Koji Nakagawa
| Koji Nakagawa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 26, 1968 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Koji Nakagawa GOEMON |
| Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Billed weight | 90 kg (200 lb) |
| Debut | March 20, 1992 |
Koji Nakagawa (中川 浩二 Nakagawa Koji?) is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, who is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. His daughter is Haruka Nakagawa, an actress who is a former member of idol group JKT48 and its sister group, AKB48.
An amateur wrestler in his scholastic years, Nakagawa debuted for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling on March 20, 1992, against Eiji Ezaki. After two months in the lower card, he wrestled his very first main event match, teaming with Atsushi Onita in a loss to Sambo Asako and Mr. Gannosuke.
In 1995, Nakagawa would adopt the Hitman persona, reminiscent of Bret Hart, wearing pink and black and receiving a theme song similar to Hart Attack. In March 1995, he won his first championship, the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship, by defeating Hideki Hosaka. The title was vacated later that year for unknown reasons, and Nakagawa regained the championship for a second time by defeating Ricky Fuji in November 1995. In December 1995, he went to the United States to wrestle three nights for Extreme Championship Wrestling. On December 28, he lost to El Puerto Ricano, followed by a loss to Taz the next day, and unsuccessfully challenging Mikey Whipwreck for the ECW World Television Championship on December 30.
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