Acting
Kota Ibushi
Kota Ibushi is a Japanese professional wrestler and former martial artist who signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2023. Widely praised by fans and critics for his explosive athleticism, striking ability, and willingness to take extreme physical risks, he built a reputation for delivering some of the highest-rated matches of his era, particularly through his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). His accolades include the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Flying Wrestler award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013, Pro Wrestling Match of the Year in 2015 against Shinsuke Nakamura, and induction into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2022. Ibushi began his career in 2004 with DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he became one of the company’s top stars. During his time there, he won the KO-D Openweight Championship three times, the KO-D Tag Team Championship five times, and the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice. Two of those tag title reigns came alongside Kenny Omega as the Golden☆Lovers, whose combined 351 days as champions remain a DDT record. He first appeared for NJPW in 2009 before officially signing in 2013. Across his time with the promotion, he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, the NEVER Openweight Championship once, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Ibushi later won the Best of the Super Juniors in 2011 and the New Japan Cup in 2015. After leaving both NJPW and DDT in 2016 to work as a freelancer, he competed for multiple promotions and took part in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic. Returning to NJPW full-time in 2019, Ibushi won the G1 Climax in 2019 and 2020, becoming the first wrestler to win the tournament in consecutive years since Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 2003. Those victories made him the only wrestler to win all three of NJPW’s major singles tournaments. In 2021, he captured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and unified it with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to become the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, while ranking No. 5 in the PWI 500.
Filmography
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
Film · 2026
AEW All In 2025: Texas
Film · 2025
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
Film · 2025
NOAH: The New Year 2024
Film · 2024
GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9
Film · 2023
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 7
Film · 2023
AEW All In 2023: London
Film · 2023
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
Film · 2023
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Series · 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
Film · 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
Film · 2021
NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall 2021
Film · 2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2
Film · 2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
Film · 2021
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
Film · 2021
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
Film · 2021
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
Film · 2021
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
Film · 2021
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
Film · 2021
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
Film · 2021
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 1
Film · 2021
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
Film · 2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
Film · 2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
Film · 2021
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
Film · 2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
Film · 2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
Film · 2020
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
Film · 2020
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.
Film · 2020
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 5
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 3
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 11
Film · 2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15
Film · 2020
NJPW Summer Struggle In Jingu
Film · 2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
Film · 2020
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020
Film · 2020
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
Film · 2020
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
Film · 2019
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
Film · 2019
Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story
Film · 2019
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
Film · 2019
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
Film · 2019
NJPW Royal Quest
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
Film · 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
Film · 2019
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
Film · 2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
Film · 2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
Film · 2019
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
Film · 2019
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
Film · 2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
Film · 2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
Film · 2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
Film · 2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
Film · 2019
The Wrestlers
Series · 2019
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Series · 2019
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 14
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 12
Film · 2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
Film · 2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 4
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 8
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 6
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 10
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
Film · 2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
Film · 2018
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 2
Film · 2018
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 1
Film · 2018
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
Film · 2018
ROH: Supercard of Honor XII
Film · 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
Film · 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
Film · 2018
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
Film · 2018
All In
Film · 2018
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
Film · 2018
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
Film · 2018
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
Film · 2018
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
Film · 2018
NJPW World Tag League 2018 Finals
Film · 2018
CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 2
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 16
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 18
Film · 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)
Film · 2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
Film · 2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
Film · 2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
Film · 2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 3
Film · 2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
Film · 2018
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
Film · 2017
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
Film · 2017
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 4
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 2
Film · 2017
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
Film · 2017
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
Film · 2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
Film · 2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
Film · 2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 13
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 14
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 15
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 16
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 8
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
Film · 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 10
Film · 2017
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
Film · 2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
Film · 2016
Kaiju Mono
Film · 2016
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
Series · 2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
Film · 2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
Film · 2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
Film · 2015
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
Film · 2015
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
Film · 2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
Film · 2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
Film · 2015
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 5
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 7
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
Film · 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
Film · 2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
Film · 2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Film · 2014
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantasticamania 2014
Film · 2014
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
Film · 2014
NJPW Dominion 6.21
Film · 2014
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
Film · 2014
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
Film · 2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Film · 2014
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Film · 2014
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
Film · 2014
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
Film · 2014
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
Film · 2014
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
Film · 2014
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
Film · 2014
SHOOT BOXING S-cup World Tournament 2014
Film · 2014
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
Film · 2013
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
Film · 2013
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
Film · 2013
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8
Film · 2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Film · 2013
Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation
Film · 2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
Film · 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
Film · 2013
NJPW Dominion 6.16
Film · 2012
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
Film · 2012
ROH: Japan's Finest
Film · 2012
ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!
Film · 2012
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
Film · 2012
Budokan Peter Pan: DDT 15th Anniversary
Film · 2012
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
Film · 2011
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
Film · 2011
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2
Film · 2011
DDT Pro Wresting Presents The Appartment Complex
Film · 2011
EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards
Film · 2010
WWE NXT
Series · 2010
Chikara King Of Trios 2009 - Night 2
Film · 2009
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
Film · 2009
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
Film · 2008
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
Film · 2008
ROH: Return Engagement
Film · 2008
ROH: Tag Wars
Film · 2008
ROH: Injustice
Film · 2008
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
Film · 2007
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Series · 1972
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Series · 1972
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Series · 1972