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Keni'chiro Arai |
| Real Name: Keni'chiro Arai | |
| Nickname: Dancho Araken - 団長アラケン | |
| Date of Birth: 7/7/1972 | |
| Birthplace: Nerima-ku, Tokyo | |
| Height/Weight: 176cm/85kg | |
| Theme: BELIEF, Tozawajuku - School Song | |
| Debut: 11/29/1998 vs. Kato Kung Lee, Kato Jr., Mr. Niebla, America, Maniac Cop, Dr. Cerebro, Salsero (Partner: CIMA, SUWA, Sumo Fuji, TARU, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda | |
| Title History: Open the Twin Gate, Open the Triangle Gate, IJ Tag, UWA 6 Man Tag, NWA Welterweight |
Specialties:
•Tozawajuku Hiden: Kokyuuyama -
戸澤塾秘伝・こきゅやま
Swan-dive style footsomp
•Tozawajuku Hiden: Kubiyama - 戸澤塾秘伝・くびやま
Tombstone piledriver
•Tozawajuku Hiden: Koshiyama - 戸澤塾秘伝・こしやま
Top rope hip toss.
•Tozawajuku Hiden: Seijin no Gishiki -
戸澤塾秘伝・成人の儀式
Diving headbutt from a partners' shoulders. During the FM2K era, it was
called "Circus-style Headbutt"
•Tozawajuku Hiden: Ashiinkan - 戸澤塾秘伝・足印艦
Footstomp version of the Seijin no Gishiki.
•Hanshin Tiger Suplex - 阪神タイガースープレックス
Standard Tiger Suplex, named for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.
•Tobidashichuui - 飛び出し注意!
High speed swan dive headbutt
•Firebird Splash
Prior to joining the Toryumon system, Araken spent some
time in the FMW system.
1998: Debuts as a 2nd term student.
1999: Comes to Japan with Toryumon as a heel. Feuds with fellow
heel Sumo Fuji
2000: To rid what is left of his heel past, and reinvent
himself he starts the
Keni'chiro Arai Denaoshi Saishugyou series. He won the
first 24 matches before losing the last. Still, he turned that success into a
title win, capturing the NWA Welterweight title.
2001: Competes as a member of Seikigun
2002: Debuts the Hanshin Tiger Suplex, named after the Hanshin
Tigers baseball team.
2003: Joins Shin M2K. At the end of the year, defeats leader
Masaaki Mochizuki to bring the unit to an end.
2004: Reconciles with Mochizuki to join Final M2K. Runs on foot
from the Odaiba Mainichi Pro Wrestling tent to Differ Ariake while the show is
broadcasting live on PPV. Makes it in time for his entry into an elimination
match. Loses despite the effort. Begins appearing as a masked character "Heno
Heno Kamen" to make life miserable for Touru Owashi. Even though he wore the
exact same ring costume and did the exact same offense, Owashi never figured out
who it was and actually lost the feud.
2005: Acts as a mentor to Tozawa after his debut.
2006: With Final M2K unraveling, Tozawa and Tozawajuku begin to
actively recruit him. They went as far as to bring his mother out to convince
him.
2007: Joins up with Tozawajuku, attacking Mochi. Mochi was not
bothered by the attack and continued talking through it .... Experienced a
career renaissance through his tag team with Taku Iwasa.
AraIwa continued their success into 2008 when they won the Open the Twin Gate. Araken strengthened Tozawajuku, recruiting Shinobu as an exchange student and El Generico as an international transfer.