Kota Ibushi

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

Movies

232

Born: May 21, 1982
From: Aira, Kagoshima, Japan

Biography

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.

Works

232 films

Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story

20195.3

NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show

2014

Kaiju Mono

20165.9

NJPW Royal Quest

20199.0

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)

2019

ROH: Tag Wars

2008

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)

2021

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014

2014

AEW All In 2025: Texas

20259.1

NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2

2021

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12

2021

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025

20258.5

NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.

2020

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11

20198.5

AEW All In 2023: London

20237.8

AEW: WrestleDream 2023

20238.3

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6

2017

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014

2014

ROH: Japan's Finest

201210.0

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019

20199.0

NJPW Destruction In Okayama

2015

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1

2018

ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1

201310.0

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 8

2017

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015

2015

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015

2015

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12

20188.8

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7

2017

NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6

2014

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3

2013

All In

20188.3

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2

20209.0

NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)

2018

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

201410.0

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11

2017

ROH: El Generico: Ole! Ole!

2012

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1

2013

NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai

2015

NJPW Power Struggle 2014

2014

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17

2017

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

20209.7

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017

20177.0

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall

20198.2

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 10

2017

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013

2013

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18

20199.0

NJPW Power Struggle 2013

2013

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017

201710.0

NJPW Invasion Attack 2015

2015

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1

20218.7

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5

2011

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016

2016

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5

2017

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7

2013

NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)

2011

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018

20189.0

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4

2013

NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11

2014

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012

2012

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9

20158.5

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)

2013

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017

2017

NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall

20179.7

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3

2018

EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs. Richards

2010

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 16

2017

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2

2018

NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019

2019

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)

2017

NJPW 49th Anniversary Show

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7

2013

CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide

2018

NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1

2021

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13

20198.1

ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard

2019

Wrestlecon Supershow 2018

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 15

2017

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)

201910.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4

20198.0

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5

2013

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7

20199.7

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9

2018

NJPW 45th Anniversary Show

2017

NJPW Dominion 6.21

2014

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)

20158.0

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1

2019

Chikara King Of Trios 2009 - Night 2

2009

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 14

2018

NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017

20179.0

NOAH: The New Year 2024

2024

Claudio Castagnoli: The Swiss Sensation

201310.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20

20268.0

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1

2015

ROH: Supercard of Honor XII

2018

NJPW Power Struggle 2017

2017

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 18

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18

2015

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2

2019

NJPW Invasion Attack 2014

2014

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2

20198.0

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 8

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9

2017

ROH: Return Engagement

2008

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2

2013

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1

2020

NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014

2014

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5

20199.3

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1

2017

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 2

2017

NJPW Summer Struggle In Jingu

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3

2017

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10

20198.0

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17

2015

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014

2014

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018

20188.0

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13

20199.5

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3

20199.3

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3

2015

NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 2

2018

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 16

2018

NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2

2011

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 6

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6

2015

NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 1

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1

20199.0

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 13

2017

NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 4

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10

2015

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018

20187.0

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 12

2018

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1

2018

NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1

2018

ROH: Bedlam In Beantown

2008

NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6

2013

Budokan Peter Pan: DDT 15th Anniversary

2012

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15

2018

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2

2015

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2

2018

NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1

2018

WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016

2016

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12

2017

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020

2020

NJPW Presents CMLL Fantasticamania 2014

2014

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 10

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14

20198.0

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18

2017

NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12

2007

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 14

2017

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15

2015

NJPW Dominion 6.16

2012

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16

20198.0

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11

2015

NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9

20198.0

KENTA: Go 2 Sleep

201210.0

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021

2021

NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13

2018

NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4

2015

NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4

2019

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8

2015

NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6

20198.7

NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11

2018

ROH: The Tokyo Summit

2008

NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8

2013

NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 1

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8

20198.0

NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~

2009

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12

20198.0

ROH: Injustice

2008

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 3

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17

201910.0

NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2

2019

NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 4

2017

NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 2

2018

NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13

2021

NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017

2017

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 11

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15

20198.0

NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17

2020

NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena

2014

NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 5

2020

NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3

2019

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15

20208.0

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7

2020

NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1

2019

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16

2015

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2

20219.0

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 7

2015

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15

2021

NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya

2021

NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019

2019

NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6

2013

NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 3

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9

20204.0

GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9

2023

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3

2021

NJPW World Tag League 2018 Finals

2018

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11

2021

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 5

2015

GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 7

20237.0

NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13

2020

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17

2021

DDT Pro Wresting Presents The Appartment Complex

2011

NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9

2021