2014Winner
Best Performance
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Naofumi Yamamoto
Actor
Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
August 1, 1977
Biography
Naofumi Yamamoto (山本 尚史, Yamamoto Naofumi) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former boxer and mixed martial artist currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). 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 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 in 2020.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2016Nominee
Best Performance
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016
2024Nominee
Best Performance
NOAH N-1 Victory 2024 - Day 9 (Final)
Career Highlights
2016Highlight
Best Performance
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016Highlight
Best Performance
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
Video
WWE WrestleMania XXX
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI