Hiromu Takahashi

Takahashi in January 2023

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Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan

**Hiromu Takahashi** (高橋 広夢, *Takahashi Hiromu*, ring name: 高橋 ヒロム) (born December 4, 1989 in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler, also known by the ring name **Kamaitachi** (カマイタチ, *Kamaitachi*). Takahashi made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) on August 28, 2010, and worked as a "Young Lion" over the following three years.

In January 2014, Takahashi was sent to the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion to further his wrestling training and gain international experience, a tradition with NJPW "Young Lions". In January 2016, he won his first professional wrestling championship, the CMLL World Lightweight Championship. After leaving CMLL he worked for the US-based Ring of Honor (ROH) until the fall of 2016, with Takahashi returning to NJPW in November 2016, once again working under his true name. The following January, Takahashi won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time, holding it for five months and the following year, he won the Best of the Super Juniors, before regaining the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship in June. He held the title for a month, vacating it due to a neck injury.

Takahashi made his return after eighteen months in November 2019, regaining the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the third time two months later, while also taking part in Jushin Thunder Liger's retirement match. He held the title for seven months losing it to Taiji Ishimori. Subsequently, went on to become the first wrestler to win the Best of the Super Juniors on four different occasions and the first to win in three consecutive years. Takahashi then began rising as part of the main junior heavyweight title picture, mainly due to his big and viral matches against El Desperado before capturing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion two more times, which led him to become a "fan favorite" and creating the inaugral All Star Junior Festival, which featured junior heavyweight wrestlers from over 20 different promotions from around the world.

## Early life

Takahashi was born on December 9, 1989, in Hachiōji, a city in Tokyo. At the age of 12 he became a fan of professional wrestling, especially Masahiro Chono, who inspired Takahashi to work hard in school to become a member of the track and field team.

## Professional wrestling career

Takahashi attended New Japan Pro Wrestling's (NJPW) annual open tryout test in May 2009. He passed the test and was accepted into the NJPW dojo, where he trained in the same class as King Fale and Kyosuke Mikami, who all made their in-ring debut around the same time.

### New Japan Pro Wrestling (2010-2013)

Takahashi was the last of the three NJPW Dojo class of 2010 to debut for NJPW on August 24, 2010, at the *NEVER.1* show. He was defeated by Mikami in a short opening match. Takahashi followed the traditions of NJPW's "Young Lions" (their term for rookies), wrestling in all black trunks and boots, usually losing the majority of their matches as part of their ongoing training regiment. Takahashi would lose every match he competed in until February 6, 2011, when he teamed up with Tomoaki Honma to finally win a match, defeating Fale and Mikami. Three weeks later, exactly six months after his debut, Takahashi finally won his first-ever singles match as he defeated Kazuki Hirata of the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion at *NEVER.5*. A few months later Takahashi was given an opportunity to compete for a spot in NJPW's annual Best of the Super Juniors tournament as he participated in the 2011 "Road to the Super Juniors" tournament, but was defeated in the first round by another DDT representative, Keisuke Ishii. On October 10, 2011, Takahashi and Mikami teamed up to defeat King Fale and Takaaki Watanabe in the dark match of the Destruction '11 pay-per-view event. In 2012 Black Tiger had originally qualified for 2012 Best of Super Juniors but was forced to withdraw from the tournament with Takahashi being named as his replacement. During the tournament, Takahashi lost to Alex Koslov, Daisuke Sasaki, Brian Kendrick, Jado, Low Ki, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Tiger Mask and only defeated Taka Michinoku. He would later team up with fellow "Young Lions" Mikami and Takaaki Watanabe to compete in the "J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament". The team lost to Madoka, Shinobu, and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in their first-round match. On January 4, 2013, Takahashi competed in his first-ever January 4 Dome Show, when he wrestled in a dark match of Wrestle Kingdom 7, teaming up with Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask, losing to the team of BUSHI, KUSHIDA, and Ryusuke Taguchi. During the summer of 2013, he was once again allowed to compete in the annual Best of Super Juniors, but lost all matches, taking pinfalls against Jushin Thunder Liger, Prince Devitt, Titán, Taichi, Ricochet, Beretta, Rocky Romero, and Alex Shelley. NJPW often sends their "Young Lions" on a learning excursion outside Japan, be it the United States of America, Europe or Mexico, and in the summer of 2013, it was Takahashi's turn. Initially ,he traveled to the United Kingdom where he worked regularly for a number of local British independent wrestling promotions.

### Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2014-2016)

Like his former wrestling school partner Mikami before him, Takahashi then traveled to Mexico to work with NJPW's partner promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) for an extended stay. During his stay in Mexico he was given a new wrestling persona, a masked "heel" or *rudo* character called Kamaitachi, named after a Japanese supernatural monster, which his mask resembled. Much like Mikami before him, Takahashi was teamed up with CMLL's resident Japanese worker Okumura as part of *La Fiebre Amarilla* ("The Yellow Fever"). *La Fiebre Amarilla* primarily worked on the lower half of the show and often in six-man tag team matches. On July 13, 2014, Kamaitachi and Okumura challenged for the CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by champions Delta and Guerrero Maya Jr. In early 2015, Kamaitachi started a storyline rivalry with Dragon Lee. The rivalry culminated on March 20 at *Homenaje a Dos Leyendas*, where Kamaitachi was defeated by Lee in a Mask vs. Mask *Lucha de Apuestas*. As per stipulation, Kamaitachi unmasked following the loss, revealing himself as Hiromu Takahashi. On May 1, Kamaitachi participated in the 2015 Reyes del Aire, where he and Dragon Lee eliminated each other via a double pin. On May 15, Kamaitachi was eliminated by Místico in the first round *torneo cibernetico* of the 2015 *Leyenda de Plata* ("Silver Legend") tournament. On July 13, Kamaitachi unsuccessfully challenged Dragon Lee for the CMLL World Lightweight Championship.

On January 23, 2016, Takahashi, billed as Kamaitachi, made a surprise return to NJPW during a CMLL and NJPW co-produced *Fantastica Mania 2016* event, attacking Dragon Lee and challenging him to a title match. This marked his first NJPW appearance since May 2013. At the following day's *Fantastica Mania 2016* event, Kamaitachi defeated Dragon Lee to win his first professional wrestling title, the CMLL World Lightweight Championship. Following the match, Kamaitachi stated that he was not yet returning to NJPW, but would travel back to CMLL. On March 4, back in Mexico City, Kamaitachi lost the title back to Dragon Lee. The following month, it was reported that Takahashi was done with CMLL and had moved to the United States.

### United States (2016)

On April 30, 2016, Kamaitachi made his debut for Ring of Honor (ROH), losing to ACH. On May 20, Kamaitachi made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), losing to Michael Elgin. On September 3, Kamaitachi entered PWG's 2016 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, but was eliminated in his first-round match by Trevor Lee. On June 24, 2016, Kamaitachi made his pay-per-view debut with Ring of Honor at Best In The World, losing to Kyle O'Reilly by submission. On September 30, 2016 at ROH's All-Star Extravaganza VIII, Kamaitachi lost to his old rival in CMLL, the debuting Dragon Lee.

