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Kaientai
Kaientai
Stable
Members	Dick Togo; Men’s Teioh; Shiryu; Taka Michinoku; Funaki; Super Boy; Hanzo Nakajima; Yoshihiro Tajiri; Gran Hamada ; Yamaguchi-San (manager- WWF)
Name(s)	Kaientai Deluxe; Kaientai; Kai En Tai; bWo Japan ; Club Kamikaze
Billed from	Japan
Debut	1994
Disbanded	2001 (WWF)
Years active	1994–2001

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Kai En Tai (also spelled Kaientai) was a professional wrestling stable made up of Japanese wrestlers Shiryu, Dick Togo and Men’s Teioh, later joined by Sho Funaki and Taka Michinoku. The group was managed by Yamaguchi-San when they were in the WWF.^[1]

History

Michinoku Pro Wrestling

The group debuted in Japan's Michinoku Pro wrestling promotion in late 1994 when SATO, Terry Boy and Shiryu introduced themselves as Kai En Tai. The name "Kai En Tai" was based on Japan's first modern corporation, Kaientai ("Naval Auxiliary Force"), a naval institution and paramilitary organization dedicated to freeing Japan from feudal rule and protecting the country's national sovereignty that was a major player in the introduction of the Meiji Restoration.

Kai En Tai had many high profile tag team matches before two of them changed their names; SATO became Dick Togo, Terry Boy became Men's Teioh while Shiryu's name remained unchanged. The stable's name was also changed to "Kaientai Deluxe", or Kaientai DX for short. They would later be joined by The Dream Chasers (Taka Michinoku and Shoichi Funaki) as new members. Other members included Hanzo Nakajima, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Gran Hamada and Super Boy.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

In early 1997, Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo and Terry Boy had a short stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling as BWO Japan (also known as "BWO International") and feuded with the fellow Japanese team of The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada and Gran Naniwa. The rivalry culminated at ECW's first ever Pay-Per-View event Barely Legal 1997 where the team of Sasuke, Hamada and Masato Yakushiji (filling in for an injured Gran Naniwa) came out victorious. Since then, Kai En Tai would permanently adopt the bWo colors of blue and white as their own.

World Wrestling Federation

Kai En Tai (with the exception of Shiryu, who was in WCW under his real name, Kaz Hayashi) made their first appearance in the WWF the night after WrestleMania XIV on the March 30, 1998 episode of Raw is War. The team dropped the 'DX' from their full title due to the existence of D-Generation X in the WWF. They attacked Taka Michinoku — who signed with the WWF much earlier — because they felt he had become Americanized since joining the WWE until he later rejoined them. Kaientai was originally referred to by the announcers as Club Kamikaze, but their new manager Yamaguchi-San announced their actual name upon his arrival shortly afterwards.

Their most infamous WWF feud was with Val Venis, who had a porn star gimmick at the time. Yamaguchi was enraged when he was shown a pornographic video of his (onscreen) wife, sleeping with Venis, and threatened to punish both of them. Mrs. Yamaguchi-San was brought to the ring for what was going to be a spanking by Yamaguchi-san using a wooden paddle, but she was rescued by Venis. A week later, just as Venis had finished a match, Yamaguchi and Kaientai showed up with a salami on a table. Yamaguchi proceeded to chop the salami while shouting at Venis, "I choppy choppy your pee pee!"^[1]

The following week, Venis teamed up with Taka Michinoku to take on Togo and Funaki in a tag team match. Taka made a swerve, however, by turning against Venis,^[1] proclaiming that Mrs. Yamaguchi-San was his sister. Venis was dragged backstage by Kaientai to have his member amputated, though the audience did not see what happened next. Venis returned after a week, explained that Yamaguchi's sword narrowly missed his genitalia, due to the lights being turned off by John Wayne Bobbitt, broke off his relationship with Mrs. Yamaguchi-San and thus ended the feud.

