Kenta Kobashi

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Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • All Asia Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Tiger Mask II/Mitsuharu Misawa (1), Johnny Ace (2), and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (1)
  • Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[2]
  • World Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Mitsuharu Misawa (2), Johnny Ace (2), and Jun Akiyama (2)
  • Champion Carnival (2000)
  • January 2 Korakuen Hall Heavyweight Battle Royal (1993)[22]
  • One Night Six Man Tag Team Tournament (1999) – with Jun Akiyama and Kentaro Shiga[23]
  • World's Strongest Tag Determination League (1993–1995) – with Mitsuharu Misawa
  • World's Strongest Tag Determination League (1998, 1999) – with Jun Akiyama
  • World's Strongest Tag Determination League Fresh Award (1991) – with Tsuyoshi Kikuchi[24]
• Nikkan Sports
  • Match of the Year (1997) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on October 21[25]
  • Match of the Year (1998) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on October 31[26]
  • Match of the Year (2003) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on March 1[27]
  • Match of the Year (2004) vs. Jun Akiyama on July 10[28]
  • Match of the Year (2005) vs. Kensuke Sasaki on July 18[29]
  • Match of the Year (2007) with Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama on December 2[30]
  • Outstanding Performance Award (1996)[31]
  • Fighting Spirit Award (1997, 2007, 2008)[25][30][32]
  • Wrestler of the Year (1996, 1998, 2004, 2005)[31][26][28][29]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 4 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1996, 2000, and 2004
  • Ranked No. 33 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[33]
  • Ranked No. 6 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Mitsuharu Misawa in 2003
• Pro Wrestling Noah
  • GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[2]
  • GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship (1 time)
  • GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tamon Honda
  • One Day Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2002) – with Kenta and Kentaro Shiga[23]
• Tokyo Sports
  • Comeback Award (2007)[34]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)[35]
  • Match of the Year (1995) with Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on June 9, 1995[36]
  • Match of the Year (1997) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on October 21, 1997[36]
  • Match of the Year (1998) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on October 31, 1998[36]
  • Match of the Year (2003) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on March 1, 2003[34]
  • Match of the Year (2004) vs. Jun Akiyama on July 10, 2004[34]
  • Match of the Year (2005) vs. Kensuke Sasaki on July 18, 2005[34]
  • Match of the Year (2007) with Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama on December 2, 2007[34]
  • Match of the Year (2011) with Keiji Mutoh vs. Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano, All Together, August 27[37]
  • Rookie of the Year (1989)[38]
  • Tag Team of the Year (1993, 1994) with Mitsuharu Misawa[36]
  • Tag Team of the Year (1999) with Jun Akiyama[36]
  • Wrestler of the Year (1996, 1998)[36]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Best Box Office Draw (2004, 2005)
  • Best Wrestling Maneuver (1998) Burning Hammer
  • Match of the Year (1992) with Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon on May 25
  • Match of the Year (1998) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on October 31
  • Match of the Year (1999) vs Mitsuharu Misawa on June 11
  • Match of the Year (2003) vs. Mitsuharu Misawa on March 1
  • Match of the Year (2004) vs. Jun Akiyama on July 10
  • Match of the Year (2005) vs. Samoa Joe on October 1 at Joe vs. Kobashi
  • Most Improved Wrestler (1990)
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler (1993, 1994)
  • Tag Team of the Year (1995) with Mitsuharu Misawa
  • Tag Team of the Year (1999) with Jun Akiyama
  • Wrestler of the Year (1996, 2003–2005)
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2002)

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[Alexa]

The embodiment of the King's Road idea of a Underdog turned future champion/ace. Kenta lost something like 300 matches, but each time the crowd got more and more behind and when he finally won the crowd went wild. He then went on to showed what being an underdog meant by always coming back even when he lost against tougher and better opponents. Even when he became of the four pillars, or five really, he still showed his underdog fighting spirit.

 

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[Chris]

 

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[Wiseman]

Fuck, my head hurts just look at that.

 

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[Chris]