Jado is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling as part of a tag team with his partner Gedo.
23 Facts About Jado
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Jado joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling as part of the Takeshi Puroresu Gundan stable.
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Jado and Gedo debuted for Wrestle Association R in 1994, and became a top tag team.
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Jado and Gedo left WAR, for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, one of Japan's top independent promotions.
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Jado, Gedo, and Fuyuki won the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, defeating The Headhunters and Hisakatsu Oya on March 21,1997.
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On January 16,1998, Jado won the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Mr Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura, and lost it to Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda a month later.
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Jado participated in the FMW Double Championship number one contender tournament, losing in the semifinals to Hayabusa.
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Jado began teaming with Gedo again in the spring of 1998.
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On December 11,1999, Jado and Gedo teamed with Koji Nakagawa to win the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
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Jado left FMW in 2001, along with Masato Tanaka, Gedo, Hideki Hosaka, and Kaori Nakayama.
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The group became freelancers and Jado and Gedo eventually returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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Liger got the better of Jado and Gedo when he and Minoru Tanaka beat them for the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
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Jado participated in the Best of the Super Juniors IX with little success, winning only one match and therefore not progressing.
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Jado bounced back quickly by teaming with Gedo and Koji Kanemoto to win the Junior Triathlon Survivor tournament.
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On October 13,2003 at Ultimate Crush II Jado won an eleven-man battle royal for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
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Jado soon lost the Junior Heavyweight Championship to Heat, and lost the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to American Dragon and Curry Man.
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On June 5,2004, Jado and Gedo won the tag title for a third time, and held it for over nine months and through five defenses.
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On November 13,2010, Jado and Gedo returned to tag team contention by defeating CHAOS stablemates, Davey Richards and Rocky Romero, in the finals of a five-day-long tournament to win the 2010 Super J Tag League.
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On November 1,2013, Jado and Gedo received their first shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in three years, but were defeated by the defending champions, Suzuki-gun.
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In early 2015, Jado took over as the booker of Pro Wrestling Noah, leaving the booking of New Japan primarily to Gedo, while starting to work for the promotion under a mask as "Captain Noah", a comedy character similar to Captain New Japan.
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On January 4,2016, Jado returned to NJPW unmasked to take part in the New Japan Rumble on the Wrestle Kingdom 10 pre-show.
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On June 12,2016, Jado reunited with Gedo to unsuccessfully challenge Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada for Noah's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, involving Taichi and Taka Michinoku.
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On October 8,2018, at King of Pro-Wrestling, Jado defected from Chaos and aligned himself with the Bullet Club OG's, alongside Jay White and Gedo.