page_title: Tomohiro Ishii
hierarchical_section_title: Tomohiro Ishii
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2016年2月11日 大阪府立体育会館 「THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA」 石井智宏
context_page_description: Tomohiro Ishii is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling where he is currently in his second reign as a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi. He is also known for his work with the independent Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, where he also worked backstage as the chairman.
  Though pushed for most of his career as an undercarder without any major championship wins, Ishii gathered a cult following, and in February 2013 was called "probably [one of the] most underrated guys in the business" by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Ishii's status in NJPW finally began rising in early 2013, culminating in him winning his first title in the promotion, the NEVER Openweight Championship, in February 2014, a title he would later capture a record five-times. Ishii won the title three more times, before capturing the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the first time in January 2017 and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship in January 2018.
context_section_description: Tomohiro Ishii (石井 智宏, Ishii Tomohiro, born December 10, 1975) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling where he is currently in his second reign as a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi. He is also known for his work with the independent Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (Riki Pro) promotion, where he also worked backstage as the chairman.
  Though pushed for most of his career as an undercarder without any major championship wins, Ishii gathered a cult following, and in February 2013 was called "probably [one of the] most underrated guys in the business" by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Ishii's status in NJPW finally began rising in early 2013, culminating in him winning his first title in the promotion, the NEVER Openweight Championship, in February 2014, a title he would later capture a record five-times. Ishii won the title three more times, before capturing the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the first time in January 2017 and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship in January 2018.
  Through NJPW's working relationship with the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and the British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) promotions, he has also won the ROH World Television Championship once and is a two-time RPW British Heavyweight Champion.
caption: Ishii in February 2016
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