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Daisuke Nakae (中栄 大輔, Nakae Daisuke)[1] (born January 1, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist, better known by the ring name Kenoh (拳王, Ken'ō).[3] He currently wrestles in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC National Champion and the current GHC Heavyweight Champion in his second reign.
Kenoh began his career in Michinoku Pro Wrestling after being scouted by Jinsei Shinzaki. There, he would eventually go on to win the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, before leaving Michinoku Pro and signing with Pro Wrestling Noah in 2015. Initially competing as a junior heavyweight, he formed a popular tag team with Hajime Ohara, and the two went on to hold the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship two times. He graduated to the heavyweight division in 2017, and would go on to win the Global League and the GHC Heavyweight Championship in the same year.
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Birth name | Daisuke Nakae[1] |
Born | January 1, 1985 (age 37)[2] Tokushima, Tokushima[3] |
Ring name(s) | Budoka[4] Daisuke Nakae Kanmuriwashi Yoko Kenoh |
Billed height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] |
Billed weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[3] |
Trained by | Jinsei Shinzaki |
Debut | March 2, 2008[ |
Championships and accomplishments
- Michinoku Pro Wrestling
- Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- Futaritabi Tag Team Tournament (2010) – with Rui Hiugaji
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)[22]
- GHC National Championship (2 times)
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hajime Ohara[7][10]
- GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Masa Kitamiya (1)[17] and Takashi Sugiura (1)[19]
- Global League/N-1 Victory (2017, 2019)[21]
- NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League (2014) – with Hajime Ohara[6]
- Super J-Cup Qualifying Tournament B (2016)