After Togo, Teioh and both Yamaguchis left the WWF, Michinoku and Funaki began wrestling as a tag team using the name Kaientai.^[1] They were primarily jobbers, best known for their "Evil! Indeed!" skits in which Bruce Prichard dubbed English voices into their promos while they badly lip-synced, with Taka ending his "comments" with "Evil!" and Funaki "saying" only "Indeed!" Funaki and Taka's last ever tag team partnership as Kaientai in the WWF was a win over Raven and Justin Credible on the October 20, 2001 edition of WWF Jakked.^[2]

Michinoku eventually left the WWF. He ran a promotion called Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO) until 2019.^[3] Funaki remained in the WWF, finding a niche as part of the SmackDown cruiserweight division and as a backstage interviewer before being released from his contract in 2010 after 12 years with the company.^[4] However, he has since been re-hired and currently serves as a member of the Japanese commentary team.

Michinoku Pro Wrestling

With the occasion of Michinoku Pro's 10th Anniversary on November 2, 2003, Kaientai DX reformed, as Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Taka Michinoku, Shiryu and Hanzo Nakajima took down Jinsei Shinzaki, Hayate, Kesen Numa-jiro, Kazuya Yuasa and Chi-Nen Hokkai.

Independent circuit

On July 15, 2005, another Kaientai reunion took place at Kaientai Dojo, when Taka Michinoku teamed up with Sho Funaki, Dick Togo and Men's Teioh to do battle with Kengo Mashimo, Kazma, Ryota Chikuzen and Kunio Toshima. Although Kaientai came up short of defeating the opposing team, it was a very emotional moment and the crowd showed their support after the match.

Kaientai reunited once again on the 2006 Indy Summit show on New Year's Eve where Taka Michinoku, Sho Funaki, Kaz Hayashi, Dick Togo and Men's Teioh defeated Makoto Oishi, Kudo, Katsuya Kishi, Shinjitsu Nohashi and Milanito Collection a.t. The Kaientai team claimed victory after Togo hit Oishi with a diving senton. On January 25, 2007, Taka Michinoku, Men's Teioh and Dick Togo appeared in Dragon Gate to take on the team of Cima, BxB Hulk and Matt Sydal.

Members

Championships

Michinoku Pro Wrestling
- British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Dick Togo
- UWF Super Welterweight Championship (2 times) – Dick Togo (1 time), Men's Teioh (1 time)
- FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Taka Michinoku
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Taka Michinoku & Dick Togo (Note: Not listed as Kai En Tai)
World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Taka Michinoku
- WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time) – Shoichi Funaki
- WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) – Shoichi Funaki

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
^ "TAKA Michinoku: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)".
^ "TAKA Michinoku abandona Kaientai Dojo tras una polémica por infidelidad". 21 January 2019.
^ Gerweck, Steve (2010-04-22). "WWE releases six talents". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

External links

Gerweck.net Funaki profile (including his history with Kaientai)
OWW Profile: Kai En Tai
The Wrestling Utopia: Kai En Tai

[Encyclopedia-1] Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.

[2] "TAKA Michinoku: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)".

[3] "TAKA Michinoku abandona Kaientai Dojo tras una polémica por infidelidad". 21 January 2019.

[4] Gerweck, Steve (2010-04-22). "WWE releases six talents". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

