Kota Ibushi
Known for Acting · 238 credits
- Born
- 1982-05-21 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Aira, Kagoshima, Japan
- Also known as
- Tiger Mask W · Sammy Lee Jr. · Robin Mask · Oda Nobunaga · Hustle Kamen Orange
Biography
Kota Ibushi is a Japanese professional wrestler and former martial artist who signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2023. Widely praised by fans and critics for his explosive athleticism, striking ability, and willingness to take extreme physical risks, he built a reputation for delivering some of the highest-rated matches of his era, particularly through his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). His accolades include the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Flying Wrestler award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013, Pro Wrestling Match of the Year in 2015 against Shinsuke Nakamura, and induction into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2022.
Ibushi began his career in 2004 with DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he became one of the company’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 those tag title reigns came alongside Kenny Omega as the Golden☆Lovers, whose combined 351 days as champions remain a DDT record.
He first appeared for NJPW in 2009 before officially signing in 2013. Across his time with the promotion, he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, the NEVER Openweight Championship once, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Ibushi later won the Best of the Super Juniors in 2011 and the New Japan Cup in 2015. After leaving both NJPW and DDT in 2016 to work as a freelancer, he competed for multiple promotions and took part in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic.
Returning to NJPW full-time in 2019, Ibushi won the G1 Climax in 2019 and 2020, becoming the first wrestler to win the tournament in consecutive years since Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 2003. Those victories made him the only wrestler to win all three of NJPW’s major singles 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, while ranking No. 5 in the PWI 500.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (232)
Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story
2019
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
2014
Kaiju Mono
2016
as Hideto Nitta the Giant
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
2021
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
2014
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
2021
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
2021
as Kota Ibushi
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
2023
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
2018
as Kota Ibushi
ROH: Tag Wars
2008
AEW All In 2025: Texas
2025
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
2017
as Kota Ibushi
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
2025
as Kota Ibushi
AEW All In 2023: London
2023
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 10
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 8
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2017
as Tiger Mask W
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
2016
as Tiger Mask W
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
2017
as Kota Ibushi
ROH: Return Engagement
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018
as Kota Ibushi
All In
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
2015
as Kota Ibushi
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
2008
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
2015
as Kota Ibushi
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
2014
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
2014
as Kota Ibushi
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
2012
as Himself
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
2026
as Kota Ibushi (Appearance)
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
2014
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 18
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Dominion 6.21
2014
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
2018
as Kota Ibushi
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
2013
as Himself
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
2011
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
2014
as Kota Ibushi
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 5
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 7
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
2011
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NOAH: The New Year 2024
2024
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
2015
as Kota Ibushi
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
2016
as Himself
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2
2013
as Kota Ibushi
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
2013
as Himself
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 4
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 4
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 14
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
2017
as Tiger Mask W
EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards
2010
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 2
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
2014
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 16
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
as Himself
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017
as Tiger Mask W
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
2019
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
2018
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
2015
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 13
2017
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
2013
as Kota Ibushi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3
2017
as Kota Ibushi
ROH: Supercard of Honor XII
2018
as Kota Ibushi
About Kota Ibushi
Kota Ibushi is a Japanese professional wrestler and former martial artist who signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2023. Widely praised by fans and critics for his explosive athleticism, striking ability, and willingness to take extreme physical risks, he built a reputation for delivering some of the highest-rated matches of his era, particularly through his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). His accolades include the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Flying Wrestler award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013, Pro Wrestling Match of the Yea… With 238 credits spanning from 1972 to 2026, Kota Ibushi has appeared in 232 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kota Ibushi Movies
- Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story (2019)
- NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show (2014)
- Kaiju Mono (2016) — as Hideto Nitta the Giant
- NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2 (2021) — as Kota Ibushi
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014 (2014) — as Kota Ibushi
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