Yota Tsuji
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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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.
Movie Credits
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
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 Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024: Zero Hour
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2024 - Lucha Libre USA
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 2
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 3
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 4
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 2
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 5
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 Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
