Yujiro Kushida
| Yujiro Kushida | |
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Kushida in May 2016
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| Birth name | Yujiro Kushida |
| Born |
May 12, 1983 Ōta, Tokyo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Yujiro Kushida Kushida |
| Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Billed weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
| Trained by |
Nobuhiko Takada Yoshihiro Tajiri |
| Debut | September 7, 2006 |
| Yujiro Kushida | |
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| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 8 |
| Wins | 6 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 2 |
Yujiro Kushida (櫛田 雄二郎 Kushida Yūjirō?, born May 12, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling as Kushida (stylized in all capital letters). He is a former four-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, while also being a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, alongside Alex Shelley as the Time Splitters. He also won the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors and 2016 Super J-Cup tournaments. He won the ZST Genesis Lightweight Tournament and AJPW's U-30 Tag Team Tournament in 2008 with T28. He is also undefeated in mixed martial arts competition.
Kushida trained at Nobuhiko Takada's Takada Dojo to be a professional fighter since he was in junior high school. He debuted at ZST in a fight against Kenji Mizuno in January 2003. He won the ZST Genesis Light Weight Tournament in 2004. Around the same time, he held a part-time job with the Tokyo Sports magazine.
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