Tetsuya Bushi

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Tetsuya Bushi

Bushi in June 2012.
Birth name Tetsuya Shimizu
Ring name(s) Bushi
Bushiroad
T28
Tetsuya
Tetsuya Bushi
Billed height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1][2]
Billed weight 83 kg (183 lb)[1][2]
Born (1983-04-05) April 5, 1983[1][2]
Adachi, Tokyo[2]
Trained by AJPW Dojo[1]
Animal Hamaguchi[1]
Kaz Hayashi[1]
Keiji Muto[1]
Skayde[1]
Debut March 12, 2007[1]

Tetsuya Shimizu (born April 5, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler who has worked under the ring names T28, Tetsuya, Tetsuya Bushi and currently works as the masked Bushi for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Having worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) for most of his career, Bushi transferred to NJPW in April 2012. Together with Super Crazy Bushi won AJPW's 2010 Junior Tag League and has previously won AJPW's U-30 Tag Team Tournament in 2008 with Kushida. Bushi spent 2009 working in Mexico for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), gaining international experience before returning to AJPW in February, 2010.

Professional wrestling career

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2007-2008)

Tetsuya Shimizu trained in the AJPW Dojo under Animal Hamaguchi as well as receiving extra training by Kaz Hayashi and Keiji Muto for his professional wrestling debut. Upon his debut he adopted the ring name T28, inspired by the Japanese Manga Tetsujin 28-go.[1] Shimizu, as T28 wrestled his first match on on March 12, 2007, losing to Nobukazu Hirai in the opening match of an All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) show in Gunma, Japan.[3] Only two months after making his debut T28 participated in the "Tag Team Samurai! TV Cup Triple Arrow Tournament", teaming up with veterans Satoshi Kojima and Taiyo Kea. In the first round they defeated a team known as Grappler, Susumu and Hanzo, before losing to Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kensuke Sasaki and Seiya Sanada in the second round.[4][5] In February, 2008 T28 teamed up with Kushida to participate in the U-30 Tag Team Tournament, a one night tournament that featured AJPW's top young wrestlers. The team defeated CJ Otis and Mototsugu Shimizu in the first round, Kaji Yamato and Taishi Takizawa in the second round and the team of Daichi Kakimoto and Manabu Soya in the finals to win the U30 Tag Team tournament.[6] The team would go on to compete in AJPW's 2008 Junior Tag League, the team ended up tied for last place with only four points for two victories and three losses.[7] He also competed in the 2008 AJPW Junior League, earning three points for one win and one time limit draw.[8] In late 2008 it was announced that T29 would undertake a "learning excursion" to Mexico to help him gain international experience, a tradition for many young Japanese wrestlers. He wrestled his last match for AJPW on September 19, 2008 before travelling to Mexico.

Learning excursion to Mexico (2008-2010)

In Mexico Tetsuya Shimizu began learning the Lucha libre style under Skayde.[1] On January 29, 2009 he made his debut for the Naucalpan, State of Mexico based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), working as a masked rudo (bad guy) character called Tetsuya.[1] In only his second match in IWRG he defeated reigning IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Champion Freelance, which earned him a chance at the title only 10 days after making his IWRG debut. Tetsuya defeated Freelance to win the title, in a match that also included Dr. Cerebro.[9] His run with the title lasted just over a month and did not feature any successful title defenses before he lost the belt to Zatura.[10] He spent the next several months teaming with other heels for random trios matches. He participated in IWRG's 2009 Rey del Ring tournament but was eliminated as number 14 out of 30.[11] Over the summer of 2009 he began wrestling as Tetsuya Bushi, or at times just Bushi after the Japanese term Bushido, the Samurai code. After losing a tag team match he was attacked by his partner Fantasma de la Opera and Tetsuya Bushi was turned technico (good guy). On November 11, 2009 Tetsuya Bushi became a two time IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Champion as he defeated Avisman to win the title, becoming the only wrestler to hold the title two times up to that point.[12] After the success of the title victory Bushi tasted the sting of defeat as he was beaten by Oficial 911 in a Lucha de Apuesta, mask vs. mask match and had to unmask.[13] Traditionally foreign wrestlers who travelle to Japan to learn lose an Apuesta match and either unmasks or has their hair shaved before their tour ends.[13] Tetsuya Bushi's tour of Mexico ended in January 2010 when he lost the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship to Dr. Cerebro. After the match El Hijo del Diablo used a Tombstone piledriver on Bushi, which in storyline terms injured Bushi, explaining his absence.[14]

Return to All Japan (2010-2012)

Bushi in November 2010.

When Shimizu he used the name Bushi instead of T28 and resumed wearing the mask he had lost to Oficial 911, since Japan are not subject to the strict mask rules of Mexico. After returning Bushi teamed with AJPW's top star Keiji Mutoh as well as luchador Super Crazy. The team with Super Crazy became a semi-regular feature, at times even as a six man team with Kiyoshi who himself had recently returned from his own "learning excursion". On April 11, 2010, Bushi received his first shot at the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but champion Kaz Hayashi successfully defended the title against Bushi in a very close match, a testament to the improvements he had made in Mexico[15] He teamed up with Super Crazy to win the 2010 Junior Tag League, defeating Hiroshi Yamato and Shuji Kondo in the finals.[16] In August 2011, All Japan introduced a new character named Black Bushi, portrayed by Canadian Adam Filangeri, who started a rivalry with the original Bushi, imitating the famous rivalry between the Tiger Mask and Black Tiger characters.[17]

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2012-present)

