Kota Ibushi

Known for ActingBorn 1982-05-21 (age 44)Aira, Kagoshima, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation

ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1

ROH: Japan's Finest

KENTA: Go 2 Sleep

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7

The Wrestlers

NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3

AEW All In 2025: Texas

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1

NJPW Royal Quest

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018

NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025

AEW: WrestleDream 2023

All In

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall

WWE Cruiserweight Classic

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4

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All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018