Heisei Ishingun was a Japanese professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 stable

Stable

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, led by Shiro Koshinaka

Shiro Koshinaka

is a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle Association "R" during the 1980s and 1990s...

, during the 1990s.

Career

After an intense feud with each other early in 1992, Shiro Koshinaka

Shiro Koshinaka

is a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle Association "R" during the 1980s and 1990s...

 and Kuniaki Kobayashi

Kuniaki Kobayashi

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 formed a group with Masashi Aoyagi and Akitoshi Saito

Akitoshi Saito

is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah.-Before pro wrestling:Before pro wrestling, Akitoshi Saito was trained in karate by Masashi Aoyagi. Saito seconded Aoyagi in his matches against Atsushi Onita in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in 1989...

. Kengo Kimura

Kengo Kimura

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 and the Great Kabuki from WAR soon joined the group. In 1993, they would have a name for their group: Heisei Ishingun, after Riki Choshu

Riki Choshu

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's Shōwa period

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 Ishin Gundan stable.

In 1993, Michiyoshi Ohara

Michiyoshi Ohara

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 and Tatsutoshi Goto

Tatsutoshi Goto

is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro Wrestling using the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in WCW as part of the nWo Japan.-Career:...

 joined the group, In 1994, Aoyagi left to return to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling

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. In 1996, after the Japanese Jollyjacks split up, Akira Nogami

Akira Nogami

is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, currently working for Yoshihiro Tajiri's Smash promotion as AKIRA.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...

 joined, while Kabuki left. Kimura partially left in late 1996 to re-form his old team with Tatsumi Fujinami

Tatsumi Fujinami

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 as well. In 1998, Saito left, while Genichiro Tenryu

Genichiro Tenryu

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 joined the group. In 1999, Heisei Ishingun disbanded as Goto, Nogami and Ohara joined Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono

, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He primarily wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling , but has also made appearances for the now defunct World Championship Wrestling, as a member of the New World Order. Chono was also known as Mister Black Jack when he first started as a villain. He is a...

's Team 2000

Team 2000

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. Koshinaka went back to being a NJPW loyalist, while Kobayashi and Kimura retired and Tenryu, a de facto free agent, continued supporting NJPW loyalists in their battles against Team 2000.

During their time as a group, Heisei Ishingun feuded with wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

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, WAR, UWF International

UWF International

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, and nWo Japan.

Heisei Ishingun members

• Shiro Koshinaka
  Shiro Koshinaka
  is a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle Association "R" during the 1980s and 1990s...
  
   (1992–1999)
• Kuniaki Kobayashi
  Kuniaki Kobayashi
  Kuniaki Kobayashi is a retired Japanese Junior Heavyweight professional wrestler. He wrestled numerous acclaimed matches against the first two Tiger Masks: Satoru Sayama and Mitsuharu Misawa.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...
  
   (1992–1999)
• Masashi Aoyagi (1992–1994)
• Akitoshi Saito
  Akitoshi Saito
  is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah.-Before pro wrestling:Before pro wrestling, Akitoshi Saito was trained in karate by Masashi Aoyagi. Saito seconded Aoyagi in his matches against Atsushi Onita in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in 1989...
  
   (1992–1998)
• Kengo Kimura
  Kengo Kimura
  Seiei Kimura is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Kengo Kimura and for his many years working for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan.-Japan Wrestling Association :...
  
   (1992–1999) - semi-associate after 1997
• Great Kabuki (1992–1996)
• Michiyoshi Ohara
  Michiyoshi Ohara
  Michiyoshi Ohara is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling where he wrestled from 1990 to 2004 where he enjoyed success winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Tatsutoshi Goto in 1999....
  
   (1993–1999)
• Tatsutoshi Goto
  Tatsutoshi Goto
  is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro Wrestling using the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in WCW as part of the nWo Japan.-Career:...
  
   (1993–1999)
• Akira Nogami
  Akira Nogami
  is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, currently working for Yoshihiro Tajiri's Smash promotion as AKIRA.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...
  
   (1996–1999)
• Genichiro Tenryu
  Genichiro Tenryu
  Genichiro Tenryu , real name Genichiro Shimada , is a Japanese professional wrestler. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he turned to Western-style professional wrestling...
  
   (1998–1999)

Championships and accomplishments

• WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
  WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
  The WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a tag team title previously contested for in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Wrestle Association R ....
  
   (Goto, Koshinaka & Ohara)
• One Night Tag Team Tournament Winner (1996) (Ohara & Nogami)
• IWGP Tag Team Championship (Koshinaka & Tenryu)