TAJIRI

タジリ / TAJIRI
田尻 義博 / たじり よしひろ / Tajiri, Yoshihiro

Born : September 29, 1970

From : Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture

Height : 175cm

Weight : 90kg

Debut : September 19, 1994 (IWA Japan)

Trained by : The Great Kabuki, Great Kojika, Animal Hamaguchi

Favorite Moves

Buzzsaw Kick
Tarantula
Poison Mist
Handspring Elbow
Dialgatame
Dragon Suplex
Vertical Drop style Brainbuster
Jumping Powerbomb
Michinoku Driver
Various Kicks
Moonsault Press
Tope Con Hilo

Title History

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion (44th, 46th)
AJPW GAORA TV Champion (16th)
AJPW Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY (2018 w/ Koji Iwamoto)
AJPW TV 6 Man Tag Champion (2nd 2/ Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama)
BJW Tag Champion (2nd, 4th w/ Ryuji Yamakawa)
BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion [Original] (1st)
BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion [Re-instated] (3rd)
WNC Champion (3rd)
WRESTLE-1 - UWA World 6 Man Tag Champion (50th w/ Kaz Hayashi & Minoru Tanaka)
WWE World Tag Champion (w/ William Regal)
WWE Tag Champion (w/ Eddie Guerrero)
WWE Cruiserweight Champion
WWE US Champion
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion
CZW World Heavyweight Champion
ECW World Tag Champion (49th w/ Mikey Whipwreck)
ECW World TV Champion (28th)
IWA Puerto Rio Hardcore Champion
EWP Intercontinental Champion
EWA Intercontinental Champion
FCF Champion
PWM Champion
MLW World Middleweight Champion (4th)

Career History

~ Began his career by training at the Animal Hamaguchi Gym which led him to IWA JAPAN. He would make his debut for IWA on September 19, 1994 against Takashi Okano.

~ He would then make his way to Mexico and begin competing for CMLL. His return to Japan would see him as a masked wrestler, called Aquarius, in which he would eventually unmask himself.

~ In 1998, he would be scouted by Paul Heyman to compete for ECW in 1998. 

~ Following the demise of ECW, he would move on compete in WWE in 2001 in which he would remain there until 2005.

~ Formed SMASH in February of 2020.

~ Formed WNC "Wrestling New Classic" in April of 2012, following issues between TAJIRI and the owner of SMASH.

~ Joined WRESTLE-1 in July of 2014, along with AKIRA, Yusuke Kodama, Koji Doi, Jiro Kuroshio, and Rionne Fujiwara.

~ His contract with W-1 expired on June 30, 2016. Then he would compete freelance including a few appearances in WWE.

~ July 2017 would see him appear in All Japan which would become his regular promotion for the years to come.

~ He officially joined AJPW on January 1, 2020, as a overseer for the dojo, following the death of Atsushi Aoki.