### Return to NJPW (2016–present)

On November 5, 2016, at Power Struggle, Takahashi, once again working under his real name, made a surprise appearance after KUSHIDA had defeated BUSHI to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, challenging the new champion to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome. On December 10, at the World Tag League finals, Takahashi accepted Tetsuya Naito's offer to join the *Los Ingobernables de Japón* stable. Takahashi wrestled his NJPW return match on December 16, pinning KUSHIDA in a tag team main event, where he and Naito defeated KUSHIDA and Hiroshi Tanahashi. On January 4, 2017, at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, Takahashi defeated KUSHIDA to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time. He made his first successful title defense on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka against Dragon Lee. His next defense took place on March 6 at NJPW's 45th anniversary event, where he defeated Ryusuke Taguchi. Takahashi made his third defense on April 9 at Sakura Genesis 2017, defeating KUSHIDA in just one minute and 56 seconds. His fourth successful defense took place against Ricochet on April 29. On June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall, Takahashi lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to the winner of the tournament, KUSHIDA. In late 2017, Takahashi started teaming regularly with L.I.J. stablemate BUSHI in NJPW's junior tag team division. On October 23, the two defeated Dragon Lee and Titán in the first round of the 2017 Super Jr. Tag Tournament. They were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals on October 30 by eventual winners Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh). In May 2018, Takahashi entered the 2018 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. He finished his block on June 3 with a record of five wins and two losses. On June 4, Takahashi defeated Taiji Ishimori in the finals to win his first Best of the Super Juniors. Five days later, at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, Takahashi defeated Will Ospreay to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time. On July 7, at G1 Special in San Francisco, Takahashi defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Dragon Lee. During the match, Takahashi suffered a broken neck, after receiving a *Dragon Driver* from Lee. Following the match, Takahashi collapsed backstage and was taken to a nearby hospital. It was later revealed that he was conscious, and was able to sit and talk. On July 11, NJPW reported that Takahashi was able to return to Japan and would proceed with medical treatment to his neck. On August 20, Takahashi was forced to vacate the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship due to the injury.

After eighteen months on November 3, 2019, at Power Struggle, Takahashi made his return from the injury challenging Will Ospreay to a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. On December 19, Takahashi made his in-ring return teaming with *Los Ingobernables de Japon* stablemate BUSHI in a losing effort against Ospreay and his CHAOS stablemate Robbie Eagles, after Takahashi was pinned by Eagles. Afterward, Ospreay mocked Takahashi with the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship belt, stating that he "wasn't ready" for their match. On January 4, 2020, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome, Takahashi defeated Will Ospreay to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the third time. The following day, on the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 14, Takahashi took part in Jushin Thunder Liger's retirement match teaming with his rival Ryu Lee in a winning effort against Liger and Naoki Sano. After the match, Takahashi vowed to continue Liger's legacy in the junior heavyweight division. From June 16 until July 3, Takahashi took part in the 2020 New Japan Cup, being eliminated from the tournament by former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada in the semifinals on July 3.

On August 29, at Summer Struggle in Jingu, Takahashi lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Taiji Ishimori on his second title defense. From November 15 until December 6, Takahashi took part in the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors, finishing the tournament with a record of seven wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 11, Takahashi defeated El Desperado in the finals to win 2020 Best of the Super Juniors, becoming the second wrestler after Tiger Mask to win back-to-back finals. Afterward, Takahashi challenged the winner of the 2020 Super J-Cup to a match. On January 4, 2021, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 15 in Tokyo Dome, Takahashi defeated El Phantasmo to become the #1 contender to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. The following day, on the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 15, Takahashi defeated Taiji Ishimori in a rematch to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time. He would vacate the title on February 25, due to being sidelined for six months, after a torn pectoral muscle. On July 25 at Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome, Takahashi made his return from injury, announcing that he was medically cleared to return to in-ring competition, before challenging the winner of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match between El Desperado and Robbie Eagles. Later that night, Eagles defeated Desperado to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, setting up his match against Takahashi. On August 27, Takahashi made his in-ring return from injury defeating DOUKI. On September 5 at Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome, Takahashi unsuccessfully challenged Robbie Eagles for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. From November 13 until December 11, Takahashi took part in the 2021 Best of the Super Juniors, finishing the tournament with a record of seven wins, three losses and a draw, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 15, Takahashi defeated Yoh in the finals to win the 2021 Best of the Super Juniors for the third time in the longest match of the tournament's history, while also becoming the first wrestler to win back-to-back finals after Tiger Mask in 2004 and 2005.

