Bushi (wrestler)
Tetsuya Shimizu (清水 哲也, Shimizu Tetsuya, born April 5, 1983), better known by the ring name Bushi (stylized as BUSHI), is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
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| Birth name | Tetsuya Shimizu |
| Born | April 5, 1983 Adachi, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Billed height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Billed weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
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| Debut | March 12, 2007 |
Prior to adopting his current persona, Shimizu worked under the ring names T28 (pronounced 'Tetsuya'), Tetsuya, and Tetsuya Bushi in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). While in AJPW, together with Super Crazy, Bushi won the 2010 Junior Tag League and won the U-30 Tag Team Tournament in 2008 with Kushida. Bushi spent 2009 working in Mexico for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), gaining international experience before returning to AJPW in 2010. Having worked for AJPW for most of his career, Bushi transferred to NJPW in April 2012 initially temporarily, with the move becoming permanent in January 2013. In NJPW, he is a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi and a record-tying four-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, holding the belt three times with Evil and Sanada and once with Evil & Takagi. Through NJPW’s working relationship with the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, Bushi has held the CMLL World Welterweight Championship.