Yota Tsuji

Yota Tsuji
Birth name Yota Tsuji
Born (1993-09-08) September 8, 1993[1][2]
Yokohama, Japan[1][2]
Alma mater Nippon Sport Science University[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Yota Tsuji
Billed height 6 ft (183 cm)[2][1]
Billed weight 200 lb (91 kg)[1]
Billed from Yokohama, Japan[1][2]
Trained by NJPW Dojo
Debut April 10, 2018[1][2]

Yota Tsuji (辻 陽太, Tsuji Yōta, born September 8th, 1993[3]) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Early Life

Before wrestling, Tsuji had played baseball, american football and had done taekwondo.[2][3][1] In March 2012, he graduated high school from Yokohama Tateno high-school.[2][3] In March 2016, Tsuji graduated from Nippon Sport Science University.[2][3]

Professional wrestling career

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2017–present)

In April 2017, Tsuji was signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling under New Japan's "young lion" system.[2][3] A year later Tsuji as well as fellow young lion, Yuya Uemura, made their pro-wrestling debuts at Lion's Gate Project 11 where Tsuji was defeated by Tomoyuki Oka.[4][5][6] In Yota's second match he was defeated by Ren Narita.[7] During night one of Wrestling Dontaku 2018, Tsuji and Shota Umino were defeated by Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi of Bullet Club.[8] At Lion's Gate Project 12, Tsuji and Yuya Uemura went to a time-limit draw.[9] At Lion's Gate Project 13, Tsuji and Uemura wrestled to a draw.[10] On September 5th, at Aichi, Yota Tsuji teamed with Ren Narita to defeat Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino winning for the first time.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Yota Tsuji". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Yota Tsuji". NJPW1972. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "辻 陽太 Yota Tsuji". njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "LION'S GATE PROJECT11". njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "LION'S GATE PROJECT11". njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "NJPW Lion's Gate Project11". Cagematch. Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Tag 2". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Tag 1". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "NJPW Lion's Gate Project12". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "NJPW Lion's Gate Project13". Cagematch. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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