Konosuke Takeshita

Takeshita in September 2023

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Osaka, Japan

**Konosuke Takeshita** (竹下 幸之介, *Takeshita Kōnosuke*, born May 29, 1995) is a Japanese professional wrestler, he is currently working and dual-signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) in Japan, and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in the United States.

Initially dubbed as the "Future of DDT", Takeshita was named the Rookie of the Year by *Tokyo Sports* in 2013. He is the youngest KO-D Openweight Champion in history, having won the title on his 21st birthday, and also his the longest reigning KO-D Openweigth Champion at 405 days and also hold's the record for most sucessfull title defenses with eleven. Takeshita has also held the KO-D Tag Team Championship, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship and the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship and he is also the winner of the 2019 and 2021's King of DDT and D-Oh Grand Prix, becoming the first person to simultaneously win both tournaments within the same year. During this, Takeshita became one of the promotion's most established and one of the promotion's most prominent and respected figures.

As part of a working relationship between DDT and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Takeshita made his debut for the promotion under Kenny Omega's wing. However, a year later, Takeshita made his return and since then Takeshita began having multiple impressive performances, some of which were highly acclaimed by wrestling critics, over the likes of industry veterans such as Jay Lethal, Hangman Page, Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli. These impressive performances and big reactions over the North-American audience, led to him in the end of 2022, dual signning with both AEW and DDT, in a move seen as a flourishing in the relation between both promotions.

Since May 2023, Takeshita began aligning himself with Don Callis, with Callis making him his protègè. Takeshita turned heel in May 2023. Since then, Takeshita began transending from a fan favorite to hated villain, with Takeshita adopting a more egoistical and agressive attitude, along with Callis becoming his mouthpiece. Since then, Takeshita had engaged in a rivalry with Kenny Omega, with Callis claming Takeshita to be a future star "better than Kenny Omega"; afterwards, Takeshita would score two upset wins in a row against Omega, to further establishing him as a star and to prove Callis' point. This led to Takeshita being named "The Alpha", due to his two upset wins against Omega.

## Professional wrestling career

### DDT Pro-Wrestling (2011–present)

A fan of pro-wrestling in his youth, Takeshita became an early fan of American wrestling in the mid-2000’s. This would lead him to even joining an amateur class in Osaka as he was taught by several Osaka Pro wrestlers namely Atsushi Maruyama and HUB. He would send a letter to Sanshiro Takagi of DDT which he would get accepted once he was in high school. He would then make his debut while he was still a senior in high school at the age of 17 and Takeshita, with a sports background in track and field, began training for a career in professional wrestling in 2011 with the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion. On April 1, 2012, DDT announced that Takeshita would be debuting for the promotion on August 18 in Tokyo's Nippon Budokan. Prior to his debut match, Takeshita took part in exhibition matches. During one of these matches on August 4, Takeshita scored an upset win over Hiroshi Fukuda, winning the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in the process. The title had a 24/7 rule, where it could be won anytime and anywhere. As Takeshita was being congratulated by DDT general manager Amon Tsurumi for winning his first match before his debut, Fukuda hit him with a low blow and then pinned him to regain the title.

On August 18, 2012, Takeshita was defeated by El Generico in his official debut match. On November 25, Takeshita pinned Poison Sawada Julie in his retirement match, a six-man tag team match. At the end of 2013, *Tokyo Sports* named Takeshita Japanese professional wrestling's Rookie of the Year, with him becoming the first wrestler still in high school to win the award. He also finished second in *Wrestling Observer Newsletter'*s award category for Rookie of the Year, losing to Yohei Komatsu by four votes (906–902).

On January 26, 2014, Takeshita received his first-ever shot at one of the King of DDT (KO-D) titles, when he and Tetsuya Endo challenged for the KO-D Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, which was won by the Golden☆Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) and also included Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto. On May 6, Takeshita came together with Antonio Honda to form the "Happy Motel" stable. The two were eventually joined by Tetsuya Endo, with whom they went on to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) on July 13. They lost the title back to Shuten-dōji seven days later.

