Mitsunobu Kikuzawa

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Mitsunobu Kikuzawa
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Ring name(s) Mitsunobu Kikuzawa
Ebessan
Keiji Ebitoh
Jyushin Thunder Ebesga
Kikutasu Jack
Ebestan Hansen
Ebetaro
Kikutaro
Kiku-Kiku-Kiku
Kikustan Hansen
Kiku Flair
Kiku H
Billed height 5 ft 7 in (171 cm)
Billed weight 209 lb (95 kg)
Born January 10, 1977
Unknown
Resides Japan
Debut May 14, 1994

Mitsunobu Kikuzawa, better known by his wrestling persona Kikutaro, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is a freelancer, but currently competes in Japan for All Japan Pro Wrestling, but is also known to wrestle for other Japanese promotions. Kikuzawa also makes his presence felt in America, for American promotion Ring of Honor, while also having competed for other American independent promotions such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.

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[edit] Career

[edit] FMW and W*ING

Kikuzawa started his wrestling career in 1994, wrestling under his actual name for Japanese hardcore wrestling promotions such as FMW and W*ING. He was consistently a job boy, and never made much of a name for himself at this stage in his career.

[edit] Osaka Pro

Kikuzawa then signed on with two independent promotions: Osaka Pro Wrestling and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). 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. The Ebessan character was based on Ebisu, the Japanese god of good fortune. Using wacky 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 made Osaka Pro his full-time home in 2001.

From there, he managed to launch his career into small Japanese superstardom.

[edit] Tributes

Kikuzawa has been known to do tributes to many wrestlers throughout his career, either through subtle imitations or by doing full imitations of their gimmick. He typically includes a tribute to Ric Flair in his matches, by performing the infamous "Flair Flop" and using Flair's signature call of "Woooo!". Kikuzawa has also done many tributes to wrestlers in "borrowing" their gimmicks by dressing in similar attire and performing their signature moves.

  • Wrestlers Who Kikuzawa Has Imitated

[edit] Wrestling facts

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Famous Feuds
  • Kuishinbo Kamen

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Osaka Pro
  • Battle Royal Champion (6x)
  • World's #1 Champion (3x)
  • Barbed Wire Street Fight Six Man Tag Team Champion (2x)

[edit] References

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