japans baddest wrestler

kawada 

Few wrestlers are able to conjure up as much fear as Toshiaki Kawada. He’s a wrestler of mythic proportions.

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He exudes an aura of badassery that few wrestlers have been able to  match. This stems from his reputation as being arguably the hardest  hitting wrestler to ever step foot in a wrestling ring.

The Baddest Wrestler In Japan

When one looks at the career of Toshiaki Kawada, there’s a second name that comes up right away: Mitsuharu Misawa.

KAWADA

KAWADA & MISAWA

These two were more joined at the hip as wrestlers than any other duo in  puroresu history. And that’s because they share such a lengthy and  convoluted history together.

RIVALS

TheIR  BEGinINg

The Perfect RIVAL

Kawada and Misawa went to the same high school, and both did amateur  wrestling as seniors. Misawa was a year older and played a key role in  Kawada’s future.

It was Misawa that convinced Kawada to join AJPW’s dojo instead of NJPW’s upon graduation.

WORLDS APART

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