Cast & creator

Taiji Ishimori

1983-02-10 (age 43) Tagajo, Miyagi, Japan Website IMDb

Best known for New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, TNA iMPACT!

Taiji Ishimori is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he has competed since 2018 and is a member of Unbound Co. He is a former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Robbie X, and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. Before joining NJPW, he spent 12 years with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he became one of the promotion’s most decorated junior heavyweights. He won the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, including a record-setting 405-day first reign, captured the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship a record six times, and won the Nippon TV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League a record four times. He also became a one-time Impact X Division Champion during his stint with Impact Wrestling and was ranked No. 83 in the 2022 PWI 500 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

Also known as: Army Santa, BONE SOLDIER Jr., Tai-chan, Superstar, Bone Soldier

Movies

251

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

255

1972–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

7.0

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

Taiji Ishimori · 1972

★ 7.0

TNA iMPACT!

Acting · 2004

★ 8.2

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019

Taiji Ishimori · 2019

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6

Taiji Ishimori · 2026

Across film & television

Filmography (255)

Showing 255 of 255 credits

Series

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

1972

Series

★ 8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Taiji Ishimori

1972

Taiji Ishimori

Known for

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

TNA iMPACT!

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6

Filmography (255)

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

TNA iMPACT!

NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020

NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5

NJPW New Japan Cup

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall 2021

NJPW Dominion 6.15 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2025

NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 10

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 9

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 The New Beginning In Osaka 2026

NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 11

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Mayhem Night 2

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 Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7

NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 17 (Final)

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 2

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 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 G1 Climax 36 - Day 18

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13

NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4

NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 5

NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16

NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1

NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2

NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 8

NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 17

NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3

wXw 16 Carat Gold 2008 - Day 2

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