Weight: 103kg (227lbs)
Date of Birth: 11/3/1977
Birthplace: Kobe, Japan
Debut: 4/20/2002 (w/ Ryota Chikuzen vs Minoru Fujita & MIYAWAKI
Favourite Moves: Avalanche-Style Brainbuster, Pump Kick, Handsome Lock, Handsome Elbow
Unit History: Chiba Port Towers (2003 - 2004), Basilisk (2004 - 2007)
CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K: (1)
- TAKA Michinoku (1/6/06) / Kengo Mashimo (10/9/06)
STRONGEST-K Tag Team Title: (2)
- (w/ Yasu Urano) Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi (4/5/06) / Yuji Hino & Saburo Inematsu (1/7/07)
- (w/ TAKA Michinoku) Kengo Mashimo & Madoka (11/5/07) /
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
- RAVE One Night Tag Team Tournament (2005): JOE & Mr.X beat Hi69 & Yasu Urano (12:14) when JOE used an Elbow Drop on Hi69
The former Joe Aoyama, JOE started out on his own in K-DOJO before joining the Chiba Port Towers, a faction of the tall men of K-DOJO with Chikuzen & YOSHIYA. JOE found moderate success with this group, his real success coming when JOE formed Basilisk with Mr.X & Mike Lee Jr. in 2004. Waging war with Kashiwa-Gumi before the split, the battle with Daigoro Kashiwa's crew ended in mid 2005 when the Kaientai Dojo roster was split into two, GET and RAVE. All of Basilisk was split into RAVE and straight away, JOE made a challenge for the ace of RAVE. JOE & Mr.X one the tag team tournament for the "ace" of RAVE when Yasu Urano turned on Hi69 and joined Basilisk. Basilisk and the RAVE army would battle for the rest of the year, New Standard (Yuji Hino's group) splitting from the RAVE team, making the RAVE war a three way contest, all thee groups against each other. JOE made his first challenge for the STRONGEST-K title, defeating TAKA Michinoku to win the title. Basilisk continued its domination in early 2006, with JOE teaming with Urano to become a double champion, winning the STRONGEST-K Tag Team titles. JOE stayed double champion until late 2006 where he lost the CHAMPION OF STRONGEST-K to Kengo Mashimo after being consistantly out-smarted and beaten by Mashimo for a month. JOE recovered and handed Mashimo his first pinfall loss in K-DOJO in nearly 2 years in December 2006. In 2007, Basilisk started to crumble, losing the tag belts however before any more damage could be done, JOE was injured and did not return until May 2007. After JOE's return, Basilisk broke up and had their final performance in July. JOE started teaming with TAKA, forming Team Handsome with the duo eventually winning the tag team titles in November 2007. Nicknamed J.O.E, The Handsome JOE, JOE is one of the most charismatic guys in Kaientai Dojo.