Masked wrestler-lawmaker takes his seat in Kawanishi council chamber
Billy Ken Kid attended his first full session behind a mask after the assembly agreed to conditions; a former Osaka governor says voters need to see his real face online.
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Yatsu still waiting on his ¥3 million from Inoki's failed Anton Hiesel venture
Wrestler Kiyoaki Yatsu says he would have signed the 1983 blood-oath petition against Antonio Inoki had he been in Japan, and that the money he put into the promotion's doomed business has never come back.
Tenryu Genichiro, 76, on life in a wheelchair with four bolts in his skull
Japan's only wrestler to pin both Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki says he wants to take care of himself, as a documentary follows his walking rehabilitation in a seniors' residence.
Genichiro Tenryu, 76, lifted into the ring in his wheelchair as daughter pushes him to keep working
The former wrestler, who retired in 2015 and now needs help with much of daily life, says pro wrestling is what keeps him going.
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