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Ryusuke Taguchi
Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan
Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2002 and has spent his entire career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After competing in several sports grow…
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Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2002 and has spent his entire career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After competing in several sports growing up, including amateur wrestling in college, he joined the NJPW Dojo and developed into one of the promotion's most accomplished junior heavyweights, becoming a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, seven-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, one-time CMLL World Welterweight Champion, and winner of the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors. He also won the J Sports Crown Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Tournament in 2010 and 2011, received the Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award for his 2010 tag team match with Prince Devitt against Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi, and was ranked No. 102 in the 2015 PWI 500. Taguchi is perhaps best known for reinventing himself as the eccentric "Funky Weapon," adopting a disco-inspired persona complete with colorful gear, comedy, and his signature post-match dance. Despite the lighthearted gimmick, he has remained a fixture of NJPW's junior heavyweight division for more than two decades, forming successful teams with wrestlers including Prince Devitt as Apollo 55, Ricochet as Funky Future, and Master Wato as Six or Nine, while also leading the fan-favorite Taguchi Japan stable.
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DDT Dramatic Infinity 2026 ~ Pro-Wrestling in Autumn~
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
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DDT Last Summer Standing ~Summer's Reckoning~
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
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DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2026
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NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
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NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
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NJPW Vs. DDT: Toru Yano vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Part 2
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 9
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 8
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 7
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 2
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
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