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-'''Kai En Tai''' (also spelled '''Kaientai''') was a [[professional wrestling]] [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|stable]] made up of [[Japan]]ese wrestlers [[Kaz Hayashi|Shiryu]], [[Dick Togo]] and [[Men's Teioh|Mens Teioh]], later joined by [[Shoichi Funaki|Sho Funaki]] and [[Taka Michinoku]]. The group was [[Manager (professional wrestling)|managed]] by [[Wally Yamaguchi|Yamaguchi-San]] when they were in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]].<ref name=Encyclopedia>{{cite book|title=[[WWE Encyclopedia]]|last1=Shields|first1=Brian|last2=Sullivan|first2=Kevin|page=167|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2009|isbn=978-0-7566-4190-0}}</ref>
+'''Kai En Tai''' (also spelled '''Kaientai''') was a [[professional wrestling]] [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|stable]] made up of [[Japan]]ese wrestlers [[Kaz Hayashi|Shiryu]], [[Dick Togo]] and [[Men's Teioh|Men’s Teioh]], later joined by [[Shoichi Funaki|Sho Funaki]] and [[Taka Michinoku]]. The group was [[Manager (professional wrestling)|managed]] by [[Wally Yamaguchi|Yamaguchi-San]] when they were in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]].<ref name=Encyclopedia>{{cite book|title=[[WWE Encyclopedia]]|last1=Shields|first1=Brian|last2=Sullivan|first2=Kevin|page=[https://archive.org/details/wweencyclopediad0000shie/page/167 167]|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2009|isbn=978-0-7566-4190-0}}</ref>
 ==History==
-=== Michinoku Pro Wrestling ===
+===Michinoku Pro Wrestling===
-The group debuted in Japan's [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling|Michinoku Pro]] wrestling [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] in late 1994 when SATO, Terry Boy and [[Kaz Hayashi|Shiryu]] introduced themselves as Kai En Tai. The name "Kai En Tai" was based on Japan's first modern corporation, [[Kaientai]] ("Naval Auxiliary Force"), a naval institution and paramilitary organization dedicated to freeing Japan from feudal rule and protecting the country's national sovereignty that was a major player in the introduction of the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Dick Togo named his faction "Kaientai" in its honor.
+The group debuted in Japan's [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling|Michinoku Pro wrestling]] [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] in late 1994 when SATO, Terry Boy and [[Kaz Hayashi|Shiryu]] introduced themselves as Kai En Tai. The name "Kai En Tai" was based on Japan's first modern corporation, [[Kaientai]] ("Naval Auxiliary Force"), a naval institution and paramilitary organization dedicated to freeing Japan from feudal rule and protecting the country's national sovereignty that was a major player in the introduction of the [[Meiji Restoration]].
 Kai En Tai had many high profile [[tag team]] matches before two of them changed their names; SATO became Dick Togo, Terry Boy became Men's Teioh while Shiryu's name remained unchanged. The stable's name was also changed to "Kaientai Deluxe", or Kaientai DX for short. They would later be joined by The Dream Chasers (Taka Michinoku and Shoichi Funaki) as new members. Other members included Hanzo Nakajima, [[Yoshihiro Tajiri]], [[Gran Hamada]] and Super Boy.
 === Extreme Championship Wrestling ===
-In early 1997, [[Taka Michinoku]], [[Dick Togo]] and  [[Men's Teioh|Terry Boy]] had a short stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling as [[The Blue World Order|BWO Japan]] (also known as "BWO International") and feuded with the fellow Japanese team of [[The Great Sasuke]], [[Gran Hamada]] and [[Gran Naniwa]]. The rivalry culminated at ECW's first ever Pay-Per-View event [[Barely legal 1997|Barely Legal 1997]] where the team of Sasuke, Hamada and Masato Yakushiji (filling in for an injured Gran Naniwa) came out victorious. Since then, Kai En Tai would permanently adopt the bWo colors of blue and white as their own.
+In early 1997, [[Taka Michinoku]], [[Dick Togo]] and [[Men's Teioh|Terry Boy]] had a short stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling as [[The Blue World Order|BWO Japan]] (also known as "BWO International") and feuded with the fellow Japanese team of [[The Great Sasuke]], [[Gran Hamada]] and [[Gran Naniwa]]. The rivalry culminated at ECW's first ever Pay-Per-View event [[Barely legal 1997|Barely Legal 1997]] where the team of Sasuke, Hamada and Masato Yakushiji (filling in for an injured Gran Naniwa) came out victorious. Since then, Kai En Tai would permanently adopt the bWo colors of blue and white as their own.
