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Kazuchika Okada

January 03, 2023

Kazuchika Okada (岡田 和睦, Okada Kazuchika, ring name: オカダ・カズチカ) (born November 8, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Okada is a five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion where his fourth reign with the championship is the longest in history at 720 days. He also holds the record for most successful title defenses with 12. Additionally, he is also a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, making him a six-time world champion overall in NJPW. Okada is often regarded as [one of] the greatest in-ring performers of all time, in front of names such as AJ Styles, Kenny Omega, and Bryan Danielson.

Kazuchika Okada
Okada in February 2016
Born (1987-11-08) November 8, 1987 (age 35)
Anjō, Aichi, Japan
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2019)​
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kazuchika Okada
Okato
Dragon George[1]
Billed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2][3]
Billed weightmale107 kg (236 lb)[2][4]
Billed fromTokyo, Japan[5]

Initially trained by Último Dragón and making his debut in August 2004, Okada spent his first years in professional wrestling working in Mexico, before returning to Japan and making NJPW his home promotion in mid-2007. Originally working as a junior heavyweight, Okada graduated to the heavyweight division in April 2008, with limited success. In February 2010, NJPW sent Okada on a learning excursion to American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he spent the next twenty months, mainly performing on the promotion's secondary television program, Xplosion. From January to March 2011, he performed under the name Okato on TNA's primary television program, Impact!, as Samoa Joe's sidekick in his rivalry with D'Angelo Dinero.

Okada's run with TNA ended in October 2011 and he returned to NJPW in January 2012, repackaged as "Rainmaker" (レインメーカー, Reinmēkā), complete with a new look and a villainous persona. Just a month later, Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win NJPW's top title, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, which he would hold for four months before losing it back to Tanahashi. The following August, Okada won NJPW's premier tournament, the G1 Climax. At the end of the year, the Tokyo Sports magazine named Okada the 2012 MVP in all of Japanese professional wrestling. The following year, Okada first won the New Japan Cup in March and then regained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Tanahashi in April. After a thirteen-month reign, Okada lost the title in May 2014. Three months later, he won his second G1 Climax. Okada went on to win his third G1 Climax in 2021 and his fourth in 2022, which makes him the wrestler with the second-most wins in the tournament with four, just behind Masahiro Chono who has five. Okada has since won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship three more times and headlined NJPW's biggest annual event—the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show—seven times including (7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16). Okada became the first Japanese wrestler to top Pro Wrestling Illustrated's list of the top 500 wrestlers in the world in 2017.

Early life

Okada was born on November 8, 1987, in Anjō, Aichi.[2][4] As a child, he lived and attended a primary school in Anjō. However, before completing primary school, Okada was lured by the nature in his mother's hometown in the Gotō Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture and chose to complete the rest of his primary education in a special boarding school there.[6] Upon graduation, he returned to Anjō.

In middle school, Okada joined the school's baseball and track team. Although he did not stand out as a baseball player, Okada was able to win first place in a regional 100 meter dash competition. His reputation as a sprinter was good enough to be scouted by high school recruiters.[6] He was exposed to professional wrestling for the first time when one of his older brothers happened to borrow a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) video game from his friend.[6]

Professional wrestling career

Training and early career (2004–2007)

Trained by Último Dragón at his Toryumon professional wrestling school, Okada made his debut on August 29, 2004, against Negro Navarro[2][4] and would spend the next couple of years wrestling primarily in Toryumon Mexico.[3] In December 2005, Okada won the 2005 Young Dragons Cup.[2][7] Okada would also make appearances in the United States and Canada for promotions such as UWA Hardcore Wrestling and Chikara.

On October 27, 2006, Okada participated in UWA Hardcore Wrestling's 2006 Grand Prix Tournament, but was eliminated in the first round by Puma.[8] The following day, Okada and Último Dragón unsuccessfully challenged Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin for the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship.[8] On November 12, 2006, Okada made his debut for Chikara by defeating Osiris.[9]

During his time in UWA Hardcore Wrestling, Okada also unsuccessfully challenged Josh Prohibition for the UWA Canadian Championship on May 26, 2007.[8] On July 22, 2007, Okada took part in Último Dragón's 20th anniversary show, where he wrestled in a six-man tag team match alongside NJPW wrestlers Jyushin Thunder Liger and Milano Collection A.T.[2] After the match, it was announced that Okada was graduating from Toryumon and joining NJPW.[2]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2007–2010)

Upon joining NJPW, Okada entered the NJPW Dojo, where he went through further training.[10] He would have a pre-debut match for the company on August 26, 2007, losing to Tetsuya Naito.[10] A legitimate injury would sideline Okada for the next eight months and upon his return in April 2008 he would be billed as a heavyweight instead of a junior heavyweight,[10] and have his official debut match on April 12, 2008, against Taichi Ishikari.[11] His career would start to pick up steam the following year with breakout performances in the NJPW vs. Pro Wrestling Noah war against the likes of Takashi Sugiura and Go Shiozaki.[10] He would also wrestle main eventers such as Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto and Tajiri and—despite losing all of his big matches—he was becoming a big crowd favorite.[10] In January 2010, NJPW announced that they would be sending Okada to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) for a developmental tour in order for him to become the wrestler NJPW believed he could be.[12][13] NJPW president Naoki Sugabayashi predicted the tour could take up to two or three years.[12] On January 31, 2010, Okada was defeated by former four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi in his NJPW farewell match.[14]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010–2011)

