The crowd will always will on honma to land kokeshi headbutts, delivered by honma with his arms unmoving at his side like the traditional limbless japanese dolls that are a symbol of positivity and happiness. There are quite a few misfits in new japan prowrestling. The worlds largest wrestling database this site uses cookies. Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. Goto locks in a headscissors and honma is groaning like a disgruntled bear. Honma missed twice when going for the kokeshi no surprises there but when he hit the third attempt, the crowd cheered hugely. Here at we work directly with some of the greatest wrestlers in history.
Yakuza scandal aside, i think theres a strong case for honma being the most complete wrestler out of the current batch in japan. Kokeshi kimono book has been added to your cart add to cart. Why would the crowd get behind honma when he suddenly hits his kokeshi s right of the start. Missed kokeshi professional wrestling know your meme. Tomoaki honma is an actor, known for daughter of lupin 2019, njpw wrestle kingdom 9 2015 and ring of honor wrestling 2009. Tomohiro ishii vs tomoaki honma njpw new beginning in. Makabe makes the save, it breaks down and makabe hits lariats on. Beyond simple visual charm, the book presents an entirely. Please let me know if you have any ideas on how to improve upon it. Honma tomoaki, born november 18, 1976 is a japanese. He fights out, and they engage in an elbow battle that lasts almost a minute. The past, present and future of wrestling the worlds friendliest wrestling database.
Kokeshi from tohoku with love is the second edition of the best selling book that looks at the craft and culture of kokeshi dolls. Undertaker saves rey mysterio from kane and big show plus randy orton destroys the phenom duration. Once two time world tag league champions, the fearsome combination of tomoaki honma and togi makabe were torn from contention by a major neck injury to honma in 2017. The finish was cool as honma hit a sitout piledriver, then a reverse sitout piledriver which is the best i can explain it, then hit the kokeshi from the top rope for for the win. Tomoaki honma pro wrestling fandom powered by wikia. Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u. Honma tomoaki, born november 18, 1976 is a japanese professional wrestler.
Included are more profiles, over 50 more photos and several new chapters. Wooden treasures of japan, is a modern exploration of a folk craft two centuries old. Tokyos korakuen hall was the site of todays new japan road event. Makabe apparently overhead a child in the audience say honma looked like a kokeshi and from there the move was born and has since become the most popular aspect of honma s act. Its likely hell lose again before he starts on the road to redemption. I couldnt even describe the atmosphere during this one to you, youll have to watch for yourself. Kokeshi headbutt from the top rope after 477 long days tomoaki honma is back and kokeshi is happy with his beloved wife. Honma cut a promo after the match, saying hes lucky, and that will take him to.
This was the only real cheating taichi did in this match and i thought the combination of lots of stiff kicks plus less outrageous cheating was a nice change of pace. He is currently working for new japan pro wrestling njpw. Tomoaki honma, honma tomoaki, born november 18, 1976 is a japanese professional wrestler currently working for new japan prowrestling njpw as a freelancer. Since we are based in europe, we are forced to bother you with this information. After 477 long days tomoaki honma is back and kokeshi is happy. Kizuna road 2018 june 23 7th match ryusuke taguchi, toa henare, togi makabe, hiroshi tanahashi, tomoaki honma.
Kokeshi otoshi over the shoulder reverse piledriver. Njpw i started watching new japan regularly in january 2017, so the idea that tomoaki honma was having fivestar matches only a couple of years before is rather baffling to me. Nakamuras defeat, in the main event no less, was a big upset but the plan must surely be to have nakamura on a slow burn. Japanese professional wrestler tomoaki honma is nicknamed everybodys kokeshi. Njpw star tomoaki honma suffered what looked to be a severe injury at a new japan pro wrestling live event last week, and the master of the kokeshi has been in an okinawa hospital ever since, with little in the way of concrete news about his status. They slap hands in respect afterwards, but honma is once again distraught at the loss. Tomoaki honma the most complete current wrestler in. The referee was knocked down, which allowed samuels to hit a low blow, while his tag partner james castle ran in to hit a running knee on honma.
