Yota Tsuji
| Yota Tsuji | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Yota Tsuji |
| Born | 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 | 5 ft (152 cm) 111/2 in (182 cm)[2][1] |
| Billed weight | 227 lb (103 kg)[2] |
| 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 8, 1993[3]) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
Early life
Before wrestling, Tsuji had played baseball, American football and had done Taekwondo.[2][3][1] In March 2012, he graduated 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 5, at Aichi, Yota Tsuji teamed with Ren Narita to defeat Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino winning for the first time.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Yota Tsuji". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Yota Tsuji". NJPW1972. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "辻 陽太 Yota Tsuji". njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "LION'S GATE PROJECT11". njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "LION'S GATE PROJECT11". njpw.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "NJPW Lion's Gate Project11". Cagematch. Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Tag 2". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Tag 1". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "NJPW Lion's Gate Project12". Cagematch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "NJPW Lion's Gate Project13". Cagematch. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
External links
- Yota Tsuji's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile