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Jado
Height: 5'10" (178cm)
Weight: 218lbs (99kg)
Date of Birth: 9/28/68
Place of Birth: Minato Ward, Tokyo
Debut: March 19th, 1989 (vs. Monkey Magic Wakita)
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Title History:
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title (1):
- 11 Man New Japan Super Jr. Rumble (10/13/03) / Heat (12/14/03)
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title (4):
- (w/ Gedo) Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (7/20/01) / Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka (5/2/02)
- (w/ Gedo) Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (11/29/03) / American Dragon & Curry Man (3/12/04)
- (w/ Gedo) American Dragon & Curry Man (6/5/04) / Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (3/4/05)
- (w/ Gedo) El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi (7/8/06) / Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku (5/2/07)
BJW Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Gedo) Seiji Yamakawa & Yoshihiro Tajiri (12/22/97) / Seiji Yamakawa & Yoshihiro Tajiri (1/2/98)
FMW World Street Fight 6 Man Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) The Headhunters & Hisakatsu Oya (3/21/97) / Vacated (7/97)
- (w/ Mr. Gannosuke & Yukihiro Kanemura) Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Hisakatsu Oya (1/16/98) / Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (2/13/98)
UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Crush) Silver King & El Texano (11/8/91) / Scorpio Jr. & Shu El Guerrero (6/15/92)
- (w/ Crush) Scorpio Jr. & Shu El Guerrero (6/21/92) / Vacated (6/21/92)
UWA Trios Title (1):
- (w/ Gedo & Katsushi Takemura) Taiji Ishimori, Shu Sato & Kei Sato (9/9/04) / Vacated (2004)
UWF Super Middleweight Title (1):
- Shu El Guerrero (5/24/92) / Villano IV (10/26/92)
WAR 6 Man Tag Team Title (5):
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (6/30/94) / Bob Backlund, The Warlord & Scott Putski (8/26/94)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Bob Backlund, The Warlord & Scott Putski (9/1/94) / Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (1/8/95)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (8/5/95) / Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya (10/4/95)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya (3/22/96) / Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kenichi Yamamoto (6/7/96)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Gedo) Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kenichi Yamamoto (6/7/96) / Vacated (6/19/96)
WAR International Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Gedo) Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii (1/7/07) / Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka (7/1/07)
WEW Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Gedo) H & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7/14/00) / Masao Inoue & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7/28/00)
WEW 6 Man Tag Team Title (4):
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa & Gedo) Ricky Fuji, Flying Kid Ichihara & Chocoball Mukai (12/11/99) / Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (4/25/00)
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa & Gedo) Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (5/3/00) / Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (5/28/00)
- (w/ Gedo & Kaori Nakayama) Kodo Fuyuki, Mr. Gannosuke & Shinjuku Shark (9/17/00) / Vacated (9/00)
- (w/ Masato Tanaka & Gedo) Kodo Fuyuki, GOEMON & Onryo (2/11/01) / Vacated (2/21/01)
WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Gedo) Hideki Hosaka & Yoshinori Sasaki (9/21/00) / Supreme & Homeless Jimmy (11/12/00)
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title (1):
- Yukihiro Kanemura (12/18/92) / Vacated (2/11/94)
Tournament History:
- UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title Tournament (1991): Punish & Crush beat Silver King & El Texano
- WAR 6 Man Tag Team Title Tournament (1994): Hiromichi Fuyuki, Jado & Gedo beat Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara
- Jr. Triathlon Survivor (2002): Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Heat & Tiger Mask (23:15) by 2-1.
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match Entrance Tournament (2003): Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (16:52) when Gedo used a figure-four leglock on Liger.
Signature Moves:
- Backdrop suplex
- Crossface of JADO
Profile:
Shoji Akiyoshi started in TPG (Takeshi Puroresu Gundan), an army in New Japan, where he was a young dojo boy in training. He debuted in Amsterdam, Holland, along with his brother-like figure, Gedo (then known as Crush), in March, 1989. The two participated in the debut of Gran Hamada's UWF promotion, before moving to W*ING, where they competed in some dangerous concept matches. They switched to Genichiro Tenryu's WAR in February, 1994, where they became closely associated with the late Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki. The three dominated WAR's active six man tag scene, enjoying multiple title reigns. Jado & Gedo followed Fuyuki to FMW, which they made their main battlefield from February, 1997. They obtained further success in FMW, with more title reigns and membership in the controversial Team No Respect army. In early 2001, on the heels of financial trouble in FMW, and became avid freelancers on the independent circuit. The punks invaded New Japan in June, 2001, assisting Team 2000 in an attack on the New Japan army, and unmasking Jushin Thunder Liger in the process. They quickly captured the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title, and would dominate that throne for close to a year, breaking the record for most defenses. At the Tokyo Dome in October, 2003, he shocked everyone by winning the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title in a Super Jr. Rumble. A big fan of classic American wrestling, Jado utilizes an aggressive brawling style, inspired by one of his childhood idols, Stan Hansen.
