Kanon (wrestler)

Japanese professional wrestler

Kanon

Kanon in November 2023

Born|  (1996-09-23) September 23, 1996 (age 28)[1]
Kanazawa, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)| Kanon
Billed height| 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Billed weight| 90 kg (198 lb)
Trained by| Taka Michinoku
Debut| 2019

Kanon (stylized in capital letters as KANON) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a two-time and reigning KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion (with Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul).[3]

## Professional wrestling career

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### Independent circuit (2019–present)

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Kanon made sporadic freelancer appearances in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. On the first night of Pro Wrestling Zero1's 2020 edition of the Furinkazan tournament, he teamed up with Hayato Tamura and Ren Ayabe in a losing effort against Asuka and Revengers (Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara).[4] At NOAH Sanctuary, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah on May 30, 2022, he teamed up with Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul to defeat Kongo (Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kenoh) in a six-man tag team match.[5]

### Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (2019–2022)

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Kanon made his professional wrestling debut at JTO Hajime on July 8, 2019, where he fell short to Ryuya Takekura.[6] Kanon won the 2021 edition of the JTO Tournament, the flagship competition of the promotion by defeating Eagle Mask in the first rounds, Chojin Yusha G Valion in the second ones and Ryuya Takekura in the finals from March 19.[7] The only championship he has held in the company was the Kinf of JTO Championship which he won at JTO Itadaki on November 18, 2021, by defeating Ryuya Takekura.[8] Kanon vacated the title three and a half months later due to leaving JTO for DDT Pro-Wrestling.

### DDT Pro-Wrestling (2022–present)

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Kanon made his debut in DDT Pro-Wrestling at April Fool 2022 on April 10, where he defeated Yuki Ishida in singles competition.[9] At DDT Mega Max Bump 2022 In Yokohama on May 1, he was revealed as the newest member of the Damnation T.A faction as he teamed up with stablemates Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul to defeat Soma Takao, Yuji Hino and Yukio Naya.[10] Kanon won his first title in DDT, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship at Audience 2022 on May 22 by teaming up with Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul and defeating Eruption (Yukio Sakaguchi, Kazusada Higuchi and Hideki Okatani) in the final of a four-team tournament to win the vacant titles.[11] He also competed for the DDT Universal Championship at DDT Friendship, Effort & Victory In Nagoya 2023 on February 19 against Naruki Doi but came out unsuccessful.[12]

Kanon competed in various of the promotion's signature events such as the King of DDT Tournament in which he made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he fell short to Yuki Ueno in the first rounds.[13] As for the D-Oh Grand Prix, he made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he placed himself in the block B and scored a total of two points after competing against Yukio Naya, Kazusada Higuchi, Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes and Mao.[14] In the DDT Peter Pan series, Kanon made his first appearance at the 2022 edition where he teamed up with Damnation T.A stablemate Daisuke Sasaki and Dick Togo in a losing effort against The 37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Mao) and Yasu Urano in Six-man tag team action.[15]

In the Never Mind series, he first competed at Never Mind 2022 on December 29, where he teamed up with MJ Paul and Minoru Fujita to defeat Masahiro Takanashi, Soma Takao and Antonio Honda.[16] At DDT Sweet Dreams! 2023 on January 29, he teamed up with Paul to defeat Disaster Box (Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi), Akito and Antonio Honda, and Yuki Ishida and Yuya Koroku in a Four-way tag team match.[17] In the DDT Into The Fight series, he first competed at Into The Fight 2023 on February 23, where he teamed up with MJ Paul to defeat Masahiro Takanashi and Antonio Honda.[18] In the DDT Judgement series, Kanon debuted at Judgement 2023 on March 21, where he teamed up with Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul to defeat Chris Brookes, Drew Parker and Hagane Shinno.[19]

## Championships and accomplishments

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* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* KO-D Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Minoru Fujita (1) and Daisuke Sasaki (1)
* KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times, current) – with Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul[20]
* KO-D Six Man Tag Team Title Tournament (2022)
* Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out
* King of JTO Championship (1 time)
* JTO Tournament (2021)[7]

