War Dogs
On this page, you find the full wrestling profile of Gedo, with his Career History, real name, age, height and weight, the Promotions he worked for, all the Face/Heel turns, the Championship Titles he won, his Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams and Stables, his appearance changes through the years, and more.
Keiji Takayama (高山 圭司) was born in Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan on February 20, 1969, and he is currently 56 years old.
He is currently a Wrestler, Manager and Producer, working for New Japan Pro Wrestling on the Junior Heavyweight division under the ring name of Gedo.
Currently, he is a member of the teams of War Dogs and Bullet Club.
Gedo Profile Index
Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Keiji Takayama (高山 圭司)
- Ring Names
- Gedo ( February 19, 1993 - Present)
- Masked C.T.U-G ( July 6, 2004 - August 26, 2007)
- Bulldog K.T. ( June 1, 1990 - February 18, 1993)
- Crush ( November 11, 1991 - June 14, 1992)
- Takayama ( March 19, 1989 - September 29, 1991)
- Black Aidoman ( March 1, 1990 - March 5, 1990)
- Born February 20, 1969 (age 56)
- Nationality
Japan - Birth Place Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
- Billed From
- Tokyo, Japan
- Height 5 ft 8 in (172 cm)
- Weight
- 190 lbs (86 kg)
- Nicknames Complete Fighter; Raintaker
Career History
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Roles
- Wrestler ( March 19, 1989 - Present)
- Manager ( January 1, 2012 - Present)
- Producer ( January 1, 2011 - Present)
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Promotions History
Promotion from to Promotion 
NJPWBrand
Junior Heavyweight
June 28, 2001 Present Promotion 
NOAHBrand
Junior Heavyweight
June 12, 2016 December 24, 2016 Promotion 
MPWMay 16, 2001 March 16, 2002 Promotion 
BATTLARTSMay 10, 2001 July 5, 2001 Promotion 
FMWFebruary 19, 1997 February 18, 2001 Promotion 
ECWMarch 3, 2000 March 12, 2000 Promotion 
AJPWBrand
Junior Heavyweight
February 14, 1998 May 2, 1999 Promotion 
BJWJune 3, 1997 February 3, 1998 Promotion 
WCWOctober 26, 1997 January 15, 1998 Promotion 
WARFebruary 26, 1994 October 28, 1996 Promotion 
CMLLFebruary 19, 1993 July 6, 1993 Promotion 
UWAApril 4, 1991 September 29, 1991 -
Images History
Mar 2023
Oct 2018
Jun 2001
Oct 1997
Feb 1994
Nov 1991 -
Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Heel October 8, 2018 Present Face April 23, 2009 October 7, 2018 Heel June 28, 2001 April 22, 2009
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Finishers
- Complete Shot - Reverse STO ( June 28, 2001 - Present)
- Gedo Clutch - Double Leg Nelson ( June 3, 1997 - Present)
- Super Fly - Frog splash ( March 19, 1989 - Present)
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Theme Songs
- Theme Song "Shot'Em" by [Q]Brick - with Bullet Club - Team ( October 8, 2018 - Present)
- Theme Song "War Dogs" by [Q]Brick feat. Kensei Abbot - with Bullet Club War Dogs - Single ( June 4, 2023 - Present)
- Theme Song "Whassup Dawg?" by Yonosuke Kitamura - with Jado - Team ( November 1, 2013 - March 13, 2022)
- Theme Song "Caboose" by Sugar Ray - with Jado - Team ( June 28, 2001 - October 31, 2013)
- Theme Song "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top - with Jado - Team ( January 1, 1992 - December 31, 2000)
Titles & Accomplishments
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New Japan Pro Wrestling
- 4 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (with Jado)
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- 1 BJW Tag Team Championship (with Jado)
Pro Wrestling NOAH
- 1 GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (with Jado)
Dragon Gate
- 1 Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (with Jado)
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling / World Entertainment Wrestling
- 1 FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (with Koji Nakagawa)
- 1 FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (with Jado & Kodo Fuyuki)
- 1 WEW World Tag Team Championship (with Jado)
- 1 WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (with Jado)
- 5 WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 with Kodo Fuyuki & Koji Nakagawa, 2 with Jado & Koji Nakagawa, 1 with Jado & Kaori Nakayama, 1 with Jado & Masato Tanaka)
- 3 WEW Tag Team Championship (1 with Koji Nakagawa, 1 with Kodo Fuyuki, 1 with Masato Tanaka)
Toryumon X
- 1 UWA World Trios Championship (with Jado & Katsushi Takemura)
Universal Wrestling Association
- 4 UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (2 with Punish, 1 with Pat Tanaka, 1 with Dick Togo)
Wrestle Association "R"
- 2 WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship
