Kazuchika Okada
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Biography
Kazuchika Okada is a Japanese professional wrestler who signed to All Elite Wrestling in March 2024, where he won the 2024 AEW Continental Classic tournament to become AEW Continental Champion, then in 2025 defeated Kenny Omega for the AEW International Championship, unifying the two titles and becoming the first and only AEW Unified Champion. Trained by Último Dragón at the Toryumon professional wrestling school, Okada made his professional debut on August 29, 2004, in Toryumon Mexico before joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2007 as a Young Lion and training in the NJPW Dojo. He was sent on excursion in February 2010 to the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Across his 18-year run in NJPW from 2007 to 2024, he became a five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, including a record-setting fourth reign of 720 days, a two-time IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion with Tomohiro Ishii and Hiroshi Tanahashi as members of the now-defunct CHAOS, a two-time New Japan Cup winner in 2013 and 2019, and a four-time G1 Climax winner in 2012, 2014, 2021, and 2022. Okada is commonly cited by fans, wrestling journalists, and fellow wrestlers as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, recognized for his elite match quality, sustained excellence at the main-event level, ability to elevate opponents, and central role in driving modern Japanese wrestling’s global resurgence, with his body of work often held up as the benchmark for championship-level performance.
Born: November 8, 1987
Place of Birth: Anjō, Aichi, Japan
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2014, headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The World Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The current format, introduced in 2006, is essentially identical to that of the G1 Climax, with the top two scoring teams from two blocks of five or six advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of those matches battling in the final.
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 4, 2023 in Osaka, Japan at the EDION Arena Osaka. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Sakura Genesis 2017 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on April 9, 2017, at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
The nineteenth and final night of the tournament took place on August 12, 2019 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, and featured the match to crown the winner of G1 Climax 29.
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
The seventeenth night of the 29th edition of the G1 Climax featuring the final A Block matches. Taking place at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, the show is headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi.
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jō Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on June 11, 2017, at Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan, and was headlined by Kenny Omega (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
The seventh night of G1 Climax 29 took place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on July 20, 2019, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
The first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2020, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2017, headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
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