Mr. Gannosuke
| Mr. Gannosuke | |
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Mr. Gannosuke in March 2011.
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| Born |
June 20, 1968 Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Mr. Gannosuke Hayabusa Masashi Honda Riki Ganshu |
| Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Trained by |
Takashi Ishikawa Tarzan Goto |
| Debut | November 2, 1987 |
Masashi Honda (本田雅史 Honda Masashi?) is a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Gannosuke, who competed primarily for Atsushi Onita's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling promotion. He also held the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
Masashi Honda made his professional wrestling debut at a small independent show on November 2, 1987, teaming with Eiji Ezaki against three upper classmen. They would cut their teeth in the small indy shows for four years, before applying for the upstart promotion Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.
In February 1991, Ezaki and Honda joined the FMW Dojo, where they were trained by Tarzan Goto. Honda made his debut for FMW in June 1991 against Akihito Ichihara. He and Ezaki wrestled as a tag team and against each other on the cards, until Onita saw potential in Honda. Onita gave him the name Mr. Gannosuke, after actor Ashiya Gannosuke.
With a new name, Mr. Gannosuke moved up to the upper mid-card, with the occasional main event status. In main events, Gannosuke would team up with Atsushi Onita in numerous tag team death matches. In February 1995, Gannosuke won his first championship, the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship with Onita, defeating Mr. Pogo and The Gladiator. Their reign was short-lived, as they lost the belts two months later back to Mr. Pogo and his new partner, Yukihiro Kanemura. On April 23, 1995, however, Gannosuke, along with Tarzan Goto and Flying Kid Ichihara, announced that they were leaving FMW.
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