Ryusuke Taguchi
Acting · Born Apr 15, 1979 · Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan
Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2002 and has spent his entire career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After competing in several sports growing up, including amateur wrestling in college, he joined the NJPW Dojo and developed into one of the promotion's most accomplished junior heavyweights, becoming a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, seven-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, one-time CMLL World Welterweight Champion, and winner of the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors. He also won the J Sports Crown Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Tournament in 2010 and 2011, received the Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award for his 2010 tag team match with Prince Devitt against Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi, and was ranked No. 102 in the 2015 PWI 500. Taguchi is perhaps best known for reinventing himself as the eccentric "Funky Weapon," adopting a disco-inspired persona complete with colorful gear, comedy, and his signature post-match dance. Despite the lighthearted gimmick, he has remained a fixture of NJPW's junior heavyweight division for more than two decades, forming successful teams with wrestlers including Prince Devitt as Apollo 55, Ricochet as Funky Future, and Master Wato as Six or Nine, while also leading the fan-favorite Taguchi Japan stable.
Films
DDT Wrestling Harvest 2026 ~Autumn Pro-Wrestling Harvest Festival~
2026
NJPW Taichi School Pro Wrestling 2
2026
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2026
20266.0
DDT Dramatic Infinity 2026 ~ Pro-Wrestling in Autumn~
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
20268.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4
20265.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3
20268.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
20266.0
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
20266.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
2026
DDT Last Summer Standing ~Summer's Reckoning~
2026
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)
20269.5
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
20268.0
DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2026
20267.0
NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
20267.0
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
2026
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
20268.5
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 2
2026
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII
20268.0
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
2026
NJPW Vs. DDT: Toru Yano vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Part 2
20268.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
20268.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13
20263.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 12
20267.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 11
20264.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 10
20265.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 9
20264.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 8
20266.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 7
20267.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 6
20268.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 5
20265.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 4
20265.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 3
20266.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 2
20267.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 1
20267.0
NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
2026
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
20268.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
20267.0
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 6
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
20265.0
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
20267.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
20266.0
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 7
2026
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 6
2026
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 4
2026
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 2
2026
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 1
2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
20266.0
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 9
2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 8
2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 7
2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4
2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
20264.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
20268.0
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1
2025
NJPW Purge Night of Torture
2025
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time
2025
NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025
2025
NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi ~ Final Homecoming
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 8
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 7
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 6
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 5
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 4
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 3
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 2
2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 1
2025
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
2025
NJPW x Stardom Historic X-over in Guangzhou
2025
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
202510.0
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 19 (Final)
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 18
2025
NJPW Tanahashi Jam
20257.0
NJPW Death Pain Invitational
2025
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
2025
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
2025
NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima
2025
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2025
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over II
20247.0
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous
2024
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
2024
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
2024
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
2024
Esper X Private Detective Agency - Searching For Good-Bye
2024
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
20247.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
2024
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
202310.0
NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2023
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023
20235.8
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
2023
All Together Again
2023
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
2023
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
2023
NJPW Declaration of Power
2022
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
2022
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
2022
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022
20229.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
20228.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 5
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 2
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
2022
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
2022
NJPW Power Struggle 2021
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
2021
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
2021
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
20217.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 1
20217.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
2021
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 2
20219.0
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
2020
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020
2020
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
20203.5
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
20209.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
20209.7
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
2019
NJPW Royal Quest
20199.0
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 3
2019
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 2
2019
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 1
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
201910.0
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019
20198.2
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
2019
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
20198.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
20198.1
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
2018
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
2018
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
2018
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
20186.5
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)
2018
CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide
2018
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 25 - Day 1
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
20188.0
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 3
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW 46th Anniversary Show
2018
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 1
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
20187.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
20188.8
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
2017
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
20179.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 16
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 10
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 8
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
2017
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
20179.7
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
201710.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 2
2017
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 1
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
20178.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2016
2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
2016
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
2016
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
20165.5
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
20167.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
20167.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
20158.0
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 7
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 5
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
2015
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 2015
2015
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
2015
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
20158.5
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
2014
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
2014
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
2014
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
2014
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
2014
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
2014
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
201310.0
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2012
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012
Stand Up! Vanguard
2012
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
2012
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
2012
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
2012
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
2011
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2011
2011
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
2011
NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
20108.0
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
2009
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
20095.0
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
20083.8
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
2007
