Keni'chiro Arai

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Keni'chiro Arai (新井 健一郎)(born July 7, 1972 in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate. He currently in the Tozawa-juku stable, and he was previously a member of Seikigun, Shin M2K, and Final M2K.


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Keni'chiro Arai, also known as Araken, is a second term graduate of Ultimo Dragon's Toryumon Japan group, and has been a mainstay on the roster ever since. He participated in FMW before joining Toryumon. He is known for his love of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, and for his very hard head. Arai frequently no-sells attacks to the head when wrestling. Earlier in his career, he played an alcoholic, and would spit beer in his opponent's faces, but this aspect of his character was quietly dropped. He debuted as a heel, but turned face within the year, and has remained face for the rest of his career.

Arai started as a midcarder, but gradually lost card position over the years, until he was fighting mainly in opening matches and rarely winning. He joined the cram school based stable Tozawa-Juku in early 2007, which was the first ever alteration of his character. He formed a tag team with Taku Iwasa that gave his career a resurgence. Iwasa and Arai held the Open the Twin Gate championship, successfully retaining three times, and have represented Dragon Gate in Pro Wrestling NOAH.

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