Ryusuke Taguchi
Acting · Born 1979-04-15 · age 47 · Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan
Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2002 and has spent his entire career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After competing in several sports growing up, including amateur wrestling in college, he joined the NJPW Dojo and developed into one of the promotion's most accomplished junior heavyweights, becoming a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, seven-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, one-time CMLL World Welterweight Champion, and winner of the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors. He also won the J Sports Crown Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Tournament in 2010 and 2011, received the Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award for his 2010 tag team match with Prince Devitt against Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi, and was ranked No. 102 in the 2015 PWI 500. Taguchi is perhaps best known for reinventing himself as the eccentric "Funky Weapon," adopting a disco-inspired persona complete with colorful gear, comedy, and his signature post-match dance. Despite the lighthearted gimmick, he has remained a fixture of NJPW's junior heavyweight division for more than two decades, forming successful teams with wrestlers including Prince Devitt as Apollo 55, Ricochet as Funky Future, and Master Wato as Six or Nine, while also leading the fan-favorite Taguchi Japan stable.
Titles
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
New Japan Pro Wrestling
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 1
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 2
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
Stardom on Stardom World
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
NJPW Invasion Attack 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW Royal Quest
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over II
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
NJPW Tanahashi Jam
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 1
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 3
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 4
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 5
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 6
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 7
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 8
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 9
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 10
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 11
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 12
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)