Diamond Ring (professional wrestling)
| Acronym | DR |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Yoshikawa, Saitama, Japan |
| Founder(s) | Kensuke Sasaki and Akira Hokuto |
| Owner(s) | Kensuke Sasaki and Akira Hokuto |
| Formerly | Kensuke Office |
| Website | [1] |
Diamond Ring was an independent Japanese professional wrestling promotion that, until 2012, was known as Kensuke Office. The promotion was founded by and is owned by puroresu legend Kensuke Sasaki, who has owned and operated it since its creation in 2005. In February 2014 the promotion ran its last card, after which Sasaki announced his retirement.
After Kensuke Sasaki became a freelancer he established his own promotion named Kensuke Office, and the promotion was run by Sasaki's wife (former joshi wrestler), Akira Hokuto, and represented Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara, Takashi Yoshioka and Takashi Okita,under the name Kensuke Office, Sasaki and pupil Katsuhiko Nakajima toured other promotions, particularly All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah, and they also opened a training school. In September 2006, Kensuke Office was announced as a member of the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance and they held their first show on February 11 and it was televised by Gaora TV. Beginning in 2007, Kensuke Office has organised its own shows, and some of the talent featured on the shows include Minoru Suzuki, Jun Akiyama, Genichiro Tenryu, Yoshihiro Takayama, Kikutaro, Takeshi Morishima, KENTA and Catfish Man. Kensuke office served as developmental territory of Pro Wrestling NOAH, featuring several of its superstars. On August 1 to August 4 2011 they held their first tournament named Summer Volcano Tag Tournament and featured outside participants from Kaientai Dojo (Kaji Tomato), some other freelancers (Kikutaro, Kenichiro Arai, Namazu Man), from Pro Wrestling Noah (Genba Hirayanagi and Kentaro Shiga), and from DDT (Antonio Honda) and the winners were Antonio Honda and Kento Miyahara. In January 2012, Kensuke Office was changed their name Diamond Ring.
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