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Kazuchika Okada
Actor

Kazuchika Okada

8 Nov 1987Born
38Age
443Credits
Anjō, Aichi, JapanBirthplace

Biography

Kazuchika Okada is a Japanese professional wrestler who signed to All Elite Wrestling in March 2024, where he won the 2024 AEW Continental Classic tournament to become AEW Continental Champion, then in 2025 defeated Kenny Omega for the AEW International Championship, unifying the two titles and becoming the first and only AEW Unified Champion.

Trained by Último Dragón at the Toryumon professional wrestling school, Okada made his professional debut on August 29, 2004, in Toryumon Mexico before joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2007 as a Young Lion and training in the NJPW Dojo.

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He was sent on excursion in February 2010 to the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Across his 18-year run in NJPW from 2007 to 2024, he became a five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, including a record-setting fourth reign of 720 days, a two-time IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion with Tomohiro Ishii and Hiroshi Tanahashi as members of the now-defunct CHAOS, a two-time New Japan Cup winner in 2013 and 2019, and a four-time G1 Climax winner in 2012, 2014, 2021, and 2022.

Okada is commonly cited by fans, wrestling journalists, and fellow wrestlers as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, recognized for his elite match quality, sustained excellence at the main-event level, ability to elevate opponents, and central role in driving modern Japanese wrestling’s global resurgence. He was ranked No. 1 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500 in 2017, earned multiple Feud and Match of the Year honors for his rivalries with Kenny Omega and Hiroshi Tanahashi, won Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestler of the Year and Most Outstanding Wrestler in 2017, was named Japan MVP in 2019 and 2022, inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2021, and also collected five Tokyo Sports MVP Awards plus nine Best Bout Awards against opponents including Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Genichiro Tenryu, Naomichi Marufuji, Omega, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito, and Will Ospreay, with his body of work often held up as the benchmark for championship-level performance.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 443 credits.

  1. 2026AEW All Out 2026Film: Kazuchika Okada
  2. 2026AEW All In 2026: LondonFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  3. 2026AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026Film: Kazuchika Okada
  4. 2026AEW Double or Nothing 2026Film: Kazuchika Okada
  5. 2026AEW DynastyFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  6. 2026AEW Revolution 2026Film: Kazuchika Okada
  7. 2026NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20Film: Kazuchika Okada
  8. 2025AEW Worlds End 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  9. 2025AEW Full Gear 2025: Saturday Tailgate BrawlFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  10. 2025AEW Full Gear 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  11. 2025NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  12. 2025AEW WrestleDream 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  13. 2025AEW All Out 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  14. 2025AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  15. 2025AEW All In 2025: TexasFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  16. 2025AEW Double or Nothing 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  17. 2025AEW Revolution 2025Film: Kazuchika Okada
  18. 2025AEW: Grand Slam AustraliaFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  19. 2024AEW Worlds End 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  20. 2024AEW All Out 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  21. 2024AEW All In 2024: LondonFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  22. 2024AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  23. 2024AEW Double or Nothing 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  24. 2024AEW Dynasty 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  25. 2024NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2Film: Kazuchika Okada
  26. 2024NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1Film: Kazuchika Okada
  27. 2024NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  28. 2024NJPW The New Beginning in NagoyaFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  29. 2024NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  30. 2024NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024Film: Kazuchika Okada
  31. 2024NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18Film: Kazuchika Okada
  32. 2023NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  33. 2023NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  34. 2023NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  35. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)Film: Kazuchika Okada
  36. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18Film: Kazuchika Okada
  37. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17Film: Kazuchika Okada
  38. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14Film: Kazuchika Okada
  39. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13Film: Kazuchika Okada
  40. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11Film: Kazuchika Okada
  41. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9Film: Kazuchika Okada
  42. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7Film: Kazuchika Okada
  43. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5Film: Kazuchika Okada
  44. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3Film: Kazuchika Okada
  45. 2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1Film: Kazuchika Okada
  46. 2023AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  47. 2023All Elite Wrestling: CollisionSeries: Kazuchika Okada (36 episodes)
  48. 2023All Together AgainFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  49. 2023NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  50. 2023NJPW Resurgence 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  51. 2023NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  52. 2023NJPW Capital Collision 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  53. 2023NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  54. 2023NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2Film: Kazuchika Okada
  55. 2023NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2Film: Kazuchika Okada
  56. 2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1Film: Kazuchika Okada
  57. 2023ROH on HonorClubSeries: Kazuchika Okada (1 episode)
  58. 2023NOAH: Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love ～Hold Out～Film: Kazuchika Okada
  59. 2023NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  60. 2023NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  61. 2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2Film: Kazuchika Okada
  62. 2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1Film: Kazuchika Okada
  63. 2023NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama ArenaFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  64. 2023NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023Film: Kazuchika Okada
  65. 2023NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo DomeFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  66. 2022NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-OverFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  67. 2022NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16Film: Kazuchika Okada
  68. 2022NJPW Rumble on 44th StreetFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  69. 2022NJPW The Night Before Rumble on 44th StreetFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  70. 2022NJPW Declaration of PowerFilm: Kazuchika Okada
  71. 2022NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 2Film: Kazuchika Okada
  72. 2022NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 1Film: Kazuchika Okada
  73. 2022NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14Film: Kazuchika Okada
  74. 2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)Film: Kazuchika Okada
  75. 2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 19Film: Kazuchika Okada
  76. 2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 18Film: Kazuchika Okada
  77. 2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17Film: Kazuchika Okada
  78. 2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16Film: Kazuchika Okada
  79. 2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15Film: Kazuchika Okada
  80. 2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14Film: Kazuchika Okada

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