(1977-08-01) August 1, 1977 (age 46)[2] Gifu, Gifu, Japan[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Naofumi Yamamoto[3]
Yamamoto[4]
Yoshi Tatsu[4]
Yoshitatsu
Billed height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Billed weight
102 kg (225 lb)[2]
Billed from
Tokyo, Japan
Trained by
Florida Championship Wrestling[3]
Kotetsu Yamamoto[5]
NJPW Dojo[1][3]
Yuji Nagata[4]
Debut
October 12, 2002[2][6]
Naofumi Yamamoto (山本 尚史, Yamamoto Naofumi, born August 1, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler, former boxer and mixed martial artist currently working as a freelancer.
Yamamoto started his professional wrestling career under his real name in October 2002 with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he remained until 2007, when he signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In 2009, Yamamoto left WWE's developmental territory to join the promotion's main roster under the ring name Yoshi Tatsu (ヨシ・タツ, Yoshi Tatsu). After his June 2014 release from WWE, Yamamoto returned to NJPW the following October, performing under the tweaked ring name Yoshitatsu (ヨシタツ, Yoshitatsu). Following his departure from NJPW in late 2017, Yamamoto became a freelancer, and started working most notably for All Japan Pro Wrestling, who he signed full time for between 2020 and 2023.
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^ abcdeヨシタツ. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 11, 2014.
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^ abc"Profile" (in German). CageMatch. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
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territory to join the promotion's main roster under the ring name YoshiTatsu (ヨシ・タツ, YoshiTatsu). After his June 2014 release from WWE, Yamamoto returned to...
Goldust and Tatsu failed in capturing the titles on the final episode of ECW on Syfy. The team of Goldust and YoshiTatsu came to an end when Tatsu signed...
the duo of Trent Barreta and YoshiTatsu beginning in December 2011. Both teams would play pranks on each other, with Tatsu being locked in a closet and...
YoshiTatsu, Zack Ryder, Finlay and Mike Knox were left. Finlay and Knox were eliminated by Ryder who himself was then kicked and eliminated by Tatsu...
right leg; a week later, Kidd claimed there would be no more YoshiTatsu in WWE. Tatsu returned more than a month later on the September 6 NXT to defeat...
Santino Marella competed in the 26-man battle royale dark match, won by YoshiTatsu. He then tried to form a tag team with Vladimir Kozlov, who repeatedly...
battle royal for the André the Giant Memorial Trophy was contested. YoshiTatsu, Brad Maddox and Brodus Clay were eliminated by The Great Khali. Khali...
The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) Pin Percy Watson and YoshiTatsu The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) Pin Bo Dallas and Michael...
feuded with Trent Barreta and YoshiTatsu from December 2011. Both teams regularly played pranks on each other, Tatsu being locked in a closet and Reks'...
to wooing Maryse, NXT's co-host, causing a feud between himself and YoshiTatsu, who was also vying for Maryse's affections. Cannon managed to get Maryse's...
YoshiTatsu on JTG's in ring segment "Straight Outta Brooklyn". As he was going backstage, Matt Striker came out and announced JTG would face Tatsu in...
with Yujiro Takahashi and Bad Luck Fale to defeat Captain New Japan, YoshiTatsu, and Togi Makabe. Page scored the win after pinning Captain New Japan...
Maryse was involved in several romantic storylines, most notably with YoshiTatsu, Lucky Cannon, and Hornswoggle. In April, DiBiase made an ultimatum to...
from injury on the February 21, 2013, episode of NXT, where he defeated YoshiTatsu. Wyatt suffered his first loss on the March 13 episode of NXT to Bo Dallas...
to crown the inaugural champions and they defeated Percy Watson and YoshiTatsu in the first round on the January 23, 2013, episode of NXT. Following...
part in the 26-man battle royal at WrestleMania XXVI, which was won by YoshiTatsu. Ray Gordy was released from his WWE contract on April 22, 2010 along...
the July 26 episode of Raw, Lawler teamed with Mark Henry, Goldust, YoshiTatsu, Evan Bourne and The Hart Dynasty in a tag team elimination match versus...
an injury and was taken out of action. Henry then formed a team with YoshiTatsu on the November 29 episode of Raw, defeating WWE Tag Team Champions Justin...
was given the ring name Slate Randall and made his debut by defeating YoshiTatsu in a dark match during an October 2013 taping of NXT. Following that...
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