Wataru Inoue

Real Name: Wataru Inoue
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 207 lbs.
Date of Birth: July 27, 1973
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Pro Debut: July 21, 1999
Retired: February 2, 2014
Trained By: Animal Hamaguchi & NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Spear of Justice

Biography

– Inoue wrestled his first match on July 21, 1999, competing in a Battle Royal
– Inoue won his second professional match, and his first singles match, defeating fellow rookie Katsuyori Shibata
– In April 2002, Inoue briefly competed for Mexico’s CMLL as ‘El Puma Inoue’
– On March 4, 2005, Inoue & Koji Kanemoto defeated CTU (Gedo & Jado) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On March 21, Inoue & Kanemoto defeated CTU (Gedo & Jado) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On April 9, Inoue & Kanemoto defeated Masahito Kakihara & El Samurai to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 2007, Inoue, TAKA Michinoku, Koji Kanemoto, Kaz Hayashi & Tiger Mask defeated Jushin Liger, Shuji Kondo, Milano Collection AT, Minoru & YASSHI
– On December 8, 2007, Inoue defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom II, Inoue defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On January 27, 2008, Inoue defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On April 27, Inoue defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– Inoue won the 2008 Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament, defeating Koji Kanemoto in the final
– At Destruction 2008, Inoue & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Milano Collection AT & Taichi Ishikari
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2009, Inoue, Kazuchika Okada & AKIRA fought CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Black Tiger & Jado) to a double countout
– At Masa Chono’s 25th Anniversary Show, Inoue, Hirooki Goto, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Tomohiro Ishii, Masato Tanka, Gedo & Jado
– At Destruction 2009, Seigigun (Inoue & Yuji Nagata) defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
– At Wrestle Kingdom IV, Seigigun (Inoue, Mitsuhide Hirasawa & Super Strong Machine) defeated Jushin Liger, Kazuchika Okada & Koji Kanemoto
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Seigigun (Inoue & Yuji Nagata) defeated NO LIMIT (Tetsuya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi) and Bad Intentions (Karl Anderson & Giant Bernard) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom V, Inoue, Tomoaki Honma, Tama Tonga & Tiger Mask defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo & Jado)
– At The New Beginning 2011, Inoue defeated Toru Yano
– At Dominion 2011, Inoue, Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Tomohiro Ishii, Masato Tanaka & Takashi Iizuka
– At Satoshi Kojima’s 20th Anniversary Show, Inoue, Tomoaki Honma & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Yuji Nagata, Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura
– At NJPW’s 40th Anniversary Show, Inoue, Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
– Inoue suffered a neck injury during a match on March 3, 2013. He would announce his in-ring retirement the following February, having failed to recover sufficiently from the injury
– Inoue remains employed by New Japan in a backstage role