Honma then goes for a top rope kokeshi, but taichi pulls red shoes down towards him blocking honma from going for the move. The crowd will always will on honma to land kokeshi headbutts, delivered by honma with his arms unmoving at his side like the traditional limbless japanese. He has literally done it all from being on top of big japan and innovating death match wrestling to putting on 4, 5 matches in new japan. Tomoaki honma may have suffered a serious injury at the njpw new japan road show that took place today at the okinawa prefectural budokan. He tried out as the njpw dojo but was unsuccessful. By allowing wrestlers to create their own stores it gives you, the fans, the opportunity to own tshirts you have seen at shows, in pictures or may have never seen before. Welcome to the 11th random match roundup and the first rmr of 2016. A chronophotograph of tomoaki honmas kokeshi reddit.
Originally injured in march 2017, honma s career was thought to be over at one point, after a draping ddt from jado caused temporary paralysis. The phenomenal aj styles the rainmaker kazuchika okada king of strong style shinsuke nakamura b. Over 100 creators participating in support of comics book. Now, gbh are back in the hunt in world tag league 2019. German suplex from kojima, honma s straight back up, but a lariat put him straight back down. Stone pitbull tomohiro ishii aramusha hirooki goto minna no kokeshi tomoaki honma c. While honma was impressive early in his career, his prime physical years were spent toiling in independents and middleofthecard tag matches before new japan finally started using him. Clear rules that help give the subreddit a balance of content. In addition please follow redditquette and reddit s sitewide rules spoiler policy. Honma tags in, delivers chops and a bulldog and the kokeshi misses. In the game mother 2, there is an object called kokeshi doll statue, blocking the underground path below the. Kokeshi are the traditional dolls that are made of wood and are characterized by their lack of arms or legs. He is currently working for new japan pro wrestling as a freelancer. The bizarre funky weapon ryusuke taguchi, the entirely inept captain new japan, the portly and mischievous sublime master thief toru yano.
Owens goes for the kokeshi headbutt, but honma ducks out of the way. Just a couple of week ago, new japans tomoaki honma suffered an absolutely horrifying neck injury during a match and was briefly paralyzed. Bullet cub takes out the rest and blade buster follows for 2. Chaos battles lij in a 6man tag team match in the main event. All information about cookies and data security can be found in our impressum german only. But thats okay because for that one brief moment when honma s hand was raised in victory, it was as if the warmth of heaven itself touched our faces. In a week where new japans lost a roster member to a severe neck injury, we take a look at the comeback of another wrestler from a similar injury and the return match of tomoaki honma. All information about cookies and data security can be. Honma dreamed of being a pro wrestler while in high school. Honma goes for a kokeshi early and misses, naturally. In njpw, he is a former onetime iwgp tag team champion and a twotime world tag league winner with togi makabe. Honma is going to go right back to losing on a regular basis. Honma is working hard to come back toward the end of the yearat least thats what taguchi thinks he said as it was difficult to understand that voice of kokeshi s level 2. Tomoaki honma promised to return more oiled up than before.
Honma s loyalty to makabe, combined with a good hearted nature and underdog status in a lot of his matches made him a solid fan favourite. Kokeshi attempt but takahashi stops it and nails honma with his cane thing. G1 climax 2015 day 16 tomoaki honma vs tomohiro ishii. He trained eventually with michinoku pros dojo before switching. Guerrillas of destiny vs gbh vs chaos njpw wrestle. Honma attempts a jumping kokeshi, but gets lariated right in the head, and a huge third lariat gets the win for kojima at 11 minutes. Honma trained in the big japan pro wrestling bjw dojo before debuting for the. Tomoaki honma has excelled in the underdog role better than most. Honma wasnt awful when i first tuned in his injury has since seen him drop down to that level, but. This timely publication reflects both the growing interest in japan and japanese culture in the west, and the rediscovery of folk art, traditional crafts and culturally unique handmade objects. Tomoaki honma the most complete current wrestler in japan.