On April 16, 2012, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced it had reached an agreement with AJPW, which would see Bushi switch promotions in what was referred to as a "one year rental transfer".[18] Bushi debuted as a NJPW wrestler in the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, where he won three out of his eight round-robin stage matches and finished second to last in his block.[19] On October 21, Bushi and Mexican wrestler Negro Casas entered the 2012 Super Jr. Tag Tournament as "Grupo Cibernetico".[20] However, the team was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Suzukigun (Taichi and Taka Michinoku).[21] On November 15, Bushi participated in the NEVER Openweight Championship tournament, but was eliminated in his first round match by Kengo Mashimo.[22] On January 18, 2013, New Japan and Bushi held a press conference to announce that he had signed a contract to make his move from All Japan permanent.[23] On June 7, Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, with which New Japan Pro Wrestling had a working relationship, announced that Bushi, working under the ring name "Bushiroad", would start his first tour with the promotion the following week.[24] In his Mexican return match on June 14, Bushiroad teamed with Guerrero Maya, Jr. and Tritón to defeat Bobby Zavala, Namajague and Puma in a six-man tag team match.[25][26] In an unusual role for Japanese wrestlers in CMLL, Bushiroad was positioned as a technico, leading to Okumura of La Fiebre Amarilla branding him a traitor for going against his own people.[27] Bushi returned to New Japan on September 5.[28]

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Ashiroad (Reverse figure-four leglock)[29]
  • Firebird Splash (450° splash)[2]
  • Front flip piledriver
  • MX (Diving double knee facebreaker)[30]
  • Phoenix splash
  • Signature moves
  • Diving splash
  • Double jump diving reverse elbow drop
  • Huracanrana
  • Missile dropkick
  • Revolucion (Leg hook belly to back suplex lift dropped into a facebuster)
  • Springboard corkscrew plancha[2]
  • "Masked Bushido"[31]

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Oficial 911 Tetsuya Bushi Naucalpan, Mexico State December 3, 2009 [13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Rivera, Luis Manuel (February 2, 2010). "IWRG en Arena Naucalpan". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). pp. 20–21. issue 300. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Bushi". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "AJPW All Japan Pro-Wrestling EX - Tag 1" (in German). CageMatch.net. March 12, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  4. ↑ "AJPW Appropriate Pro-Wrestling Love in Kurashiki" (in German). CageMatch.net. May 28, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  5. ↑ "AJPW Pro-Wrestling Love in Hiroshima" (in German). CageMatch.net. May 29, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "U-30 Tag Team Tournament" (in German). CageMatch.net. February 15, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  7. ↑ "Junior Heavyweight Tag Team League 2008". ProWrestlingHistory.com. March 12–23, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  8. ↑ "Junior Champion Carnival 2008". ProWrestlingHistory.com. July 20 - August 3, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Boutwell, Josh (February 12, 2009). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved February 26, 2010. 
  10. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (March 20, 2009). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved February 26, 2010. 
  11. ↑ "Turnierverlauf" (in German). CageMatch.net. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Rivera, Luis Manuel (November 30, 2009). "El Pantera celebra 25 años". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). pp. 18–19. issue 342. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Rivera, Luis Manuel (December 7, 2009). "Bushi perdió la máscara". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). pp. 22–23. issue 343. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  14. ↑ Rivera, Luis Manuel (January 18, 2010). "Polémica coronación de Dr. Cerebro". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). pp. 18–19. issue 347. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  15. ↑ Flores, Manuel (April 26, 2010). "Minoru Suzuki gana el Campion Carnival". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). pp. 10–11. issue 361. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Flores, Manuel (April 29, 2010). "Ultima hora: Súper Crazy y Bushi ganan el torneo de parejas Jr. de AJPW" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved April 30, 2010. 
  17. ↑ "Black Bushi". Puroresu Representin'. August 12, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011. 
  18. ↑ "全日本プロレスのBushi選手が新日本プロレスへ1年間のレンタル移籍！ 『Super Jr.』にも出場！". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). April 16, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012. 
  19. ↑ "NJPW 40th anniversary Tour Best of the Super Jr. XIX ～The door to the glory～". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved June 9, 2012. 
  20. ↑ "【いよいよ開幕!!】 10.21＆11.2後楽園で 「Super Jr.Tag Tournament」!!　あのネグロ・カサスも来日!!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012. 
  21. ↑ "NJPW 40ｔｈ anniversary Tour Road to Power Struggle". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 21, 2012. 
  22. ↑ http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/2012/11/15/results-never-111512/
  23. ↑ "Bushi選手が新日本プロレスへ完全移籍！ 「このライオンマークを誇りに、改めて新日本プロレス所属・Bushiとしてがんばっていきます！」". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013. 
  24. ↑ "Carteleras: Viernes 14 de Junio '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013. 
  25. ↑ "Resultados Arena México Viernes 14 de Junio '13". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013. 
  26. ↑ "CMLL遠征中のBushiが、メキシコ限定“ブシロｰド”でアレナメヒコに登場!!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013. 
  27. ↑ "Okumura llama traidor a Bushiroad". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). June 17, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013. 
  28. ↑ "Road to Destruction". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved September 6, 2013. 
  29. ↑ "NJPW 40th anniversary Tour Road to Tokyo Dome". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  30. ↑ "Road to Power Struggle". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 5, 2013. 
  31. ↑ "『Super Jr.』参戦選手決定! 全日本から “レンタル移籍”のBushi、ロウ・キー、そしてドラゲーの“超・鳥人”Pacが初参戦!!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-07-18. 

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