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Kaientai Dojo
Acronym	K-DOJO
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Japan
Founder(s)	Taka Michinoku
Owner(s)	Taka Michinoku

Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO for short) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku.

The promotion places emphasis on a new style of Puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling and martial arts. This style was largely contributed to by Taka Michinoku and is gaining popularity in Japan and abroad. K-DOJO is also heavily influenced by American-style wrestling and places a large amount of importance on presentation. For instance, each Club-K 3000 show that K-DOJO runs is equipped with a large screen near the entrance gate, similar to the Titantron, where a short introductory vignette is played during each wrestler's entrance and where the crowd can follow the action on-screen. They have a home building that doubles as their training facility, Chiba Blue Field, where all of their Club-K 3000 shows are held.

[edit] Origins

Kaientai Dojo originated in 2001 as a small wrestling school in Puerto Rico run by Taka Michinoku. After Taka returned to Japan in 2002, he established the Japanese branch of Kaientai Dojo, which would soon become a wrestling promotion. The small federation grew over the years and is now an independent league that runs as a promotion, wrestling school and talent loan organization to various other leagues such as AJPW, Dragon Gate and Michinoku Pro.

Until recently, K-DOJO was separated into two distinct sides, GET and RAVE, which ran separate shows but often joined together during large shows and tours. GET was lead by Taka Michinoku while RAVE's leader was Hi69. After Hi69's departure, Taka Michinoku became commissioner of RAVE and 296 became commissioner of GET. On April 22, 2007, RAVE ran its last show; the two brands merged and now run joint shows.

A particular aspect of K-DOJO is that it is one of the few wrestling promotions to feature both men and women. Women can wrestle in the same ring as men, either during mixed tag matches or even singles matches. Also, they can challenge for championship belts, something that would be unheard of in most wrestling promotions.

[edit] Roster

Please see Kaientai Dojo roster.

[edit] Championships

[edit] Current

Championship:	Current champion(s):	Date won:
Strongest-K Championship	KAZMA	October 18, 2009
Strongest-K Tag Team Championship	Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi	December 14, 2008
UWA World Middleweight Championship	Shinobu	November 14, 2009
WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship	Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei	May 6, 2009
Independent Junior Heavyweight Championship	GENTARO	September 23, 2009

[edit] Defunct

Championship:	Final champion(s):	Date won:
UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship	Kengo Mashimo and KAZMA	March 5, 2006

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