Kengo Mashimo Kengo Mashimo is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Kaientai Dojo . His style is a combination submission wrestling and hard , martial art strikes . He is currently the ace of Kaientai Dojo . Career . Kengo Mashimo debuted in Puerto Rico in 2001 as one of the first Kaientai Dojo students . Once Kaientai Dojo arrived in Japan in April 2002 , Mashimo started as a wrestler using a grappling and shoot style , finishing his opponents quickly by KO or TKO before starting a short series of matches with Isami which Mashimo lost 3 - 1 , but in doing so , won a lot of crowd support for his fire and spirit . Mashimo did not affiliate with any units in the early years , instead choosing to fight anyone . 2003 also saw Mashimo have his biggest match in his career since debuting as a wrestler , taking on NJPW junior legend Jushin Thunder Liger in an impressive match which opened eyes to him . He also travelled to some other promotions that year , including Riki Chōshū ' s World Japan . In 2004 , he allied with Kunio Toshima and SUPER - X but never officially making a faction . Toshima & Mashimo won the UWA and UWF Intercontinental tag team titles , but vacated them after winning due to winning them in a Handicap match in the tournament final as Hi69 ' s partner , MIYAWAKI was injured earlier in the night . Mashimo also got the biggest chance of his career , challenging Heat for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship . He also made it to the STRONGEST - K ' 04 finals that year after dispatching of Taka Michinoku in the semi finals . However , Mashimo was defeated by Hi69 in the finals at Tokyo ' s Korakuen Hall . In 2005 , under the guidance of former Far East Connection manager , 296 , Kengo Mashimo formed a stable along with KAZMA called Kinnoutou and Kinnoutou started to dominate , eventually taking in Ryota Chikuzen and Kunio Toshima as well . Mashimo and KAZMA though were the most successful of the group , Mashimo going undefeated from the formation of Kinnoutou and did not drop a fall until well after he left the group . Kengo Mashimo and KAZMA won the first STRONGEST - K Tag Team tournament and were crowned the first ever STRONGEST - K Tag Team champions , the two dominating the tag team scene in K - DOJO as they also won the UWA and UWF Intercontinental Tag Team titles , absorbing them into the STRONGEST - K Tag Team title . When K - DOJO split its roster into two , Mashimo , along with the rest of his Kinnoutou allies were drafted to GET . Mashimo ' s singles dominance was also highlighted with winning the STRONGEST - K ' 05 tournament , defeating Yuji Hino in one of the longest singles matches in K - DOJO history . Early 2006 saw Mashimo and KAZMA lose their first ever tag match together , losing the STRONGEST - K Tag Team titles in February to Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi . After losing , signs of friction started to grow in Kinnoutou with Kunio Toshima ' s sense of justice saving TAKU Michinoku from a Kinnoutou attack . Mashimo and Toshima battled each other until Mashimo defeated Toshima in April . Mashimo resumed his quest to become the ace of K - DOJO and became the first man to win the STRONGEST - K tournament twice by defeating Saburo Inematsu in the final and after his win , he left Kinnoutou and jumped to RAVE where he was a lone wolf after rejecting attempts from New Standard , Kashiwa Gumi and the Boso Heroes . Finally , after two years of chasing , Mashimo finally gained K - DOJO ' s Strongest - K Championship title by defeating the popular JOE and became the ace of the company . After joining RAVE and winning the CHAMPION OF STRONGEST - K , Mashimo started a rival partnership with the newly unmasked Madoka . Mashimo also appeared regularly on Big Mouth Loud and later Uwai Station shows . Mashimo and Madoka fought for Mashimo ' s title at the January Korakuen show , but resumed their partnership after , the two winning the 2007 STRONGEST - K Tag Team Tournament and followed it by winning in the GPWA sponsored Differ Cup tournament . Mashimo ' s Kinnoutou past was brought back to him , defeating his ex - partner KAZMA in the main event for the 5th Anniversary show in April , then taking on Ryota Chikuzen for his title a few months later . Once GET and RAVE merged , Mashimo kept his partnership with Madoka and brought Boso Boy Raito into their alliance , however never officially becoming a group . Mashimo began a short feud with TAKA Michinoku , Mashimo forcing TAKA to prove himself after an average two years , which lead to a title match on TAKA ' s 15 Anniversary show which Mashimo won . 2007 has also seen Mashimo start an interpromotional rivalry with BJW heavyweight Daisuke Sekimoto , the two fighting on nearly every Indy Summit show , culmulating in a BJW Tag Team title match with Mashimo teaming with DDT star HARASHIMA in a 30 - minute draw against champions Sekimoto and Pro Wrestling ZERO1 - MAX ' s Yoshihito Sasaki . On September 7 , 2012 , Mashimo began working for New Japan Pro Wrestling , joining the Suzuki - gun stable , which also included his trainer Taka Michinoku . Mashimo ' s first big match in New Japan took place on September 23 at Destruction , where he was defeated by Togi Makabe in a singles match . On November 15 , Mashimo entered a tournament to determine the inaugural NEVER Openweight Champion . After wins over Bushi and Ryusuke Taguchi , Mashimo was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals on November 19 by Karl Anderson . From November 20 to December 1 , Mashimo took part in the round - robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League , alongside Suzuki - gun leader Minoru Suzuki . The team finished with a record of three wins and three losses , failing to advance from their block . In February 2013 , Mashimo took part in Suzuki - gun ' s war with the Chaos stable , which built to a singles match on February 10 at The New Beginning , where he was defeated by Shinsuke Nakamura . In early 2014 , Mashimo began working regularly for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a member of Kenso ' s Dark Kingdom stable . However , on August 30 , Mashimo turned on Kenso and his stable .