Ryusuke Taguchi
Acting
Born 1979-04-15
Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan
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Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2002 and has spent his entire career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After competing in several sports growing up, including amateur wrestling in college, he joined the NJPW Dojo and developed into one of the promotion's most accomplished junior heavyweights, becoming a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, seven-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, one-time CMLL World Welterweight Champion, and winner of the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors. He also won the J Sports Crown Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Tournament in 2010 and 2011, received the Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award for his 2010 tag team match with Prince Devitt against Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi, and was ranked No. 102 in the 2015 PWI 500.
Taguchi is perhaps best known for reinventing himself as the eccentric "Funky Weapon," adopting a disco-inspired persona complete with colorful gear, comedy, and his signature post-match dance. Despite the lighthearted gimmick, he has remained a fixture of NJPW's junior heavyweight division for more than two decades, forming successful teams with wrestlers including Prince Devitt as Apollo 55, Ricochet as Funky Future, and Master Wato as Six or Nine, while also leading the fan-favorite Taguchi Japan stable.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Stardom on Stardom World
New Japan Pro Wrestling
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 5
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 7
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 5
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 7
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 8
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 6
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 9
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW x Stardom Historic X-over in Guangzhou
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
NJPW Vs. DDT: Toru Yano vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Part 2
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 6
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
NJPW Royal Quest
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 9
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