Abdullah Kobayashi

Yōsuke Kobayashi (小林 洋輔) (born July 22, 1976), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi (アブドーラ小林) after Abdullah the Butcher, who was his trainer. He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and has wrestled for Big Japan Pro Wrestling throughout most of his career. He is well known for his very brutal deathmatches with the likes of Ryuji Ito and several other BJPW wrestlers. On June 26, 2010, Kobayashi made his American debut in Combat Zone Wrestling's Tournament of Death IX defeating Nick Gage in the first round but lost in the second to JC Bailey. In mid-2013, Kobayashi was diagnosed with hepatitis C, forcing him to take a long-term break from in-ring action to undergo treatment. He returned to the ring on August 10, 2014.

Carrer
As a fan of pro-wrestling in his youth, he would tryout for BJW soon after graduating high school. He would go on to make his debut on May 29, 1995 against Yuichi Taniguchi. His first ever title win would come on September 15, 2000 as he Kamikaze would capture the BJW Tag belts from Shadow WX and Ryuji Yamakawa.

He would make a challenge for the BJW Heavyweight belt until 2004. Though in 2005 he would form a team with Daisuke Sekimoto as they were known as “Muscle and Fat”. The two would become the BJW Tag Champions in the process. As for his singles run, he would claim his first run with the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight belt on December 21, 2005 after beating Ryuji Ito.

He would remain an opposition figure in the deathmatch scene for the years to come, even going to compete in CZW in the USA. With his second run with the BJW Deathmatch belt coming on December 18, 2011 with a win yet another win over Ryuji Ito. He would go on to make seven successful defense as champion before falling to Shuji Ishikawa in January of 2013.

Though in 2013 he would suffer a major setback as he would fall under suspicion of having Hepitatus C in his body. All of the BJW wrestlers would undergo tests and they would come back negative, but Kobayashi would not. He would immediately stop competing for the safety of those around him and seek treatment. After over a year away from competing he was finally cleared of the virus and made his return in August of 2014.

2015 would see him win the “Ikkitosen ~ DeathMatch Survivor” league and then follow that up by once more capturing the DeathMatch belt on May 5, 2015 with a win over Yuko Miyamoto. Though this would be a short reign as Ryuji Ito would take the belt away from him in July.

On December 18, 2016, he would defeat Kankuro Hoshino to regin the Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion. he would lose the title to Masaya Takahashi on May 5. 2017.

Other media
Kobayashi appears as himself alongside Ryuji Ito, Daisuke Sekimoto, Takashi Sasaki and Jaki Numazawa in the 2006 movie Dirty Sanchez: The Movie. Kobayashi and the other wrestlers perform wrestling moves on the three main cast members, and also makes a cameo appearance in the 2004 movie Ôtosan No Backdrop.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Bakachinga Elbow (Diving or a running elbow drop, sometimes while holding fluorescent lightbulbs)
 * Koba Driver (Sitout back-to-belly piledriver, sometimes on to glass)
 * Signature moves
 * Corner slingshot splash
 * Diving double foot stomp
 * Samoan drop, sometimes on to fluorescent light bulbs
 * Snap German suplex
 * Throat thrust

Championships and accomplishments

 * Big Japan Pro Wrestling
 * BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
 * BJW Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Kamikaze (1), Daikokubo Benkei (1), Jaki Numazawa (1) and Daisuke Sekimoto (1)
 * WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Daikokubo Benkei
 * Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times, current) – with Jaki Numazawa and Kazuki Hashimoto (1), and Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki (1, current)
 * Dainichi-X (2011) – with Yuji Okabayashi
 * Ikkitosen ~DeathMatch Survivor~ (2015)
 * Japan Indy Grand Prix
 * MVP Award (2012)
 * Tokyo Sports
 * Fighting Spirit Award (2012)