## References

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1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Kanon • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "KANON/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 25, 2023.
3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "KANON Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
4. ^ Pro Wrestling Zero1 (December 19, 2020). ZERO1「風林火山タッグトーナメント2020」千葉大会. z-1.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 25, 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. ^ Daly, Wayne (May 31, 2022). "NOAH Results: Sanctuary 2022 – Kawasaki, Japan (5/30)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
6. ^ Dark Angelita (July 16, 2019). "JTO: "Hajime" TAKA Michinoku inicia un nuevo camino". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2023.
7. ^ a b Dark Angelita (March 16, 2021). "JTO: "Kaku" Kanon gana el JTO Tournament 2021". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2023.
8. ^ Daly, Wayne (November 18, 2021). "JTO Results: Itadaki – Tokyo, Japan (11/18)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
9. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (April 10, 2022). "April Fool 2022". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 12, 2022.
10. ^ Open The Forbidden Gate (May 1, 2022). "DDT MEGA MAX BUMP 2022 in YOKOHAMA Results (5/1/22)". opentheforbiddengate.net. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
11. ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (May 22, 2022). "Audience 2022". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
12. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (February 19, 2023). "DDT Pro Friendship, Effort & Victory In Nagoya Results 2.19.23: Multiple Titles Defended". 411mania.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
13. ^ "DDT ProWrestling" DDT最強の座を決めるトーナメント「KING OF DDT 2022」開催決定！ (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
14. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling [@ddtpro] (August 20, 2022). "DDT saikyō kettei rīgu-sen "D Ō GRAND PRIX 2022" kaisai kettei!" DDT最強決定リーグ戦「D王 GRAND PRIX 2022」開催決定！ [D-Oh Grand Prix 2022, the league to determine the strongest in DDT, will be held!] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved September 22, 2022 - via Twitter.
15. ^ Jake R. (August 25, 2022). "DDT WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022 (AUGUST 20) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
16. ^ Harris, Jeffrey (December 29, 2022). "DDT Pro Never Mind 2022 Results 12.29.22: Kazusada Higuchi Faces Yuki Ueno". 411mania.com. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
17. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (January 29, 2023). "DDT Sweet Dreams! Results (1/29): New KO-D Openweight Champion Crowned". fightful.com. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
18. ^ Carlan, Lewis (February 26, 2023). "DDT Pro-Wrestling Into The Fight 2023 Full Results (2/26/2023); Major Title Change". pwmania.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
19. ^ Carlan, Lewis (March 21, 2023). "DDT Judgement Results – March 21, 2023". pwmania.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
20. ^ Wrestling Titles. "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

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KO-D Tag Team Champions

2000s|

* Nosawa and Takashi Sasaki
* Mikami and Super Uchuu Power
* Gentaro and Yoshiya
* Mikami and Takashi Sasaki
* Suicide Boyz (Mikami and Tanomusaku Toba)
* Aka Rangers (Gentaro and Takashi Sasaki)
* Tomohiko Hashimoto and Sanshiro Takagi
* Shoichi Ichimiya and Seiya Morohashi
* Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba
* Tomohiko Hashimoto and Seiya Morohashi
* Hero! and Kudo
* Ryuji Ito and Sanshiro Takagi
* Gay Machine Guns (Danshoku Dino and Glenn "Q" Spectre)
* Seiya Morohashi and Tanomusaku Toba
* FEC (Tomohiko Hashimoto and Nobutaka Moribe)
* Disaster Box (Darkside Hero!/Harashima and Toru Owashi)
* Kota Ibushi and Daichi Kakimoto
* Italian Four Horsemen (Mori Bernard and Francesco Togo)
* Seiya Morohashi and Poco Takanashi
* Nuru Nuru Brothers (Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Michael Nakazawa)
* Aloha World Order (Antonio Honda and Prince Togo)
* Golden☆Lovers (Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega)
* Italian Four Horsemen (Francesco Togo and Piza Michinoku)
* Kudo and Yasu Urano

