Yoshihiro Tajiri

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Born
1970 (55 years old)
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Tamana, Kumamoto

Position
Wrestler

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Asian

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Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight
85.7 kg (189 lb)

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Fighting

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APJW Mens

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AJPW

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Description

Yoshihiro Tajiri (田尻義博 Tajiri Yoshihiro, born September 29, 1970), is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the masked character Tigre Blanco.

He rose to international attention through his work for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1998 to 2001 and World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment in 1996 and 1997 and again from 2001 to 2005 and a return in 2016/2017. Early in his career, he worked for several Mexican promotions such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). After leaving WWE in 2005 he has worked for a number of Japanese promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Hustle, Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Wrestle-1 (W-1). He was also the promoter and featured wrestler for the Smash promotion as well as its successor Wrestling New Classic (WNC). He is currently under a full-time contract with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

Over the years Tajiri has trained various wrestlers including Kushida, Minoru Fujita, Ray and Syuri. In ECW he won the ECW World Television Championship and formed a regular tag team with Mikey Whipwreck that won the ECW World Tag Team Championship on one occasion. During his years with WWE, he won the WCW United States Championship once, their Cruiserweight Championship on multiple occasions, the WWE Tag Team Championship with Eddie Guerrero and the World Tag Team Championship with William Regal. In AJPW, he's won their Gaora TV Championship, World Junior Heavyweight Championship two times and the 2018 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory tournament with Koji Iwamoto.

Trophies

World Junior Heavyweight… 2017	World Junior Heavyweight… 2017	WWE World Tag Team… 2005	WWE Cruiserweight… 2003
WWE Raw Tag Team Champion 2003	WWE Cruiserweight… 2002	WWE Cruiserweight… 2001	WWE United States… 2001
WWF Light Heavyweight… 2001