Yujiro Takahashi

Real Name: Yujiro Takahashi
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 198 lbs.
Date of Birth: January 13, 1981
Hometown: Niigata, Niigata (Japan)
Pro Debut: July 26, 2004
Trained By: NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Tokyo Pimps

Biography

– Takahashi was an acclaimed Greco-Roman style wrestler in college
– He passed the NJPW Dojo entry test in November 2003 and reported for duty early in the following year
– Takahashi wrestled his debut match on July 26, 2004, losing to Naofumi Yamamoto
– By his next appearance in August, Takahashi dropped his surname, becoming simply ‘Yujiro’
– Yujiro won his first match on September 23, 2004, defeating Akiya Anzawa
– At ZERO-ONE’s 7th Anniversary Show, Yujiro defeated Osamu Namiguchi
– In March 2008, Yujiro began teaming with Tetsuya Naito as NO LIMIT
– Yujiro worked a date on the ROH Tour of Japan in September 2008, teaming with Naito to defeat Kotaro Suzuki & Genba Hirayanagi
– At Destruction 2008, NO LIMIT (Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito) defeated RISE (Prince Devitt & Minoru) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku 6, NO LIMIT & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated F4 (Satoshi Kojima, Hiroshi Yamato & KAI)
– In March 2009, NO LIMIT were sent on a learning excursion to the US, working primarily for TNA
– NO LIMIT wrestled their TNA televised debut on March 19, 2009, defeating The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley)
– NO LIMIT were moved to Mexico’s CMLL in the summer of 2009
– At CMLL’s 76th Anniversary Show, La Ola Amarilla (Yujiro, Tetsuya Naito, Jushin Liger & Okumura) defeated Black Warrior, Ultimo Guerrero, Hector Garza & Atlantis
– NO LIMIT returned to New Japan at Wrestle Kingdom IV, defeating Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) and Bad Intentions (Karl Anderson & Giant Bernard) in a Hardcore Match to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On February 14, 2010, NO LIMIT defeated El Texano Jr & El Terrible to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– In March 2010, Yujiro regained his surname
– In April 2010, NO LIMIT joined the Chaos stable
– In May 2011, Takahashi walked out on Naito, splitting their team
– At Dominion 2011, Takahashi defeated Naito
– At Destruction 2011, Takahashi defeated Tomoaki Honma
– At The New Beginning 2012, CHAOS (Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Tomoaki Honma & King Fale
– At the NJPW/NOAH All Together 2012 event, Takahashi & Takashi Sugiura defeated Togi Makabe & Manabu Soya
– At NJPW’s 40th Anniversary Show, CHAOS (Takahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura & Masato Tanaka) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson
– In May 2012, Takahashi returned to Mexico for a second stint with CMLL
– In July, Takahashi returned to New Japan under a new ‘ladies man, gimmick’
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2012, Takahashi defeated Tetsuya Naito
– At Invasion Attack 2013, The Complete Players (Takahashi & Masato Tanaka) defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
– In a dark match prior to Destruction 2013, CHAOS (Takahashi, Takashi Iizuka & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Takaaki Watanabe, Tiger Mask & BUSHI
– At New Year Dash 2014, CHAOS (Takahashi, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado) defeated Super Strong Machine, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Yohei Komatsu
– At New Beginning 2014, CHAOS (Takahashi & Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma
– In May 2014, Takahashi turned on Chaos to join Bullet Club
– At Dominion 2014, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & AJ Styles) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii)
– On June 29, 2014, Takahashi defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Destruction 2014, Takahashi defeated YOSHI-HASHI to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Power Struggle 2014, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Bad Luck Fale) defeated Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tetsuya Naito & Captain New Japan
– At New Year Dash 2015, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & AJ Styles) defeated Tetsuya Naito, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2015, Takahashi & Cody Hall defeated Satoshi Kojima & Captain New Japan
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2015, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & AJ Styles) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At New Year Dash 2016, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Tama Tonga, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & King Haku) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & KUSHIDA
– On February 11, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale) defeated The Briscoes (Mark & Jay) & Toru Yano to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles, but would lose them back two days later
– At Invasion Attack 2016, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Juice Robinson
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2016, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale) defeated Juice Robinson & Captain New Japan
– At Dominion 2016, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale & Hangman Page)
– At Destruction in Kobe 2016, Takahashi & Chase Owens defeated Captain New Japan & Yoshitatsu
– At Power Struggle 2016, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Chase Owens & BONE SOLDIER) defeated Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yoshitatsu
– At New Year Dash 2017, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & Hangman Page) defeated Billy Gunn & Yoshitatsu
– At New Japan’s 45th Anniversary Show, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Kenny Omega) defeated Jushin Liger, Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask & David Finlay
– At Sakura Genesis 2017, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens) defeated Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask & Tiger Mask W
– At Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & David Finlay
– At New Year Dash 2018, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Chase Owens, Marty Scurll, Leo Tonga & Cody) defeated Kota Ibushi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson, David Finlay & KUSHIDA
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2018, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & Chase Owens) defeated Yuji Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka and Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji
– At New Year Dash 2019, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & Chase Owens) defeated Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare
– At Destruction in Beppu 2019, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori & KENTA) defeated Will Ospreay, Kota Ibushi, Robbie Eagles, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma
– At Destruction in Kobe 2019, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens) defeated Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2021 night one, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori, Dick Togo & EVIL) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2021 night two, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato
– At Dominion 2021, BULLET CLUB (Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens, El Phantasmo & EVIL) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & SHO
– At Power Struggle 2021, The House of Torture (Takahashi, EVIL & SHO) defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16, The House of Torture (Takahashi, EVIL & SHO) defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion 2022, House of Torture (Takahashi, EVIL & SHO) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At the GLEAT First Anniversary Show, House of Torture (Takahashi, Dick Togo, EVIL & SHO) defeated STRONGHEARTS (Shigehiro Irie, Issei Onitsuka, Alex Zayne & T-Hawk)
– On September 23, 2022, House of Torture (Takahashi, EVIL & SHO) defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI & YOH) in a Tornado Dog Cage Survival Match to regain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At NJPW Rumble On 44th Street, House of Torture (Takahashi & SHO) defeated CHAOS (Rocky Romero & YOH)
– At New Year Dash 2023, House of Torture (Takahashi, Dick Togo & EVIL) defeated Tomoaki Honma, Ren Narita & Tiger Mask
– At Satsuma No Kuni 2023, House of Torture (Takahashi & EVIL) defeated Shota Umino & Oskar Leube