Taiji Ishimori

Real name: Taiji Ishimori
Height: 5’4″
Weight: 170 lbs.
Date of birth: February 10, 1983
Hometown: Tagajo, Japan
Pro debut: May 12, 2002
Trained by: Tamon Honda, Ultimo Dragon
Finishing move: 450 Splash

Biography

– In his debut match, Ishimori was defeated by Fumiyuki Hashimoto
– On July 21, 2002, Ishimori, Doctor Aerero & Skayde defeated Small Dandy Fuji, SUWAcito & La Orka (Ishimori’s first professional win)
– On December 7, 2002, Ishimori defeated Condotti Shuji in the final of the Toryumon Young Dragons Cup. He had previously beaten Henry III Sugawara & Jun Ogawauchi to reach the final
– On May 11, 2003, Ishimori defeated Super Crazy to win the vacant UWA Welterweight Title
– On August 31, 2003, Ishimori defeated Fuerza Guerrera to retain the UWA Welterweight Title
– On December 7, 2003, Ishimori fought NWA Welterweight Champion YOSSINO to a double-pinfall draw
– On March 5, 2004, Ishimori defeated Takeshi Minamino to retain the UWA Welterweight Title
– On October 30, 2004, Ishimori & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Rysuke Taguchi & Shinsuke Nakamura to win the NJPW U-30 Tag Tournament. The pair had previously defeated Blue Wolf & Katsuhiko Nakajima
– On March 20, 2008, Ishimori & KENTA defeated BxB Hulk & Shingo Takagi to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On June 1, 2008, Ishimori & KENTA defeated Kotaru Suzuki & Ricky Marvin to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On June 21, 2008, Ishimori & KENTA defeated Bryan Danielson & Eddie Edwards to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On February 18, 2010, Ishimori & Ricky Marvin defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi in the final of a tournament to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On March 19, 2010, Ishimori & Takeshi Morishima defeated Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario to win the AAA Tag Team Titles
– On April 10, 2010, Ishimori & Morishima defeated Genba Hirayanagi & Takeshi Rikio to retain the AAA Tag Team Titles
– On June 26, 2010, Ishimori & Marvin defeated NOSAWA Rongai & FUJITA to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On July 14, 2010, Ishimori & Marvin defeated Kento Miyahara & Katsuhika Nakajima to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On January 27, 2013, Ishimori defeated Shuji Kondo to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On March 10, 2013, Ishimori defeated Atsushi Kotoge to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On March 31, 2013, Ishimori defeated Ricky Marvin to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On April 13, 2013, Ishimori defeated Genba Hirayanagi to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– At NOAH Final Burning in Budokan, BRAVE (Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge) defeated No Mercy (Genba Hirayanagi & SUWA)
– On May 17, 2013, Ishimori defeated Taro Nohashi to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– BRAVE reached the final of the NOAH NTV G Cup Junior Heavyweight League, but were defeated by Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask
– On August 4, 2013, Ishimori defeated Zack Sabre Jr to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 22, 2013, Ishimori defeated Fenix to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On November 2, 2013, Ishimori defeated Daisuke Harada to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On December 7, 2013, Ishimori defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On January 19, 2014, Ishimori defeated Hajime Ohara to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On March 21, 2014, BRAVE (Ishimori & Atsushi Kotoge) defeated Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, but would lose them back less than a month later
– On July 5, 2014, BRAVE defeated Ogawa & Sabre to regain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On December 23, 2015, Ishimori defeated Taichi to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– On January 31, 2016, Ishimori defeated Kenou to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– In June 2016, Ishimori competed as part of Team NOAH in the Lucha Libre World Cup
– On July 30, Ishimori & ACH defeated Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada) to win the NTV G Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League
– On February 18, 2017, Ishimori & Hi69 defeated Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On April 22, Ishimori & Hi69 (now known as XX) defeated Hajime Ohara & Hitoshi Kumano to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On June 25, Ishimori defeated HAYATA to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title
– In October 2017, Ishimori & Hi69 represented NOAH at that year’s Lucha Libre World Cup
– At Bound For Glory ’17, Ishimori defeated Tyson Dux
– On November 9, Ishimori defeated Trevor Lee to win the Impact X-Division Title
– The next day, Ishimori defeated Dezmond Xavier to retain the Impact X-Division Title
– On November 28, at the Differ Cup Memorial, Ishimori defeated Mike Bailey to retain the Impact X-Division Title
– On January 6, 2018, Ishimori defeated Andrew Everett to retain the Impact X-Division Title
– On January 11, Ishimori defeated El Hijo del Fantasma to retain the Impact X-Division Title
– On January 27, XX (Ishimori & Hi69) defeated RATEL’S (HAYATA & YO-HEY) to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– In March 2018, Ishimori announced that he was finishing up with NOAH
– At Wrestling Dontaku ’18, Ishimori returned to New Japan, revealing himself as Bone Soldier of The Bullet Club
– On August 12, The Bullet Club (Ishimori, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeated The Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Marty Scurll) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Hiroshima ’18, The Bullet Club defeated Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At King of Pro Wrestling ’18, The Bullet Club (Ishimori, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale) defeated The Bullet Club (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Hangman Page & Chase Owens)
– At Wrestle Kingdom ’13, Ishimori defeated KUSHIDA to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At New Year Dash ’19, The Bullet Club (Ishimori, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning in Osaka ’19, Ishimori defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At the NJPW 47th Anniversary Show, Ishimori defeated Jushin Liger to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On June 16, 2019, Bullet Club (Ishimori & El Phantasmo) defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Kagoshima 2019, Bullet Club defeated Birds Of Prey (Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Power Struggle 2019, Bullet Club defeated CHAOS (Robbie Eagles & Rocky Romero)
– On August 29, 2020, Ishimori defeated Hiromu Takahashi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At New Year Dash 2021, Bullet Club (Ishimori, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & El Phantasmo) defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi)
– On January 23, Bullet Club (Ishimori & El Phantasmo) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At NJPW’s 49th Anniversary Show, Bullet Club (Ishimori, Jay White, Chase Owens, EVIL & KENTA) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toa Henare
– At Dominion 2021, Bullet Club (Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens, El Phantasmo & EVIL) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & SHO
– On June 23, Bullet Club (Ishimori & El Phantasmo) defeated Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Grand Slam Tokyo 2021, Bullet Club defeated Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16, Bullet Club (Ishimori, El Phantasmo & KENTA) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2022, Ishimori defeated El Desperado to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On June 21, Ishimori defeated Hiromu Takahashi to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At The New Beginning in Nagoya 2023, Bullet Club (Ishimori, El Phantasmo & KENTA) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato & Jado
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2023, Bullet Club (Ishimori & KENTA) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2023, Ishimori defeated Master Wato
– At Keiji Muto’s Retirement Show, Ishimori & Gedo defeated NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
– At NJPW Royal Quest III, Ishimori defeated Robbie X
– At Wrestle Kingdom 18, Ishimori was one of four winners of the annual New Japan Rambo Match. He would then go on to defeat Great O-Khan, Toru Yano & YOH in a 4-Way Match at New Year Dash to win the vacant King Of Pro Wrestling Title