 
Okada at a TNA Xplosion taping in July 2010

Okada made his TNA debut at the February 16, 2010, tapings of Impact!, losing to Alex Shelley in a dark match.[15] At the March 9 tapings, Okada was defeated by Jay Lethal in another dark match.[16] On March 20, Okada made his debut for Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) at Wild Card VI, where he was defeated by fellow TNA wrestler Samoa Joe.[17] Okada's dark matches for TNA continued on March 23 with a loss against Daniels.[18] On April 6, Okada, using only his last name, competed in his first televised TNA match when he and Homicide were defeated by Generation Me (Jeremy and Max Buck) in a tag team match, which was later broadcast on the Xplosion television program and the company's official website and YouTube channel.[19][20] That same week, Okada also began wrestling at TNA's live events.[21] On May 4, Okada and Homicide were defeated in another Xplosion match by Ink Inc. (Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore).[22] On May 17, X Division Champion Douglas Williams defeated Okada in a non-title Xplosion match.[23] On July 15, Okada made his first appearance on Impact!, running out to the ring in an attempt to stop former ECW wrestlers from taking over the show.[24] At the August 9 tapings, Okada picked up his first victory in TNA, defeating Kid Kash in a dark match.[25] On the October 8 Xplosion, Okada formed a tag team with compatriot Kiyoshi, but the two of them were then defeated in their first match together by Ink Inc.[26] On the November 26 Xplosion, Okada was defeated by Rob Terry.[27] On the December 17 Xplosion, Okada was defeated by Stevie Richards.[28] Okada and Kiyoshi had a rematch with Ink Inc. at the December 7 tapings of Xplosion, but were once again defeated.[29]

On January 20, 2011, Okada turned into a fan favorite as he made his second appearance on Impact!, when he was revealed as the camera man whom Samoa Joe had hired to follow D'Angelo Dinero in order to expose his lies about helping the needy.[30] During the appearance, Okada debuted a new look inspired by Kato from The Green Hornet series.[31] Okada, now renamed Okato, made his first TNA pay-per-view appearance at Against All Odds on February 13, preventing Dinero from leaving the ring during his match with Joe. After losing the match, Dinero attacked both Okato and Joe.[32][33] Okato made his Impact! in-ring debut on March 24, when he defeated Dinero via disqualification.[34] The match concluded Okato's participation in the feud between Joe and Dinero and he subsequently returned to performing under his real surname. On the June 21 Xplosion, Okada was defeated by Alex Shelley in the first round of the Xplosion Championship Challenge.[35] On October 13, his profile was removed from TNA's roster page.

TNA's handling of Okada was reportedly one of the reasons NJPW ceased the relationship between the two promotions shortly afterwards.[36][37][38] Despite not being used by TNA, Okada has stated that he felt that his time in the promotion was beneficial to him as he learned he needed more than just a good match—he needed a character. According to Okada, in Japanese professional wrestling "there is no character – it's fight, fight, fight", but TNA's agents kept telling him that he needed a character, which led to him creating the "Rainmaker" persona upon his return to NJPW.[38] In October 2017, it was reported that while representatives of the American promotion, now known as Impact Wrestling, were visiting Japan, attempting to revive the relationship between their company and NJPW, they specifically apologized to Okada for his treatment.[39]

Return to NJPW

Sporadic appearances (2010–2011)

On December 14, 2010, NJPW announced that Okada would be returning to the promotion on January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, where he would team with Hirooki Goto against Noah representatives Takashi Sugiura and Yoshihiro Takayama.[40][41] On December 23, he made a surprise return to the promotion, performing a German suplex on Takayama, after a match where he and Minoru Suzuki had defeated Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue.[42] At Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, Takayama pinned Okada to win the match.[43][44] After the event, Okada returned to the United States and TNA.[45] Okada returned to NJPW during the NJPW Invasion Tour 2011 (NJPW's first tour of the United States) on May 13 in Rahway, New Jersey, but was defeated by MVP in the first round of a tournament to determine the inaugural IWGP Intercontinental Champion.[46] At the following day's event in New York City, Okada teamed with Ryusuke Taguchi and Togi Makabe in a six-man tag team match, where they were defeated by Davey Richards, Homicide and Rhino.[47] On May 15, during the final day of the tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Okada teamed with Charlie Haas, Josh Daniels and Tiger Mask in an eight-man tag team match, where they were defeated by Chaos (Shinsuke Nakamura, Gedo, Jado and Yujiro Takahashi).[48] On December 9, 2011, NJPW announced that Okada, having gained 11 kg (24 lb) of muscle to increase his overall weight from 96 kg (212 lb)[49] to 107 kg (236 lb),[2] would be returning to the promotion on January 4, 2012, at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, where he would face Yoshi-Hashi, also making his return after a learning excursion to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).[50]

