Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Kanemaru in September 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 23, 1976 Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Masked Burning #2 Yoshinobu Kanemaru |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Trained by | All Japan Pro Wrestling dojo |
| Debut | July 6, 1996 |
Yoshinobu Kanemaru (金丸義信, Kanemaru Yoshinobu; born September 23, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler and backstage producer. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of House of Torture.
Trained at the All Japan Pro Wrestling dojo, Kanemaru left the promotion to join Pro Wrestling Noah. Across two stints with Noah, he is a seven-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, a four-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, and won the 2009 Global Junior Heavyweight League and the 2009 Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League. In NJPW, he is a six-time Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and won the 2021 Super Junior Tag League. In AJPW, he is a one-time World Junior Heavyweight Champion and a two-time All Asia Tag Team Champion.
Stable wise, Kanemaru was a member of the first and third incarnations of AJPW's Burning. He later joined NJPW's Suzuki-gun during a invasion storyline, and remained with the stable until its disbandment in 2022. He was then a member of Just 5 Guys, before turning on the stable to join House of Torture, which was a sub-group of Bullet Club at the time.