Jado

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jado
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Sep 28, 1968(1968-09-28)
Age	56
Birthplace	Minato-ku
Country	Japan
Birth City	Minato-ku
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jado Biography

Jado is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on September 28, 1968 in Minato-ku, Minato-ku, Japan. Shoji Akiyoshi (秋吉 昭二 , Akiyoshi Shōji) (born September 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jado (邪道 ) . He is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as part of a tag team with his partner Gedo. Jado and Gedo’s careers have largely paralleled each other, except for a brief period Jado spent in Universal Lucha Libre in 1993, a stint in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in 1997 where they were on opposing sides, and Jado not having emulated Gedo’s tour of North America with World Championship Wrestling. The World Class Tag team has held numerous championships in wrestling, including NJPW’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, the Universal Wrestling Association’s UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Title, and Dragon Gate’s International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, as well as having won NJPW’s Super J Tag League once. Jado and Gedo are co-head bookers of NJPW.

Jado and Gedo left WAR, for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, one of Japan’s top independent promotions. Jado, Gedo, and Fuyuki (now called “Kodo” Fuyuki) won the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, defeating The Headhunters and Hisakatsu Oya on March 21, 1997. They vacated it on July 8. On January 16, 1998, Jado won the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura, and lost it to Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda a month later.

Jado left FMW in 2001, along with Masato Tanaka, Gedo, Hideki Hosaka, and Kaori Nakayama. The group became freelancers and Jado and Gedo eventually returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. They became IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions by defeating Jyushin Thunder Liger and El Samurai on July 20,

2001. In the G1 Junior Tag League 2001, they reached the final before losing to Liger and Samurai. In the Teisen Hall Cup Tag Team Tournament, they teamed with Koji Kanemoto and lost to Liger, Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami. Liger once again got the better of Jado and Gedo when he and Minoru Tanaka beat them for the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

On October 13, 2003, Jado won an eleven-man battle royal for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. During his time as champion, he and Gedo regained the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, on November 29. Jado soon lost the Junior Heavyweight Championship to Heat, and lost the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to American Dragon and Curry Man.

Jado and Gedo debuted for Wrestle Association R (WAR) in 1994, and became a top tag team. They teamed with Hiromichi Fuyuki in the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship tournament, defeating Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi and Koki Kitahara in the final to win the title, on June 6, 1994. On August 26, the trio lost the championship to Bob Backlund, Scott Putski and Warlord, and regained it a month later. They won this championship three more times, in 1995 and 1996.

Jado Net Worth

Jado is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jado 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Akiyoshi and Takayama wrestled for the Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico, as Punish and Crush, respectively. On November 8, 1991, they won their first championship, defeating Silver King and El Texano for the UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. After holding the championship for over 200 days, they lost it to Shu El Guerrero and Scorpio, Jr., and regained it six days later. On June 21, 1992, they split up and vacated the championship. After leaving UWA, they joined Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre for a few months, wrestling mostly in six or eight-man tag team matches.

Akiyoshi and Takayama debuted for Wrestling International New Generations (WING) on July 11, 1993 (as Jado and Gedo), teaming with Freddie Krueger to defeat Miguelito Perez, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga and Yukihiro Kanemura in a WarGames match. On September 26, Jado won his first singles championship by defeating Yukihiro Kanemura for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship. While champion, he and Gedo defeated The Headhunters to win the vacant WNG World Tag Team Championship, but lost it back to them days later. Jado then unsuccessfully challenged WNG Heavyweight Champion, Crypt Keeper. In their final month at WING, they faced The Headhunters again, and lost. When they left, Jado vacated the Caribbean Heavyweight Championship.

He began teaming with Gedo again in the spring of 1998. They unsuccessfully challenged Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka for the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. On December 11, 1999, Jado and Gedo teamed with Koji Nakagawa to win the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. In April 2000, they lost it to Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue and Chocoball Mukai, regained it a month later, then lost it back again 20 days later. On July 14, 2000, Jado and Gedo defeated H and Tetsuhiro Kuroda for the WEW World Tag Team Championship, losing it to Masao Inoue & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jado height 5 ft 10 in Jado weight 218  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Jado Dating?

According to our records, Jado is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Jado’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Jado. You may help us to build the dating records for Jado!

In early 2015, Jado took over as the booker of Pro Wrestling Noah, leaving the booking of New Japan primarily to Gedo, while also starting to work for the promotion under a mask as “Captain Noah”, a comedy character similar to Captain New Japan. On January 4, 2016, Jado returned to NJPW unmasked to take part in the New Japan Rumble on the Wrestle Kingdom 10 pre-show. Entering as the last of 18 participants, he eliminated Shiro Koshinaka and Ryusuke Taguchi to win the match. On June 12, 2016, Jado reunited with Gedo to unsuccessfully challenge Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada for Noah’s GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, also involving Taichi and Taka Michinoku. On October 8, Jado and Gedo defeated Kotoge and Harada to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They lost the title back to Kotoge and Harada on December 24.

Facts & Trivia

Jado Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Jado celebrates birthday on September 28 of every year.

What is a Jado?

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