Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Naofumi Yamamoto (山本 尚史)
- Ring Names
- Yoshitatsu ( October 13, 2014 - Present)
- Yamamoto ( July 29, 2014 - October 4, 2014)
- Yoshi Tatsu ( June 30, 2009 - July 14, 2017)
- Yoshitatsu ( January 29, 2009 - June 25, 2009)
- Yamamoto ( October 16, 2008 - January 8, 2009)
- Mr. Yamamoto ( December 4, 2007 - October 10, 2008)
- Naofumi Yamamoto ( October 12, 2002 - November 2, 2007)
- Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- Weight
- 225 lbs (102 kg)
- Born August 1, 1977 (age 45)
- Birth Place Gifu, Gifu, Japan
- Billed From
- Tokyo, Japan
- Nicknames World Famous
Career History
- Roles
- Wrestler ( October 12, 2002 - Present)
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion AJPW
September 12, 2017 Present Promotion October 13, 2014 July 2, 2017 Promotion February 17, 2017 March 3, 2017 Promotion August 29, 2011 June 12, 2014 Promotion August 3, 2011 May 17, 2014 Promotion April 26, 2011 August 28, 2011 Promotion February 22, 2010 April 25, 2011 Promotion June 30, 2009 February 16, 2010 Promotion January 4, 2007 December 17, 2009 Promotion August 6, 2006 November 2, 2007 Promotion October 12, 2002 August 5, 2006 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Face October 12, 2002 Present - Images
Oct 2014Sep 2011Jan 2007Oct 2002
- Finishers
- Roundhouse Kick ( June 30, 2009 - Present)
- Diving Spinning Wheel Kick ( June 30, 2009 - Present)
- Land of Rising Knee - Hip Toss into a Knee Lift ( October 13, 2014 - Present)
- Satsujin Backdrop - High-angle Belly-to-back Suplex ( June 19, 2018 - Present)
- Theme Songs
- Theme Song "World Famous" by Yonosuke Kitamura - Single ( October 13, 2014 - Present)
- Theme Song "J-Pop Drop" by Tom Haines & Christopher Branch - Single ( June 30, 2009 - June 12, 2014)
- Theme Song "Naofumi Yamamoto Theme Song" by New Japan Pro Wrestling - Single ( October 12, 2002 - November 2, 2007)
Titles & Accomplishments
- Titles Won
New Japan Pro Wrestling
- 1 NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin)
All Japan Pro Wrestling
- 1 World Tag Team Championship (with Kento Miyahara)
I Believe in Wrestling
- 1 SCW Florida Heavyweight Championship
Pro Wrestling Riot
- PWR Championship
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- Taguchi Japan - David Finlay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson / CJ Parker, Kushida, Ricochet, Ryusuke Taguchi ( April 14, 2017 - May 4, 2017)
- Hunter Club - Billy Gunn, Captain New Japan ( April 10, 2016 - July 2, 2017)
- New Japan Dragons - Hiroshi Tanahashi ( July 16, 2006 - September 14, 2007)