Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita (May 29, 1995) is a Japanese male professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
==Career==
===DDT Pro Wrestling (2011-present)===
Takeshita made his professional wrestling debut at the age of 18 for DDT Pro Wrestling in 2012. Takeshita is the youngest DDT KO-D Openweight Champion in history winning the title at just 21 years old, eventually going on to become the longest reigning KO-D Openweight Champion at a 405 day long reign.
Takeshita defeated Daisuke Sasaki on May 29, 2016 at DDT Audience 2016 to win his first KO-D Openweight championship. His reign lasted 91 days with a total of 5 defences. 
At DDT Judgment 2017, on March 20, 2017 Takeshita defeated HARISHIMA to begin his record breaking KO-D Openweight championship reign. Defending his title a total of 13 times before he dropped the title to Shigehiro Irie on April 29, 2018 at DDT Max Bump 2018.
===All Elite Wrestling (2021-present)===
Konosuke Takeshita made his AEW debut at AEW Dark: Elevation on April 12, 2021 facing Danny Limelight in a successful match. He also made an appearance during "The House Always Wins", AEW's first non televised event. He competed in a 10 man tag team match alongside Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks and Michael Nakazawa to face Death Triangle, Matt Sydal and Mike Sydal.
He then made his AEW television debut on the May 6, 2022 episode of Rampage after being challenged by Jay Lethal a few days prior. Jay Lethal would go on to defeat Takeshita with an interruption from Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh.
On the May 18 episode of Dynamite, Takeshita was defeated by AEW World Champion Adam Page in a singles match that was greatly respected by wrestling fans and critics. Takeshita would continue to rack up victories on Dark and Dark: Elevation before losing to Eddie Kingston on the July 8 episode of Rampage. On the July 13 episode of Dynamite, Takeshita faced Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley in a losing effort. At Battle of the Belts III on August 5, Takeshita challenged ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli, but was defeated.
On November 19, it was announced that Takeshita had signed with AEW. Takeshita would look to earn an AEW World Championship opportunity on the February 8, 2023 episode of Dynamite, however, he was defeated by champion MJF in an Eliminator Match. On the March 1 episode of Dynamite, Takeshita competed in the Face of the Revolution Ladder Match, but was unable to win.
==In wrestling==
*Finishers and Signature moves
**Touchdown
**Javelin Kick
**Wall Of Takeshita
**Blue Thunder
*Nicknames
**"The Future"
* Entrance music
**Curtain Rises by NoGod (DDT Pro Wrestling & All Elite Wrestling)
==Championships and accomplishments==
*DDT Pro Wrestling
**DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (4 times)
**DDT KO-D Openweight Championship (5 times)
**DDT KO-D Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Tetsuya Endo (2), Mike Bailey (1) and Shunma Katsumata (1)
**DDT KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo (1), Akito & Diego (1), Akito & Shunma Katsumata (1), Akito & Yuki Ino (1) and Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ino (1)
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him #126 in the 2023 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers
==External links==
* Profile
* Profile
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