BUSHI

Real Name: Tetsuya Shimizu
Height: 5’7″
Weight: 183 lbs.
Date of Birth: April 5, 1983
From: Adachi, Tokyo (Japan)
Pro Debut: March 12, 2007
Trained By: AJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: MX

Biography

– Shimizu trained under Animal Hamiguchi at the AJPW Dojo
– Shimizu debuted as ‘T28’ on March 12, 2007, losing to Nobukazu Hirai
– T28 won his first match on May 13, defeating Kiyonari Sanada
– On February 15, 2008, T28 & KUSHIDA won All Japan’s U-30 Tag Team Tournament, defeating Daichi Kakimoto & Manabu Soya in the final
– In late 2008, T28 was sent to Mexico on a learning excursion, where he would compete primarily for IWRG as ‘Tetsuya Bushi’
– On February 8, 2009, Bushi defeated Dr Cerebro & Freelance to win the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Title, but would lose it to Zatura in his first defence
– On November 26, Bushi defeated Avisman to regain the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Title, but would lose it to Dr Cerebro in his first defence
– The now-renamed BUSHI returned to All Japan in February 2010
– At Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku 9, BUSHI & KIYOSHI defeated Dark Ozz & Chessman
– BUSHI & Super Crazy won the 2010 AJPW Junior Tag League, defeating Shuji Kondo & Hiroshi Yamato in the final
– At Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku 10, BUSHI KAI & Shuji Kondo defeated Voodoo Murders (Minoru, MAZADA & Hate)
– At Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku 12, BUSHI & Kazushi Miyamoto defeated Hiroshi Yamato & Yasufumi Nakanoue
– At the NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together 2011 event, BUSHI, Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Yamato & Taiji Ishimori defeated Tiger Mask, Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Ricky Marvin
– At Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku 13, BUSHI, Hiroshi Yamato & Shuji Kondo defeated BLACK BUSHI, Kaz Hayashi & Minoru
– On April 16, 2012, BUSHI joined New Japan on what was then announced as a ‘one year rental contract’. He debuted in the 2012 Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament
– At the NJPW/AJPW 40th Anniversary Show, BUSHI, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask, SUSHI & Shiryu defeated Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiromu Takahashi, Hiroshi Yamato & KAI
– At Destruction 2012, BUSHI, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin defeated Alex Koslov, Rocky Romero & Gedo
– At Wrestle Kingdom 7, BUSHI, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA defeated Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask & Hiromu Takahashi
– Later that month, it was announced that BUSHI had signed with NJPW on a permanent basis
– In June 2013, BUSHI was sent to Mexico’s CMLL promotion, where he competed as ‘Bushiroad’
– At Wrestle Kingdom 8, BUSHI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tomoaki Honma & Captain New Japan defeated Jushin Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Yohei Komatsu & Super Strong Machine
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2014, BUSHI, El Desperado, Mascara Dorada & Captain New Japan defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask, Yohei Komatsu & KUSHIDA
– At Destruction in Okayama 2014, BUSHI, Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan defeated Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask & Maximo
– At Power Struggle 2014, BUSHI & Mascara Dorada defeated Tiger Mask & Fuego
– BUSHI was injured in at match on December 19, 2014, suffering a broken neck and subdural hematoma. He was scheduled to return in August 2015, but would suffer a broken orbital bone and would remain out for another three months
– BUSHI returned to New Japan on November 21, joining Los Ingobernables de Japon
– On December 19, 2015, one year after his injury, BUSHI defeated Mascara Dorada to win the CMLL Welterweight Title, but would lose it back just over a month later
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2016, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & EVIL) defeated Michael Elgin, Juice Robinson & KUSHIDA
– At Destruction 2016, BUSHI defeated KUSHIDA to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Destruction in Kobe 2016, LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & KUSHIDA
– At Wrestle Kingdom 11, LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) defeated Satoshi Kojima, David Finlay & Ricochet, CHAOS (Will Ospreay, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado) and Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles, lost them to Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Manabu Nakanishi the next night at New Year Dash, only to regain them at The New Beginning in February
– At Honor Rising 2017, LIJ defeated Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask & Delirious to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At NJPW’s 45th Anniversary Show, LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA & Tetsuya Naito) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, Juice Robinson & KUSHIDA
– At Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017, LIJ (BUSHI & SANADA) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Yoshitatsu
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2017, LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet to regain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion 2017, LIJ won a 5-team Gauntlet Match to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On June 20, LIJ defeated Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Fukushima 2017, LIJ defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Rocky Romero) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Hiroshima 2017, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, EVIL & SANADA) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Gedo)
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2017, LIJ (BUSHI, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi, Leo Tonga & Bad Luck Fale)
– At New Year Dash 2018, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, EVIL & SANADA) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo)
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2018, BUSHI defeated Gedo
– At Honor Rising 2018, LIJ (BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Flip Gordon
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2018, BUSHI defeated El Desperado by DQ
– On both nights of Wrestling Dontaku 2018, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, EVIL & SANADA) defeated members of Suzuki-gun
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2018, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, SHO & YOH)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 13, LIJ (BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) and Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2019, LIJ defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2019, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi)
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2019, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, EVIL & SANADA) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO & YOH)
– At Destruction in Beppu 2019, LIJ (BUSHI, SANADA & Shingo Takagi) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero)
– At Destruction in Kobe 2019, LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi & Robbie Eagles)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 14, LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & Shingo Takagi) won a 5-team Gauntlet Match to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On February 6, 2020, LIJ defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Robbie Eagles) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On February 21, LIJ defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Colt Cabana to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion 2020, LIJ (BUSHI, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated CHAOS (Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Yota Tsuji)
– BUSHI was one of four winners of the pre-show Rambo at Wrestle Kingdom 15
– At New Year Dash 2021, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Rocky Romero, Master Wato & SHO
– At The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021, BUSHI defeated Master Wato
– At Dominion 2021, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & SANADA) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr, Taichi & DOUKI)
– At Power Struggle 2021, LIJ (BUSHI, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Yuji Nagata, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16, LIJ (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr, Taichi & DOUKI)
– At the NJPW/NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 16 special, LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA) defeated Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke, Kenoh & Aleja)
– At NJPW’s 50th Anniversary Show, LIJ (BUSHI, Naito, Takagi, Takahashi & SANADA) defeated Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Shiro Koshinaka
– At the 2022 Declaration Of Power event, LIJ (BUSHI, Takahashi, Naito & SANADA) defeated United Empire (Will Ospreay, Francesco Akira, Aaron Henare & TJP)
– At Dominion 2023, LIJ (BUSHI, Takagi, Naito & Titan) defeated Just 5 Guys (TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & DOUKI)
– On the Forbidden Door 2023 pre-show, LIJ (BUSHI, Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & TJP)
– At Royal Quest III, LIJ (BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) defeated DOUKI & SANADA
– At Sakura Genesis 2024, LIJ (BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi) defeated Bullet Club (David Finlay & Gedo)
– At Dominion 2024, LIJ (BUSHI, Takahashi & Yota Tsuji) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At the 2024 All Together Sapporo event, LIJ (BUSHI, Takahashi, Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Titan) defeated Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & LJ Cleary