Gedo (wrestler)

Gedo
Gedo in March 2017
Birth nameKeiji Takayama (高山 圭司, Takayama Keiji)
Born (1969-02-20) February 20, 1969 (age 55)[1]
Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bulldog K.T.
C.T.U Ranger Green[2]
Crush
Gedo
Billed height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Billed weight86 kg (190 lb)[1]
Trained byNJPW Dojo[3]
DebutMarch 19, 1989[1]

Keiji Takayama (高山 圭司, Takayama Keiji, born February 20, 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler, manager and booker currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Gedo (外道, Gedō). Gedo has been the main booker of NJPW since the early 2010s. As a wrestler, Gedo is best known for his tag team work with partner Jado, forming a very successful tag team from 1990 through the mid-2010s.

Alongside his backstage work, Gedo is also an on-screen character in NJPW, working as a manager for the villainous Bullet Club faction and its seventh and current leader David Finlay. Prior to this, he was the manager of Chaos, Kazuchika Okada (Chaos's former second leader) and Jay White (Bullet Club's former fifth leader). Jado and Gedo have won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship four times, the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship one-time, BJW Tag Team Championship and several other tag team championships. Gedo is an eight-time recipient of the Best Booker award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

  1. ^ a b c d e 外道. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  2. ^ "Last of C.T.U～C.T.U Farewell in Korakuen Hall～". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  3. ^ "Gedo". Puroresu Central. Retrieved December 28, 2019.