Character Product Atsushi Onita Keychain (Gold ver.) figure review

For blog #138, we'll be looking at another obscure piece of Japanese Pro-Wrestling
memorabilia released at the dawn of the new millennium.

Without further adieu, let's dive right in:

                                    

Atsushi Onita stands approximately 2.7" inches (7cm) tall and features a cigar, pointing
pose and chair in Onita's left hand.


                                    

Onita's attire and accessories are based on Onita's highly anticipated match against
Masahiro Chono - Onita's first match in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion
which took place on April 10th, 1990 in the Tokyo Dome.

With New Japan Pro-Wrestling's audience strictly against deathmatch Wrestling (former
All Japan Pro-Wrestling owner Giant Baba once famously referred to the style as "Garbage
Wrestling), the New Japan audience would pelt Onita with garbage as he made his way to
the ring.

In response to the audience's reaction, Onita (in complete badass mode) took a seat in
the middle of the entrance ramp and casually lit a cigarette).

                           

The back of the keychain contains the "EVIL WAYS" copyright (Onita's licensing
company). Though, with the cartoonish art style that was commonly used by New
Japan Pro-Wrestling in the 1990's (and with the slew of Onita items that were being
produced by the company at the time), the Onita keychain figure was produced by
Character Product/Charapro.

In total, there are 5 different variants available of the Atsushi Onita keychain:

1) Chair and cigar version - silver
2) Chair and cigar version - gold
3) Crouching pose - full color
4) Crouching pose - silver
5) Crouching pose - gold