On August 17, Takeshita took part in a high-profile interpromotional match, when he was defeated by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) representative Hiroshi Tanahashi at DDT's annual Ryōgoku Kokugikan event. On September 28, Takeshita and Endo defeated Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship for the first time. Afterwards, Omega dubbed Takeshita the "Future of DDT". Takeshita and Endo went on to lose the title to Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi on February 15, 2015. The following June, Takeshita made it to the finals of the 2015 King of DDT tournament, but was defeated there by Yukio Sakaguchi. On December 23, Takeshita and Endo defeated Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi in the finals of a tournament to regain the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship.

With Kudo sidelined with an injury and Kota Ibushi announcing his resignation from DDT, Takeshita was poised to take a larger role in the promotion. On January 3, 2016, he received his first shot at DDT's top title, the KO-D Openweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Isami Kodaka. On March 21, Takeshita and Endo lost the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Daisuke Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa. On May 29, his 21st birthday, Takeshita defeated Daisuke Sasaki to win the KO-D Openweight Championship for the first time. With the win, Takeshita became the youngest KO-D Openweight Champion in history, beating the previous record held by Nosawa Rongai by three years and six months. On June 15, Takeshita made his debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), teaming with Tetsuya Endo in a tag team match, where they defeated Jun Akiyama and Yuma Aoyagi. On July 17, Takeshita successfully defended the KO-D Openweight Championship against his tag team partner Tetsuya Endo. After the match, Endo turned on Takeshita and joined Daisuke Sasaki's Damnation stable. After three successful title defenses, Takeshita lost the KO-D Openweight Championship to Shuji Ishikawa on August 28 at DDT's biggest event of the year, *Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016*. On December 4, Takeshita and Mike Bailey defeated Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Masakatsu Funaki and Yukio Sakaguchi in their second defense on January 9, 2017.

On January 29, Takeshita defeated Kudo in the finals of a tournament to become the number one contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship. On March 20 at DDT's 20th anniversary event, Takeshita defeated HARASHIMA to win the KO-D Openweight Championship for the second time. The following month, Takeshita and Akito formed a new tag team named "All Out". On August 20 at the 2017 *Ryōgoku Peter Pan* show, Takeshita made his seventh successful defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against 2017 King of DDT winner Tetsuya Endo. On October 22, Takeshita set a new record for most successful defenses of the KO-D Openweight Championship by making his ninth defense against Danshoku Dino. On November 2, Takeshita became a double champion, when he and his All Out stablemates Akito and Diego defeated Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Shuji Ishikawa) to win the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On November 28 Takeshita alongside Yuki Ueno represented DDT at the 2017 Differ Cup defeating FREEDOMS Tomoya Hirata and Jun Kasai in the first round. At the finals Takeshita and Ueno defeated NOAH's Katsuhiko Nakajima and Hitoshi Kumano to win the tournament. On December 10, All Out lost the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Shuten-dōji. Two days later, Takeshita became the longest-reigning KO-D Openweight Champion in history by breaking the previous record of 266 days, held by HARASHIMA. After eleven successful title defenses, Takeshita lost the KO-D Openweight Championship to Shigehiro Irie on April 29 at Max Bump, ending his 405 days as KO-D Openweight Champion. On June 24 Takeshita and Akito with their newest member of All Out Shunma Katsumata defeated Ueno, Kota Umeda and Koju Takeda to win KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. All Out voluntarily vacated the titles on August 1 due to Takeshita being sidelined with a shoulder injury, forcing him to miss the King of DDT tournament. Takeshita made his return match on November 11 teaming with All Out stablemates Akito and Yuki Iino in a winning effort against Damnation (Mad Paulie, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Tetsuya Endo). From November 30 until December 15, Takeshita took part in the 2019 D-Oh Grand Prix, where he won his block with a record of four wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. During the tournament, Takeshita also won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for the fourth time. On September 30, Takeshita defeated Go Shiozaki in the finals to win the D-Oh Grand Prix. On January 3, Takeshita and his All Out Akito and Yuki Iino defeated Strong Hearts (CIMA, Duan Yingnan and T-Hawk) to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On February 17, 2019 Takeshita defeated Sasaki again to win the KO-D Openwieght Championship thus becoming a double crown champion again in the process. On March 21, they lost the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions to Meiko Satomura, Chihiro Hashimoto and Dash Chisako. On April 5, 2019 Takeshita lost the title to Daisuke Sasaki thus ending his double crown reign in the process. On July 15, Takeshita defeated Tetsuya Endo to win the KO-D Openweight Championship. He would lose the title to HARASHIMA on November 3. In March 2021, Takeshita disbanded All Out with their last match being on March 12 with Takeshita and Akito losing to Katsumata and Iino in their last event as a unit. In May, Takeshita and Katsumata took part in the 2021 Ultimate Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins, two losses and one draw, advancing to finals of the tournament. On May 27, Takeshita and Katsumata defeated DAMNATION (Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino) in the finals to win the 2021 Ultimate Tag League. On June 26, Takeshita and Katsumata defeated Smille Pissari (HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi) to win the KO-D Tag Team Championships. On August 21, at Wrestle Peter Pan Takeshita defeated Jun Akiyama to win the KO-D Openweight Championship for his fifth time and also becoming double champion in the process. On October 12, Takeshita and Katsumata lost the KO-D Tag Team Championships to Disaster Box (HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura). In November, Takeshita took part in the 2021 II D-Oh Grand Prix, where finished his block undefeated with a record of four wins and one draw, and advanced to the finals of the tournament. On December 5, Takeshita defeated his fellow 37KAMIINA stablemate Yuki Ueno in the finals to win the 2021 II D-Oh Grand Prix and becoming the first person to win the tournament as the reigning KO-D Openweight Champion. He lost the title to Tetsuya Endo on March 20, 2022.

