You can helpexpand this article with text translated fromthe corresponding article in Japanese. (June 2018)Click [show] for important translation instructions.
View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article.
Machine translation, likeDeepL orGoogle Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
Youmust providecopyright attribution in theedit summary accompanying your translation by providing aninterlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary isContent in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:グレート小鹿]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template{{Translated|ja|グレート小鹿}} to thetalk page.
Shinya Koshika (小鹿 信也,Koshika Shinya; born April 28, 1942),[1] known by his ring nameGreat Kojika (グレート小鹿,Gurēto Kojika), is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler. He co-founded the promotionBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).[2][3][4][5][6] Kojika is the oldest active Japanese wrestler as well as the one with the longest career, having debuted in 1963. He is also the oldest active wrestler in the world.
After a few years in the United States, Kojika returned to Japan and stayed with Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance until the company folded on April 14, 1973.
After the folding of JWA, Kojika went toGiant Baba'sAll Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) where he reunited with Motoshi Okuma. From 1976 to 1981, he and Okuma won theAll Asia Tag Team Championship three times. They were together until 1986 when Kojika retired from wrestling.
Kojika returned to wrestling in 1995, co-foundingBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) withKazuo Sakurada where it was a style based ondeathmatches andKing's Road style. He started wrestling again in 1996. He retired for the second time in 2002. He continued co-promoting Big Japan.
,Wrestlingdata
Media related toGreat Kojika at Wikimedia Commons