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Jado
Height: 5'9" (180cm)
Weight: 221lbs (100kg)
Date of Birth: 9/28/68
Place of Birth: Tokyo
Debut: March 19th, 1989 (vs. Monkey Magic Wakita)
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Title History:
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (1):
- (w/ Gedo) Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (7/20/01) /
WAR 6 Man Tag Team Titles (5):
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (6/30/94) / Bob Backlund, The Warlord & Scott Putski (8/26/94)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Bob Backlund, The Warlord & Scott Putski (9/1/94) / Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (1/8/95)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (8/5/95) / Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya (10/4/95)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya (3/22/96) / Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kenichi Yamamoto (6/7/96)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kenichi Yamamoto (6/7/96) / Vacated (6/19/96)
WEW Tag Team Titles (1):
- (w/ Gedo) H & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7/14/00) / Masao Inoue & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7/28/00)
FMW World Street Fight 6 Man Tag Team Titles (2):
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) The Headhunters & Hisakatsu Oya (3/21/97) / Vacated (7/97)
- (w/ Mr. Gannosuke & Yukihiro Kanemura) Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Hisakatsu Oya (1/16/98) / Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2/13/98)
WEW 6 Man Tag Team Titles (4):
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa & Gedo) Ricky Fuji, Flying Kid Ichihara & Chocoball Mukai (12/11/99) / Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (4/25/00)
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa & Gedo) Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (5/3/00) / Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (5/28/00)
- (w/ Gedo & Kaori Nakayama) Kodo Fuyuki, Mr. Gannosuke & Shinjuku Shark (9/17/00) / Vacated (9/00)
- (w/ Masato Tanaka & Gedo) Kodo Fuyuki, GOEMON & Onryo (2/11/01) / Vacated (2/21/01)
WEW Hardcore Tag Team Titles (1):
- (w/ Gedo) Hideki Hosaka & Yoshinari Sasaki (9/21/00) / Supreme & Homeless Jimmy (11/12/00)
BJPW Tag Team Titles (1):
- (w/ Gedo) Ryuji Yamakawa & Yoshihiro Tajiri (12/22/97) / Ryuji Yamakawa & Yoshihiro Tajiri (1/2/98)
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title (1):
- Yukihiro Kanemura (12/18/92) / Vacated (2/11/94)
UWF Super Middleweight Title (1):
- Shu El Guerrero (5/24/92) / Villano IV (10/26/92)
UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles (2):
- (w/ Crush) Silver King & El Texano (11/8/91) / Scorpio Jr. & Shu El Guerrero (6/15/92)
- (w/ Crush) Scorpio Jr. & Shu El Guerrero (6/21/92) / Vacated (6/21/92)
Tournament History:
WAR 6 Man Tag Team Titles Tournament (1):
1994: (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) beat Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara
UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles Tournament (1):
1991: (w/ Crush) beat Silver King & El Texano
Signature Moves:
- Brainbuster
- Crossface hold
- Lariat
Notes:
Started in TPG (Takeshi Puroresu Gundan), an army in New Japan, where he was a young dojo boy in training ... Debuted in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, along with his brother-like figure, Gedo (then known as Crush) in 1989, the two involved in a match featuring Monkey Magic Wakita, better known today as Super Delfin ... Wrestled in Gran Hamada's Universal Wrestling Federation from March, 1990, calling himself Punish and then Coolie SZ and teaming with Crush/Bulldog KT (Gedo) to have two reigns as UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion ... At the end of 1992, they went to Mexico, renaming themselves Jado ("evil ways") and Gedo ("outlaw ways") ... After a year in Mexico, they returned to Japan and joined the W*ING promotion, which specialized in Death Matches ... Perhaps their most well known match in W*ING was the infamous Fire Death Match on 10/31/93, where they took on Yukihiro Kanemura & Shoji Nakamaki. Jado set the canvas on fire, then powerbombed Kanemura into the flames, putting him out of action for months ... Enjoyed a long reign as WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champion while in W*ING, defeating Kanemura for the title and eventually vacating it ... Like the UWF, W*ING eventually died and the two joined Genichiro Tenryu's WAR promotion, although often appeared in other promotions with Fuyuki ... They formed an alliance with Hiromichi Fuyuki that would allow their value in wrestling to skyrocket ... Over the next few years, he teamed with Fuyuki and Gedo to have five reigns as WAR 6 Man Tag Team Champions ... Along with Fuyuki and Gedo, he moved to FMW in February, 1997, winning six man and tag team titles during his long stay there ... Joined the controversial Team No Respect faction, a group that wreaked havoc by doing some unspeakable acts, such as publicly urinating on the company president ... Briefly feuded with Gedo, the two having a match on 5/5/99, but it turned out to be a fake feud and the two reunited on that day ... He and Gedo first split with Fuyuki after Fuyuki formed ECW Japan on 1/5/00, leaving Jado, Gedo and friends Koji Nakagawa and Kintaro Kanemura (the man Jado powerbombed in fire back in 1993) to lead Team No Respect ... After TNR died, they appointed female wrestler, Kaori Nakayama, as their cohort ... The three formed an alliance with Masato Tanaka named The Complete Players, a group that had great success during it's brief existence in FMW ... After four years in FMW, it was time to move on. When FMW ran into money problems, President Shoichi Arai offered any wrestlers the chance to leave. He, Gedo, Tanaka, Hideki Hosaka and Kaori Nakayama took the chance and left ... In the months following their departure from FMW, Jado and Gedo became the hottest freelancers on the independent scene, Jado appearing in promotions such as Big Japan and BattlARTS ... He and Gedo intruded New Japan's 6/22/01 show, assisting Team 2000 in attacking New Japan wrestlers. They tore Liger's mask off and joined Chono's Team 2000 ... Made their first in-ring appearance at the 6/29/01 Tokyo Korakuen Hall, teaming with Negro Casas to defeat Liger and youngsters, Katsuyori Shibata and Wataru Inoue in a wild, frantic match where they tormented Shibata, making him bleed ... Captured the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles from Liger & El Samurai at the Sapporo Dome on 7/20/01 ... Continued their rivalry with New Japan juniors at the Tokyo Dome on 10/8/01, teaming with AKIRA, but losing to Liger, Minoru Tanaka & El Samurai ... Broke away from Chono to join Hiroyoshi Tenzan's breakaway group in October, 2001 ... The two reached the 2001 G1 Jr. Tag League final, losing to Liger & Samurai, who they went to a 30:00 draw with on the opening day of group matches ... Jado and Gedo are busy freelancers nowadays, working New Japan tours, while also appearing on many independent shows ... Jado utilizes an aggressive U.S. style, inspired by one of his idols, Stan Hansen.