Yujiro (Kushida Yūjirō, conceived May 12, 1983) is a Japanese expert grappler and previously blended military craftsman better referred to just as KUSHIDA (adapted in every single capital letter).

He is presently marked to WWE performing on the NXT brand. He is most popular for his nine-year residency in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a previous six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a double-cross IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (with Time Splitters colleague Alex Shelley).

He was the victor of the 2015 and 2017 Best of the Super Juniors competitions, the 2016 Super J-Cup, and the 2017 Pro Wrestling World Cup, a competition co-advanced by NJPW with What Culture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) and Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro).

Kushida recently showed up for NJPW's American accomplice Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a previous ROH World Television Champion. 

Kushida started preparing for a blended combative techniques (MMA) profession at Nobuhiko's Takada Dojo while in middle school.

He made his expert MMA debut in 2003 for the ZST advancement, winning the next year's ZST Genesis Lightweight Tournament. In 2005, he resigned from MMA, finishing his vocation with an undefeated record. 

WWE 

NXT (2019–present) 

Following quite a while of reputed enthusiasm for Kushida by American advancement WWE, the grappler's marking was formally declared at a public interview in New York City a couple of days before WrestleMania 35 in April 2019.

On April 5, Kushida showed up in the group at NXT TakeOver: New York, making his presentation for NXT all the while. During the April 10 NXT TV recordings, Kushida made his in-ring debut in a triumphant exertion against Kassius Ohno.

On September 10, Kushida made his 205 Live makes a big appearance as Gentleman Jack Gallagher's label group accomplice to crush The Brian Kendrick and Akira Tozawa.[ 

On January 1, 2020, version of NXT, the members for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic were uncovered, with Kushida being declared alongside a riddle accomplice.

On January 8, Alex Shelley was declared as Kushida's accomplice, improving the Time Splitters label group unexpectedly since 2015.

On January 15, Time Splitters were killed in the first round in the wake of being crushed by NXT UK's Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) At NXT TakeOver 31, Kushida assault Velveteen Dream, turning heel without precedent for his WWE vocation. 

Individual life 

Kushida lives in Orlando, Florida with his better half and little girl. Notwithstanding communicating in Japanese, Kushida is familiar with English in spite of the fact that he gets a kick out of the chance to join a ton of Japanese in his WWE promotions. 

Kushida is old buddies with individual grapplers Will Ospreay and Alex Shelley, his previous label group accomplice.