- 1 International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (with Lion Do)
- 5 WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (with Jado & Hiromichi Fuyuki)
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Other Accomplishments
- NJPW Super J Tag League Winner (2010 – with Jado)
- NJPW IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match Entrance Tournament Winner (2003 – with Jado)
- NJPW DREAM* Win Jr. Tag Team Tournament Winner (2002 – with El Samurai)
- NJPW Jr. Triathlon Survivor Winner (2002 - with Jado & Koji Kanemoto)
- WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament Winner (1994 - with Jado & Hiromichi Fuyuki)
- WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Winner (1995)
- WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament Winner (1996 – with Lion Do)
- WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament Winner (1999 - with Jado & Kodo Fuyuki)
- W*ING Most Dangerous Tag Wars '93 Tournament Winner (1993 - with Jado)
- UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Titles Tournament Winner (1991 - with Punish)
- Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award (2001 – with Jado)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame induction (class of 2019)
- WON Best Booker (2011–2014 – with Jado; 2016–2019)
Teams & Relations
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Tag Teams & Stables
- War Dogs - Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Dan Moloney, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Jake Lee, SANADA, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X ( June 4, 2023 - Present)
- Bullet Club - Ace Austin, Alex Coughlin, Austin Gunn, Bad Luck Fale, Caveman Ugg, Chase Owens, Chris Bey, Clark Connors, Colten Gunn, Dan Moloney, David Finlay, Dick Togo, El Phantasmo, EVIL, Gabe Kidd, Gino Gambino, Hikuleo, Jack Bonza, Jado, Jay White, Juice Robinson / CJ Parker, Jungle Boy / Jack Perry, Karl Anderson, KENTA / Hideo Itami, Luke / Doc Gallows, Lyrebird Luchi, Ren Narita, Robbie Eagles, SHO, Stevie Filip, Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Tome Filip, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, Jake Lee, Robbie X, SANADA ( October 8, 2018 - Present)
- Far East Connection - Dick Togo ( July 12, 2020 - June 10, 2024)
- World Class Tag Team - Jado ( March 19, 1989 - March 13, 2022)
- Bullet Club OG - Bad Luck Fale, Gino Gambino, Haku / Meng, Hikuleo, Jado, Jay White, Robbie Eagles, Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa ( October 8, 2018 - December 22, 2018)
- CHAOS - Alex Koslov, Brian Kendrick, Chuck Taylor, Davey Richards, Hirooki Goto, Jado, Jay White, Karl Anderson, Kazuchika Okada, Low Ki, Masato Tanaka, Albert / Tensai / Matt Bloom, Rocky Romero, Shinsuke Nakamura, SHO, Takashi Iizuka, Tetsuya Naito, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Trent Beretta / Barreta, Will Ospreay, YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, Yujiro Takahashi, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Kazushi Sakuraba, Captain New Japan / BONE SOLDIER ( April 23, 2009 - September 23, 2018)
- CHAOS Internal Mastermind - Jay White ( January 6, 2018 - September 23, 2018)
- Complete Players - Jado, Masato Tanaka, Yujiro Takahashi ( April 23, 2009 - December 7, 2013)
- Great Bash Heel - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jado, Karl Anderson, Low Ki, Albert / Tensai / Matt Bloom, Shiro Koshinaka, Takashi Iizuka, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Val Venis , Rick Fuller ( August 26, 2007 - April 23, 2012)
- C.T.U - Finn Bálor, Hirooki Goto, Jado, Jushin Thunder Liger, Super Strong Machine / Junji Hirata, TAKA Michinoku, Minoru Tanaka , Katsushi Takemura ( July 6, 2004 - August 26, 2007)
- TEAM2000 - Black Tiger, Eddie Guerrero, Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jado, Masahiro Chono, Michiyoshi Ohara, Satoshi Kojima, Scott Hall / Razor Ramon, Scott Norton, Tatsutoshi Goto, The Great Khali, Akira Nogami / AKIRA, Koji Kanemoto, Giant Silva, Silver King / Black Tiger III, Pat Tanaka, nWo Sting / Super J ( June 28, 2001 - March 9, 2003)
- Complete Players - Jado, Masato Tanaka , Kaori Nakayama ( February 6, 2001 - November 11, 2001)
- Team No Respect - Corporal Kirchner / Leatherface, Hiromichi / Kodo / Samson Fuyuki, Horace Hogan, Jado, BADBOY Hido, Mr. Gannosuke , Yukihiro Kanemura, Koji Nakagawa, Hideki Hosaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Takeshi Ono, Go Ito ( April 30, 1998 - June 16, 2000)
- Fuyuki-gun - Chris Jericho, Corporal Kirchner / Leatherface, Hiromichi / Kodo / Samson Fuyuki, Jado ( October 29, 1994 - December 24, 1997)
- Managed Wrestlers David Finlay, Jay White, Kazuchika Okada
