Konosuke Takeshita: Profile, Career Stats, Face/Heel Turns, Titles Won & Gimmicks

Known as: Konosuke Takeshita, Keiko Takeshita Jr.

Details: Pro Wrestlers Database

On this page you find the full wrestling profile of Konosuke Takeshita, 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.

Konosuke Takeshita (竹下　幸之介) was born in Osaka, Japan on May 29, 1995, and he is currently 30 years old.

He is currently working for All Elite Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro-Wrestling and Independent Circuit on the Heavyweight division under the ring name of Konosuke Takeshita, and he is the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, holding the title for 44 days.

Currently, he is a member of the team of The Don Callis Family.

Konosuke Takeshita is a 1-time World Champion, and has won a total of 3 championships in major promotions during his career.

Konosuke Takeshita Profile Index

Profile Info

GenderMale
Real NameKonosuke Takeshita (竹下　幸之介)
Ring Names
- Konosuke Takeshita (August 18, 2012 - Present)
- Keiko Takeshita Jr. (July 22, 2018 - July 30, 2019)
Born May 29, 1995 (age 30)
NationalityJapan
Birth PlaceOsaka, Japan
Billed From
- Osaka, Japan
Height 6 ft 2 in (187 cm)
Weight
- 218 lbs (99 kg)
NicknamesThe Alpha; The Future; 2 Oku Man-nen ni 1-ri no Itsuzai (Genius That Appears Once In Every 200 Million Years)

Career History

Roles
- Wrestler (August 18, 2012 - Present)

Promotions History

Promotion	from	to
PromotionAEW	November 19, 2022	Present
PromotionNJPWBrand Heavyweight	January 4, 2025	Present
PromotionDDT	August 4, 2012	Present
PromotionINDY	August 18, 2012	Present
PromotionPWG	May 1, 2022	August 13, 2023
PromotionROH	March 2, 2023	April 20, 2023
PromotionAEW	April 25, 2022	August 15, 2022
PromotionAEW	April 9, 2021	April 19, 2021
PromotionAJPW	June 15, 2016	November 27, 2016

Images History

Aug 2023
Nov 2022
Jan 2016
Aug 2012

Face / Heel Turns

Alignment	Details	from	to
Tweener	Began to be friction with fellow Don Callis Family's member Kazuchika Okada	August 13, 2025	Present
Heel	Reverted back to a heel by attacking Will Opsreay	October 2, 2024	August 12, 2025
Face	Started getting along with Will Ospreay	September 18, 2024	October 1, 2024
Heel	Turned on Kenny Omega aligning with Don Callis	May 28, 2023	September 17, 2024
Face		August 18, 2012	May 27, 2023

Finishers
- Surprise Rose - Wrist-clutch Fisherman Buster (January 1, 2017 - Present)
- Blue Thunder - Spin-out Powerbomb (August 18, 2012 - Present)
- Touchdown - Jumping Cutter (August 18, 2012 - Present)
- Javelin Kick - Missile Dropkick (August 18, 2012 - Present)
- Wall of Takeshita - Boston Crab (August 18, 2012 - Present)
Theme Songs
- Theme Song"Face-Off" by Mikey Rukus - Single (November 19, 2022 - Present)
- Theme Song"Rise of the Drones" by Mikey Rukus - with The Don Callis Family - Team (June 16, 2023 - Present)
- Theme Song"Curtain Rises -TypeFable-" by NoGoD - Single (April 25, 2022 - November 18, 2022)
- Theme Song"Benibana Sakimida" by DDT Pro-Wrestling - Single (January 26, 2014 - April 24, 2022)
- Theme Song"Los Angeles" by The Audition - Single (August 18, 2012 - January 25, 2014)

Titles & Accomplishments

New Japan Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling
- x1 AEW International Championship
DDT Pro-Wrestling
- 4 KO-D Openweight Championship
- 3 KO-D Tag Team Championship (2 with Tetsuya Endo, 1 with Mike Bailey)
- 5 KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 with Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo, 1 with Akito & Diego, 1 with Akito & Shunma Katsumata, 1 with Akito & Yuki Ino, 1 with Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Iino)
- 4 Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
Other Accomplishments
- DDT KO-D Openweight Championship Challenger Decision Tournament Winner (2017)
- DDT KO-D Tag Team Championship Tournament Winner (2015 – with Tetsuya Endo)
- DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Winner (2019)
- DDT King of DDT Tournament Winner (2019)
- Toshiwasure! Shuffle Tag Tournament Winner (2015 – with Daisuke Sekimoto; 2017 – with Hideki Suzuki)
- Differ Cup Memorial Winner (2017 – with Yuki Ueno)
- Tokyo Sports Newcomer Award (2013)
- WON Most Underrated (2022)
- Japan Indie Awards - Best Bout Award (2014 - with Tetsuya Endo vs. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi, 10/28)

