Yota Tsuji
Acting · Born 1993-09-08 · age 32 · Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) who previously competed in American football, baseball, and taekwondo before transitioning to wrestling. He debuted in 2018 through NJPW’s Young Lion system and later went on excursion with Yuya Uemura to Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) before returning to Japan in May 2023. After entering his first G1 Climax in 2023, winning the 2024 New Japan Cup, and reaching the finals of the 2024 G1 Climax, where he lost to Zack Sabre Jr., he defeated David Finlay at Wrestle Kingdom 19 to win his first singles championship. He is a two-time IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, having won the title for the first time at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026 and regained it from Callum Newman at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jō Hall later that year, and a one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion alongside BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi. His match against Hirooki Goto on March 20, 2024 received Tokyo Sports' Best Bout Award, and in 2025, he was ranked No. 31 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500.
Titles
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024: Zero Hour
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
New Japan Pro Wrestling
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
NJPW Tanahashi Jam
NJPW New Japan Soul 2025 - Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 2
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 4
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 6
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 7
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 8
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 9
NJPW New Japan Cup 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 Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima 2026