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| Jado | |
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 Jado in February 2017 | |
| Birth name | Shoji Akiyoshi (秋吉 昭二, Akiyoshi Shōji) |
| Born | September 28, 1968[1] Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Captain Noah[2] Coolie S.Z. C.T.U Ranger Blue[3] Jado Punish Shoji Akiyoshi |
| Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[4] |
| Billed weight | 99 kg (218 lb)[4] |
| Debut | March 19, 1989[4] |
Shoji Akiyoshi (秋吉 昭二, Akiyoshi Shōji) (born September 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler, manager and booker better known by the ring name Jado (邪道). He is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as part of a tag team with his partner Gedo. Jado and Gedo's careers have largely paralleled each other, except for a brief period Jado spent in Universal Lucha Libre in 1993, a stint in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in 1997 where they were on opposing sides, and Jado not having emulated Gedo's tour of North America with World Championship Wrestling. The World Class Tag team has held numerous championships in wrestling, including NJPW's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, the Universal Wrestling Association's UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Title, and Dragon Gate's International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, as well as having won NJPW's Super J Tag League once.[5] Jado and Gedo are co-head bookers of NJPW.
- ^ Jado's profile at OnlineWorldofWrestling.com
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NoahBookerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Last of C.T.U～C.T.U Farewell in Korakuen Hall～". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ a b c "邪道 (in Japanese)". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "Today in Wrestling History". Impact Wrestling. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.[permanent dead link]