Yota Tsuji
Biography
Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) who previously competed in American football, baseball, and taekwondo before transitioning to wrestling. He debuted in 2018 through NJPW’s Young Lion system and later went on excursion with Yuya Uemura to Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) before returning to Japan in May 2023.
After entering his first G1 Climax in 2023, winning the 2024 New Japan Cup, and reaching the finals of the 2024 G1 Climax, where he lost to Zack Sabre Jr., he defeated David Finlay at Wrestle Kingdom 19 to win his first singles championship. He is a two-time IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, having won the title for the first time at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026 and regained it from Callum Newman at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jō Hall later that year, and a one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion alongside BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi. His match against Hirooki Goto on March 20, 2024 received Tokyo Sports' Best Bout Award, and in 2025, he was ranked No. 31 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500.
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Full filmography
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972) as Yota Tsuji
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972)
- NJPW New Japan Cup (2005) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3 (2025) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3 (2021) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026 (2026) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Royal Quest III (2023) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall (2026) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8 (2021) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1 (2025) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 1 (2026) as Philip Marlowe Jr.
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2 (2025) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final) (2021) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6 (2021) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025 (2025) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6 (2026) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3 (2026) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7 (2021) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026 (2026) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4 (2021) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final) (2026) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026 (2026) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023 (2023) as Yota Tsuji
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 (2025) as Yota Tsuji