Cast & creator

Ryusuke Taguchi

1979-04-15 (age 47) Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan Website IMDb

Best known for New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wonder Ring Stardom

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.

Also known as: Masked Horse, Super Strong Machine No. 69, Taguchi, Pro-Wrestler Sengoku Enbu, Ginbae Mask

Movies

338

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

342

1972–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

7.3

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Acting · 1972

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Ryusuke Taguchi · 1972

★ 8.8

World Wonder Ring Stardom

Ryusuke Taguchi · 2011

★ 6.9

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

Self · 2016

★ 5.8

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023

Ryusuke Taguchi · 2023

Across film & television

Filmography (342)

Showing 342 of 342 credits

Series

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

1972

Series

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Ryusuke Taguchi

1972

Series

★ 8.8

World Wonder Ring Stardom

Ryusuke Taguchi

2011

Series

★ 6.9

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

Self

Ryusuke Taguchi

Known for

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

World Wonder Ring Stardom

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023

Filmography (342)

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

World Wonder Ring Stardom

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023

NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 2015

DDT Dramatic Infinity 2026 ~ Pro-Wrestling in Autumn~

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019

DDT Last Summer Standing ~Summer's Reckoning~

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017

NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10

NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2026

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 5

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3

Revolution Pro Wrestling- Live in New York 2019

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~

NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8

NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 25 - Day 1

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 9

NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 8

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 7

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3

NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 6

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 11

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Dominion 6.19

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 8

DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2026

NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)

NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 1

NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 3