Taishi Takizawa

Professional wrestling career

Kaientai Dojo (2006–2011) Takizawa made his professional wrestling debut for Kaientai Dojo on January 7, 2006 where he teamed with Hiro Tonai and Randy Takuya and lost to Chushin Fujisawa, Kaji Yamato and TAKU Michinoku. A week later Takizawa teamed up with Apple Miyuki to participate in K-DOJO Tag League '07 GET Block but were eliminated by Kunio Toshima & PSYCHO in the first round. On April, 14 he teamed with Kaji Yamato in his first championship match which was for the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship which was in the form of a seven team battle royal, the winners of the match were Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA.

In 2010 Takizawa teamed with Taka Michinoku to participate in KAIENTAI DOJO Tag League 2010 in block B, the team won two matches and therefore gained two also but because the team of Daigoro Kashiwa and Kengo Mashimo had four points also there was a finalist decision match which Kashiwa and Mashimo. Takizawa would participate in the STRONGEST-K Tournament 2010 and was eliminated by Kengo Mashimo in the semi-finals. Jiro went on to lose every televised FCW match he participated in. When WWE rebranded its developmental territory, FCW, into NXT Wrestling, Jiro's NXT television debut took place on the June 27 episode of the rebooted NXT taped at Full Sail University, where he lost to Seth Rollins. Jiro was released by WWE in June 2012.

Return to Kaientai Dojo (2012–present) On August 5, 2012, Takizawa returned to Kaientai Dojo, entering the one night Nepture tournament and defeating Kaji Tomato in his first round match. After wins over Saburo Inematsu and Taka Michinoku, Takizawa defeated Hiro Tonai in the finals to win the tournament. Takizawa continued his win streak until September 19, when he unsuccessfully challenged Daisuke Sekimoto for the Strongest-K Championship. On February 24, 2013, Takizawa and Akito won the 2013 Bo-So Golden Tag Tournament, defeating the team of Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine in the finals. Following the tournament, Takizawa was named the number one contender to Yuji Hino's Strongest-K Championship. On April 14, Takizawa defeated Hino in the main event of evolution11, Kaientai Dojo's largest annual event, to win the Strongest-K Championship for the first time. Takizawa made his first successful title defense on May 6 against Hiro Tonai. On July 2, Takizawa was stripped of the title and pulled from all upcoming events, after he had been arrested by Japanese authorities.

After being sidelined for nearly two years, Takizawa returned to the ring at a Kaientai Dojo event on May 2, 2015, losing to Taka Michinoku. On February 25, 2016, Takizawa unsuccessfully challenged Tank Nagai for the Strongest-K Championship. On March 13, Takisawa and Kotaro Yoshino defeated Nagai and Yuma to win the Bo-So Golden Tag Tournament. This led to the two winning the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship on April 17.

Other promotions

On November 24, 2007 he debuted for New Japan Pro-Wrestling with KAZMA and were defeated by Kuniyoshi Wada and Takashi Uwano. On August 24, 2010, at NEVER.1, he defeated King Fale in his singles debut for NJPW.

On February 15, 2008 Takizawa debuted for All Japan Pro Wrestling and participated in the U-30 Tag Team Tournament with Kaji Yamato and were defeated by KUSHIDA and T28.

Takizawa participated in Pro Wrestling Noah's 2011 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League and was placed in block A and pair with Zack Sabre Jr. The team won two matches giving them four points which was not enough to progress further in the tournament.

On November 15, 2012, Takizawa entered New Japan's tournament to determine the inaugural NEVER Openweight Champion. After defeating Captain New Japan in his first round match, Takizawa was eliminated in his second round match on November 19 by Masato Tanaka.

On February 11, 2013, Takizawa made an appearance for the Diamond Ring promotion, teaming with Kento Miyahara, Mitsuhiro Kitamiya and Satoshi Kajiwara to defeat the reformed Voodoo Murders of "brother" Yasshi, Kazunari Murakami, Kengo Nishimura and Taru in an eight-man tag team match. After the match, Takizawa and Miyahara turned on their partners and joined Voodoo Murders.

Personal life On June 20, 2013, Takizawa was arrested in Chiba under suspicion of voyeurism, having been accused of using a smartphone to take photos of women's underwear at a local mall.

Championships and accomplishments Kaientai Dojo/Active Advance Pro Wrestling 2AW Openweight Championship (3 times, current) 2AW Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Ayumu Honda (1) and Daiju Wakamatsu (2) Strongest-K Championship (2 times) Singles Match of the Year (2017) vs. Tank Nagai on October 15 Tag Team Match of the Year (2016) with Kotaro Yoshino vs. Ayato Yoshida and Kyu Mogami on November 6 Tag Team Match of the Year (2017) with Kaji Tomato vs. Tank Nagai and Yuki Sato on April 23