Kai En Tai

Kai En Tai (also spelled Kaientai) was a professional wrestling stable made up of Japanese wrestlers: Funaki, Dick Togo and Mens Teioh, later joined by Taka Michinoku. The group was managed by Yamaguchi-san when they were in the WWF. Image File history File linksMetadata Kai_En_Tai. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Kai_En_Tai. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet... Shoichi (Sho) Funaki (船木勝一)(born August 24, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently wrestling for the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment in its cruiserweight division. ... Dick Togo Shigeki Sato (born August 17, 1969 in Odate City) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dick Togo. ... Mens Teioh (aka Terry Boy) is a Japenese professional wrestler. ... Takao Yoshida, better known by his stage name TAKA Michinoku, is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world. ... In professional wrestling, a manager is a character who is paired with a wrestler. ... Yusuke Wally Yamaguchi is a Japanese professional wrestling personality who at various points has served as referee, manager, and promoter. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...

The name "Kaientai" is based on the organization of the same name founded by a samurai named Ryoma Sakamoto. Considered Japan's first modern corporation, Kaientai (translated as "Naval Auxiliary Force") was a naval institution and paramilitary organization dedicated to freeing Japan from feudal rule and protecting the country's national sovereignty. It was a major player in the introduction of the Meiji Restoration. Dick Togo named his faction "Kaientai" in its honor. Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ... Samurai Sakamoto Ryoma Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本 龍馬 Sakamoto Ryōma January 3, 1836 - December 10, 1867) was born in Kochi, of Tosa han. ... The Meiji Restoration ), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to a change in Japans political and social structure. ...

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. They had many high profile tag team matches before two of them changed their names; SATO became Dick Togo, Terry Boy became Mens 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 Taka Michinoku and Funaki as new members. Other members included Hanzo Nakajima, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Gran Hamada and Super Boy. A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling for monetary gain. ... Kaz Hayashi is a Japanese professional wrestler who once worked for WCW as a member of Jung Dragons. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... Yoshihiro Tajiri (born September 29, 1970 in Yokohama), better known simply as Tajiri, is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the United States of America with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Gran Hamada (real name Hiroaki Hamada) is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. ...

Kai En Tai (with the exception of Shiryu, who was in WCW as 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 DX in the WWF. They attacked Taka Michinoku -- who signed with the WWF much earlier -- for unknown reasons, and their alliance with Taka in Japan was not mentioned. Kaientai was originally referred to by the announcers as Club Kamikaze, but Yamaguchi-san announced their actual name upon his arrival shortly afterwards. WCW logo until 1999 World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... D-Generation X (a. ...

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 cut the salami in two using a katana while shouting at Venis, "I choppy choppy your pee pee!" A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... Sean John Morley, better known as Val Venis or The Big Valbowski (born on March 6, 1971 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ... A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... In professional wrestling, a gimmick is slang that refers to a wrestlers on-screen personality. ... Shian-Li Tsang Shian-Li Tsang (born October 19, 1975 in Osaka, Japan) is a professional Japanese model best known for her brief stint as Mrs. ... Spanking (or smacking) is the most used traditional form of physical punishment, consisting of a sharp smack, usually with an open hand, applied on the buttocks. ... Katana of the 16th or 17th Century, with its saya. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ...

The following week, Venis teamed up with Taka Michinoku to take on Togo and Teioh in a tag team match. However, Taka made a swerve by turning against Venis, proclaiming that Mrs Yamaguchi-San was his sister. Venis was dragged backstage by Kaientai to be castrated, though the audience did not see what happened next. Venis returned after a week, explained that Yamaguchi's sword narrowly missed his genitalia, broke up his relationship with Mrs Yamaguchi-San and thus ended the feud. A swerve is fairly common in professional wrestling. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis...

After Togo, Teioh and both Yamaguchis left the WWF, Michinoku and Funaki began wrestling as a tag team using the name Kai En Tai. They were primarily comedy jobbers, best known for their "Indeed!" skits in which voices in English were dubbed into their promos while they badly lip-synched, and Michinoku eventually left the WWF. He now runs a promotion called Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO). Funaki remained in the WWF, finding a niche as part of the SmackDown! cruiserweight division and as a backstage interviewer. A job is professional wrestling slang referring to a performer losing a match. ... In professional wrestling, a promo is short for promotional interview, a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. ... Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO for short) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown brand. ...

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.

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.