Kota Ibushi
Ibushi began his career in 2004 with DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he became one of the promotion’s top stars. During his time there, he won the KO-D Openweight Championship three times, the KO-D Tag Team Championship five times, and the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice. Two of his tag title reigns came with Kenny Omega as the Golden☆Lovers, whose combined 351 days as champions remain a DDT record.
He began appearing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2009 and signed with the promotion in 2013. In NJPW, he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, the NEVER Openweight Championship once, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. In 2016, he left both NJPW and DDT to work as a freelancer, competing for several promotions and taking part in WWE’s 2016 Cruiserweight Classic tournament.
Ibushi returned to NJPW full-time in 2019 and later won the 2019 and 2020 G1 Climax tournaments. In 2021, he captured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and unified it with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to become the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. He has also won the Best of the Super Juniors and the New Japan Cup, making him the only wrestler to win all three of NJPW’s major tournaments.
Filmography (236 Appearances)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
AEW All In 2025: Texas
NOAH: The New Year 2024
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
AEW All In 2023: London
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 7
GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 1
NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
NJPW Summer Struggle In Jingu
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
NJPW: Royal Quest
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
The Wrestlers
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
NJPW World Tag League 2018 Finals
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
All In
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 18
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
ROH: Supercard of Honor XII
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 2
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
Kaiju Mono
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
NJPW Dominion 6.21
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantasticamania 2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
Budokan Peter Pan: DDT 15th Anniversary
NJPW Dominion 6.16
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
ROH: Japan's Finest
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
DDT Pro Wresting Presents The Appartment Complex
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
WWE NXT
EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
Chikara King Of Trios 2009 - Night 2
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
ROH: Return Engagement
ROH: Tag Wars
ROH: Injustice
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12