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Kushida |
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Name |
Kushida |
Real name |
Yujiro Kushida |
Nicknames |
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Name history |
Yujiro Kushida, Kushida (stylized in all caps in Japan) |
Family |
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Maestro(s) |
Kazushi Sakuraba, Tajiri, Scott D'Amore |
Birth date, location |
May 12, 1983- Tokyo, Japan |
Obituary date |
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Debut, location |
January 20, 2008 (Mexico) |
Lost mask to |
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Height |
5'9"/175 cm |
Weight |
191 lbs/87 kg |
Signature moves |
9469/Kushida Lock, Asai DDT, Backcracker, Buzzsaw Kick, Hoverboard Lock, Midnight Express, Moonsault, Plancha, Rolling Elbow, Supernova Press, Supernova Rana, Tope Suicida |
Titles: |
2008 AJPW U-30 Tag Team Tournament (w/T28), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (w/Alex Shelley), Super Jr. Tag Tournament (2012) (w/Alex Shelley), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXII tournament |
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Profile
Traveled to Mexico during 2008, where he wrestled in IWRG in the typical evil foreigner role. Has since returned to Japan, where he has become a member of the New Japan Pro Wrestling roster. Challenged for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship in January 2012 during the second night of Fantasticamania 2012 in Japan, losing to champion Mascara Dorada. Came to Lucha Libre Elite in 2016 to compete in the ELITE International Tournament.