| Mitsunobu Kikuzawa | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| 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 Kiku Angle Killer Kiku |
| 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 |
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Kikuzawa started his wrestling career in 1994, wrestling under his birth name for Japanese hardcore wrestling promotions including FMW and W*ING. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW was a revolutionary Japanese Professional wrestling promotion founded in 1989 by Atsushi Onita. He was only a jobber and never made much of a name for himself at this stage in his career. Kikuzawa eventually signed with Osaka Pro Wrestling and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where 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 (based on Ebisu, the Japanese god of good fortune); using comedic spots to get over with the crowd, Kikuzawa was immediately accepted by the Osaka Pro crowd. Dramatic Dream Team, better known by its initials DDT or its logo reading D2T, is a Japanese Professional wrestling promotion founded in Ebisu (恵比須 恵比寿 夷 戎, also transliterated Yebisu or called Hiruko (蛭子 or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神 is the Moving up the ranks quickly in the comedic promotion, he soon made Osaka Pro his full-time home in 2001.
In 2006, he began competing for All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he continues to work primarily to this day. ( AJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972 He often wrestles in the opening match, but occasionally teams with Keiji Mutoh.
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 Keiji Mutoh in his matches by performing Mutoh's signature elbow drop, as well as using Mutoh's "love" pose. is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. Kikuzawa has also done many tributes to wrestlers in "borrowing" their gimmicks by dressing in similar attire and performing their signature moves. Kikuzawa has famously imitated Stan Hansen, Abdullah the Butcher, Jushin Liger, Triple H, Cactus Jack, Bill Goldberg, Kurt Angle, Ric Flair and Yuji Nagata. John Stanley "Stan" Hansen (born October 12 1949 is a retired American professional wrestler. Larry Shreve (born Lawrence Robert Shreve on January 11 1941) best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times the Madman from better known as and later is a Japanese professional wrestler who invented the Shooting Star Press. Paul Michael Levesque better known by his Ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name Hunter Hearst Helmsley Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. William Scott Goldberg 2 time United States Heavyweight Champion In early 1998 Goldberg defeated the likes of Brad Armstrong at SuperBrawl VIII Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9 1968 is an American professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Richard Morgan Fliehr According to WWE and PWI Flair is an eight-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion Yuji Nagata (永田裕志 Nagata Yūji, born April 24 1968 is a Japanese professional wrestler.