Kenoh

Kenoh
Kenoh in 2015
Birth nameDaisuke Nakae[1]
Born (1985-01-01) January 1, 1985 (age 39)[2]
Tokushima, Tokushima[3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Budoka[4]
Daisuke Nakae
Kanmuriwashi Yoko
Kenoh
Billed height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Billed weight95 kg (209 lb)[3]
Trained byJinsei Shinzaki
DebutMarch 2, 2008[3]

Daisuke Nakae (Japanese: 中栄 大輔, Hepburn: Nakae Daisuke)[1] (born January 1, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist, better known by the ring name Kenoh (拳王, Ken'ō).[3] He currently wrestles in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a 3-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He is also a former GHC National Champion.

Kenoh began his career in Michinoku Pro Wrestling after being scouted by Jinsei Shinzaki. There, he would eventually go on to win the Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, before leaving Michinoku Pro and signing with Pro Wrestling Noah in 2015. Initially competing as a junior heavyweight, he formed a popular tag team with Hajime Ohara, and the two went on to hold the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship two times. He graduated to the heavyweight division in 2017, and would go on to win the Global League and the GHC Heavyweight Championship in the same year.

  1. ^ a b "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NoahIntro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e "拳王 Kenoh". Pro Wrestling Noah. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
  4. ^ "Noahful Gift 2017 ～ファン感謝祭～". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.