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Kota Ibushi

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Born
1982 (41 years old)

Birth Place
Aira, Kagoshima, Japan

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1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

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93 kg (205 lb)

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Kota Ibushi (飯伏幸太, Ibushi Kōta, born May 21, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is one half of the current IWGP Tag Team Champions with Hiroshi Tanahashi. He previously worked for the company as Tiger Mask W, the protagonist of the anime of the same name.

His career began with the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion in 2004 and over the next eleven years became a three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, five-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and a two-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Two of the KO-D Tag Team title reigns was with Kenny Omega as the Golden☆Lovers; their combined total of 351 days is still a DDT record.

In 2009, Ibushi started working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and eventually signed with the promotion in 2013. In NJPW, Ibushi is a former NEVER Openweight Champion, three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He resigned from both DDT and NJPW in February 2016 and has performed in several different organizations as a freelancer, including both DDT and NJPW as well as WWE, where he participated in the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic tournament.

In early 2019, he signed a full-time contract with NJPW, and later won the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. Ibushi has also won several tournaments for NJPW, including the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors, the 2015 New Japan Cup and the 2019 G1 Climax, being the only wrestler to have won those three tournaments.

Career Honours

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion 2021 New Japan Mens	IWGP Heavyweight Champion 2021 New Japan Mens	IWGP Intercontinental Champion 2021 New Japan Mens	G1 Climax 2020 New Japan Mens
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion 2020 New Japan Mens	G1 Climax 2019 New Japan Mens	IWGP Intercontinental Champion 2019 New Japan Mens	NEVER Openweight Champion 2018 New Japan Mens
New Japan Cup 2015 New Japan Mens	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion 2014 New Japan Mens	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion 2012 New Japan Mens	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion 2011 New Japan Mens
Best of the Super Juniors 2011 New Japan Mens	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion 2010 New Japan Mens

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