Feud with Hiroshi Tanahashi (2012–2016)

 
Okada in his Rainmaker pose in February 2012

On January 4, 2012, Okada defeated Yoshi-Hashi in his return match and then challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi to a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship following the show's main event.[51] At the following day's press conference, where the title match was made official, Okada revealed that he had joined Chaos, NJPW's top villainous stable, enlisting new stablemate Gedo as his manager and spokesperson.[52] Adopting the new villainous persona of "Rainmaker", Okada changed the Japanese writing of his ring name from "岡田かずちか" to "オカダ・カズチカ".[2][4][49] Okada described his new persona as a combination of the three professional wrestling styles he had learned, stating that he took his dropkick from Mexico, his "fighting spirit" from Japan and the "TV and the entertainment" from the United States.[38]

In the month leading to the title match, Okada went on a main event win streak, which included pinning Tanahashi in a tag team match on January 29.[53][54][55] On February 12 at The New Beginning, Okada defeated Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[56] Okada made his first title defense on March 4, defeating Tetsuya Naito in the main event of NJPW's 40th anniversary event.[57] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012, Okada defeated 2012 New Japan Cup winner and reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion Hirooki Goto to make his second successful title defense.[58] On June 16 at Dominion 6.16, Okada lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship back to Hiroshi Tanahashi, ending his reign at 125 days.[59]

On August 1, Okada entered his first G1 Climax tournament.[60] In the tournament, Okada wrestled in the same block as Chaos leader Shinsuke Nakamura and, on August 5, was defeated by Nakamura, who effectively solidified his spot as the group's leader in the process.[61] However, Okada bounced back from the loss, winning five of his eight round-robin stage matches and finished at the top of his block, advancing to the finals of the tournament.[62][63] In the finals on August 12, Okada defeated Karl Anderson to win the 2012 G1 Climax.[62][63] Breaking Masahiro Chono's record for the youngest G1 Climax winner in history, Okada announced that he wanted his shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome.[64] Okada signed a contract for the Tokyo Dome match on September 6, making him the official number one contender to the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at NJPW's biggest event of the year.[65][66] However, before January 4, Okada would have to defend his contract as if it were a championship.[67] On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Okada made his first successful defense of the contract against Karl Anderson.[68][69] On November 11 at Power Struggle, Okada made another successful defense against Hirooki Goto. Later in the event, after Hiroshi Tanahashi had successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Yujiro Takahashi, the Tokyo Dome title match between him and Okada was made official.[70][71] From November 20 to December 1, Okada took part in the round-robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League, alongside stablemate Yoshi-Hashi under the team name "Chaos Ride the Lightning".[72] The team finished with a record of three wins and three losses, with a loss to Sword & Guns (Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson) on the final day, costing them a spot in the semifinals of the tournament.[73][74] On December 10, Tokyo Sports named Okada the 2012 MVP in all of puroresu.[75][76] His match with Hiroshi Tanahashi from June 16 was also named the Match of the Year.[75][76] On January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome, Okada failed in his title challenge against Tanahashi.[77][78] On January 15, Okada publicly dismissed rumors that he was going to be signing with WWE and instead announced that he had just signed a contract extension with NJPW.[79]

 
Okada as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in February 2012

In February, Okada led Chaos to a war with NJPW's other heel stable, Suzuki-gun,[80] which built to a match on February 10 at The New Beginning, where Okada, positioned as the face, was defeated by the stable's leader Minoru Suzuki, following interference from Taichi.[81] In preparation for the 2013 New Japan Cup, Okada announced that he had created a new submission finishing maneuver, the Red Ink, in order to win the tournament.[82] On March 11, he used the Red Ink to defeat Suzuki-gun member and IWGP Tag Team Champion Lance Archer in his first round match.[83][84] Six days later, Okada advanced to the semifinals of the tournament with a win over Karl Anderson.[85] On March 23, Okada first defeated Chaos stablemate Toru Yano in the semifinals and then Hirooki Goto in the finals to win the 2013 New Japan Cup and once again become the number one contender to Tanahashi's IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[86][87][88] On April 7 at Invasion Attack, Okada defeated Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the second time.[89][90][91] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Okada made his first successful title defense against Minoru Suzuki.[92][93] His second successful defense took place on June 22 at Dominion 6.22 against Togi Makabe.[94][95] On July 20, Okada made his third successful title defense against IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt.[96][97][98][99] From August 1 to 11, Okada took part in the 2013 G1 Climax,[100] where he opened by losing three of his first four matches.[101] After bouncing back to a three-match win streak and a time limit draw with Hiroshi Tanahashi,[102] Okada finished his tournament with a loss against Satoshi Kojima, which meant that he was eliminated from the tournament.[103][104] On August 18, Okada made a rare appearance outside of NJPW, when he took part in the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion's annual Ryōgoku Peter Pan event, defeating Kota Ibushi in a special non-title match.[105][106][107] On September 29 at Destruction, Okada avenged the loss from G1 Climax by defeating Satoshi Kojima for his fourth successful defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[108][109]

