Yoshitatsu ヨシタツ

ヨシタツ Yoshitatsu
山本尚史 / やまもと なおふみ / Naofumi Yamamoto

Born : August 1, 1977

From : Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture

Height : 187cm

Weight : 108kg

Debut : October 12, 2002 (NJPW)

Trainers : NJPW Dojo, Kotetsu Yamamoto, Osamu Kido, Tatsutoshi Goto, Osamu Nishimura, Yuji Nagata, Steve Khan, Ricky Steamboat, Tom Prichard, Arn Anderson, Norman Smiley, Billy Kidman, Jamie Noble

Favorite Moves

Yoshitatsu Pandemic
Yoshitatsu Fantasy (Arm Triangle Choke)
CBJ (Codebreaker of Jericho)
Pedigree
Flying Kneel Kick
High Kick
Land of Rising Knee
Parallel Snapmare
Jumping Double Knee Attack
Flashing Elbow
Super Kick
Rolling Elbow
Dragon Screw
Backdrop
Crossface
Texas Clover Hold
Handspring Back Elbow

Title History

AJPW World Tag Team Champion (80th w/ Kento Miyahara)
AJPW GAORA TV Champion (17th)
AJPW TV 6 Man Tag Champion (3rd /w Seigo Tachibana & Carbell Ito, 4th w/ Seigo Tachibana & Takayuki Ueki)
NJPW NEVER 6 Man Tag Champion (5th w/ Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin)
SCW Southern Championship Wrestling Champion
SCW Florida Heavyweight Champion
FIP Florida Heritage Champion
PWR Champion
UCE Corona Premier Intercontinental Champion

Career History

~ Joined NJPW in March of 2002 and made his debut in October of that year.

~ Suffered a near career ending injury in 2007 against Togi Makabe. Cervical spine injury that caused him to be out of action for four months.

~ In November 2007, he went overseas and joined WWE and was a part of their training facility known as FCW. Under the recommendation of Steve Keirn, who has ties to Tiger Hattori, who recommended him to Johnny "Ace" Lauranitis. He would make his debut in FCW in February of 2008.

~ On June 30, 2009, he made his WWE debut under the ECW banner.

~ Returned to New Japan in October of 2014.

~ He left New Japan in July of 2017. He would then appear in All Japan Pro-Wrestling a few months later.