Kenichi Sakai
| Kenichi Sakai | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) |
Kenichi Sakai Ken45° Pineapple Hanai |
| Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
| Born |
May 25, 1982 Sagamihara City, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Trained by |
Último Dragón Jorge "Skayde" Rivera |
| Debut | December 7, 2002 |
(Kenichi Sakai (坂井 謙一 Sakai Kenichi), (born May 25, 1982) in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler in the Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion known by his ring name Ken45°.
Biography
He debuted in Toryumon as Pineapple Hanai in the Los Salseros Japoneses stable, along with Takeshi Minamino and Mango Fukuda. He has since changed to a Rock and Roll character along the lines of Japanese legend, Ricky Fuji. When he first joined El Dorado, he wanted to become a member of the Aagan Iisou stable, but would lose a match to Takuya Sugawara which stipulated that he could not even occasionally team up with them. He instead became freelance, not allied with any stable. After growing tired of his free lifestyle, he joined up with the Sukiyaki stable when they were first being formed. He would soon turn heel and join the HELL DEMONS stable.
Outside of wrestling, he's part of the rock band Crazy Crew with Ricky Fuji and The Great Sasuke.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- BARONESS (Over the shoulder reverse piledriver)
- Loop of Pine (Vertical suplex stunner)
- Scorpion Death ROCK (Sharpshooter shouting "Rock!!" when locking the hold)
- Signature moves
- Bicycle kick followed by a rolling reverse prawn pin and finished with a low blow punch
- Break the Hammer (Double chickenwing facebuster)
- Lifting low blow kick followed by a lariat
- Over the top rope suicide dive
- Region Bomb (Pumphandle sitout powerbomb)
- Rock 'n Roll (Arm trap somersault cradle)
- Salsa Salsa / Cryptosporidium (Hammerlock somersault cradle)
- Salsa Salsa II (Arm wrench somersault cradle)
- Salsa Salsa WILD (Straight jacket schoolboy rolled into a straight jacket jackknife)
- Snap DDT
- Super hurricanrana
- Swinging neckbreaker
Championships and accomplishments
- 4 Front Wrestling
- 4FW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- Futaritabi Tag Team League (2004) - with Mango Fukuda
- Secret Base Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2011) - with Jun Ogawauchi and Kinya Oyanagi
- UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) - with Mango Fukuda and Takeshi Minamino