All Japan Famous Five

video showcasing the famous five in the glory years of AJPW: Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada, Jun Akiyama, Akira Taue

ive noticed a color variety with those five: Green (Misawa), Orange (Kobashi), Red (Taue), Blue (Akiyama), Yellow (Kawada)

song:
"Grand Sword" piano version - Kobashi theme
"Spartan-X" - Misawa theme
"Shadow Explosion" - Akiyama theme
"Eclipse" - Taue theme
"Holy War" - Kawada theme
"INVOKE" - TM Revolution (yes its the Gundam Seed song and another TMR song)

Cameo appearances:
Naomichi Marufuji
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Takao Omori
Masao Inoue
Yoshinari Ogawa
Kentaro Shiga
Tamon Honda
Taiyo Kea

Other names in the video worth mentioning:
Dr. Death Steve Williams
Gladiator Mike Awesome
Hakushi Jinsei Shinzaki
Hayabusa

Category:

Sports

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• japan
• pro
• wrestling
• NOAH
• puroresu
• burning
• hammer
• ganso
• bomb
• Triple
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• 全日本
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• Orange
• Crush
• Dangerous
• Blue
• Thunder
• Dynamic
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• Driver
• Exploder

[FILIPINOMAZTER]

btw wheres giant baba im pretty sure hes much popular than all these 5 wrestlers combined

[kyotanahashi]

umm....the point of this video is about the Famous Five of 90's All Japan

[FILIPINOMAZTER]

lol in wwe when they land on their head they consider it as a botch lol

[kyotanahashi]

well, part true...whereas most casual fans does too...like the Regal-plex from Regal to Orton from a lil over a year ago.

people automatically called it a botch because he slammed him on his head

[stygianmessiah]

erm....wasnt dis song used in a japanese anime or smth

[kyotanahashi]

Gundam Seed

[potomacbrave88]

Sadly, many fans here in the U.S. were fed a steady diet of Cena, HHH, Hogan, etc. over the years and will never have a true appreciation for what these guys did in their heyday.

[Wurzelknecht]

As if Hansen would care about colors. If he sees something moving he LARIATS it just in case... XD

[RSNCICREO]

three of these guys also had some very good Six man Tags in the late 80's and Kobashi and Misawa have had some 41/2 - 5* Tags with the Holy Damon army in the Early 90's imo Taue best stuff on his own ie with Misawa , Fuchi or Jumbo was not untill the late 90's 

[Reaf3289]

@brocklock09

Then:All japan famous five:Misawa,Kobashi,Taue,Akiya­ma,Kawada

three musketerrs of New Japan:Mutoh,Chono,Hashimoto

Now:

The Four heroes of new Japan: Tanahashi,Nakamura,Makabe,Goto

[OldSchoolRasslin]

The music used for Misawa here is the NOAH version of his theme, not the AJPW one. The AJPW music doesn't have the gunshot effect at the end of the intro.

[knkakyrknkhnk]

ｖｅｒｙ ｃｏｏｌ

[WillIsSoAwesome]

Anyone know the date of the Kobashi/Misawa singles match that so many clips here are from?

[mark79]

HEAD DROPPING FTW!

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Much love and respect for Japanese Pro Wrestling.

[thomie12345]

akiyama barely made a name for himself in the 90s his career eally catapaulted in the early 200s

[ecchirebirth]

I am glad you mentioned the names of other wrestlers that appeared in the video. Indeed, Taue, Kawada, Misawa, Akiyama and Kobashi were the top tier at the time, but there was some awesome gaijin talent (Vader, Hansen, Willaims, Albright) and really strong midcard talent, especially in the early-mid 90s. You never had a bad main event in that era, but the entire cards tended to be excellent during that period.

[luistownmassacre]

I prefer all of them over the NJPW three. Only dude that was in the AJPW 5's league was Hash. Hase should've been part of the NJPW group.