 === World Wrestling Federation ===
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 Their most infamous WWF [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] was with [[Sean Morley|Val Venis]], who had a [[Pornographic actor|porn star]] [[List of professional wrestling terms#G|gimmick]] at the time. Yamaguchi was enraged when he was shown a pornographic video of his (onscreen) wife, sleeping with Venis, and threatened to punish both of them. Mrs. Yamaguchi-San was brought to the ring for what was going to be a [[spanking]] by Yamaguchi-san using a wooden paddle, but she was rescued by Venis. A week later, just as Venis had finished a match, Yamaguchi and Kaientai showed up with a salami on a table. Yamaguchi proceeded to chop the salami while shouting at Venis, "I choppy choppy your [[Human penis|pee pee]]!"<ref name=Encyclopedia/>
-The following week, Venis teamed up with Taka Michinoku to take on Togo and Funaki in a tag team match. Taka made a [[Swerve (professional wrestling)|swerve]], however, by turning against Venis,<ref name=Encyclopedia/> proclaiming that Mrs. Yamaguchi-San was his sister. Venis was dragged backstage by Kaientai to have his member amputated, though the audience did not see what happened next. Venis returned after a week, explained that Yamaguchi's sword narrowly missed his [[genitalia]], due to the lights being turned off by [[John and Lorena Bobbitt|John Wayne Bobbitt]], broke up his relationship with Mrs. Yamaguchi-San and thus ended the feud.
+The following week, Venis teamed up with Taka Michinoku to take on Togo and Funaki in a tag team match. Taka made a [[Swerve (professional wrestling)|swerve]], however, by turning against Venis,<ref name=Encyclopedia/> proclaiming that Mrs. Yamaguchi-San was his sister. Venis was dragged backstage by Kaientai to have his member amputated, though the audience did not see what happened next. Venis returned after a week, explained that Yamaguchi's sword narrowly missed his [[genitalia]], due to the lights being turned off by [[John and Lorena Bobbitt|John Wayne Bobbitt]], broke off his relationship with Mrs. Yamaguchi-San and thus ended the feud.
-After Togo, Teioh and both Yamaguchis left the WWF, Michinoku and Funaki began wrestling as a tag team using the name Kaientai.<ref name=Encyclopedia/> They were primarily [[Job (professional wrestling)|jobbers]], best known for their "Evil! Indeed!" skits in which [[Bruce Prichard]] dubbed English voices into their [[Promo (professional wrestling)|promos]] while they badly lip-synced, with Taka ending his "comments" with "Evil!" and Funaki "saying" only "Indeed!" Funaki and Taka's last ever tag team partnership as Kaientai in the WWF was a win over [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]] and [[Justin Credible]] on the October 20, 2001 edition of ''[[WWE Jakked/Metal|WWF Jakked]]''.<ref>http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/taka-michinoku-236.html</ref>
+After Togo, Teioh and both Yamaguchis left the WWF, Michinoku and Funaki began wrestling as a tag team using the name Kaientai.<ref name=Encyclopedia/> They were primarily [[Job (professional wrestling)|jobbers]], best known for their "Evil! Indeed!" skits in which [[Bruce Prichard]] dubbed English voices into their [[Promo (professional wrestling)|promos]] while they badly lip-synced, with Taka ending his "comments" with "Evil!" and Funaki "saying" only "Indeed!" Funaki and Taka's last ever tag team partnership as Kaientai in the WWF was a win over [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]] and [[Justin Credible]] on the October 20, 2001 edition of ''[[WWE Jakked/Metal|WWF Jakked]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/taka-michinoku-236.html|title = TAKA Michinoku: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)}}</ref>
-Michinoku eventually left the WWF. He ran a promotion called [[Kaientai Dojo]] (or K-DOJO) until 2019<ref>https://www.solowrestling.com/new/77835-taka-michinoku-abandona-kaientai-dojo-tras-una-polemica-por-infidelidad</ref>. Funaki remained in the WWF, finding a niche as part of the ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' cruiserweight division and as a backstage interviewer before being released from his contract in 2010 after 12 years with the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1271973470 |title=WWE releases six talents |date=2010-04-22 |last=Gerweck |first=Steve |work=WrestleView |accessdate=2010-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424012646/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1271973470 |archivedate=2010-04-24 }}</ref> However, he has since been re-hired and currently serves as a member of the Japanese commentary team.
