Real Name - Shiro Koshinaka
Birthdate - 9/4/58
6'1" 232 lbs. - Tokyo, Japan

Aliases - Samurai Shiro

Athletic background - n/a

Teachers - Dory Funk Jr. (All Japan Dojo)

Professional background - All Japan(`78-`85), Mexico(`85) New Japan(`85-`02), World Japan(`03-`04), Free(`03-)

Groups - Skinheads, Heisei Ishingun

Peak Years - `85-`95

Career Highlights -
- Beats The Cobra to become the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion
- Teams with Keiji Muto to win the IWGP Tag titles from Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
- Forms the Heisei Ishingun group with Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara
- Feuds with the fast-rising nWo leader - Masahiro Chono
- Teams with Genichiro Tenryu to capture the IWGP Tag belts

Finisher(s) -
- Dragon Suplex
- Powerbomb
- Japanese Legroll
- Flying Hip Attack

Favorites -
- Jumping Hip Attack
- German Suplex
- Tombstone
- Hip Attack
- Lariat

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 7
science - 4
aerial - 3
power - 6
strikes - 6

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 7
selling - 8
bumping - 7
carrying - 7
heat - 8
legacy - 6

Place in History - Shiro Koshinaka was one of the better workers in Japan in the 1980s and work did not start to really drop off until the late 90s and into the new millenium. He competed in both All Japan and in New Japan in the glory years, though he really only found success in the latter. A super worker, Koshinaka's feud with NJPW-UWF star Nobuhiko Takada were excellent matches that put him on the map as a player and New Japan spread that success very well. In the late 80s, his Heisei Ishingun stable was a big deal into the mid-90s as the top heel stable. Koshinaka was a cult hero and following HI's run, he became popular babyface veteran. Though his game started to slip and his run with Riki Choshu's World Japan largely killed his tenured standing, Shiro Koshinaka's dedication to wrestling and consistantly good work for the better part of twenty years is a remarkable feat.