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Yoshihiro Tajiri (born September 29, 1970 in Yokohama) is a Japanese professional wrestler performing in World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.
Career
Trained around traditional Japanese style and lucha libre, he debuted in the early 1990s in Japan wrestling mainly for the Japanese professional of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Inside 1997, he left for the hardcore wrestling promotion Big Japan based in Tokyo.
Around late 1998, while inside Mexico, he caught the eye of Extreme Championship Wrestling owner Paul Heyman and was invited to the United States to wrestle for ECW. He became super popular sustaining a fans, despite existence brought within as a heel. He experienced an extended feud using Super Crazy that had many exciting matches.
He stayed withwithin ECW until it closed in 2001, and was about immediately signed by WWE, in which he has been ever since. He began retired as a face & late fallowing a Alliance broke higher he drafted to Smackdown! when you took a foremost ever draft & late sour heel by betraying his story line girlfriend, so Smackdown! star then babyface,Torrie Wilson & processed her dress such as the Geisha. Down the road Tajiri turned face once more by developing betrayed by Jamie Noble. He was late within the match against his serious friend Rey Mysterio. Mysterio won, however Tajiri turned heel once againside & betrayed him by spitting green mist in his face. Late fallowing Wrestlmanithe Twenty Tajiri was drafted to Altogether & turned face over agawithin by engaging in a rivarly sustaining Eric Bishoff & Jonathan Coachman.
In February Four, 2005 Tajiri & William Regal defeated La Résistance to win the World Tag Team Championship on an episode of RAW broadcast survive from either Tajiri's at home united states of Japan. Since so, additionally to holding the titles, Tajiri has been allowed to showcase a additional comedic side to his personality, appearing around several funny sketches along by having Royal & more WWE stars.
La Résistance repeatedly attempted to regain a gold (in the main in Sunday Night Heat) from Regal & Tajiri within numbers of different matches however good barbarous short in the period of both 1, in the period of their "last shot" for a gold a team thought it got get back a titles sole to use at times the guide reversed by referee Mike Chioda due to La Résistance not pinning a legal human. Fallowing this match Regal issued an open challenge to any tag team in the globe to are when their belts, Jonathan Coachman showed the big interest to this announcement. On the charted episode of RAW, Purple & Tajiri successfully defended the belts against the debuting Romeo and Antonio, known collectively as "The Heart Throbs."
In May 1, 2005, at Backlash, Regal & Tajiri participated in a "Tag-Team Turmoil" match in which four teams competed for the World tag team titles. Royal & Tajiri were eliminated by La Résistance who, in turn, were eliminated by Hurricane and Rosey, who became the new champions.
He appeared at a ECW One Night Stand pay-per-see, losing to Super Crazy.
Since so Tajiri has formed the tag team using an additional previous tag parnter of Imperial's, Eugene.
Profile
Height: Pentad'Nina from carolina" (175.3 cm)
Weight: 209lbs (94.8 kg)
Birthday: September 29, 1970
Hometown: Yokohama, Japan
Trained by: Kendo Nagasaki, William DeMott, Ricky Santana
Debut: September 19, 1994
Previous identities: Aquarius, The Japanese Buzzsaw
Previous managers: Don Callis, The Sinister Minister, William Regal, Torrie Wilson
Finishing and signature moves
Buzzsaw Kick (low roundhouse kick to the upper back or head of a seated opponent)
Brainbuster
Bridging German Suplex
Tarantula (Upside down rope hung leg hook Boston crab)
Handspring Back elbow smash
Octopus stretch
Springboard/Asai Moonsault
Dragon Suplex
Spits Asian mist at opponent's eyes in order to blind them; Tajiri has, however, been known to spit Red Mist (which is purported to burn rather than blind) and Black Mist (which is significantly more powerful, provided the storyline on WWE Smackdown! where Nidia was blinded for weeks by it). All three mists were previously used by Japanese wrestler Keiji Mutoh, most notably when he appeared as his alter-ego "Groovy Muta"
Baseball slide to opponent who is hanging upside down on a turnbuckle
Shining Wizard
Multiple kicks
Swinging DDT (as a counter to a powerbomb)
Diving Double Foot Stomp
Championships and accomplishments
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
1-time WWE United States Heavyweight Champion
3-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion
1-time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion
1-time WWE Tag Team Champion (with Eddie Guerrero)
1-time World Tag Team Champion (with William Regal)
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)
1-time ECW World Television Champion
1-time ECW World Tag-Team Champion (with Mikey Whipwreck)
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
1-time BJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion
2-time BJPW Tag Team Champion (with Ryuji Yamakawa)
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)
1-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion
International Wrestling Alliance: Puerto Rico
IWA: Puerto Rico Hardcore Champion
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)
1-time CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI)
PWI ranked him # 242 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
| WWE Cruiserweight Championship Reigns
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Preceded by: Billy Kidman
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| Succeeded by Billy Kidman
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Preceded by: Billy Kidman
| Second
| Succeeded by The Hurricane
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Preceded by: Rey Mysterio
| Third
| Succeeded by Rey Mysterio
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Trivia
Was rewarded for his hard work, talented efforts, and gaining popularity in ECW by wrestling then World Heavyweight Champion Taz for the title in the main event of an ECW Pay Per View card.
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