Taiji Ishimori
| Taiji Ishimori | |
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Ishimori in 2015
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| Born |
February 10, 1983 Tagajo, Miyagi, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Taiji Ishimori Tai-chan Superstar |
| Billed height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Billed weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Trained by |
Tamon Honda Último Dragón |
| Debut | May 11, 2002 |
Taiji Ishimori (石森太二 Ishimori Taiji?, born February 10, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he holds the record of being its longest reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion.
A former judoka and amateur wrestler, Taiji Ishimori was trained in Toryumon Mexico and debuted against Fumiyuki Hashimoto in 2002. He went to compete in the Young Dragons Cup and won after beating Jun Ogawauchi, Henry III Sugawara and lastly Condotti Shuji. Shortly after, he was given a pop idol gimmick and formed a boy band-like faction with Kei and Shu Sato, calling themselves the Sailor Boys. Ishimori was intended to become the "ace" (the top student) of his graduating class, even going so far as to release an album, "Keep in Journey", to support their gimmick. However, the fan interest never matched his hype, and Ishimori became one of Toryumon's bigger failures. Sailor Boys' rival faction, Los Salseros Japoneses (Takeshi Minamino, Pineapple Hanai and Mango Fukuda) was in turn more successful with the fans. While in the Toryumon X brand, Sailor Boys also feuded with Mini Crazy MAX (Mini CIMA, SUWAcito and Small Dandy Fujii), defeating them in X's debut show.
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