On October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Okada made his fifth successful title defense against Hiroshi Tanahashi in what Tanahashi claimed would be his final challenge for the title.[110][111][112] With the win, NJPW claimed that Okada had taken over Tanahashi's spot as the "ace" of the promotion.[110] On November 9 at Power Struggle, Okada defeated Karl Anderson in a rematch of the 2012 G1 Climax finals for his sixth successful title defense.[113][114][115] Okada and his next challenger, 2013 G1 Climax winner Tetsuya Naito, faced off on November 23 during the first day of the 2013 World Tag League in a match, where Okada and Yoshi-Hashi were victorious over Naito and La Sombra.[116] Okada and Yoshi-Hashi however managed to win only one of their five remaining matches in the tournament and finished second to last in their block, failing to advance to the semifinals.[117] Following a disappointing fan reaction to a confrontation between Okada and Naito, NJPW announced that fans would get to vote whether they or Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship would be the true main event of the Tokyo Dome show.[118][119] When the results were released on December 9, Okada and Naito had gotten only half the votes Nakamura and Tanahashi had gotten and, as a result, lost their main event spot for NJPW's biggest show of the year.[120][121] That same day, Okada became the first wrestler in 25 years to win back-to-back MVP awards from Tokyo Sports.[122][123] On January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, Okada defeated Naito for his seventh successful title defense.[124][125] Okada's eighth successful title defense took place on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, where he defeated Hirooki Goto.[126][127] On April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014, Okada found himself a new challenger in Bullet Club's newest member, the debuting A.J. Styles, who claimed that Okada was still the same "young boy" (rookie) he had known in TNA.[128][129] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2014, Okada's thirteen-month reign as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion came to an end, when he lost the title to Styles in his ninth defense, after Yujiro Takahashi turned on him and Chaos and joined Bullet Club.[130][131][132]

 
Okada in May 2014

In May, Okada took part in NJPW's North American tour, during which he received a rematch for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. On May 17 at War of the Worlds in New York City, Okada unsuccessfully challenged Styles for the title in a three-way match, which also included Michael Elgin, whom Styles pinned for the win.[133] Okada received another shot at the title on May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena, but was again defeated by Styles.[134][135] From July 21 to August 8, Okada took part in the 2014 G1 Climax, where he won his block with a record of eight wins and two losses, which included a win over Styles,[136] advancing to the finals.[137][138] On August 10, Okada defeated Chaos stablemate Shinsuke Nakamura to win the 2014 G1 Climax.[139][140] On September 21 at Destruction in Kobe, Okada teamed with Yoshi-Hashi to unsuccessfully challenge Bullet Club's Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[141][142] Two days later at Destruction in Okayama, Okada successfully defended his IWGP Heavyweight Championship number one contender's contract against Karl Anderson.[143][144] On October 13 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Okada made another successful defense of his contract against Tetsuya Naito.[145][146] The following month, Okada once again teamed up with Yoshi-Hashi for the 2014 World Tag League.[147] The team finished their block with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals.[148] On January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, Okada received his shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Hiroshi Tanahashi.[149][150] Okada then started a stoyline, where the loss to Tanahashi had broken him both physically and mentally, causing him to enter a slump.[151] This led to a rivalry between him and Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale, who scored several pinfall wins over Okada, including in the first round of the 2015 New Japan Cup.[152][153] Okada finally defeated Fale in a singles match on April 5 at Invasion Attack 2015, after which he announced his intention of regaining the IWGP Heavyweight Championship by attacking A.J. Styles at the conclusion of the event.[154][155]

 
Okada celebrating after capturing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the third time in July 2015

On July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, Okada defeated Styles to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the third time.[156][157] From July 23 to August 15, Okada took part in the 2015 G1 Climax.[158] He entered the final day with a chance to advance from his block, but a loss against Chaos stablemate Shinsuke Nakamura cost him a spot in the finals, giving him a record of seven wins and two losses.[159] On August 16, Okada had a staredown with Genichiro Tenryu, who chose him to be his opponent in his retirement match.[160] On November 15 at Revolution Final, Okada defeated Tenryu in his retirement match.[161][162] On December 7, Okada won his third MVP award from Tokyo Sports, while his match with Tenryu was named the Match of the Year.[163][164] With the win, Okada became only the fifth three-time MVP award winner.[165] In December 2015, Okada signed a one-year contract extension with NJPW. However, following A.J. Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura's departures from the promotion the following month, NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani announced that the promotion was scrapping the one-year contract system and was looking to offer Okada, their top priority, a new five-year ¥200 million contract.[166] On January 4, 2016, Okada defeated 2015 G1 Climax winner Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and become the new ace of the promotion, the match at that time was the longest in the history of the January 4 Dome Show .[167]

