RIP Osamu Kido

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Word seems to be getting out that Osamu Kido has passed away. Osamu Kido was an NJPW original and a NJPW dojo trainer during the 2000s. He was a brilliant wrestler. Never became a main event guy but always had great matches throughout his career and was a key part of the big UWF vs NJPW feud during the 1980s. He was also a student of Karl Gotch and Gotch spoke highly of him. Some said Gotch favored him the most and that he was like a son to him. RIP. 

Edit - Nikkan Sports has more info on this. Kido has been battling cancer for the past several years and underwent chemotherapy. He was 73 years old. https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/202312140000643.html

 

[Ma Stump Puller]

Very sad to hear: guy was a phenomenal Gotch-trainee and probably one of the closest resembling his intended style of wrestling, always was a treat to watch one of his matches wherever he was. RIP.

 

 

[William Bologna]

Kido was great, a real pleasant surprise when I watched all that Fujinami. He always looked good.

[KinchStalker]

RIP. 

Plugging the 1979 article that I translated last year, about his brother's ill-fated wrestling career and how that inspired Osamu to finish what he had started.

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[ingridguerci94]

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Word seems to be getting out that Osamu Kido has passed away. Osamu Kido was an NJPW original and a NJPW dojo trainer during the 2000s. He was a brilliant wrestler. Never became a main event guy but always had great matches throughout his career and was a key part of the big UWF vs NJPW feud during the 1980s.

He was also a student of Karl Gotch and Gotch spoke highly of him. Some said Gotch favored him the most and that he was like a son to him. RIP. 

Edit - Nikkan Sports has more info on this. Kido has been battling cancer for the past several years and underwent chemotherapy.

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He was 73 years old.

The circumstances behind his career are quite moving. His older brother Tokio entered the JWA in 1962, but became paralyzed after taking a bad bump in training. Osamu was inspired to fulfill his brother's dream when he came of age.