2010s|

* Hentai Big Boss (Sanshiro Takagi and Munenori Sawa)
* Butt Samurai (Shiro Koshinaka and Danshoku Dino)
* From the Northern Country (Antonio Honda and Daisuke Sasaki)
* Granma (Gentaro and Yasu Urano)
* Munenori Sawa and Shigehiro Irie
* Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa
* Hero! Gundam (Harashima and Hero! (II))
* Daisuke Sekimoto and Masa Takanashi
* Homoiro Clover Z (Danshoku Dino and Kota Ibushi)
* Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie
* Crying Wolf (Yasu Urano and Yuji Hino)
* nWJ (Sanshiro Takagi and Soma Takao)
* Homoiro Clover Z (Kudo and Makoto Oishi)
* Mikami and Tatsumi Fujinami
* UraShima (Harashima and Yasu Urano)
* Hikaru Sato and Yukio Sakaguchi
* Yankī Nichōkenjū (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto)
* Happy Motel/New Generation Combination (Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo)
* Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi)
* Golden☆Storm Riders (Daisuke Sasaki and Kota Ibushi)
* Daisuke Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa
* Bad Comis (Kai and Ken Ohka)
* Smile Yankī (Harashima and Yuko Miyamoto)
* Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo)
* Konosuke Takeshita and Mike Bailey
* Masakatsu Funaki and Yukio Sakaguchi
* New No Fear (Danshoku Dino and Yoshihiro Takayama)
* YaroZ (Kazusada Higuchi and Shigehiro Irie)
* HarashiMarufuji (Harashima and Naomichi Marufuji)
* SekiGuchi (Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazusada Higuchi)
* Damnation (Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo)
* Moonlight Express (Mao and Mike Bailey)
* Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki and Soma Takao)

2020s|

* Nautilus (Yuki Ueno and Naomi Yoshimura)
* Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi)
* Smile Pissari (Harashima and Yuji Okabayashi)
* The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata)
* Disaster-Box (Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura)
* Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi)
* Mao and Asuka
* Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi and Naomi Yoshimura)
* ShunMao (Mao and Shunma Katsumata)
* Damnation T.A (Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul)
* Omega (Makoto Oishi and Yuji Hino)
* Damnation T.A (Minoru Fujita and Kanon)
* Romance Dawn (Soma Takao and Shota)
* Damnation T.A (Daisuke Sasaki and Kanon)
* Burning (Tetsuya Endo and Yuki Iino)
* Schadenfreude International (Chris Brookes and Takeshi Masada) (current)

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KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions

2010s|

* Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)
* Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino)
* Golden☆Rendezvous～ (Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)
* Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Hoshitango and Yuji Hino)
* Ten Million Gay Powers (Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi)
* Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi
* Team Homo Sapiens (Aja Kong, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi)
* Golden☆Storm Riders (Daisuke Sasaki, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)
* Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi/Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi)
* Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo)
* T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi)
* Genpatsu Daio (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno)
* #OhkaTeikoku (Danshoku Dino, Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine)
* #OhkaTeikoku (Danshoku Dino, Kenso and Super Sasadango Machine)
* Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Shunma Katsumata
* Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo)
* Team DNA (Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Mizuki Watase)
* NωA (Makoto Oishi, Mao and Shunma Katsumata)
* All Out (Akito, Diego and Konosuke Takeshita)
* Koju Takeda, Kota Umeda and Yuki Ueno
* All Out (Akito, Shunma Katsumata and Konosuke Takeshita)
* Damnation (Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie and Soma Takao)
* #StrongHearts (Cima, T-Hawk and Duan Yingnan)
* All Out (Akito, Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Iino)
* Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling (Chihiro Hashimoto, Dash Chisako and Meiko Satomura)
* All Out (Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Iino)

2020s|

* #DamnHearts (Tetsuya Endo, T-Hawk and El Lindaman)
* Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi and Saki Akai)
* Young Communication Generation (Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota)
* Damnation (Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao and Yuji Hino)
* Pheromones (Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino and Yumehito Imanari)
* Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita and MJ Paul)
* Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul and Kanon) (current)
* Omega (Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi)
* Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata
* Burning (Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada)
* Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine and Yuki Ueno
* Harimau (Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu and Yuki Ishida)
* Eruption (Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai and Hideki Okatani)
* D・O・A (Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi)
* Smile Squash (Akito, Harashima and Yasu Urano)

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