Yōsuke Kobayashi (July 22, 1976), is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi 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 wrestling[]
- Entrance themes
- "B・Blue" by Boøwy
- "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei
- "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- BJW Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Kamikaze (1), Daikokubo Benkei (1), Jaki Numazawa (1), Daisuke Sekimoto (1) and Ryuji Ito (1)
- WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withDaikokubo Benkei
- Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jaki Numazawa and Kazuki Hashimoto (1), and Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki (1)
- Dainichi-X (2011) – with Yuji Okabayashi
- Japan Indy Grand Prix
- MVP Award (2012)
- Tokyo Sports
- Fighting Spirit Award (2012)