Longest-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion (2016–2018)

 
Okada as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in February 2016

Okada made his third successful title defense on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka against Hirooki Goto.[168] On April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016, Okada lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to 2016 New Japan Cup winner Tetsuya Naito, following outside interference from Naito's Los Ingobernables de Japón stablemates Bushi, Evil and the debuting Sanada.[169] Okada gained revenge on Sanada by defeating him on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016.[170] This led to a rematch with Naito on June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall, where Okada won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time.[171][172] From July 18 to August 12, Okada took part in the 2016 G1 Climax, where he finished tied second in his block with a record of five wins, one draw and three losses.[173] A 30-minute time limit draw against Hiroshi Tanahashi on the final day eliminated both men from advancing to the finals.[174] During the G1 Climax, Okada was defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representative Naomichi Marufuji, which led to his first title defense following the tournament on October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling, where Okada retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Marufuji, thus setting up the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome between Okada and the 2016 G1 Climax winner Kenny Omega.[175] On December 14, Okada became the second wrestler to win three consecutive Match of the Year awards from Tokyo Sports for his 2016 G1 Climax opener against Naomichi Marufuji.[176]

On January 4, 2017, Okada successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome.[177] At 46 minutes and 45 seconds, the match is the longest in the history of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show.[178] Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, gave the match a six-star rating. He added that Okada and Omega "may have put on the greatest match in pro wrestling history" and that it was the best match he had ever seen.[179] The match was also praised by the likes of Daniel Bryan, Mick Foley and Stone Cold Steve Austin.[180][181] The day after Wrestle Kingdom 11, Okada and Chaos were attacked by the returning Minoru Suzuki and his Suzuki-gun stable,[182] which led to his third title defense on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo, where he defeated Suzuki.[183][184] Okada's fourth defense took place on April 9 at Sakura Genesis 2017, where he defeated 2017 New Japan Cup winner Katsuyori Shibata.[185][186] Okada's fifth defense took place on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2017, where he defeated Bad Luck Fale. After the match, Okada nominated Omega as his next challenger for the championship.[187][188] The rematch between Okada and Omega on June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall ended in NJPW's first 60-minute time limit draw in 12 years, meaning that Okada was successful in his sixth defense.[189][190] Okada's seventh title defense took place during the first night of G1 Special in USA on July 1, where he defeated Cody.[191][192] Okada then entered the 2017 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of six wins, one draw and two losses,[193] failing to advance to the finals due to losing to Kenny Omega in their third match against each other on August 12.[194] On October 9 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Okada avenged a loss suffered during the 2017 G1 Climax by making his eighth successful title defense against Evil, setting him up against G1 Climax winner Tetsuya Naito in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 12.[195][196]

On October 22, Okada became the longest-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion in history by breaking the previous record of 489 days, held by Shinya Hashimoto. On January 3, 2018, Okada also broke Hiroshi Tanahashi's record of 1,358 combined days as champion.[197] The following day at Wrestle Kingdom 12, Okada defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the title.[198] On February 10 at The New Beginning in Osaka, Okada defeated Sanada to retain the championship for the tenth time.[199] On March 21, Okada was challenged for the title by New Japan Cup winner Zack Sabre Jr. and at Sakura Genesis went on to defeat Sabre Jr. to tie Hiroshi Tanahashi's record for most successful title defenses in one reign at 11 defenses. After the match, Okada was confronted by Tanahashi, indicating a future match for the title. They met at Wrestling Dontaku 2018, where Okada defeated Tanahashi for his record-breaking 12th successful title defense,[200] breaking Tanahashi's record of 11, and earning a 5 1/2 Star rating from Wrestling Observer Newsletter. His next challenger was then revealed to be Kenny Omega, having been chosen due to Okada's frustration with having one win, draw, and loss against him. In their fourth match, they competed in a two out of three falls match at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall (with no time limit to ensure there is no possibility of a draw as in their second singles match at Dominion 6.11), where Omega defeated Okada 2–1 to win the championship after a 65-minute match, ending Okada's record-breaking championship reign at 720 days.[201]

Gedo's betrayal and various feuds (2018–2021)

Okada then entered the 2018 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of six wins, one draw and two losses, exactly the same as the previous year's event, failing to advance to the finals.[202] The event saw a change of image for Okada following the defeat by Omega, with his hair dyed red and portraying an indifferent attitude.[203] This caused him to lose his first two matches against Jay White and Bad Luck Fale,[204][205] although he would go on to the win the rest of the matches in his block, until the last one; another 30-minute time limit draw against Tanahashi.[202] At the 2018 G1 Climax Finals, Okada parted ways with his longtime manager Gedo.[206] Unsatisfied by their draw in the G1, Tanahashi opted to defend the contract for his Wrestle Kingdom 13 title shot against Okada. On September 23 at Destruction in Kobe, Okada was defeated by Tanahashi.