On November 19, 2022, ahead of AEW's Full Gear pay-per-view, Takeshita, along with Sanshiro Takagi and Tony Khan, representatives of both DDT and AEW, announced that he had signed a dual contract with both promotions; making him the second wrestler (behind Kota Ibushi) to have such a contract and officially have two home promotions. After a lenghty sting in AEW, Takeshita returned to DDT on January 3, 2023, facing Takeshi Masada in a winning effort. Following the match, Takeshita announced that he was returning to DDT on March 21 at Judgment, and as such he challenged Sanshiro Takagi to a match, which he won by knockout.

On June 13, during a backstage interview, Takeshita was challenged to a match by The 37KAMIINA stablemate Yuki Ueno at Wrestle Peter Pan on July 23. During the year, they had two singles matches, once for a 10 minute exhibition match on January 5 and another for DDT’s show in Los Angeles on March 30. At the event, Takeshita defeated Ueno. Afterwards, tension was felt after Ueno refused to shake Takeshita’s hand after the match. Then Toi Kojima decided to step in between them and push Takeshita away. Shortly after, Takeshita approached Daisuke Sasaki offering his hand, which Sasaki shook. Takeshita stated that he had no intention of joining DAMNATION T.A., but to position himself against The 37KAMIINA because he thought the stable no longer needed him. On July 30, following a six-man tag team match between both sides, Takeshita again advised Ueno to start following him, leading him to be confronted by Shunma Katsumata, who was attacked by Sasaki. After MAO chased Sasaki out, MAO lost his temper at Takeshita for not helping Katsumata. Takeshita then announced that he would return on September 9 and expected to hear an answer from Ueno by then. On September 9, Ueno revealed his choise and decided to stay at The 37KAMIINA. Afterwards, Takeshita was challenged by MAO to a match, which he accepted, revealing that he would return to DDT on September 24. At the event, after facing MAO in a winning effort, Takeshita revealed that he was going to take part at the Ultimate Party on November 12, before introducing his manager Don Callis. Afterwards, in a pre-taped vignette, Chris Jericho, who had been feuding with Takeshita and Callis in All Elite Wrestling, made his debut in DDT, challenging Takeshita to a match at Ultimate Party, which he accepted with Takeshita calling it a "dramatic dream", vowing to defeat him in a DDT ring, promising to destroy everything about Jericho from the "Lionheart" to "Y2J" to "The Painmaker". On November 12 at Ultimate Party, Takeshita was defeated by Jericho, with both shaking hands after their match to end their feud.

## Personal life

In February 2014, Takeshita was admitted into the Nippon Sport Science University. In June 2014, he signed with the Oscar talent agency. His hobbies include weightlifting and bodybuilding. Takeshita has stated that his goal was to take part in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics as a decathlete.

Takeshita is also a fan of Japanese anime, manga and video-games, he often carries words related to his favorite series, such as Fable, from popular action series, The Fable, and Plus Ultra, from the highly popular My Hero Academia anime, as the names of his maneuvers.

