Cast & creator
Keiichi Yamada
Best known for WWE NXT, New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling
Keiichi Yamada, better known as Jyushin Liger and later Jyushin Thunder Liger, is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist who debuted in 1984 for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he competed against many of the world’s top wrestlers in major events worldwide and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior heavyweights of all time.
Also known as: Jushin Liger, Jushin Lyger, Jushin Thunder Lyger, Jushin Thunder Liger, C.T.U Ranger Yellow
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film credits
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television credits
234
1972–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (234)
Showing 234 of 234 credits
WWE NXT
2010
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Jyushin Thunder Liger
1972New Japan Pro Wrestling
Jushin Thunder Liger
1972
Clash of the Champions
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1988
WCW Monday Nitro
1995WCW Monday Nitro
Jushin Liger
1995
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
Jushin Thunder Liger
2022
TJPW Wrestle Princess VII
Jushin Thunder Liger (appearance)
2026
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2018
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
Jushin Liger
2017
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
WCW The Great American Bash 1992
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1992
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
Jushin Liger
2009
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Jushin Liger
2011NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
Himself
1991
WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2019
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
Self
2016
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Jushin Thunder Liger
2004
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 1
Jyushin Thunder Liger
2019
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
Self
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
Jushin Liger (archive footage)
2004NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 7
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Battle Formation '96
Jushin Thunder Liger
1996NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6
2015
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Jushin Liger
2013
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
Jushin Thunder Liger
2012
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2007NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
Jushin "Thunder" Liger
2021
NJPW Dominion 6.16
Jushin Thunder Liger
2012
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Jushin Liger
2014
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2008
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2007
WCW Starrcade 1991
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1991
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2011
ROH Final Battle 2016
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 1
Self
2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
Jyushin Thunder Liger
2020
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014NEW Wrestling Under The Stars V
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
2005
PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
Himself
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
WAR Super J Cup 1995
Jushin Thunder Liger
1995
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
Jushin Thunder Liger
2012NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
Jyushin Thunder Liger
2020NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 5
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
Jushin Thunder Liger
2011
WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
Jushin Thunder Liger
1990The Best of Dean Malenko
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1998NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
WCW Starrcade 1992
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1992
ROH & NJPW & RPW & CMLL: War of the Worlds UK - Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Jushin Liger
2006NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW 46th Anniversary Show
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
WCW Slamboree 1996
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1996
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Jushin Thunder Liger
1993
NJPW Power Struggle 2016
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
WCW Starrcade 1995
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1995
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide
2018NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
Jushin Liger
2013NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Jushin Thunder Liger
1992NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
WCW/New Japan Supershow II
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1992
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
2015ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Biggest Little Man
Jushin Liger
2007RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Himself
2014NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
Jushin Liger
2012NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
ROH: Death Before Dishonor XVI
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
ROH: Japan's Finest
Jushin Liger
2012
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
Jushin Thunder Liger
2012
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2011
Jushin Thunder Liger
2011
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Jushin Liger
2012
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1993
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
Jushin Thunder Liger
2012NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
The Best of Samoa Joe: Unstoppable
Jushin Liger
2006
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Keiichi Yamada
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
The Many Adventures of El Generico
Jushin Liger
2012
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
Jushin Thunder Liger
2010
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
Jushin Thunder Liger
2003NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 3
Jyushin Thunder Liger
2019NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Jushin Thunder Liger
1993
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1999
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
Jushin Thunder Liger
2014NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 2
Jyushin Thunder Liger
2019AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular
Jushin Thunder Liger
2001
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014
WCW SuperBrawl II
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1992NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
Jushin Thunder Liger
2013NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2018 - Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
Jushin Thunder Liger
1994NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2009
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2004
WCW Starrcade 1996
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1996NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2011NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8
Jushin Thunder Liger
1994NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
Jushin Thunder Liger
2001
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NJPW World Tag League 2013 Finals
2013
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
Jushin Thunder Liger
2009
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
Keiichi Yamada
2016
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2004
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
Jushin Thunder Liger
2002NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
Jushin Thunder Liger
2003RevPro British J Cup 2018 - Night 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
Jushin Thunder Liger
2017
ROH: Year Three
Jushin Liger
2013NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016The Best of Eddy Guerrero
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1999Jushin Liger: Fist of Thunder
Jushin Thunder Liger
1995WAR Warfare '97 - Day 6
Jushin Thunder Liger
1997
Kabuto-O Beetle
Himself
2005
WCW Clash of The Champions XIX
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
1992NJPW Wrestling World 2001
Jushin Thunder Liger
2001NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3
Jushin Liger
1994NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
Jushin Thunder Liger
2001NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
Jushin Thunder Liger
2003RevPro British J Cup 2018 - Night 1
Jushin Thunder Liger
2018
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2
Jushin Thunder Liger
2016
TNA Sacrifice 2006
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger
2006WrestleCon Supershow 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
NJPW Nexess
Jushin Thunder Liger
2004
NJPW Destruction 2013
Jushin Thunder Liger
2013
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion
Himself
2010
NOAH: Departure 2004
Jushin Thunder Liger
2004NJPW The Spiral
Jushin Thunder Liger
2002
NJPW Final Dome
Jushin Thunder Liger
1999NJPW Resolution 2009
Jushin Thunder Liger
2009
AAA Triplemania VIII
Jushin Thunder Liger
2000NJPW Skydiving J
Jushin Thunder Liger
1996
RevPro Uprising 2015
Jushin Thunder Liger
2015
OTT Scrappermania 5
Jushin Thunder Liger
2019NJPW Destruction 2009
Jushin Thunder Liger
2009