BUSHI Tetsuya Shimizu ( April 5 , 1983 ) is a Japan ese professional wrestler who has worked under the ring name s T28 , TETSUYA , Tetsuya Bushi and currently works as the masked BUSHI for All Japan Pro Wrestling ( AJPW ) . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . He also competed in the 2008 AJPW Junior League , earning three points for one win and one time limit draw . 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 . In Mexico Tetsuya Shimizu began learning the Lucha libre style under Skayde . On January 29 , 2009 he made his debut for the Naucalpan , State of Mexico based International Wrestling Revolution Group ( IWRG ) , working as a masked heel ( bad guy ) character called TETSUYA . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 Face ( 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 . 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 . 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 . Tetsuya Bushi ' s tour of Mexico ended in January 2010 when he lost the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship to Dr . Cerbro . After the match Hijo del Diablo used a Tombstone piledriver on Bushi , which in storyline terms injured Bushi , explaining his absence . Return to AJPW . 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 He teamed up with Super Crazy to win the 2010 AJPW Junior Tag League , defeating Hiroshi Yamato and Shuji Kondo in the finals .