KinchStalker

I am working on a Rusher Kimura profile, but there is a catch. There is a particular Japanese resource that I wish to acquire for research (an issue of G Spirits which features an interview with his son), and if I order it, I may push back the profile until I have the magazine shipped here and the feature translated. If I decide to do this, I will probably continue to work on what I can for his biography, but a Rusher profile will be pushed back in favor of the IWE's other alumni. I consider Rusher Kimura one of around fifteen to twenty people who are deserving of a "major", possibly 8,000+-word profile that will require a longer turnaround time.

First of all, in "major profiles" I will write extended summaries to accommodate those who want consise biographies. Second, some I have already given profiles (Toyonobori and Strong Kobayashi) are arguably deserving of major profiles, and I have interest in eventually expanding their biographies.

For reference, here are what I consider to be the "major profiles" off the top of my head. As I have stated in my profiles index, I am focusing on the stars of Showa-period puroresu for the foreseeable future, so do not expect anyone who reached their prime period of popularity after 1988. I will likely make an exception for Atsushi Onita, as I plan to write profiles for his peers Masanobu Fuchi and Haru Sonoda, but I will not be writing about anyone Pillars/Musketeers onward for a long time.

1. Rikidozan
2. Toyonobori
3. Michiaki Yoshimura
4. Kintaro Oki/Kim Il
5. Giant Baba
6. Antonio Inoki
7. Rusher Kimura
8. Seiji Sakaguchi
9. Hisashi Shinma [NJPW's central strategist]
10. Tatsumi Fujinami
11. Jumbo Tsuruta
12. Riki Choshu
13. Genichiro Tenryu
14. Satoru Sayama
15. Akira Maeda
16. (possibly) Umanosuke Ueda
17. (possibly) Masa Saito
18. (possibly) Atsushi Onita