Yusuke Kodama
Kodama in November 2015
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April 22, 1987 Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan |
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| Ring name(s) | 14k Yusuke Kodama |
| Billed height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Trained by | Yoshihiro Tajiri |
| Debut | April 23, 2010 |
Yusuke Kodama (児玉ユースケ? Kodama Yūsuke) is a Japanese professional wrestler and currently works for Wrestle-1. In Wrestle-1, Kodama is a former Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion. Kodama has also worked for the Mexican promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), where he participated in the Copa High Power Internacional Torneo Cibernetico.
Yusuke Kodama was trained by TAJIRI and was set to debut in Hustle in September 2009; unfortunately, HUSTLE was forced to cancel all the upcoming shows due to economic issues, so Kodama followed TAJIRI to the newborn Smash. Kodama made his professional wrestling debut on April 23, 2010, at SMASH.2, against Hajime Ohara and lost. As is customary for most professional wrestlers, Kodama spent most of his matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give Kodama some in-ring, televised, experience. Kodama would take on some of Japan's great wrestlers such as Taka Michinoku, AKIRA and Último Dragón. At SMASH.8, on September 24, Kodama picked up his first win ever against Atchii, another young wrestler. In 2011, Kodama would begin to win more matches, including defeating experienced veteran Akira Shoji. At SMASH.18, on June 9, Kodama participated in the Smash Championship tournament but would be eliminated in the first round by Big Japan Pro Wrestling's Shinya Ishikawa. Kodama would go on a three match winning streak in early 2012 which was ended at SMASH.FINAL, on March 14, when SMASH's biggest success, KUSHIDA returned and defeated Kodama. SMASH closed after the event.
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