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Satoshi Kojima 2015

Satoshi Kojima (小島 聡 Kojima Satoshi?) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling.[1] He is a former six-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. As a singles wrestler, he was the first wrestler to hold NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Championship and All Japan Pro Wrestling's Triple Crown Championship simultaneously, and one of three wrestlers to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championship (the other two being Keiji Mutoh and Shinya Hashimoto). As a team, he and Hiroyoshi Tenzan became the first team to win G1 Tag League and World's Strongest Tag Determination League on the same year. He and Tenzan are also former National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Tag Team Champions. Between the NWA, AJPW, and NJPW, Kojima has held 17 total championships.

In wrestling[]

  • Finishing moves
    • CCD – Cozy Crush Dynamite (Emerald Flowsion)
    • Cozy Cozy Cutter / Kojima Cutter (Cutter, sometimes from the top rope)
    • Lariat – adopted from Stan Hansen
  • Signature moves
    • Ankle hold
    • Cozy Max Hold (Modified seated armbar)
    • Diving elbow drop
    • Kawada Koroshi (Modified arm triangle choke)
    • Machine Gun Chop (Multiple knife-edged chops to a cornered opponent) – adopted from Kenta Kobashi
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