About Yusuke Kodama
Born 1987. Yusuke Kodama is a Japanese amateur wrestler and professional wrestler.
Wrestle-1
Various alliances (2014–2017) Kodama made his Wrestle-1 (W-1) debut on June 27, 2014, defeating Hiroki Murase in a singles match. The following month, Kodama came together with three other former WNC wrestlers; Jiro Kuroshio, Koji Doi and Rionne Fujiwara, to form the Novus stable. In September, Kodama took part in the Wrestle-1 Championship tournament, where he made it to the second round, before losing to Masayuki Kono. In November, Kodama and Doi represented Novus in the First Tag League Greatest, a tournament to determine the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions. The two finished last in their block with a record of one draw and three losses. Novus was effectively dissolved on December 22, when Doi turned on the stable to jump to the Desperado stable, while Masakatsu Funaki took Kuroshio under his wing. During the same event, Kodama ended his rivalry with Yasufumi Nakanoue, leading to the two forming a tag team together. On April 30, 2015, Kodama announced he was leaving for an indefinite learning excursion in North America, starting with a three-month stay in Canada with Grand Prix Wrestling. Kodama later relocated to the Northeastern parts of the United States, wrestling for such promotions as Pro Wrestling Rampage, Squared Cirlce Wrestling and House of Hardcore.
Kodama returned to Wrestle-1 on July 1, 2016. On August 11, Kodama defeated Kotaro Suzuki to win his first title, the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. On December 7, Kodama, Andy Wu, Daiki Inaba, Jiro Kuroshio, Seiki Yoshioka, Koji Doi, Kumagoro and Kohei Fujimura formed a stable named New Era (stylised in all caps). On December 9, Kodama lost the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship to Mazada. On January 8, 2017, Kodama and Inaba unsuccessfully challenged Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion's Kaz Hayashi and Kotaro Suzuki. On February 22, Kodama, Inaba and Fujimura defeated Jun Kasai, Nosawa Rongai and Shuji Kondo to win the UWA World Trios Championships. The trio lost them on April 9 to Hayashi, Kondo and Masayuki Kono.
Enfants Terribles (2017–2020) On July 12, Kodama turned on his tag team partner Ganeski Tanaka allowing Seigo Tachibana and Shotaro Ashino to pick up the win. In the ensuing aftermath, Kodama attacked Daiki Inaba, cementing his heel turn and defection from New Era. The trio of Kodama, Ashino and Tachibana would go on to be known as Enfants Terribles. At Pro-Wrestling Love In Yokohama 2017, Kodama lost to Inaba. From September 24 until October 2, Kodama teamed with Ashino to take part in the Wrestle-1 Tag League, missing out on a semi-final berth with only one win. On October 21, the Enfants Terribles trio defeated New Era's Jiro Kuroshio, Koji Doi and Kumagoro to win the UWA World Trios Championships. The trio made two successful defences before losing the titles to another New Era trio in Doi, Kumagoro and Takanori Ito on December 2.
On June 13, 2018, Kodama defeated Seiki Yoshioka to win Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship for the second time. After a successful title defence against El Hijo del Pantera in July, Yoshioka challenged Kodama to a rematch following a pin fall win over Kodama. At Pro Wrestling Love in Yokohama 2018, Kodama successfully defended the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship against Yoshioka. After two further title defences against Andy Wu and El Hijo del Pantera again, Kodama lost the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship to Andy Wu on April 20, 2019. At 311 days, Kodama's second Cruiser Division Championship reign was the longest in history; Kodama also holds the record for combined days and defences as champion. On August 8, Kodama and Ashino won the vacant Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championships after defeating Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo. At Pro Wrestling Love in Yokohama 2019, Kodama and Ashino successfully defended their titles against Strong Hearts' El Lindaman and Shigehiro Irie. Kodama and Ashino made two further title defences before losing the Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championships to Daiki Inaba and Koji Doi.
On February 29, 2020, Wrestle-1 announced that they would be holding their final event on April 1, with all members of the roster being released from their contracts the day prior. At said event, Kodama defeated Takuro Niki and unsuccessfully competed in a battle royal featuring the entire Wrestle-1 roster.
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2020–present) Kodama made his All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) debut on April 30, 2020, when he teamed with Shotaro Ashino as a mystery partner in a winning effort against Takao Omori and Hokuto Omori. The following week, Kuma Arashi also joined All Japan and the trio quickly established Enfants Terribles as a force to be reckoned with; they would later be joined by Hokuto Omori and Koji Doi. Although Kodama is a regular for All Japan, he remains a freelancer and appears for various independent promotions. On May 24, Kodama debuted for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) teaming with Kazuki Hashimoto to defeat Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda. On June 30, Kodama lost to Koji Iwamoto in a World Junior Heavyweight Championship number one contendership match, his first pinfall loss in All Japan. In the summer, Kodama participated in the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Next Challenger Tournament; losing to Shinobu in the semi-finals on August 10. On September 30, Kodama defeated Koji Doi to win Asuka Pro Wrestling's Best of Asuka Tournament having defeated Jiro Kuroshio and Minoru Tanaka in the previous rounds. On December 27, he teamed with Omori to participate in the Jr. Tag Battle of Glory, losing to eventual winners Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato in the semi-final. On January 9, 2021, he won 666's Tag Team Tournament with Koju Takeda.
On March 6, Kodama, alongside Jake Lee, Hokuto Omori, Koji Doi, Kuma Arashi and Tajiri, debuted as Total Eclipse. They defeated Ashino, Iwamoto, Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Suwama in a ten man tag team elimination match which didn't include Arashi.
Championships and accomplishments All Japan Pro Wrestling All Asia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hokuto Omori (1) and Masao Hanahata AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tajiri and Hokuto Omori Jr. Tag Battle of Glory (2021) – with Hokuto Omori Asuka Pro Wrestling Best of Asuka Tournament (2020) Tenryu Project Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (3 times, current) – with Naoki Tanizaki (2) and Takuro Niki (1) Tenryu Project World 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masayuki Kono and Kuma Arashi Wrestle-1 UWA World Trios Championship (2 times) – with Daiki Inaba and Kohei Fujimura (1), and Seigo Tachibana and Shotaro Ashino (1) Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship (2 times) Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shotaro Ashino
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Who is Yusuke Kodama?
Japanese professional wrestler
When was Yusuke Kodama born?
Yusuke Kodama was born on 22 April 1987 in Tsuyama.
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Yusuke Kodama is an amateur wrestler and professional wrestler.
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Yusuke Kodama is Japanese.
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