Yujiro Kushida
Birthday: 1983-05-12
Place of Birth: Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Synopsis
Yujiro Kushida (櫛田 雄二郎 Kushida Yūjirō) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) NXT brand as Kushida. He is a former five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, alongside Alex Shelley as the Time Splitters. He also won the 2015 and 2017 Best of the Super Juniors tournaments and the 2016 Super J-Cup tournament. He won the 2017 WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup. Through a working relationship between NJPW and Ring of Honor (ROH), Kushida also made appearances for the American promotion, where he is a former World Television Champion. He won the ZST Genesis Lightweight Tournament and AJPW's U-30 Tag Team Tournament in 2008 with T28. He is also undefeated in mixed martial arts competition.
Acting
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
as KUSHIDA
Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 4, 2019 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It was the twenty-eighth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the thirteenth promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom name. The card was composed of ten matches, including one occurring on the pre-show. In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi fought Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Chris Jericho defend the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Tetsuya Naito, Taiji Ishimori took on Kushida for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Zack Sabre Jr. fought against Tomohiro Ishii for the British Heavyweight Championship, Jay White took on Kazuchika Okada, and Cody defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Juice Robinson.
