Yota Tsuji

Yota Tsuji

9/8/1993 (32 years old)Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) who previously competed in American football, baseball, and taekwondo before transitioning to wrestling. He debuted in 2018 through NJPW’s Young Lion system and later went on excursion with Yuya Uemura to Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) before returning to Japan in May 2023. After entering his first G1 Climax in 2023, winning the 2024 New Japan Cup, and reaching the finals of the 2024 G1 Climax, where he lost to Zack Sabre Jr., he defeated David Finlay at Wrestle Kingdom 19 to win his first singles championship. He is a two-time IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, having won the title for the first time at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026 and regained it from Callum Newman at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jō Hall later that year, and a one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion alongside BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi. His match against Hirooki Goto on March 20, 2024 received Tokyo Sports' Best Bout Award, and in 2025, he was ranked No. 31 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500.

Filmography (280 titles)

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 16Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 16

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 15Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 15

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 14Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 14

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 13Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 13

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 12Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 12

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 11Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 11

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 10Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 10

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 9Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 9

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 8Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 8

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 6Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 6

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 7Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 7

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 5Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 5

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 4Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 4

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 3Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 3

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 2Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 2

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19.0Movie

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match7.0Movie

NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 67.0Movie

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5Movie

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4Movie

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 38.5Movie

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 2Movie

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 2

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII8.0Movie

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1Movie

NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall8.0Movie

NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)8.0Movie

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 133.0Movie

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to DominionMovie

NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 28.0Movie

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2

Yota Tsuji · 2026

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 17.0Movie

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1

Yota Tsuji · 2026