
Kota Ibushi
- Born: 05/21/1982 in Aira, Kagoshima, Japan
- Birthname: Kota Ibushi
- Height & Weight: 5'11", 205 Ib
Titles Won:
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- IWGP Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
- NEVER Openweight Championship
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – with Kenny Omega
He started his career with the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion in 2004 and over the next eleven years became a three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, five-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and a two-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion. In 2009, Ibushi started working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and eventually signed with the promotion in 2013.
In NJPW, Ibushi is a former NEVER Openweight Champion he is also a former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He resigned from both DDT and NJPW in February 2016 and has since been performing in several different organizations as a freelancer, including both DDT and NJPW as well as WWE.
Notable Matches: vs. Shinsuke Nakamura at Wrestle Kingdom IX
Other Notable Achievements
Chikara Rey de Voladores (2009)
IMGP World Heavyweight Championship
Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (3 times)
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Gota Ihashi and Kenny Omega (1), and Daisuke Sasaki and Kenny Omega (1)
KO-D Openweight Championship (3 times)
KO-D Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Daichi Kakimoto (1), Kenny Omega (2), Danshoku Dino (1) and Daisuke Sasaki (1)
Go-1 Climax (2014)
KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament (2008, 2009)
KO-D Tag League (2005) – with Daichi Kakimoto
DDT48/Dramatic Sousenkyo (2012, 2014)
Best Match Award (2012) vs. Kenny Omega on August 18
UWA World Tag Team Championship – with KAGETORA
Japan Indie Awards: Best Bout Award (2012) vs. Kenny Omega on August 18
Best Bout Award (2014) with Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo on October 28
Kaientai Dojo Tag Team Best Bout K-Award (2007) with Madoka vs. Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku on December 1
KBB Hashtag Championship
Best of the Super Juniors (2011)
New Japan Cup (2015)
Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award (2010) with Kenny Omega vs. Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW, October 11)
Best Bout Award (2013) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW, August 4)
Technique Award (2009)
Toryumon Mexico Young Dragons Cup (2006)
Dragon Mixture Tournament (2006) – with Daichi Kakimoto, Fuka and Seiya Morohashi