Afterwards, he was attacked by Jay White before Gedo, his former manager, came out seemingly to stop him, only to betray Okada by hitting him in the back with a chair.[207] This led to a match between White and Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 13, where he was defeated. In March, Okada competed in the New Japan Cup. He defeated Michael Elgin in Round 1, and fellow Chaos members Mikey Nicholls, Will Ospreay, and Tomohiro Ishii in Round 2, the Quarterfinals, and Semi-Finals, respectively. He went on to defeat Sanada in the finals of the tournament and win his second New Japan Cup. In doing so, he won the opportunity to challenge Jay White at New Japan/Ring of Honor joint show, G1 Supercard, for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[208] At the event on April 6, Okada defeated White to win the title for the fifth time.[209]

Okada then successfully defended his title against Sanada on the second night of the Wrestling Dontaku 2019 event.[210] Then, Okada successfully defended his title against Chris Jericho at Dominion 6.9 for his second title defense.[211] At Royal Quest, Okada defeated Minoru Suzuki for his third title defence, subsequently going on retain the title again at King of Pro Wrestling vs Sanada which would set up a title match with G1 Climax winner Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Kingdom 14. On the first night of the two-day event, Okada retained the Championship against Ibushi, enabling him to advance to the Double Gold Dash Title-For-Title Match on Night 2, where Okada's fifth reign was ended by IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito.

Okada then entered a feud with Taichi, where at The New Beginning in Sapporo night 2, Okada defeated Taichi. Okada was then announced to be facing Jay White in the first round of the New Japan Cup 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all New Japan Cup and further New Japan events were postponed. Okada defeated Gedo in the first round of the New Japan Cup, followed by subsequent victories over Yuji Nagata, Taiji Ishimori, and Hiromu Takahashi, before losing to Evil in the final.

At Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall, Okada was on the losing side of a tag team match, teaming with Goto against Bullet Club's Yujiro Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori, when Takahashi pinned Goto. This began a small feud with Takahashi, culminating in Okada defeating him at Sengoku Lord in Nagoya on July 25. During a post-match interview, Okada teased a "controversial announcement".[212] Three days later, during a press conference, NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi alongside Okada announced the creation of the KOPW Championship; Okada then proceeded to introduce the title and its concept, also announcing KOPW 2021 for the following year.[213][214] The tournament to crown the inaugural champion began on August 26 with four first round matches leading to a four-way final at Summer Struggle in Jingu.[215] In the first round, Okada was paired off against Takahashi and the fans were allowed to vote for the stipulations online on the social networking service Twitter. Fans had the choice to vote for either a three-on-one handicap match including Gedo and Jado (Okada's choice) or a lumberjack with leather belts match (Takahashi's choice); fans voted for the former. On August 26, Okada soundly defeated his three opponents but would lose to stablemate Toru Yano three days later in the final which also included El Desperado and Sanada.[215][216] From September 19 until October 16, Okada took part in G1 Climax 30 as part of block A, finishing the tournament with a record of six wins and three losses.[217] Going into the final day of block A matches, Okada had a slim chance to qualify for the final needing a victory against Will Ospreay and for both Kota Ibushi and Jay White to lose their respective matches. However, Ospreay's girlfriend Bea Priestley and the returning Great O-Kharn interfered in the match, helping earn victory for Ospreay and ending Okada's tournament. Afterwards, Ospreay cemented his heel turn by attacking Okada and would officially leave Chaos to start a new faction named The Empire. Following the tournament, Okada was gunning for revenge against Ospreay for his actions. On November 7, at Power Struggle, Okada defeated O-Khan via referee's decision.[218] Post match, he was confronted by Ospreay who challenged him to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 15, which Okada accepted.[219] On January 4, 2021, at Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 1, Okada defeated Ospreay.[220]

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion (2021–present)

Following Will Ospreay relinquishing the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship after Wrestling Dontaku, Okada faced Shingo Takagi at Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall in a losing effort for the vacant title. In October 2021, Okada would win the G1 Climax for the third time in his career, finishing top of his block with 16 points (a joint record for ten-man G1 blocks) and defeating Kota Ibushi in the tournament finals, and earning himself another shot at Takagi and the championship.[221] After winning the G1, Okada requested that instead of a briefcase for a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom, he be awarded the former IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt which Ibushi had retired earlier in 2021.[222] Okada's request was approved and he appeared at Road to Power Struggle on October 25 with the belt, and he would defeat Tama Tonga at the event to retain the certificate. On November 13, Okada returned to the US to defeat Buddy Matthews at Battle in the Valley.[223] On Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 16, Okada defeated Takagi to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. He would also retain it against a returning Ospreay on Night 2. On Night 3, Okada teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi to defeat Pro Wrestling Noah's Keiji Mutoh and Kaito Kiyomiya.[224]

