Kota Ibushi
Acting
Born 1982-05-21
Aira, Kagoshima, Japan
238 credits
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Kota Ibushi is a Japanese professional wrestler and former martial artist who signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2023. Widely praised by fans and critics for his explosive athleticism, striking ability, and willingness to take extreme physical risks, he built a reputation for delivering some of the highest-rated matches of his era, particularly through his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). His accolades include the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Flying Wrestler award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013, Pro Wrestling Match of the Year in 2015 against Shinsuke Nakamura, and induction into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2022.
Ibushi began his career in 2004 with DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he became one of the company’s top stars. During his time there, he won the KO-D Openweight Championship three times, the KO-D Tag Team Championship five times, and the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice. Two of those tag title reigns came alongside Kenny Omega as the Golden☆Lovers, whose combined 351 days as champions remain a DDT record.
He first appeared for NJPW in 2009 before officially signing in 2013. Across his time with the promotion, he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, the NEVER Openweight Championship once, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Ibushi later won the Best of the Super Juniors in 2011 and the New Japan Cup in 2015. After leaving both NJPW and DDT in 2016 to work as a freelancer, he competed for multiple promotions and took part in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic.
Returning to NJPW full-time in 2019, Ibushi won the G1 Climax in 2019 and 2020, becoming the first wrestler to win the tournament in consecutive years since Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 2003. Those victories made him the only wrestler to win all three of NJPW’s major singles tournaments. In 2021, he captured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and unified it with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to become the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, while ranking No. 5 in the PWI 500.
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Filmography
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Acting
54 credits
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
New Japan Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Kaiju Mono
The Wrestlers
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
AEW All In 2025: Texas
NJPW Royal Quest
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
All In
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
AEW All In 2023: London
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 8
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
Other credits
6 credits
WWE NXT
Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
ROH: Tag Wars
CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide
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