On January 4, 2022, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 16, Takahashi unsuccessfully challenged El Desperado for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. In March, Takahashi took part in the 2022 New Japan Cup, losing in the quarterfinals to *Los Ingobernables de Japón* stablemate Shingo Takagi. During the tournament, Takahashi began a rivalry with EVIL, who usually attacking him after his matches. However, after coutering an attack from EVIL instead of challenging him to a title match for the NEVER Openweight Championship, Takahashi stated if EVIL wanted a rematch he would have to beg to get one. On April 9, at Hyper Battle, Takahashi unsucessfully challenged EVIL for the NEVER Openweight Championship. In May, Takahashi took part in the 2022 Best of the Super Juniors, finishing the tournament with a record of six wins and three losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. In a rematch from the 2020 Best of the Super Juniors, on June 3, Takahashi defeated El Desperado in the finals to win the 2022 Best of the Super Juniors, becoming the first wrestler to win the three consecutive finals and the first wrestler to win the tournament on four different ocassions. On June 21, Takahashi unsuccessfully challenged Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

On January 4, 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Dome, Takahashi defeated Ishimori, El Desperado and Master Wato in a four-way match to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the fifth time. On January 21 at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama Arena, after Takahashi defeated Hajime Ohara as part of KONGOH's and *Los Ingobernables de Japón* rivalry, GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion AMAKUSA challenged Takahashi to a match, in a post-match interview, which Takahashi quickly accepted, eager to prove the superiority of NJPW’s junior heavyweights. Initially announced the following day as a potential title match, the match could had instead become a "special singles match", had not Takahashi successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Yoh on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo. On February 21, at Keiji Mutoh Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last-Love", Takahashi defeated AMAKUSA in a Champion vs. Champion match. On March 1, NJPW held the All Star Junior Festival, an interpromotional event produced by Takahashi, specifically designed for junior heavyweights from over 20 different Japanese and international promotions. At the event, Dragon Gate's YAMATO, who initially wanted to boycot the event, praised Takahashi's organization of the event in a post match interview, before challenging him to a match in Dragon Gate, which he accepted. His second title defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship took place on March 21, successfully defending his title against Lio Rush. On April 8, at Sakura Genesis, Takahashi defeated Robbie Eagles to make his third succesfull title defense. Later that night, he challenged former *Los Ingobernables de Jápon* stablemate SANADA to a title match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. However, before Takahashi concluded his challenge, SANADA's Just 5 Guys' stablemate Yoshinobu Kanemaru challenged him to a title match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. After successfully defending his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Kanemaru, Takahashi received his match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku, but was defeated by SANADA. Later that month, Takahashi took part in the 2023 Best of the Super Juniors. He finished the tournament with a record of six wins and three losses, narrowly failed to advance to the semifinals after losing to fellow *Los Ingobernables de Japón* stablemate Titán on the final day. On June 1, Takahashi appeared in a Dragon Gate event, in a video message, challenging YAMATO to a match at Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival on July 2, which he accepted. On June 4 at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall, Takahashi defeated Best of the Super Juniors winner Master Wato for his fifth successful title defense. At Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival on July 2, Takahashi made his debut for Dragon Gate facing YAMATO in a winning effort. On August 27, it was announced that Takahashi would be appearing at DDT's Ultimate Party 2023. On September 9 at DDT Big Bang, after Kazuki Hirata successfully defended the DDT Extreme Division Championship, and won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, Takahashi appeared and reminded Hirata of their past confrontations in NJPW's NEVER brand and DDT's Wakate Tsūshin series of events. He then challenged him