Report Last Updated - 12/07 (Winter)
Real Name - Teru Kawabata
Birthdate - 4/29/65
5'8" 243 lbs. - Kagoshima, Japan

Aliases - n/a

Athletic background - Sumo (Senshu University)

Teachers - n/a

Professional background - SWS(`91), WAR(`94), BJPW(`95), FMW(`95), Tokyo Pro(`96), IWA-Japan(`97), BJPW(`97-`99), WAR(`97), NOAH(`02-)

Groups - none

Career Highlights - n/a

Finisher(s) -
- Flying Senton
- Axe Bomber
- Moonsault Press

Favorites -
- Missile Dropkick
- Samoan Drop
- Atomic Drop-Back Suplex Combo
- Running Somersault Senton-Senton Combo
- Chop

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 5
science - 2
aerial - 3
power - 6
strikes - 6

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 4
selling - 5
bumping - 5
heat - 4
carrying - 5
push - 3
potential - 2

Outlook - A journeyman undercarder who NOAH picked up on for unknown reasons aside from Richard Slinger was injured, Kishin Kawabata's signing stunned many. Most would recognize him from his involvement with WAR in the mid-90s, which was not all that much either. He kind of bounced around indies never doing all that much because he was a thirty-something worker with nothing special to offer. Now he's rolling up on forty, isn't any better and they picked him up. He kind of bounces between regular midcard tag wrestling and the old man comedy matches. Kawabata has been given a regular partner in Kentaro Shiga, who is younger, smaller, but has almost as much experience. The aging veteran has some flashes of excellence, but often is just mediocre by NOAH's standards.