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Kintarō Ōki (Japanese: 大木金太郎 Korean: 김일 Hanja: 金一 February 24 1929 Jeollanam-do South Korea (then just Korea) – October 26 2006 Seoul South Korea) was arguably the greatest South Korean professional wrestler of all time[citation needed] also known professionally as Kim Il or KIM Il during his career in the Japan Wrestling Association All Japan Pro Wrestling and International Pro Wrestling from the 1950s to the 1980s.Ohki had hopes of becoming a student of Japanese wrestling legend Rikidōzan another Korean and entered Japan illegally in 1958 to do so but was arrested in 1959.

active years end year
1980-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1995-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
1929-02-24
birth place
Korea, South Jeolla Province, Goheung County
death date
2006-10-26
death place
South Korea, Seoul
trainer
Tor Kamata, Rikidōzan, Yoshinosato

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