Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita
Takeshita in 2024
Born (1995-05-29) May 29, 1995 (age 29)[1][2]
Osaka, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Konosuke Takeshita
The Nishinaritaker[3]
Takeshita=Pehlwan[4]
Billed height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Billed weight114 kg (251 lb)[1]
Billed fromOsaka, Japan
Trained byDDT Pro-Wrestling[5]
Atsushi Maruyama
Yasu Urano
DebutAugust 18, 2012[1]

Konosuke Takeshita (竹下 幸之介, Takeshita Kōnosuke, born May 29, 1995)[1] (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to both the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), and the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He also appears in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In AEW, he is a member of the Don Callis Family and is the reigning AEW International Champion in his first reign.

He was named the Rookie of the Year by Tokyo Sports in 2013 and is a five-time and the youngest KO-D Openweight Champion in history, having won the title on his 21st birthday. In DDT, he is also a four-time KO-D Tag Team Champion, five-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion, four-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, one-time winner of the Ultimate Tag League (2021), two-time winner of the King of DDT Tournament (2019 and 2021), and record two-time winner of the D-Oh Grand Prix (2019 and 2021 II). He signed with AEW in November 2022 and is currently managed by Don Callis and won the AEW International Championship in October 2024.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "KONOSUKE TAKESHITA". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. ^ 竹下幸之介. Oscar Promotion (in Japanese). Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  3. ^ 【U・S・A日本公演『Sakabash at the Beach 2016』のまとめ】ヒロシが頂天の優勝賞金50万円を使って約3年ぶりに開催したU・S・Aにユニバースは酔いしれる！／練馬スティング、ジ・ニシナリテイカー、チンスケ・ナカムラまで登場したロイヤルランブルを制したのはノブライアン！. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). August 3, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19.
  4. ^ 【名古屋リポート】HarashimaがKudoを破り、KO-D無差別級王者に返り咲く／DDT初のアジアタッグ戦は石井&入江がV2達成／アイドルランバージャックマッチでしず風＆絆～Kizuna～が大暴れ...大石がExtreme級王座奪取!!／彰俊が漢タイツを装着し掟破りの男色ドライバー!!／佐々木がKing of DDT予選を突破. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). May 25, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference DDT040112 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).