Kenta Kobashi - in Wrestling

In Wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Brainbuster
  • Burning Hammer (Inverted Death Valley driver, sometimes while applying a wrist-clutch) – used only 7 times due to high risk nature
  • Burning Lariat (Running, short-range, or a short-arm lariat)
  • Moonsault
  • Orange Crush (Vertical suplex powerbomb) – innovated; used on rare occasions

• Signature moves
  • Boston, or single leg Boston crab
  • Diving leg drop – early 1990s
  • Multiple bulldog variations:
    • Diving, running, or standing leg drop
    • Inverted
    • Running
    • Springboard
  • Multiple chop variations
    • Backhand
    • Burning Sword (Kobashi bends the opponent backwards and hits an overhead chop to their chest, dropping them down to the mat back first)
    • Discus
    • Drop
    • Kesagiri, sometimes performed multiple times in rapid succession
    • Machine Gun Chop (Rapid knife-edged chops to a cornered opponent)
    • Overhead
  • Multiple DDT variations
    • Diamond Head (Powerbomb lift into DDT) -- innovated, rarely used
    • Double underhook – innovated; used in the early 1990s
    • Elevated
    • Standing, sometimes on the outside of the ring
  • Multiple kick variations:
    • Drop
    • Jumping high
    • Savate
    • Spinning heel
  • Multiple powerbomb variations
    • Jackknife
    • Kentucky Bomb (Pumphandle sitout) – 1991–1998
    • Standing
    • Turnbuckle
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Black Crush (Vertical Suplex lift into Cutter) -- innovated, rarely used
    • Belly to back
    • Dragon
    • Cradle – early 1990s
    • German
    • Half nelson, sometimes from the top rope or the apron
    • Half nelson exploder
    • High-angle belly-to-back
    • Sleeper
    • Tiger
  • Running leg drop, sometimes to the back of the opponent's neck
  • Russian Legsweep

• Nicknames
  • "Orange Crush" (In reference to his attire in AJPW; In NOAH, he adopted black trunks with dark designs until 2011, adopting black trunks with orange designs)
  • "Zettai Ohja" (絶対王者, "The Absolute Champion")
  • "Mr. Puroresu" (Bestowed upon by Harley Race; Generally, Japanese fans use the title to refer to Genichiro Tenryu)
  • "The Maximum Innovator" (In reference to being the wrestler to have innovated more moves in wrestling history)

• Entrance themes
  • Sniper (AJPW, 1988–1998)
  • Grand Sword (AJPW / NOAH, 1998–2003, 2005–present)
  • Blazin' (NOAH, 2003–2005)