Okada's first title defence came on February 20, during the NJPW New Years Golden Series, where he defeated Tetsuya Naito.[225] Okada once again teamed with Tanahashi alongside Tatsumi Fujinami to defeat Zack Sabre Jr, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, at the NJPW 50th Anniversary Show on March 1.[226] On April 9, Okada defeated Sabre Jr, who had won the New Japan Cup, at Hyper Battle.[227] On May 1, Okada once again defeated Naito at Wrestling Dontaku.[228] After being attacked by the returning Jay White, Okada was scheduled to face White at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall. White defeated Okada for the World Championship at the event, ending Okada's reign at 159 days.[229]

Also at Dominion, Okada was announced to be part of the G1 Climax 32 tournament in July, where he would compete in the A Block.[230] He finished with 10 points, only losing once to Jonah, to advance to the semi-finals.[231] In the semi-final round, Okada defeated B Block winner Tama Tonga.[232] In the final, Okada defeated Will Ospreay, to win his second consecutive and fourth overall G1 Climax.[233] The following day, during a press conference, instead of receiving a briefcase containing a contract for a title shot at Wrestle Kingdom, Okada proposed the winner of the G1 Climax should be automatically inserted into the main event at the Tokyo Dome, instead of defending his title shot. On October 10 at Declaration of Power, Okada avenged a loss suffered during the 2022 G1 Climax by defeating Jonah. Later that night, Okada confronted Jay White, after he successfully defended the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, setting up the main event for Wrestle Kingdom 17. On December 15, 2022, Okada won his fifth MVP award from Tokyo Sports, while his match with Will Ospreay was named the Match of the Year.[234][235] With his fifth overall MVP award, he just one behind Antonio Inoki in most overall MVP Awards.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2018)

On August 17, 2018, Okada, with Negro Casas and Último Guerrero, defeated Diamante Azul, Valiente and Místico in Arena México.[236]

All Elite Wrestling (2022)

Okada made his All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut on the June 22nd, 2022 edition of AEW Dynamite, coming to the aid of Adam Page while he was being attacked by Jay White and Adam Cole.[237] Shortly after the exchange, it was announced that there would be a four-way battle for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship between Okada, Page, Cole, and White at Forbidden Door. At the event on June 26, White retained the title.[238]

Other media

Along with fellow NJPW wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura, Okada is featured in the Japanese music video for Pharrell Williams' song Happy, released in May 2014.[239] In 2015, Okada voiced a character in the World Trigger anime series.[240] The following year, he voiced a character in another anime, Future Card Buddy Fight 100.[241] Okada, along with fellow NJPW wrestlers Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Naito and Toru Yano, appears as a member of the gang Justis in the 2016 video game Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.[242] In January 2017, it was announced that the Tekken 7: Fated Retribution video game would feature Okada's in-ring costume as an alternate outfit for the character King. When equipped, King performs Okada's finishing maneuver, the Rainmaker, as his "Rage Art" move.[243] The Okada-geared King was featured on the September 12, 2017 episode of WWE's 205 Live program.[244] Okada also appears as a wrestler in the 2017 NJPW-licensed video game Fire Pro Wrestling World.

Okada played rhythm guitar on several tracks on The High Crusade's extended play Main Statement, which was released on January 20, 2020.[245]

Personal life

Okada was engaged to TV Asahi presenter Yoko Mori, whom he had been in a relationship with from 2013 to 2017.[246] In August 2014, after his uncle and cousin had both been diagnosed with cancer, Okada established the "Rainmaker Kikin" ("Rainmaker Fund") to battle children's cancer. For every match Okada won, he pledged to donate ¥30,000 (the equivalent of US$277.20).[247][248]

In April 2019, voice actress Suzuko Mimori announced her marriage to Okada.[249] In May 2022, it was announced that the couple are expecting their first child.[250] In August, they welcomed the birth of their baby boy.[251]

Okada supports English football team, Manchester City.[252] He stated that he supports Man City after watching 'All or Nothing' documentary of their success on Amazon Prime.[253]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 My Dad is a Heel Wrestler Dragon Joji

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Atashinchi no Danshi Goro
2015 World Trigger Himself Voice
2015 Tamiou Okada
2016 Future Card Buddy Fight 100 Himself Voice
2016–18 99.9 Criminal Lawyer Himself 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Okada Fictionalized version of himself
2017 Yakuza Kiwami 2 Okada Fictionalized version of himself, likeness only
2017 Fire Pro Wrestling World Himself Likeness only

