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1954 - 1959 miscellaneous cards
The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results otherwise).
1954/10/01 Tokyo - Tokyo Gym
* A charity event by inviting thousands of children
Yoshinosato wins a 8-man tournament to determine a challenger for Rikidozan
Surugaumi def an American wrestlers from the military base in Japan
Kokichi Endo def an American wrestlers from the military base in Japan
Tokyo Governer Cup elimination match - 3 falls, 30min
Rikidozan (1:24 pin) Yoshinosato
Rikidozan (2:20 boston crab) Surugaumi
Rikidozan (5:08 pin) Endo
1954/12/22 Tokyo - Kuramae Kokugikan (13,000)
Participating Organizations:
Japan Pro Wrestling Association
International Pro-Wrestling Force (not to be confused with IWE)
All Japan Pro-Wrestling Association (not to be confused with Baba's All Japan)
Yíyuē Zhuō [Tak Yi-yak/Tsunagoro Rashomon] [JWA] def Takeo Kaneko [JWA]
Osamu Abe [JWA] def Tomio Miyashima [JWA]
Teizo Watanabe [JWA] def Yonetaro Tanaka [JWA]
Yoshinosato [JWA] def Noboru Ichikawa [AJ]
Surugaumi [JWA] drew Kiyotaka Otsubo [IPW]
Youssef Turko [JWA] def Takeo Toda [free]
Kokichi Endo [JWA] def Tachinoumi [IPW]
Japanese Heavyweight Championship: Rikidozan [JWA] (2-0) Masahiko Kimura [IPW]
1: Rikidozan (15:49 TKO)
2: Rikidozan (forfeit)
* Rikidozan becomes the first champion
1955/01/26 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Tomio Miyashima (11:00 pin) Osamu Abe
Yoshinosato (12:43 boston crab) Teizo Watanabe
Michiaki Yoshimura (15:10 pin) Yonetaro Tanaka
Toyonobori (9:26 pin) Jiro Yamazaki
Surugaumi (30min limit draw) Noboru Ichikawa
Turko & Endo (2-1) Kiyomigawa & Nagasawa
1: Nagasawa (14:52 pin) Turko
2: Endo (12:16 pin) Nagasawa
3: Endo (7:55 pin) Nagasawa
Japanese Heavyweight Title: Rikidozan* (2-0) Toshio Yamaguchi
1956/11/30 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Japanese Heavyweight Title Top Contender Match: Azumafuji (2-1) Toshio Yamaguchi
1957/04/08 Osaka - Pref. Gym
Japanese Light Heavyweight Title: Yoshinosato* (2-1) Isao Yoshiwara
Japanese Junior Heavyweight Title*: Michiaki Yoshimura (2-0) Mitsuo Surugaumi
1957/12/21 Tokyo
Rikidozan def Bill Savage
1959/01/09 Tokyo - Kourakuen Gym
All Asia Heavyweight Title: Rikidozan* (2-0) Tiny Mills
1: Rikidozan (19:10 pin)
2: Rikidozan (6:00 pin)
1959/01/22 Nagoya - Kanayama Gym
All Asia Heavyweight Title: Rikidozan* (2-1) Lucky Simunovich
1: (21:00 DCOR)
2: Rikidozan (7:00 pin)
1959/05/01 Tokyo - Kourakuen Gym (2,000)
Mitsuaki Hirai (10min limit draw) Katsuyoshi Suzuki
Yonetaro Tanaka (14:41 full nelson) Mr. Chin
Isao Yoshiwara (13:58 backslide) Kiyotaka Otsubo
Yukio Suzuki (1:29 pin) Takeo Kaneko
Michiaki Yoshimura & Yoshinosato (26:59 pin) Kaichi Nagasawa & Masaaki Takemura
Kokichi Endo (2-1) Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves)
1: Endo (31:34 pin)
2: Atomic (1:19 DQ)
3: Endo (forfeit)
1959/05/08? Muroran, Hokkaido
Rikidozan & Toyonobori def Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) & Danny Plechas
1959/05/11 Obihiro, Hokkaido
Rikidozan & Toyonobori (DQ) Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) & Danny Plechas
1959/05/15 Sapporo
Rikidozan & Toyonobori def Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves) & Danny Plechas
1959/05/16 Sapporo
Rikidozan def Danny Plechas
1959/08/07 Tokyo - Den'en Coliseum
International Heavyweight Title: Rikidozan* (2-0) Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves)
1:Rikidozan (21:21" pin)
2:Rikidozan (4:53" pin)
1959/12/25 Tokyo - Naniwa-cho Puroresu Center
Mitsuaki Hirai (15min limit draw) Kintaro Ohki
Kiyotaka Otsubo (13:00 arm bar) Masaaki Tanaka
Kanji Higuchi (16:08 pin) Yonetaro Tanaka
Yukio Suzuki (5:48 pin) Mr. Chin
Kaichi Nagasawa (10:47 pin) Takeo Kaneko
Tamanogawa (11:37 DQ) Red Miller
Yusuf Turko (17:05 pin) Isao Yoshiwara
Kokichi Endo, Yoshinosato, & Masaaki Takemura (2-1) Jim Wright, Alex Jakobides, & Bulldog Butcher
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