
Chain Death Match: The Mummy vs The Black Mummy
Street Fight Death Match: Silver Majin X vs Super Maijin
Hiroshi Shimada/Kamen Rider vs Blackhole 1 & 2
IWA Kokusai Tag Team Titles: Demonio One/Demonio Two vs Masahiko Takasugi/Goro Tsurumi
The best high flyer in all of FMW was Hayabusa, and here is an FMW release covering some early Hayabusa matches.
Complete and full matches include versus Onit...
The best high flyer in all of FMW was Hayabusa, and here is an FMW release covering some early Hayabusa matches.
Complete and full matches include versus Onita in the famous exploding cage match, versus Ooya in an incredible bout for the vacant Brass Knuckles title after Onita's 1995 retirement, and versus The Gladiator in a massive 1 on 1 contest.
Hayabusa v Atsushi Onita 5/5/95 *Exploding Cage Barbed wire Death Match*
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Horace Boulder 5/17/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji 5/28/95
Hayabusa & Takashi Ishikawa v Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Douktare 6/6/95
Hayabusa v Hisakatsu Oya 6/27/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya 7/18/95
Hayabusa v The Gladiator 7/30/95
The best high flyer in all of FMW was Hayabusa, and here is an FMW release covering some early Hayabusa matches.
Complete and full matches include versus Onita in the famous exploding cage match, versus Ooya in an incredible bout for the vacant Brass Knuckles title after Onita's 1995 retirement, and versus The Gladiator in a massive 1 on 1 contest.
Hayabusa v Atsushi Onita 5/5/95 *Exploding Cage Barbed wire Death Match*
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Horace Boulder 5/17/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji 5/28/95
Hayabusa & Takashi Ishikawa v Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Douktare 6/6/95
Hayabusa v Hisakatsu Oya 6/27/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya 7/18/95
Hayabusa v The Gladiator 7/30/95
https://www.patreon.com/puroarchive
Tag Team Match
Makoto Saito & Tadahiro Fujisaki vs. Akinori Tsukioka & The Great Takeru
Tag Team Match
Cosmo Soldier & S...
https://www.patreon.com/puroarchive
Tag Team Match
Makoto Saito & Tadahiro Fujisaki vs. Akinori Tsukioka & The Great Takeru
Tag Team Match
Cosmo Soldier & Shigeo Kato vs. Onryo & Shinichi Shino
Singles Match
Katsumi Hirano vs. Shinigami
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match
Hirofumi Miura & Masashi Aoyagi (c) vs. Azteca & Masayoshi Motegi
Tag Team Match
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Tarzan Goto vs. Basara & Shinichi Nakano
Six Man Tag Team Match
Masaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Okamura & Yoshikazu Taru vs. Hiroyoshi Kotsubo, Kamikaze & Masakazu Fukuda
https://www.patreon.com/puroarchive
Tag Team Match
Makoto Saito & Tadahiro Fujisaki vs. Akinori Tsukioka & The Great Takeru
Tag Team Match
Cosmo Soldier & Shigeo Kato vs. Onryo & Shinichi Shino
Singles Match
Katsumi Hirano vs. Shinigami
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match
Hirofumi Miura & Masashi Aoyagi (c) vs. Azteca & Masayoshi Motegi
Tag Team Match
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Tarzan Goto vs. Basara & Shinichi Nakano
Six Man Tag Team Match
Masaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Okamura & Yoshikazu Taru vs. Hiroyoshi Kotsubo, Kamikaze & Masakazu Fukuda
*FREE* Autographed Cover-Card by COLT, GRADO & KIKUTARO with DVD purchase (while supplies last)
The world of professional wrestling has always been known for i...
*FREE* Autographed Cover-Card by COLT, GRADO & KIKUTARO with DVD purchase (while supplies last)
The world of professional wrestling has always been known for it's tough, mean, hard-hitting wrestlers. This movie-documentary is the complete opposite. Join three of the world's most famous comedic pro wrestlers on their journey.
Japan's Kikutaro, Scotland's Grado & Chicago's Colt Cabana tour a variety of wrestling shows, opening up the world of independent and comedic pro wrestling for the world to see. Get ready for laughter, intrigue, fascination, psychology and much more.
