Acting
Taiji Ishimori
JA, EN, ES cinema · 262 credits
Born
10 February 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Tagajo, Miyagi, Japan
Also known as Army Santa · BONE SOLDIER Jr. · Tai-chan · Superstar · Bone Soldier · Ishimori
Taiji Ishimori is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he has competed since 2018 and is a member of Unbound Co. He is a former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Robbie X, and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. Before joining NJPW, he spent 12 years with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he became one of the promotion’s most decorated junior heavyweights. He won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, including a record-setting 405-day first reign, captured the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship a record six times, and won the Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League a record four times. He also became a one-time Impact X Division Champion during his stint with Impact Wrestling and was ranked No. 83 in the 2022 PWI 500 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
Known for
Filmography
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 21
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2026
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 9
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026
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NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 10
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MLW & NJPW Present CMLL Fantastica Mania USA 2026
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima 2026
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 1
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 2
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 3
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 4
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 5
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 6
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 7
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 8
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 9
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 10
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 11
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 12
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
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CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania Mexico 2026
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
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NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 9
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 10
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 11
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NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2026
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 - Day 6
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CMLL & NJPW Lucha Kingdom 2026
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
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NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
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NJPW Battle in the Valley 2025
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NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
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NJPW Dominion 6.15 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2025
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NJPW Death Pain Invitational
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NJPW Tanahashi Jam
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2025
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 4
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NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2025
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 8
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 7
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 6
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 5
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 4
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 3
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NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi ~ Final Homecoming
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NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025
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NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 17 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3
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NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
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NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
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NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
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NJPW Royal Quest IV
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
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NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as Taiji Ishimori
NOAH: Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love ～Hold Out～
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
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NJPW Royal Quest III
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
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NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
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NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
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NJPW Declaration of Power
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NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022
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NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
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NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 2
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NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall 2021
as Taiji Ishimori
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
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NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
2021
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
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NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
2021
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
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NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
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NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
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NJPW Summer Struggle In Jingu
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NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 17 (Final)
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
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NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 1
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NJPW Royal Quest
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ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
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NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
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PWG: All Star Weekend 14 - Night One
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PWG: All Star Weekend 14 - Night Two
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 25 - Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)
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IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
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NJPW Power Struggle 2016
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AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
2016
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
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AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
2016
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
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ROH: Border Wars
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