Shuji Ishikawa is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, World Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2017 Champion Carnival.
24 Facts About Shuji Ishikawa
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Shuji Ishikawa is a former KO-D Openweight Champion, BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion and BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.
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Shuji Ishikawa was friends with fellow future professional wrestler Takashi Sasaki as a teenager, whom he met through judo.
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When DDT moved into JWP's dojo in 2003, Shuji Ishikawa began training more regularly.
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Shuji Ishikawa made his debut at the age of 27 in a loss to Seiya Morohashi.
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Early in his career and due to his size Shuji Ishikawa wore red trunks, red knee pads and black boots as an homage Giant Baba.
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In 2004, Shuji Ishikawa was paired up with Poison Sawada Julie, joining his Serpent Council stable.
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In 2007, Shuji Ishikawa officially became recognised as the ace of UPW after Poison Sawada Julie left the promotion.
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Shuji Ishikawa competed in high-profile feuds with Style-E's Kyosuke Sasaki and Pro Wrestling Zero1's Yoshihito Sasaki, as well as regularly competing in DDT under a mask as Koo in the Hawaii Army stable.
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On June 3,2007, Shuji Ishikawa defeated Harashima to capture the KO-D Openweight Championship for the first time.
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Shuji Ishikawa began his second reign in late 2009, defeating Kota Ibushi on November 29, holding it until February 2010, when he was defeated by Daisuke Sekimoto at a Union Pro event.
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On March 27,2011, at DDT's 14 Anniversary Show, Shuji Ishikawa won a battle royal, giving him the right to a KO-D Openweight Championship match in the future.
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In 2016, Shuji Ishikawa won the KO-D Tag Team Championship for the first time in his career, teaming with Daisuke Sasaki to defeat Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo on March 21.
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In May 2016, Shuji Ishikawa formed the Damnation stable along with Sasaki, Mad Paulie and later Tetsuya Endo.
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Shuji Ishikawa captured the KO-D Openweight Championship for a fourth time in August 2016, defeating Konosuke Takeshita at Peter Pan.
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Shuji Ishikawa competed in his first ever deathmatch on January 2,2009, teaming with Ryuji Ito to take on childhood friend Takashi Sasaki and Yuko Miyamoto.
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Shuji Ishikawa would go on to become a mainstay in BJW, capturing his first championship in the company on May 4,2012, teaming with Shigehiro Irie to defeat Shinobu and Yoshihito Sasaki to win the BJW World Tag Team Championship.
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Shuji Ishikawa defeated longtime rival Abdullah Kobayashi to become the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion on January 2,2013, four years after competing in his first ever deathmatch.
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Shuji Ishikawa would go on to hold the championship for 11 months, until he was defeated by Isami Kodaka.
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In 2014, Shuji Ishikawa achieved his first major success in BJW's strong division, defeating Daisuke Sekimoto to win the Ikkitosen Strong Climb tournament.
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Later that year, Shuji Ishikawa began teaming with Kohei Sato as the "Twin Towers" with much success, defeating the team of Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka on May 31,2014, to win the BJW Tag Team Championships.
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In 2016, Shuji Ishikawa won the Ikkitosen Strong Climb Tournament for a second time, defeating Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani in the semi-final and final respectively on the same night to win.
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Shuji Ishikawa debuted for All Japan Pro Wrestling in 2015, and in September of that year, took part in the Odo Tournament, making it to the semi-final where he was eliminated by Akebono.
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Shuji Ishikawa began to form an alliance with Suwama in late 2017.