Taguchi Ryusuke

Name: Taguchi Ryusuke
Native name: 田口隆祐
Also Known as: たぐちりゅうすけ
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: April 15, 1979
Age: 47

Taguchi Ryusuke is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and two-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He was also the winner of the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament.

In 2015, he began performing as a singer character named "Akira Michishirube". Taguchi, as Michishirube, released his first CD on July 27, 2016. Edit Biography

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
2023	Dogengers: Metropolis Japanese Drama, 2023, 12 eps Bushido Ro (Ep. 1-2) (Guest Role)	12	Bushido Ro (Ep. 1-2) Guest Role	7.5
2023	Outsider Cops Japanese Drama, 2023, 9 eps [Professional wrestler] (Ep. 1, 5) (Guest Role)	9	[Professional wrestler] (Ep. 1, 5) Guest Role	7.6
2018	99.9 Criminal Lawyer Season 2 Japanese Drama, 2018, 9 eps [Image character] (Ep.1) (Guest Role)	9	[Image character] (Ep.1) Guest Role	8.3
2016	99.9 Criminal Lawyer Japanese Drama, 2016, 10 eps Himself [Itokonchi's customer] (Ep. 10) (Guest Role)	10	Himself [Itokonchi's customer] (Ep. 10) Guest Role	8.3

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2023	Esper X Detective Agency: Searching for Goodbye Japanese Movie, 2023, Nishida Koichi (Support Role)	Nishida Koichi Support Role	0.0
2018	My Dad is a Heel Wrestler Japanese Movie, 2018, (Support Role)	Support Role	7.6

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