Cast & creator
Shoji Akiyoshi
Best known for New Japan Pro Wrestling, 99.9 Criminal Lawyer, NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
Shoji Akiyoshi, better known by his ring name Jado, is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted on March 19, 1989, and trained in the NJPW Dojo, graduating from the Young Lion system. He is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling alongside Gedo, with occasional stints in Universal Lucha Libre (1993) and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1997). He has previously served as the head booker of Pro Wrestling Noah beginning in 2015, and together with Gedo, has been involved in NJPW booking.
Also known as: Jado, Captain Noah[, Coolie S.Z, C.T.U Ranger Blue, Punish
Movies
168
film credits
Series
3
television credits
Career
171
1972–2026 · acting roles
Credit score
7.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (171)
Showing 171 of 171 credits
Series
★ 8.0
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Jado
1972
Series
★ 6.9
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Self
2016
Movie
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6
Jado
2026
Series
NJPW New Japan Cup
Jado
2005Movie
★ 8.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
Jado
2026Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7
Jado
2026Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5
Jado
2026Movie
★ 5.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4
Jado
2026Movie
★ 6.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
Jado
2026Movie
★ 8.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3
Jado
2026Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
Jado
2026
Movie
★ 6.0
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
Jado
2026
Movie
★ 5.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
Jado
2009
Movie
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
Jado
2022Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
Jado
2026Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
Jado
2022Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
Jado
2023Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
Jado
2022
Movie
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
Jado
2014
Movie
★ 8.0
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
Jado
2026Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
Jado
2022
Movie
★ 9.5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
Jado
2017Movie
★ 7.0
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
Jado
2026
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
Jado (Ringside)
2020Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW Declaration of Power
Jado (Ringside)
2022
Movie
★ 3.8
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
Jado
2008Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
Jado
2022
Movie
★ 7.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
Jado
2026
Movie
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
Jado
2021
Movie
★ 10.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Jado
2017Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
Jado
2022Movie
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
Jado
2023
Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
Jado
2021
Movie
FMW Making Of A New Legend IV: Day 7
Jado
1999
Movie
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
Jado
2023
Movie
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 2
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 4
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
Jado
2022
Movie
★ 7.0
NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
Jado
2026
Movie
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
Jado
2023
Movie
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
Jado (Ringside)
2019
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
Jado
2007
Movie
★ 7.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
Jado
2017
Movie
★ 8.7
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
Jado
2021Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
Jado
2022
Movie
ECW Living Dangerously 2000
Jado
2000Movie
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
Jado
2026
Movie
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
Jado
2019
Movie
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
Jado
2019
Movie
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
Jado
2025
Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
Jado
2019
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
Jado
2007
Movie
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
Jado
2025
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
Jado
2017
Movie
★ 7.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
Jado
2023
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
Jado
2022Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
Jado
2024
Movie
★ 9.0
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
Jado
2017
Movie
★ 8.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
Jado
2022
Movie
★ 7.3
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
Jado (Ringside)
2023
Movie
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 2
Jado
2025
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 2
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
Jado
2024
Movie
★ 8.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
Jado (Ringside)
2025
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
Jado
2011
Movie
NJPW Power Struggle 2021
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
Jado
2016
Movie
NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 2
Jado
2022Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
Jado
2012
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
Jado
2023Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
Jado
2013
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
Jado
2023
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
Jado
2018
Movie
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
Jado
2023
Movie
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 15
Jado
2023Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 15
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
Jado
2025
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
Jado
2022
Movie
★ 7.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
Jado
2022Movie
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 1
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
Jado
2018Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
Jado
2022Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 17
Jado
2025N
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
Jado
2017Movie
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 1
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1
Jado
2025N
Movie
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
Jado
2014
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
Jado
2008Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
Jado
2023Movie
NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 1
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
Jado (Ringside)
2023
Movie
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
Jado
2016
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
Jado
2009
Movie
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 3
Jado
2025N
Movie
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
Jado
2003
Movie
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
Jado
2023
Movie
★ 10.0
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
Jado
2013
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
Jado
2017
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
Jado
2021
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
Jado
2022
Movie
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
Jado (Ringside)
2024
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
Jado
2022
Movie
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds
Jado
2014Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 3
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
Jado
2021Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
Jado
2025
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
Jado (Ringside)
2022Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 5
Jado
2025N
Movie
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2
Jado
2011Movie
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
Jado
2024Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
Jado
2025
Movie
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time
Jado
2025Movie
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
Jado
2024
Movie
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 3
Jado
2025Movie
★ 10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
Jado
2025N
Movie
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
Jado
2021A
Movie
AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18
Jado
1998
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
Jado
2016N
Movie
NJPW Destruction 2009
Jado
2009F
Movie
★ 4.2
FMW: International Slaughterhouse
Jado
2001
Movie
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
Jado
2022O
Movie
Oriental Wrestling Entertainment Presents Shinjuku Japan Ep. 2
T-Cool
2019