About Kintarō Ōki
Kim Tae-sik (February 24, 1929 – October 26, 2006), better known by the ring names Kintarō Ōki (Japanese: 大木金太郎, romanized: Ohki Kintaroh, lit. 'Golden boy ohki') and Kim Il (Korean: 김일; Hanja: 金一), was a Korean and Japanese professional wrestler and ssireum-kkun. His professional wrestling career spanned from the late-1950s to the early-1980s. == Professional wrestling career == Kim was originally a Ssireum player, but he had hopes of becoming a student of fellow Korean wrestler Rikidōzan, who had emigrated to Japan in 1940. He entered Japan illegally in 1958 to do so, but was arrested in 1959. After being released he was able to train with Rikidōzan and joined the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA). Kim debuted in November 1959 under the ring name "Kintarō Ōki". His name was not meant come off as relative to head referee Shikina Ōki; however, the name itself was chosen by Rikidōzan. On September 30, 1960, Ōki defeated fellow rookie Kanji Inoki (later Antonio Inoki), who was making his debut along with Shohei Baba (later Giant Baba). Ōki, Baba and Inoki were a rookie trio groomed to become the eventual successors to Rikidōzan himself. Ohki was also trained by Mr.
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