PRE ORDER NOW at
http://www.COLTMERCH.com
or
http://www.WrestlingRoadDiaries.com
BUY COLT'S SHIRTS....
http://www.ProWrestlingTees.com/ColtCabana
Listen to Colt's Weekly Wrestling Podcast
THE ART OF WRESTLING at http://www.COLTCABANA.com
TWITTER:
http://www.twitter.com/coltcabana
COLT ALSO HAS Shirts, DVDs, Posters and more at http://www.COLTMERCH.com
***** My name is Colt Cabana. I am a pro wrestler. *****
*FREE* Autographed Cover-Card by COLT, GRADO & KIKUTARO with DVD purchase (while supplies last)
The world of professional wrestling has always been known for it's tough, mean, hard-hitting wrestlers. This movie-documentary is the complete opposite. Join three of the world's most famous comedic pro wrestlers on their journey.
Japan's Kikutaro, Scotland's Grado & Chicago's Colt Cabana tour a variety of wrestling shows, opening up the world of independent and comedic pro wrestling for the world to see. Get ready for laughter, intrigue, fascination, psychology and much more.
PRE ORDER NOW at
http://www.COLTMERCH.com
or
http://www.WrestlingRoadDiaries.com
BUY COLT'S SHIRTS....
http://www.ProWrestlingTees.com/ColtCabana
Listen to Colt's Weekly Wrestling Podcast
THE ART OF WRESTLING at http://www.COLTCABANA.com
TWITTER:
http://www.twitter.com/coltcabana
COLT ALSO HAS Shirts, DVDs, Posters and more at http://www.COLTMERCH.com
***** My name is Colt Cabana. I am a pro wrestler. *****
March 1st 1996
International Wrestling Association Japan
Town General Gymnasium
Shonan, Chiba, Japan
Video Quality - EX (Not a great camera angle)
Tudor T...
March 1st 1996
International Wrestling Association Japan
Town General Gymnasium
Shonan, Chiba, Japan
Video Quality - EX (Not a great camera angle)
Tudor The Turtle vs. Takeshi Sato
Emi Motokawa vs. Kyoko Ichiki
Keizo Matsuda vs. Keisuke Yamada
Umanoseke Ueda vs. Katsumi Hirano
Akemi Tsukioka & Hiroshi Itakura vs. Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Mr. Gannosuke
Takashi Okano vs. Cactus Jack
Tarzan Goto vs. Leatherface
March 1st 1996
International Wrestling Association Japan
Town General Gymnasium
Shonan, Chiba, Japan
Video Quality - EX (Not a great camera angle)
Tudor The Turtle vs. Takeshi Sato
Emi Motokawa vs. Kyoko Ichiki
Keizo Matsuda vs. Keisuke Yamada
Umanoseke Ueda vs. Katsumi Hirano
Akemi Tsukioka & Hiroshi Itakura vs. Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Mr. Gannosuke
Takashi Okano vs. Cactus Jack
Tarzan Goto vs. Leatherface
IWA Kokusai
5/14/95
Yokohama Yong Dong Village
Crusher Okamoto vs ?
Toyonori Fujita(Magnitude Kishiwada) vs Masanobu Kochi
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa(Kikutaro)/Shigeo Okumura vs Two Masked Gaijins
Chain Death Match: The Mummy vs The Black Mummy
Street Fight Death Match: Silver Majin X vs Super Maijin
Hiroshi Shimada/Kamen Rider vs Blackhole 1 & 2
IWA Kokusai Tag Team Titles: Demonio One/Demonio Two vs Masahiko Takasugi/Goro Tsurumi
The best high flyer in all of FMW was Hayabusa, and here is an FMW release covering some early Hayabusa matches.
Complete and full matches include versus Onita in the famous exploding cage match, versus Ooya in an incredible bout for the vacant Brass Knuckles title after Onita's 1995 retirement, and versus The Gladiator in a massive 1 on 1 contest.