and the match was made official for Ultimate Party. On October 4, Takahashi made a surprise appearance in DDT, winning the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Hirata. Hirata then tried to win title back and chased Takahashi around ringside. On October 9 at Destruction in Ryogoku, Takahashi made his sixth successful title defense against Yoh and Mike Bailey in a three-way match. Afterwards, Taiji Ishimori made his return from injury attacking Takahashi and challenging him to a title match. On November 2, during a backstage interview, Ishimori surprisingly attacked Takahashi and won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from him. On November 4 at Power Struggle, Takahashi made his sixth successful title defense of IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Taiji Ishimori and also regained the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. After the match, Takahashi nominated El Desperado as his challenger for Wrestle Kingdom 18, which he accepted. On November 12 at Ultimate Party, Takahashi defeated Hirata using the Fisherman Suplex, the same move Takahashi used to beat Hirata in their first match together back in 2011. Afterwards, Takahashi laid down next to Hirata with the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship belt resting on his chest and as a result he lost the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship belt. At Wrestle Kingdom 18, on January 4, 2024, Takahashi lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to El Desperado, ending his reign at 365 days in his eight title defense.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ **As Hiromu Takahashi**
		- *D* (Triangle choke) – 2017–present
		- *D's Nightmare/D Driver* (Double overhook piledriver)
		- Fisherman suplex – 2010–2013
		- *Nameless Hiromu Roll* (Arm trap small package) - 2022
		- *Time Bomb* (Fireman's carry swung into a high-angle over the shoulder back-to-belly piledriver) – 2016–present
		- *Time Bomb II* (Leg hook sitout side powerslam) - 2020-present
	+ **As Kamaitachi**
		- *Canadian Destroyer* (Front flip piledriver)
* **Signature moves**
	+ **As Hiromu Takahashi**
		- Avalanche wheelbarrow driver
		- *Canadian Destroyer* (Front flip piledriver)
		- Diving senton, sometimes to the outside of the ring
		- Dragon screw - as Kamaitachi
		- Dropkick, sometimes from the top rope
		- *Dynamite Plunger* (Fireman's carry lifted into a sitout side powerslam)
		- Enzuigiri
		- *EVIL* (STO) - parodied from EVIL; 2022-present
		- Headscissors takedown
		- *Hiromu Bomber* (Lariat, sometimes to the back of the opponent's head, or while sliding) - adopted from Shingo Takagi; 2022-present
		- Knife-edge chop
		- *MTH* (Running back elbow strike to the back of a kneeling opponent's head) - 2020-present
		- Multiple suplex variations
			* Belly to belly
			* German
			* Sitout slam
		- Running Death Valley driver into the turnbuckles
		- Sunset flip powerbomb, sometimes to an opponent standing on the apron
		- *Victory Royale* (Vertical suplex dropped into a DDT)
		- Wheelbarrow flipped into a reverse STO
* **With BUSHI**
	+ **Double-team finishing moves**
		- *Insurgentes*(Electric chair (Takahashi)/Diving double knee facebreaker (BUSHI) Combination)
		- *LAT* (Double wheelbarrow facebuster)
* **Nicknames**
	+ **"(Ticking) Time Bomb"**
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Catch Your Dream" by Yonosuke Kitamura (NJPW; August 2010-June 2013)
	+ "Benjo Sandal Dance" by Maximum The Hormone (used in CMLL)
	+ "Rydeen" by YMO (used during UK expedition)
	+ "TIME BOMB" by Yonosuke Kitamura
	+ **"TIME BOMB" -Reignition- by Yonosuke Kitamura**
	+ "Hybridize (Theme Remix)" by Yonosuke Kitamura (used while teaming with BUSHI)
	+ "Hybridize II (Theme Remix)" by Yonosuke Kitamura (used while teaming with BUSHI)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **DDT Pro-Wrestling**
	+ Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (3 times)
* **Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre**
	+ CMLL World Lightweight Championship (1 time)
* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
	+ Best of the Super Juniors (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ PWI ranked him #**269** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
	+ PWI ranked him #**48** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
* ***Tokyo Sports***
	+ Fighting Spirit Award (2020)
	+ Outstanding Performance Award (2023)
* **What Culture Pro Wrestling**
	+ Pro Wrestling World Cup: Japanese Tournament (2017) – with KUSHIDA
* **Wrestling Observer Newsletter**
	+ Danny Hodge Memorial Award/Non-Heavyweight MVP (2020)

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## External links

* Hiromu Takahashi's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile
* Hiromu Takahashi on Twitter