| Heisei Ishingun | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members | Shiro Koshinaka Kengo Kimura Kuniaki Kobayashi Masashi Aoyagi Akitoshi Saito Great Kabuki Akira Nogami Tatsutoshi Goto Michiyoshi Ohara Genichiro Tenryu |
| Name(s) | "Heisei Ishingun" (Force of Peace) "Han-Senshukai Dōmei" (Anti-Wrestlers Alliance) |
| Debut | 1992 |
| Disbanded | 1999 |
Heisei Ishingun was a Japaneseprofessional wrestlingstable led byShiro Koshinaka during the 1990s, primarily inNew Japan Pro-Wrestling.
After an intense feud with each other early from 1988,Shiro Koshinaka andKuniaki Kobayashi formed a tag team, and feuded with many other teams from 1988 to 1992. Between those rivalries, they feuded withMasashi Aoyagi andAkitoshi Saito who were karate fighters, to prove which sport was the best. After defeating them many times, Kobayashi, Koshinaka, Saito and Aoyagi formed a stable.Kengo Kimura and theGreat Kabuki from WAR soon joined the group. In 1993, they were initially called Han-Senshukai Dōmei (Anti-Wrestlers Alliance) referring to WAR andGenichiro Tenryu. After this feud was over, they changed their name toHeisei Ishingun, afterRiki Choshu'sShōwa period Ishin Gundan stable.
In 1993,Michiyoshi Ohara andTatsutoshi Goto joined the group and helped Koshinaka against main eventers. In 1994, Aoyagi left to return toFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. In 1996, after theJ-J-Jacks split up,Akira Nogami joined, while Kabuki left. Kimura partially left in late 1996 to re-form his old team withTatsumi Fujinami as well, but served as an associate until their dissolution. In 1997, Goto and Ohara briefly left fornWo Japan who were feuding with the Ishingun, however, both men didn't made any progress inside the unit and were kicked out byKeiji Mutoh andMasahiro Chono, and were accepted back by Koshinaka into the Ishingun. In 1998, Saito left the group and professional wrestling to focus on his bartending business, whileGenichiro Tenryu joined in and took his place in the group. In mid-1999, Heisei Ishingun disbanded as Goto, Nogami and Ohara joined Masahiro Chono'sTeam 2000. Koshinaka went back to being an NJPW loyalist, while Kobayashi and Kimura retired and Tenryu, ade facto free agent, continued supporting NJPW loyalists in their battles against Team 2000.
During their time as a group, Heisei Ishingun feuded with wrestlers fromNew Japan Pro-Wrestling,WAR,UWF International, andnWo Japan.
On February 8, 2017, Akira, Akitoshi Saito, The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi and Shiro Koshinaka made a one-night reunion as Heisei Ishingun underKeiji Mutoh's Pro-Wrestling Masters banner.[1]
The group once again had a one night reunion on October 1, 2017, when Akitoshi Saito and Shiro Koshinaka teamed withMaybach Taniguchi to defeatMitsuya Nagai, Tatsumi Fujinami and Leona atPro Wrestling Noah’s Great Voyage in Yokohama.[2]