Kensho Obayashi
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Zeus in 2008
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| Birth name | Kim Bǒn-u |
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| Born |
January 27, 1982 Osaka, Osaka |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Zeus Kensho Obayashi Zeus Kanaya |
| Billed height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Billed weight | 108 kg (238 lb) |
| Debut | November 11, 2006 |
Kensho Obayashi (大林 賢将 Ōbayashi Kenshō, born January 27, 1982) is a Japanese bodybuilder and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Zeus (ゼウス Zeusu). He is currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a three-time World Tag Team Champion with Bodyguard.
Obayashi began his career in Osaka Pro Wrestling, where he is a former Osaka Pro Wrestling Champion and 3 time Osaka Pro Tag Team Champion, winning the championship once with Gaina and 2 times with longtime rival and partner The Bodyguard. Outside of OPW, he is a former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion, NWA United National Heavyweight Champion and winner of the 2012 Furinkazan Tournament with James Raideen in the Zero1 promotion, and a former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion in Dramatic Dream Team (DDT).
Obayashi is of Korean descent. His Korean name is Kim Bǒn-u (金 繁優, 김본우), but he used the tsūmei Shigemasa Kanaya (金谷 成格 Kanaya Shigemasa) until he legally changed his name to Kensho Obayashi when he was naturalized in 2011.
In the run up to the 2006 Tennozan Finals, a brief video hyped up the debut of a mysterious new wrestler. That man was revealed to be Zeus, who would make his first appearance at that show, first bending a frying pan in a show of strength and then aligning himself with Gaina & Condor, taking out the OPW Seikigun. Soon after joining forces, the group dubbed themselves "Bad Force". Nicknamed "God of Destroy", Zeus went undefeated for several months after his debut. He teamed up with Gaina to win the Osaka Pro Tag Title shortly afterwards, but they would lose them at Hurricane 2007 to Hideyoshi & Masamune in a three-way match also featuring Tsubasa and Flash Moon. Zeus started to break out as a singles wrestler in late 2007, reaching the Tennozan final but losing to the Osaka Pro Champion, Tigers Mask.Super Delfin then started to take an interest in Zeus, offering to teach him more about professional wrestling and give him further training. Despite the rest of Bad Force’s protests, Zeus accepted Delfin’s offer and eventually left the group. After Hurricane 2008, he started the rookie group Blood & Guts (B&G), recruiting Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke and eventually Atsushi Kotoge to join.
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