Yota Tsuji

Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) who, before switching to professional wrestling, competed in American football, baseball, and taekwondo. He made his professional wrestling debut in 2018 through the NJPW Young Lion system and went on excursion with fellow wrestler Yuya Uemura to Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) before returning to Japan in May 2023.

Following his return, Tsuji entered the G1 Climax for the first time in 2023, won the 2024 New Japan Cup, and later advanced to the finals of the 2024 G1 Climax, losing to Zack Sabre Jr.

Winning his first singles title after defeating David Finlay at Wrestle Kingdom 19 in 2024, he is a two-time IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, a one-time NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champion alongside BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi as part of the now-defunct Los Ingobernables de Japon, and went on to capture the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026.

Movies

194

1.48 / 10 average

Popularity

0.4269

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Age

32 years

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