Kouhiro Kanemura Yukihiro Kanemura ( August 9 , 1970 ) is a former Zainichi - Korean professional wrestler , better known by the ring name Kanemura Kintaro . He is also known as W * ING Kanemura . He is best known for his death matches in Frontier Martial - Arts Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling . He has also wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling . Career . Pioneer Senshi ( 1990 - 1991 ) . Yukihiro Kanemura made his debut in December 1990 for Pioneer Senshi , against Akitoshi Saito , who also debuted . Within months , Pioneer Senshi folded . Wrestling International New Generations ( 1991 - 1994 ) . In September 1991 , Kanemura made his debut for Wrestling International New Generations . Although he started on the undercard , he work his way up the ladder in W * ING . In December 1992 , he won his very first championship , the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship , defeating Miguel Perez , Jr . In March 1993 , during a Smoky Mountain Wrestling TV taping , Kanemura was attacked by Kevin Sullivan . Sullivan bladed Kanemura ' s arm with a spike ; the incident was censored on national television in America . In April 1993 , he teamed up with Mitsuhiro Matsunaga to win the W * ING World Tag Team Championship , defeating Freddy Krueger and Leatherface . In October 1993 , he took part in a Scramble Fire Death Match , teaming up with Shoji Nakamaki against Jado and Gedo . During the match , Jado powerbombed Kanemura into the fire , burning 75 percent of his skin tissue off his back and shoulder . In March 1994 , W * ING folded . International Wrestling Association of Japan ( 1994 ) . After W * ING folded , Kanemura joined the International Wrestling Association of Japan . While there , he feuded with Shoji Nakamaki in a series of chain matches , until a dispute with bookers caused Kanemura to quit in August 1994 . Frontier Martial - Arts Wrestling ( 1994 - 2002 ) . Kanemura made his debut for Frontier Martial - Arts Wrestling in September 1994 , attacking Atsushi Onita , joining Mr . Pogo ' s group . Mitsuhiro Matsunaga would join Kanemura after a falling out with Onita , which was the genesis of the W * ING stable . In March 1995 , he and Mr . Pogo won the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship , defeating Mr . Gannosuke and Onita . They would hold the belts for two months , before losing the titles to Hisakatsu Oya and Ricky Fuji at Kawasaki Stadium . In May 1995 , he changed his name to W * ING Kanemura . Kanemura would take part in the FMW Young Lions Tournament , where he made it to the finals , before losing to Masato Tanaka . In July 1995 , Kanemura took part in another tournament , this time for the vacant FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship . He lost every single match but one : a win over Masato Tanaka . By November 1995 , Kanemura and his W * ING stable has established themselves to be a threat to FMW , led by Hayabusa . In May 1996 , he replaced Mitsuhiro Matsunaga to wrestle Cactus Jack at Kawasaki Stadium in a Caribbean Spider Net Glass Double Hell Death Match . Despite a valiant effort , he lost the match . In August 1996 , Kanemura became the first FMW Indepdendent Heavyweight Champion , defeating Masato Tanaka in a tournament final . In December 1996 , he lost the title to Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion The Gladiator in a title unification match . In 1997 , he aligned with Masato Tanaka and Atsushi Onita to feud with Terry Funk ' s Funk Masters of Wrestling . After the feud died down , Kanemura challenged Onita to a death match , Onita ' s career vs . the W * ING stable . In September 1997 , Kanemura and Onita fought in an Exploding Barbed Wire Bomb Cage Death Match , in which Kanemura lost , which in turn disbanded W * ING and he reverted to his old name , Yukihiro Kanemura . In October 1997 , Kanemura and Onita stunned the world by joining forces in a stable called ZEN . Around this time , Kanemura teamed with Onita at first , then with Mr . Gannosuke , with whom he had a better chemistry with . In December 1997 , Kanemura , Gannosuke , and Bad Boy Hido left ZEN by attacking Onita , until Koji Nakagawa made the save . In January 1998 , Kanemura ' s group and Fuyuki - Gun , led by Kodo Fuyuki , merged to form Team No Respect , with Gannosuke as their leader . In March 1998 , Kanemura took part of a tournament to determine the number one contender to the FMW Double Titles , held by Mr . Gannosuke ; he defeated Koji Nakagawa in the quarterfinals , before losing to The Gladiator in the semifinals . In May 1998 , Kanemura and Fuyuki would form a tag team called The New Footloose ( Fuyuki and Toshiaki Kawada were the original Footloose tag team in All Japan Pro Wrestling ) . In November 1998 , Kanemura took part in another tournament to determine the number one contender for the FMW Double Titles , now held by Kodo Fuyuki ; he defeated Hideki Hosaka in the first round , before losing to Mr . Gannosuke in the quarterfinals . In May 1999 , he made his debut in the Tokyo Dome in a six - man tag team match , in which he lost . Later that month , he was awarded the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight title by Fuyuki , who was splitting the Double Titles . In August 1999 , he lost the title to Hayabusa . In September 1999 , he changed his name to Kintaro Kanemura and was awarded the WEW Hardcore Championship ; he would trade the title several times with Big Japan Pro Wrestling ' s Ryuji Yamakawa , until finally retiring the title in May 2001 . In March 2000 , he wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling . In June 2000 , Kanemura disbanded Team No Respect to join Kodo Fuyuki ' s Shin - Fuyuki - Gun . He would be involved in a comedy feud with Hisakatsu Oya and a violent feud with Masato Tanaka , until Tanaka was released from his contract in February 2001 . In August 2001 , he defeated Hayabusa to win the WEW World Heavyweight Championship . Kanemura would reign as champion for five months , before losing the title to Kodo Fuyuki in January 2002 . In February 2002 , FMW folded , due to bankruptcy . Freelance ( 2002 - 2016 ) . After FMW ' s demise , Kanemura joined Fuyuki ' s World Enertainment Wrestling , which lasted until May 2004 . In May 2003 , he replaced Kodo Fuyuki , who died from cancer that March , to wrestle Shinya Hashimoto in Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match ; Kanemura gave it his all , before falling to the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion . After WEW ' s demise , he started the Apache Pro Wrestling promotion , out of his stable , the Apache Army . Things were going well for Kanemura until 2008 , when an incident cost him several bookings from other promotions . Nowadays , Kanemura mainly wrestles for Shin - W * ING , XWF , and Shin - FMW . Kanemura ' s retirement match took place on December 27 , 2016 . Sexual harassment scandal . In January 2008 , Kanemura arrived at a Big Japan Pro Wrestling show , drunk on sake . Backstage , Kanemura would go up to a young woman , who works for BJW , sending newsletter e - mails to fans . In front of all the wrestlers , Kanemura would grab a hold of her and began rubbing her vagina through her pants , while talking dirty to her in her ear . He would eventually let her go and would wrestle later that night . In February 2008 , the woman sent an e - mail , indicating the sexual harassment by Kanemura a month before . Mainstream news in Japan caught wind of the story . Two days later at a press conference , Kanemura apologized for his actions ; but the damage was done : Kanemura ' s bookings were cancelled and he was expelled from Apache Pro Wrestling . In March 2008 , Kanemura settled out of court to prevent a sexual harassment trial . The settlement led Kanemura to apologize to the woman nine days later , and a reconciliation .