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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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
2026·8.0
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
2025·8.5
AEW All In 2025: Texas
2025·9.1
NOAH: The New Year 2024
2024·0.0
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
2023·8.3
AEW All In 2023: London
2023·7.8
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 7
2023·7.0
GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9
2023·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
2021·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
2021·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
2021·0.0
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2021·0.0
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
2021·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 1
2021·0.0
NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall
2021·0.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
2021·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
2021·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
2021·0.0
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
2021·0.0
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
2021·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
2021·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
2021·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
2021·0.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
2021·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2
2021·9.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
2021·8.7
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
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2020·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
2020·0.0
NJPW Summer Struggle In Jingu
2020·0.0
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
2020·0.0
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2
2020·0.0
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall
2020·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
2020·0.0
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.
2020·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020·0.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
2020·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
2020·9.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020·9.7
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
2019·0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
2019·0.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019·9.0
NJPW Royal Quest
2019·9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
2019·10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
2019·9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
2019·10.0
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
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2019·8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
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2019·8.0
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NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
2019·8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
2019·9.0
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
2019·8.2
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
2019·0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
2019·0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
2019·0.0
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
2019·0.0
Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story
2019·5.3
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
2019·8.1
NJPW World Tag League 2018 Finals
2018·0.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
2018·0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
2018·9.0
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
2018·0.0
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018·0.0
All In
2018·8.3
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)
2018·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 18
2018·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
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2018·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
2018·0.0
CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide
2018·0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
2018·0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018·0.0
ROH: Supercard of Honor XII
2018·0.0
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
2018·0.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
2018·8.0
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
2018·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
2018·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 3
2018·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
2018·0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
2018·0.0
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 2
2018·0.0
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 1
2018·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018·0.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018·7.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018·8.8
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
2017·0.0
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
2017·9.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017·0.0
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
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2017·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
2017·0.0
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
2017·9.7
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017·7.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2017·10.0
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017·0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
2016·0.0
Kaiju Mono
2016·5.9
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
2016·0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015·0.0
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
2015·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
2015·8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
2015·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
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2015·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
2015·0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
2015·0.0
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
2015·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
2015·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
2015·0.0
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
2015·0.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2015·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
2015·8.5
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014·0.0
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014·0.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014·0.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014·0.0
NJPW Dominion 6.21
2014·0.0
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
2014·0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
2014·0.0
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
2014·0.0
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
2014·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
2014·0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
2014·0.0
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantasticamania 2014
2014·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
2014·10.0
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2013·0.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2013·0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
2013·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2
2013·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
2013·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2013·0.0
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
2013·10.0
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
2013·10.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
2012·0.0
Budokan Peter Pan: DDT 15th Anniversary
2012·0.0
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012·0.0
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
2012·0.0
ROH: Japan's Finest
2012·10.0
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012·10.0
DDT Pro Wresting Presents The Appartment Complex
2011·0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
2011·0.0
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2
2011·0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
2011·0.0
EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards
2010·0.0
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
2009·0.0
Chikara King Of Trios 2009 - Night 2
2009·0.0
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
2008·0.0
ROH: Return Engagement
2008·0.0
ROH: Tag Wars
2008·0.0
ROH: Injustice
2008·0.0
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
2008·0.0
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
2007·0.0