Takeshita is also a fan of Japanese music from the 70s and early 80s, citing Takuro Yoshida's Outside is a White Snowy Night to be his favorite song.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Fable* (Senton bomb from the second rope to a seated opponent)
	+ German suplex, sometimes while bridging or crossing the opponent's arms
	+ *Komoritsui Otoshi* (Super over-the-shoulder back-to-belly-piledriver onto the top turnbuckle)
	+ *Plus Ultra* (Crossface chickenwing/Sleeper hold combination)
	+ *Surprise Rose* (Armtrap wrist-clutch fisherman buster) – 2017–present
	+ *Touchdown* (Jumping cutter)
	+ *Zahi* (Running knee strike to an opponent's head, sometimes to a kneeling or seated opponent)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Arise Lock (Arm trap seated armbar)
	+ Big Boot
	+ *Caballo 2020* (Sleeper hold camel clutch)
	+ Dropkick
	+ *Hitodenashi Driver* (Cradle back-to-belly piledriver)
	+ *Javelin Kick* (Missile dropkick)
	+ Jumping knee strike - adopted from Jun Akiyama
	+ Lariat
	+ *Muscular Bomb* (Half nelson lifted and dropped into a wheelbarrow driver)
	+ Multiple Lariat variations
		- Regular
		- *Takeshita Line* (Slingshot)
		- *Zero-Sen Kick* (Leg)
	+ Multiple powerbomb variations
		- *Blue Thunder* (Spin-out powerbomb)
		- Regular
		- Overexaggerated Schoolboy (Schoolboy lift into a leg trap one shoulder)
	+ Multiple Suplex variations
		- *Double-leg Suplex* (Muscle Buster)
		- Regular
		- *Last Shot* (Vertical lifted and dropped into a neckbreaker onto the knee)
		- *Takeshita Special No. 1*  (German followed by a prawn hold)
		- Vertical
		- Multiple Brainbuster variations
			* Avalanche – 2018–present
			* Regular
			* Vertical drop
	+ Swinging Neckbreaker
	+ *Walls of Takeshita* (Boston crab) – adopted from Chris Jericho
	+ *Yamamonakashi* (Sit-out Argentine backbreaker dropped into an inverted Death Valley driver)
	+ *Yamamonakashi 2* (Sit-out Argentine backbreaker dropped into a facebuster)
* **Managers**
	+ **Don Callis**
* **Nicknames**
	+ "2 Oku Man-nen ni 1-ri no Itsuzai" (Japanese for the "Genius That Appears Once In Every 200 Million Years")
	+ **"The Alpha"**
	+ "DDT no Zettai Ōja" (Japanese for "DDT's Absolute Champion")
	+ "Future of DDT"
	+ "The Future"
	+ **"The Japanese Supernova"**
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Benibana Sakimida" by Eigenproduktion (used on his debut)
	+ "Curtain Rises -TypeFable-" by NoGoD
	+ "Face-Off" by Mikey Rukus
	+ **"Rise Of The Drones"** by Mikey Rukus (used while accompained by Don Callis and in singles competition)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **DDT Pro-Wrestling**
	+ Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (4 times)
	+ KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Antonio Honda and Tetsuya Endo (1), Akito and Diego (1), Akito and Shunma Katsumata (1) and Akito and Yuki Iino (1) and Yuki Iino and Shunma Katsumata (1)
	+ KO-D Openweight Championship (5 times)
	+ KO-D Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Tetsuya Endo (2), Mike Bailey (1) and Shunma Katsumata (1)
	+ Differ Cup (2017) – with Yuki Ueno
	+ King of DDT (2019, 2021)
	+ D-Oh Grand Prix (2019, 2021 II)
	+ Ultimate Tag League (2021) – with Shunma Katsumata
	+ KO-D Openweight Championship Challenger Decision Tournament (2017)
	+ KO-D Tag Team Championship Tournament (2015) – with Tetsuya Endo
* **Japan Indie Awards**
	+ Best Bout Award (2014) with Tetsuya Endo vs. Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi on October 28
	+ MVP Award (2021)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ PWI ranked him #**192** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
* ***Tokyo Sports***
	+ Rookie Award (2013)
	+ Fighting Spirit Award (2021)
* **Toshikoshi Puroresu**
	+ Three Organization Shuffle Tag Tournament (2015) – with Daisuke Sekimoto
	+ New Year's Eve Shuffle Tag Tournament (2017) – with Hideki Suzuki
	+ New Year's Eve Shuffle Tag Tournament (2018) – with Yuko Miyamoto
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
	+ Most Underrated (2022)