+Michinoku eventually left the WWF. He ran a promotion called [[Kaientai Dojo]] (or K-DOJO) until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solowrestling.com/new/77835-taka-michinoku-abandona-kaientai-dojo-tras-una-polemica-por-infidelidad|title=TAKA Michinoku abandona Kaientai Dojo tras una polémica por infidelidad|date=21 January 2019}}</ref> Funaki remained in the WWF, finding a niche as part of the ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' cruiserweight division and as a backstage interviewer before being released from his contract in 2010 after 12 years with the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1271973470 |title=WWE releases six talents |date=2010-04-22 |last=Gerweck |first=Steve |work=WrestleView |accessdate=2010-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424012646/http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1271973470 |archivedate=2010-04-24 }}</ref> However, he has since been re-hired and currently serves as a member of the Japanese commentary team.
 === Michinoku Pro Wrestling ===
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 On July 15, 2005, another Kaientai reunion took place at Kaientai Dojo, when Taka Michinoku teamed up with Sho Funaki, Dick Togo and Men's Teioh to do battle with Kengo Mashimo, Kazma, Ryota Chikuzen and Kunio Toshima. Although Kaientai came up short of defeating the opposing team, it was a very emotional moment and the crowd showed their support after the match.
-Kaientai reunited once again on the 2006 [[New Year's Eve]] Indie Summit show where Taka Michinoku, Sho Funaki, Kaz Hayashi, Dick Togo and Men's Teioh defeated [[Makoto Oishi]], [[Kudo (wrestler)|Kudo]], Katsuya Kishi, [[Taro Nohashi|Shinjitsu Nohashi]] and [[Tsutomu Oosugi|Milanito Collection a.t.]] The Kaientai team claimed victory after Togo hit Oishi with a diving senton. On January 25, 2007, Taka Michinoku, Men's Teioh and Dick Togo appeared in [[Dragon Gate (wrestling)|Dragon Gate]] to take on the team of [[Nobuhiko Oshima|Cima]], [[BxB Hulk]] and [[Matt Sydal]].
+Kaientai reunited once again on the [[Indy Summit 2006|2006 Indy Summit]] show on [[New Year's Eve]] where Taka Michinoku, Sho Funaki, Kaz Hayashi, Dick Togo and Men's Teioh defeated [[Makoto Oishi]], [[Kudo (wrestler)|Kudo]], Katsuya Kishi, [[Taro Nohashi|Shinjitsu Nohashi]] and [[Tsutomu Oosugi|Milanito Collection a.t.]] The Kaientai team claimed victory after Togo hit Oishi with a diving senton. On January 25, 2007, Taka Michinoku, Men's Teioh and Dick Togo appeared in [[Dragon Gate (wrestling)|Dragon Gate]] to take on the team of [[Nobuhiko Oshima|Cima]], [[BxB Hulk]] and [[Matt Sydal]].
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 ==Championships==
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 **[[UWF Super Welterweight Championship]] (2 times) – Dick Togo (1 time), [[Men's Teioh]] (1 time)
 **[[Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship|FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship]] (2 times) – [[Taka Michinoku]]
-*'''[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]'''
+*'''[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]'''
 **[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]] (1 time) – Taka Michinoku & Dick Togo (Note: Not listed as Kai En Tai)
 *'''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]'''
 **[[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|1 time]]) – Taka Michinoku
 **[[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] ([[List of WWE Hardcore Champions|1 time]]) – [[Shoichi Funaki]]
+**[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1996–2007)|WWE Cruiserweight Championship]] ([[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1996-2007)|1 time]]) – [[Shoichi Funaki]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-{{Portal|Professional wrestling}}
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090210004149/http://www.gerweck.net/shofunaki.htm Gerweck.net Funaki profile] (including his history with Kaientai)
 *[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kaientai.html OWW Profile: Kai En Tai]
-*[http://www.angelfire.com/oh/nykk/kaientai.html The Wrestling Utopia: Kai En Tai]
+*[https://www.angelfire.com/oh/nykk/kaientai.html The Wrestling Utopia: Kai En Tai]
 [[Category:Japanese promotions teams and stables]]