is a Japanese

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...

currently signed to

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(NJPW).

Early life

Before wrestling, Tsuji had played baseball, American football and had done Taekwondo. In March 2012, he graduated from Yokohama Tateno high-school. In March 2016, Tsuji graduated from

Nippon Sport Science University , abbreviated as , is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoba-ku, Yokohama. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni. ...

Professional wrestling career

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2017–present)

In April 2017, Tsuji was signed to

under New Japan's "

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" system. A year later Tsuji as well as fellow young lion,

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, made their pro-wrestling debuts at Lion's Gate Project 11 where Tsuji was defeated by

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. In Yota's second match he was defeated by

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. During night one of Wrestling Dontaku 2018, Tsuji and Shota Umino were defeated by

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and

Yujiro Takahashi , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of Bullet Club and its sub-group House of Torture. Takahashi entered New Japan in November 2003 with an extensive amateur backgr ...

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. At Lion's Gate Project 12, Tsuji and Yuya Uemura went to a time-limit draw. At Lion's Gate Project 13, Tsuji and Uemura wrestled to a draw. On September 5, at Aichi, Yota Tsuji teamed with

to defeat Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino winning for the first time. After 3 years, New Japan reported that Tsuji would be going on overseas excursion along with Uemura as of August 1, 2021. In that day, Tsuji wrestled his last match as a Young Lion, facing

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, with whom he had a minor feud with, in a losing effort.

Revolution Pro-Wrestling (2021–present)

It was announced by RevPro Wrestling that Tsuji would make his debut for the promotion on September 4. Tsuji wrestled his first match overseas in a losing effort against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuji, Yota 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Yokohama Japanese male professional wrestlers Nippon Sport Science University alumni