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Hiromu Takahashi
NJPW Dojo
Tetsuya Naito
Jado[2]
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
DebutAugust 24, 2010[1]

Hiromu Takahashi (高橋 広夢, Takahashi Hiromu,

Los Ingobernables de Japón
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Takahashi made his debut for NJPW on August 28, 2010, and worked as a "Young Lion" over the following three years. In January 2014, Takahashi, renamed Kamaitachi (カマイタチ, Kamaitachi), was sent to the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion to further his wrestling training and gain international experience, a tradition with NJPW "Young Lions". In January 2016, he won his first professional wrestling championship, the CMLL World Lightweight Championship. After leaving CMLL he worked for the American Ring of Honor (ROH) until the fall of 2016, with Takahashi returning to NJPW in November 2016, once again working under his real name. Since his return, Takahashi has become a five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a record four-time Best of the Super Juniors tournament winner (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022).

Early life

Takahashi was born on December 4, 1989, in

Hachiōji, a city in Tokyo. At the age of 12 he became a fan of professional wrestling, especially Masahiro Chono, who inspired Takahashi to work hard in school to become a member of the track and field team.[4]

Professional wrestling career

Takahashi attended

Kyosuke Mikami
, who all made their in-ring debut around the same time.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2010–2013)

Takahashi was the last of the three

Beretta, Rocky Romero, and Alex Shelley.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
NJPW often sends their "Young Lions" on a learning excursion outside Japan, be it the United States of America, Europe or Mexico, and in the summer of 2013 it was Takahashi's turn. Initially he traveled to the United Kingdom where he worked regularly for a number of local British independent wrestling promotions.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2014–2016)

Like his former wrestling school partner Mikami before him, Takahashi then traveled to Mexico to work with NJPW's partner promotion,

Místico in the first round torneo cibernetico of the 2015 Leyenda de Plata ("Silver Legend") tournament.[33] On July 13, Kamaitachi unsuccessfully challenged Dragon Lee for the CMLL World Lightweight Championship.[34]

On January 23, 2016, Takahashi, billed as Kamaitachi, made a surprise return to NJPW during a CMLL and NJPW co-produced Fantastica Mania 2016 event, attacking Dragon Lee and challenging him to a title match.[35] This marked his first NJPW appearance since May 2013.[36] At the following day's Fantastica Mania 2016 event, Kamaitachi defeated Dragon Lee to win his first professional wrestling title, the CMLL World Lightweight Championship. Following the match, Kamaitachi stated that he was not yet returning to NJPW, but would travel back to CMLL.[37] On March 4, back in Mexico City, Kamaitachi lost the title back to Dragon Lee.[38] The following month, it was reported that Takahashi was done with CMLL and had moved to the United States.[39]

Ring of Honor (2016)

On April 30, 2016, Kamaitachi made his debut for

Trevor Lee.[42] On June 24, 2016, Kamaitachi made his pay-per-view debut with Ring of Honor at Best In The World, losing to Kyle O'Reilly by submission. On September 30, 2016, at ROH's All Star Extravaganza VIII, Kamaitachi lost to his old rival in CMLL, the debuting Dragon Lee.[43]

Return to NJPW (2016–present)

Takahashi returned from excursion at Power Struggle, challenging Kushida for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

In August 2016, a cryptic video started appearing on NJPW programming featuring a time bomb counting down to November 5, 2016.

2017 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.[53] Takahashi suffered further losses in the tournament against Ricochet and Will Ospreay and failed to advance to the finals with a record of four wins and three losses.[54] On June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall, Takahashi lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to the winner of the tournament, Kushida.[55]

In late 2017, Takahashi started teaming regularly with L.I.J. stablemate Bushi in NJPW's junior tag team division.

Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo-Hall, Takahashi defeated Will Ospreay to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for a second time.[59] On July 7, 2018, at the G1 Special in San Francisco, Takahashi successfully defended his title against Dragon Lee, but it was reported after the match that Takahashi had suffered a broken neck because of a botched Phoenix-Plex.[60]
It was reported that Takahashi would miss up 9 to 12 months of action due to the severity of the injury, and as a result, the title was declared vacant on August 20.

Takahashi (left) returned from a severe neck injury at Power Struggle, challenging Will Ospreay (right) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

On November 3, 2019, at

retirement match; after pinning Liger to win the match, Takahashi vowed to him that he would continue the legacy of the junior heavyweight division that Liger had started.[63] At Summer Struggle in Jingu, he lost the title to Ishimori after holding the title for 238 days.[64]

In June, Takahashi entered the

Suzuki-Gun in a 6-man tag-team match.[69]

Takahashi once again entered the

NEVER Openweight Champion Evil. In the quarterfinals, Takahashi lost to stablemate, Shingo Takagi.[70] Due to his win over Evil, Takahashi received a NEVER Openweight Championship match at Hyper Battle, but was defeated.[71] In May, Takahashi entered the Best of the Super Juniors, topping the A Block with 12 points. He once again met El Desperado in the finals, where he was victorious, therefore becoming the record winner of the tournament with four victories and breaking the record for the most amount of consecutive tournament wins at 3.[72] Takahashi received his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at NJPW Road, but failed to win the championship from Taiji Ishimori.[73] In June Takahashi and Takagi were scheduled to team with Darby Allin and Sting at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, however Takahashi was pulled from the card after suffering from a fever.[74] Instead in July, Takahashi made his NJPW Strong debut in the USA, losing in a three-way match to El Desperado and Blake Christian.[75] Takahashi defeated Christian once again at Music City Mayhem, a few days later.[76] On January 4, 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17, Takahashi defeated Master Wato, El Desperado and champion Taiji Ishimori to capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship in a four-way match, for a fifth time.[77]

Following his Wrestle Kingdom victory, Takahashi defeated

Impact Wrestling, Takahashi redeemed two of his losses in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, defeating Lio Rush and Mike Bailey in a three-way match at Destruction in Ryōgoku. Following the match, Takahashi was attacked by a returning Taiji Ishimori, who sought a future title match[88] The following month at Power Struggle, Takahashi successfully defended his title against Ishimori. After the match, Takahashi called out longtime rival El Desperado, challenging to a title match at Wrestle Kingdom 18, which was accepted by Desperado.[89] On January 4, 2024 at Wrestle Kingdom 18, Takahashi lost the title to Desperado, ending his fifth title reign at 365 days.[90]

Championships and accomplishments

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Dragon Lee (mask) Kamaitachi (mask) Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 20, 2015 [103]
Máximo Sexy
(hair)		 Kamaitachi (hair) Mexico City Sin Piedad January 1, 2016 [104][105]

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