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Jushin Liger
Name Jushin Liger
Real name Keiichi Yamada
Nicknames Thunder
Name history Keiichi Yamada (debut - 04/89), Flying Fuji Yamada (UK, 09/86 - 08/87), Jushin "Thunder" Liger (04/89 - ), Lyger/Liger (Mexico, 89 - ), Masked CTU-L
Family none
Maestro(s) Kotetsu Yamamoto
Birth date, location November 30 , 1964 - Hiroshima , Hiroshima , Japan
Obituary date
Debut, location March 3 , 1984 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall - Tokyo , Japan
Lost mask to
Height 5'7"/170 cm
Weight 209 lbs/95 kg
Signature moves Liger Bomb , Shotei , Liger Kick, La Tapatía , Fisherman Buster , Brainbuster , Top Rope Brainbuster , Shooting Star Press
Titles: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (11), CMLL World Middleweight Title , CMLL World Tag Team Titles (w/Hiroshi Tanahashi ), WCW World Light Heavyweight Championship, British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (2), WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Welterweight Championship , WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship , UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship , WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship , WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship, WAR International Junior Tag Team Championship (w/ El Samurai ), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (4) (2 w/ Great Sasuke , 1 w/ El Samurai & 1 w/ Tiger Mask IV ), Open The Dream Gate Title, GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, CMLL Universal Tournament 2010, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2)
Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member
Profile Japanese light heavyweight legend. As Lyger, he's had short tours of CMLL (along with a 1994 AAA appearance and working AAA shows in Japan.) Had an extended stint in CMLL in 2010 as a top level rudo, feuded with La Sombra and Mascara Dorada both in Mexico and Japan. Returned to Mexico in 2011 as a tecnico.
Luchas de apuestas record
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unmasked as Keiichi Yamada
In his MMA style mask
