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Kushida

Name	Kushida
Real name	Yujiro Kushida
Nicknames
Name history	Yujiro Kushida, Kushida (stylized in all caps in Japan)
Family
Maestro(s)	Kazushi Sakuraba, Tajiri, Scott D'Amore
Birth date, location	May 12, 1983- Tokyo, Japan
Obituary date
Debut, location	January 20, 2008 (Mexico)
Lost mask to
Height	5'9"/175 cm
Weight	191 lbs/87 kg
Signature moves	9469/Kushida Lock, Hoverboard Lock, Asai DDT, Backcracker, Buzzsaw Kick, Midnight Express, Moonsault, Plancha, Rolling Elbow, Supernova Press, Supernova Rana, Tope Suicida
Titles:	- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (6) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (4x - 2 w/ Alex Shelley, 2 w/ Kevin Knight) Super Jr. Tag Tournament (2012 - w/ Alex Shelley) NJPW Best of the Super Juniors tournament - XXII & XXIV Super Jr. Tag Tournament (2012 - w/ Alex Shelley) Super J Cup (2016) WWE Cruiserweight Championship ROH World Television Championship MLW World Middleweight Championship 2008 AJPW U-30 Tag Team Tournament (w/ T28) What Culture Pro Wrestling World Cup (2017)

Traveled to Mexico during 2008, where he wrestled in IWRG in the typical evil foreigner role. Has since returned to Japan, where he has become a member of the New Japan Pro Wrestling roster. Challenged for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship in January 2012 during the second night of Fantasticamania 2012 in Japan, losing to champion Mascara Dorada. Came to Lucha Libre Elite in 2016 to compete in the ELITE International Tournament.

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 |weight=191 lbs/87 kg
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-|signatureMoves=[[Crossface|9469/Kushida Lock]], [[Chickenwing Armlock|Hoverboard Lock]], [[Asai DDT]], [[Backcracker]], [[Buzzsaw Kick]], Midnight Express, [[Moonsault]], [[Plancha]], [[Rolling Elbow]], [[Moonsault|Supernova Press]], [[Huracanrana|Supernova Rana]], [[Tope Suicida]]
+|signatureMoves=[[Crossface|9469/Kushida Lock]], [[Chickenwing Armlock|Hoverboard Lock]], [[Asai DDT]], [[Backcracker]], [[Buzzsaw Kick]], [[Skytwister Press|Midnight Express]], [[Moonsault]], [[Plancha]], [[Rolling Elbow]], [[Moonsault|Supernova Press]], [[Huracanrana|Supernova Rana]], [[Tope Suicida]]
 |titles=-
 * [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]] (6)
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 * What Culture Pro Wrestling World Cup (2017)
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-== Profile ==
 Traveled to Mexico during 2008, where he wrestled in [[IWRG]] in the typical evil foreigner role. Has since returned to Japan, where he has become a member of the [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] roster. Challenged for the [[CMLL World Welterweight Championship]] in January 2012 during the second night of Fantasticamania 2012 in Japan, losing to champion [[Mascara Dorada]]. Came to [[All Elite|Lucha Libre Elite]] in 2016 to compete in the [[ELITE International Tournament]].