Hirooki Goto
Kuwana, Mie, Japan
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Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2003 and has competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling throughout his career. A former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, he has also held the NEVER Openweight Championship five times, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship twice, and both the IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships once each. He also won the G1 Climax in 2008, the New Japan Cup in 2009, 2010, and 2012, and the World Tag League in 2012 with Karl Anderson, in 2014 with Katsuyori Shibata, and in 2021, 2022, and 2023 with YOSHI-HASHI. His partnership with YOSHI-HASHI as Bishamon earned the Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award in 2023, and he later received the publication's Best Bout Award in 2024 for his match against Yota Tsuji on March 20. Goto was also ranked No. 5 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500 in 2025 and portrayed E. Honda in the 2026 film Street Fighter.
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NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 2
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022: The Buy-In
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
NJPW Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIV
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW Vs. DDT: Toru Yano vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Part 2
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