Teams & Relations

Tag Teams & Stables
- The Don Callis Family - Don Callis, Kyle Fletcher, Powerhouse Hobbs, Sammy Guevara, Will Ospreay, Trent Beretta / Barreta, Rush, Lance Archer, Brian Cage, Mark Davis, Josh Alexander, Rocky Romero, Hechicero, Kazuchika Okada, Wardlow, Andrade, El Clon / Arez (May 28, 2023 - Present)
- 37KAMIINA / DDT Sauna Club - MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno (February 23, 2021 - March 26, 2023)
- ALL OUT - Akito, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ino, Diego, Space Monkey, Royce Chambers (April 30, 2017 - March 12, 2021)
- Happy Motel - Tetsuya Endo, Antonio Honda, Hiroshi Fukuda (July 6, 2014 - April 1, 2017)
- Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo - Tetsuya Endo (August 26, 2012 - July 1, 2016)
Managers
- Don Callis
Family
- Yuka Sakazaki - Wife

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Draysin Martin · 14 days ago
Takeshita is no longer using the finishers he has currently in September of 2023 Takeshita started using a Sliding Knee Strike called Power Drive Knee and then in July 2024 he adopted a Sit-Out Suplex slam called Raging Fire
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Draysin Martin · 28 days ago
Takeshita is tweener at the moment see that he and Okada have major hate for each other?
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  Rhea & Nic DawRivera · 23 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Eventually, he will leave or turn on Okada and Callis will side with Okada and The Family will turn on Takeshita, it seems that Okada wants to be the only Japanese wrestler in the Callis Family.
  
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  Draysin Martin · 22 days ago
  
  @Rhea & Nic DawRivera maybe not the whole family there is one Who wouldn't betray takeshita and it would most likely be Kyle Fletcher
  
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Draysin Martin · 1 months ago
Konosuke Takeshita Turn details
Heel May 28th 2023 to September 17th 2024 Turned on Kenny Omega aligning with Don Callis
Face September 18th 2024 to October 1st 2024 Started getting along with Will Ospreay
Heel October 2nd to August 12th 2025 Reverted back to a Heel by attacking Will Opsreay
Tweener August 13th 2025 - Present Started a feud with fellow Don Callis Family member Kazuchika Okada
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Draysin Martin · 1 months ago
Make Takeshita Tweener and his current finishers since October 12th are raging Fire Sit out Suplex Slam and Power Drive Knee
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Draysin Martin · 1 months ago
Takeshita is tweener he's not getting Along with Okada and he's using Face Off since September 2024
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Draysin Martin · 1 months ago
I think marriage should be an accomplishment for Wrestlers so since Konosuke is married to Yuka Sakazaki make that an accomplishment
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Draysin Martin · 1 months ago
In 2024 Konosuke Takeshita brought Back Face Off i'm not sure when he brought back the Theme but it was around Late 2024
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V · 1 months ago
Takeshita’s the new IWGP World Champion
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Draysin Martin · 1 months ago
Make Takeshita a tweener the reason is that he can't get along with Kazuchika Okada
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Draysin Martin · 2 months ago
Takeshita should be Tweener because I think he's bout to start a future feud with fellow Don callis family member Kazuchika Okada
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  Rhea & Nic DawRivera · 2 months ago
  
  @Draysin Martin More like face turn soon though. Like when 1st arrived in AEW.
  
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Draysin Martin · 2 months ago
Takeshita still Uses Face Off and his current finisher is Raging fire a Spinning sit out Suplex slam he also uses a Sliding Jumping Knee Strike
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Mat Miller · 3 months ago
Married to Yuka Sakazaki
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Draysin Martin · 5 months ago
He uses Surprise rose Still but doesn't use Blue Thunder, Touchdown, and Javelin Kick anymore he uses Raging Fire which is a Sitout Suplex Slam
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William Petty · 6 months ago
Takeshita still uses "Face-Off" as a singles theme and "Raging Fire", a spinning falcon's arrow, is his new finisher.
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Tyler Andreasen · 1 years ago
There's a little error. Can you please fix Takeshita's August 2023 photo just on the left side please?
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  @Tyler Andreasen The left side, his ponytail hair you mean?
  
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  Tyler Andreasen · 1 years ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo Yes. And his right shoulder as well.
  
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GHOST · 1 years ago
I don't think he's a face now. Attacking Will Ospreay and Ricochet. And plus Kyle Fletcher seems like a tweener. Correct me if I'm wrong
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King Slender · 1 years ago
When he was in the G1 Climax this year he started using a new finisher called Raging Fire, which is like a spinning Michinoku Driver (I think?). He also sometimes uses a running knee, don’t know if there’s a particular name for it but Excalibur keeps calling it “Wagamama”
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Jak · 1 years ago
Konosuke is a face now as he’s teamed up with will osprey and Kyle fletcher!
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Tyler Andreasen · 2 years ago
He's in the Blackpool Combat Club now.
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