Hayabusa v Atsushi Onita 5/5/95 *Exploding Cage Barbed wire Death Match*
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Horace Boulder 5/17/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama & Masato Tanaka v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya & Ricky Fuji 5/28/95
Hayabusa & Takashi Ishikawa v Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Douktare 6/6/95
Hayabusa v Hisakatsu Oya 6/27/95
Hayabusa & Katsutoshi Niiyama v The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya 7/18/95
Hayabusa v The Gladiator 7/30/95
https://www.patreon.com/puroarchive
Tag Team Match
Makoto Saito & Tadahiro Fujisaki vs. Akinori Tsukioka & The Great Takeru
Tag Team Match
Cosmo Soldier & Shigeo Kato vs. Onryo & Shinichi Shino
Singles Match
Katsumi Hirano vs. Shinigami
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match
Hirofumi Miura & Masashi Aoyagi (c) vs. Azteca & Masayoshi Motegi
Tag Team Match
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Tarzan Goto vs. Basara & Shinichi Nakano
Six Man Tag Team Match
Masaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Okamura & Yoshikazu Taru vs. Hiroyoshi Kotsubo, Kamikaze & Masakazu Fukuda
*FREE* Autographed Cover-Card by COLT, GRADO & KIKUTARO with DVD purchase (while supplies last)
The world of professional wrestling has always been known for it's tough, mean, hard-hitting wrestlers. This movie-documentary is the complete opposite. Join three of the world's most famous comedic pro wrestlers on their journey.
Japan's Kikutaro, Scotland's Grado & Chicago's Colt Cabana tour a variety of wrestling shows, opening up the world of independent and comedic pro wrestling for the world to see. Get ready for laughter, intrigue, fascination, psychology and much more.
PRE ORDER NOW at
http://www.COLTMERCH.com
or
http://www.WrestlingRoadDiaries.com
BUY COLT'S SHIRTS....
http://www.ProWrestlingTees.com/ColtCabana
Listen to Colt's Weekly Wrestling Podcast
THE ART OF WRESTLING at http://www.COLTCABANA.com
TWITTER:
http://www.twitter.com/coltcabana
COLT ALSO HAS Shirts, DVDs, Posters and more at http://www.COLTMERCH.com
***** My name is Colt Cabana. I am a pro wrestler. *****
March 1st 1996
International Wrestling Association Japan
Town General Gymnasium
Shonan, Chiba, Japan
Video Quality - EX (Not a great camera angle)
Tudor The Turtle vs. Takeshi Sato
Emi Motokawa vs. Kyoko Ichiki
Keizo Matsuda vs. Keisuke Yamada
Umanoseke Ueda vs. Katsumi Hirano
Akemi Tsukioka & Hiroshi Itakura vs. Mitsunobu Kikuzawa & Mr. Gannosuke
Takashi Okano vs. Cactus Jack
Tarzan Goto vs. Leatherface
Mitsunobu Kikuzawa(菊澤 光信,Kikuzawa Mitsunobu), better known by his wrestling persona Kikutaro(菊タロー,Kikutarō) and formerly Ebessan(えべっさん,Ebessan), is a freelance Japaneseprofessional wrestler primarily competing for Kensuke Office, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Wrestle-1. Though best known for wrestling under a mask, he also regularly works unmasked under the ring name Kikuzawa (stylized in all capital letters), representing Tokyo Gurentai. Kikuzawa has also made appearances in North America, competing in promotions such as Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and Ring of Honor (ROH).
Career
Kikuzawa started his wrestling career in 1994, wrestling under his birth name for Japanese hardcore wrestling promotions including FMW and W*ING. He was only a jobber and never made much of a name for himself at this stage in his career. Kikuzawa eventually signed with Osaka Pro Wrestling and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he continued to use his real name while competing for DDT, but began wearing a mask while wrestling for Osaka Pro as a character named Ebessan (based on Ebisu, the Japanese god of good fortune); using comedic spots to get over with the crowd, Kikuzawa was immediately accepted by the Osaka Pro crowd. Moving up the ranks quickly in the comedic promotion, he soon made Osaka Pro his full-time home in 2001. He became well known for his rivalry with Kuishinbo Kamen, the two having many fun and comedic matches. They even worked as a tag team from time to time.