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Born
1983 (42 years old)
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Adachi, Tokyo,

Position
Wrestler

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Asian

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Height
1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)

Weight
83 kg (183 lb)

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Fighting

Team
New Japan Mens

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League
NJPW

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Description

Tetsuya Shimizu (清水哲也 Shimizu Tetsuya, born April 5, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as the masked Bushi (stylized in all capital letters). In NJPW, he is a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and a record three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Through NJPW's working relationship with the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, Bushi has held the CMLL World Welterweight Championship.

Prior to adopting his current persona Shimizu worked under the ring names T28, Tetsuya, and Tetsuya Bushi in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). In AJPW, together with Super Crazy Bushi won AJPW's 2010 Junior Tag League and won the U-30 Tag Team Tournament in 2008 with Kushida. Bushi spent 2009 working in Mexico for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), gaining international experience before returning to AJPW in February, 2010. Having worked for AJPW for most of his career, Bushi transferred to NJPW in April 2012.

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