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33. ↑ *ja:【試合結果】1･29　DDT後楽園ホール大会　【KO-D無差別級】Harashimavs佐々木大輔　【世界ジュニア】石井慧介vsヤス・ウラノ　高山善廣＆ディック東郷vs男色ディーノ＆大石真翔* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2017-01-30). Retrieved on 2017-01-29.
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35. ↑ *ja:【試合結果】3･20　DDTさいたまスーパーアリーナ大会　【KO-D】Harashimavs竹下　【Extreme】佐々木vs葛西　【KO-Dタッグ】船木＆坂口vs石川＆遠藤　【KO-D6人】樋口＆岩崎＆渡瀬vs高尾＆彰人＆ヤスvs大石＆勝俣＆Mao* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2017-03-20). Retrieved on 2017-03-20.
36. ↑ *ja:【記者会見】竹下＆彰人の新ユニット名は「All Out」（オールアウト）！　KO-Dタッグ挑戦、メンバー増員も視野に。「試合でも全部出し切る」（竹下）「昼も夜も全てにおいて全て出し切る（彰人）* (in Japanese). *DDT Pro-Wrestling* (2017-04-26). Retrieved on 2017-05-06.
37. ↑ *ja:【ＤＤＴ】ＫＯ－Ｄ無差別級Ｖ７ 竹下「ＤＤＴに就職します」* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2017-08-21). Retrieved on 2017-08-21.
38. ↑ *ja:【試合結果】8･20　DDT両国国技館大会　【KO-D無差別級】竹下幸之介vs遠藤哲哉　【KO-Dタッグ】入江茂弘＆樋口和貞vsHarashima＆丸藤正道* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2017-08-21). Retrieved on 2017-08-20.
39. ↑ *ja:【試合結果】10･22　DDT後楽園ホール大会　【KO-D無差別級】竹下幸之介vs男色ディーノ　【DDT Extreme級】佐々木大輔vsHarashima　石井慧介vs諏訪魔　遠藤哲哉vs高梨将弘* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2017-10-23). Retrieved on 2017-10-22.
40. ↑ *ja:新木場よ！私は帰ってきた！* (in Japanese). *DDT Pro-Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2017-11-02.
41. ↑ *ja:レスリングとんこつ2017* (in Japanese). *DDT Pro-Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2017-12-10.
42. ↑ *ja:ＤＤＴ高校生レスラー竹下、日体大合格* (in Japanese). *Daily Sports Online*. Kobe Shimbun (2014-02-09). Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
43. ↑ *ja:オスカー所属の飯伏に“美女タレントと熱愛指令”* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2014-06-11). Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
44. ↑ *ja:日体大入学の竹下が早大陸上同好会入り* (in Japanese). *Daily Sports Online*. Kobe Shimbun (2014-06-11). Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 *ja:年越しプロレス12.31後楽園大会　大日本、DDT、K-Dojoから16チーム参加の年忘れ！三団体シャッフル・タッグトーナメント* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2016-01-01). Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
46. ↑ Takagi, Hiromi 2014-09-28. *ja:竹下組が飯伏組を破りKO-Dタッグ奪取 ディーノ、チームドリフがまさかの王座陥落* (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo!. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
47. ↑ *ja:ドラマティック・ドリームズ！ Vol.3～花も花なれ　人も人なれ～* (in Japanese). *DDT Pro-Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
48. ↑ ja:竹下がヤス・ウラノを下しKO-D王座V3に成功 7カ月ぶり復帰ササダンゴをみのるが手荒い祝福 (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2017-05-29). Archived from the original on 2017-07-23. Retrieved on 2017-07-23.
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50. ↑ *ja:【後楽園リポート】トーナメント決勝戦は宮本裕向&木高イサミvs火野裕士&岡林裕二!!／インディー大賞MVPはHarashima／Takaのパートナーは小鹿* (in Japanese). *DDT Pro-Wrestling* (2014-12-31). Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
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