Championships and accomplishments

 
Okada as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in July 2013

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kazuchika, okada, 岡田, 和睦, okada, kazuchika, ring, name, オカダ, カズチカ, born, november, 1987, japanese, professional, wrestler, currently, signed, japan, wrestling, okada, five, time, iwgp, heavyweight, champion, where, fourth, reign, with, championship, longest, h. Kazuchika Okada 岡田 和睦 Okada Kazuchika ring name オカダ カズチカ born November 8 1987 is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling Okada is a five time IWGP Heavyweight Champion where his fourth reign with the championship is the longest in history at 720 days He also holds the record for most successful title defenses with 12 Additionally he is also a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion making him a six time world champion overall in NJPW Okada is often regarded as one of the greatest in ring performers of all time in front of names such as AJ Styles Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson Kazuchika OkadaOkada in February 2016Born 1987 11 08 November 8 1987 age 35 Anjō Aichi JapanSpouse s Suzuko Mimori m 2019 wbr Professional wrestling careerRing name s Kazuchika OkadaOkatoDragon George 1 Billed height1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 2 3 Billed weightmale107 kg 236 lb 2 4 Billed fromTokyo Japan 5 Initially trained by Ultimo Dragon and making his debut in August 2004 Okada spent his first years in professional wrestling working in Mexico before returning to Japan and making NJPW his home promotion in mid 2007 Originally working as a junior heavyweight Okada graduated to the heavyweight division in April 2008 with limited success In February 2010 NJPW sent Okada on a learning excursion to American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA where he spent the next twenty months mainly performing on the promotion s secondary television program Xplosion From January to March 2011 he performed under the name Okato on TNA s primary television program Impact as Samoa Joe s sidekick in his rivalry with D Angelo Dinero Okada s run with TNA ended in October 2011 and he returned to NJPW in January 2012 repackaged as Rainmaker レインメーカー Reinmeka complete with a new look and a villainous persona Just a month later Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win NJPW s top title the IWGP Heavyweight Championship which he would hold for four months before losing it back to Tanahashi The following August Okada won NJPW s premier tournament the G1 Climax At the end of the year the Tokyo Sports magazine named Okada the 2012 MVP in all of Japanese professional wrestling The following year Okada first won the New Japan Cup in March and then regained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Tanahashi in April After a thirteen month reign Okada lost the title in May 2014 Three months later he won his second G1 Climax Okada went on to win his third G1 Climax in 2021 and his fourth in 2022 which makes him the wrestler with the second most wins in the tournament with four just behind Masahiro Chono who has five Okada has since won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship three more times and headlined NJPW s biggest annual event the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show seven times including 7 8 10 11 12 14 and 16 Okada became the first Japanese wrestler to top Pro Wrestling Illustrated s list of the top 500 wrestlers in the world in 2017 Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional wrestling career 2 1 Training and early career 2004 2007 2 2 New Japan Pro Wrestling 2007 2010 2 3 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2010 2011 2 4 Return to NJPW 2 4 1 Sporadic appearances 2010 2011 2 4 2 Feud with Hiroshi Tanahashi 2012 2016 2 4 3 Longest reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion 2016 2018 2 4 4 Gedo s betrayal and various feuds 2018 2021 2 4 5 IWGP World Heavyweight Champion 2021 present 2 5 Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 2018 2 6 All Elite Wrestling 2022 3 Other media 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 5 1 Film 5 2 Television 5 3 Video games 6 Championships and accomplishments 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditOkada was born on November 8 1987 in Anjō Aichi 2 4 As a child he lived and attended a primary school in Anjō However before completing primary school Okada was lured by the nature in his mother s hometown in the Gotō Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture and chose to complete the rest of his primary education in a special boarding school there 6 Upon graduation he returned to Anjō In middle school Okada joined the school s baseball and track team Although he did not stand out as a baseball player Okada was able to win first place in a regional 100 meter dash competition His reputation as a sprinter was good enough to be scouted by high school recruiters 6 He was exposed to professional wrestling for the first time when one of his older brothers happened to borrow a New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW video game from his friend 6 Professional wrestling career EditTraining and early career 2004 2007 Edit Trained by Ultimo Dragon at his Toryumon professional wrestling school Okada made his debut on August 29 2004 against Negro Navarro 2 4 and would spend the next couple of years wrestling primarily in Toryumon Mexico 3 In December 2005 Okada won the 2005 Young Dragons Cup 2 7 Okada would also make appearances in the United States and Canada for promotions such as UWA Hardcore Wrestling and Chikara On October 27 2006 Okada participated in UWA Hardcore Wrestling s 2006 Grand Prix Tournament but was eliminated in the first round by Puma 8 The following day Okada and Ultimo Dragon unsuccessfully challenged Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin for the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship 8 On November 12 2006 Okada made his debut for Chikara by defeating Osiris 9 During his time in UWA Hardcore Wrestling Okada also unsuccessfully challenged Josh Prohibition for the UWA Canadian Championship on May 26 2007 8 On July 22 2007 Okada took part in Ultimo Dragon s 20th anniversary show where he wrestled in a six man tag team match alongside NJPW wrestlers Jyushin Thunder Liger and Milano Collection A T 2 After the match it was announced that Okada was graduating from Toryumon and joining NJPW 2 New Japan Pro Wrestling 2007 2010 Edit Upon joining NJPW Okada entered the NJPW Dojo where he went through further training 10 He would have a pre debut match for the company on August 26 2007 losing to Tetsuya Naito 10 A legitimate injury would sideline Okada for the next eight months and upon his return in April 2008 he would be billed as a heavyweight instead of a junior heavyweight 10 and have his official debut match on April 12 2008 against Taichi Ishikari 11 His career would start to pick up steam the following year with breakout performances in the NJPW vs Pro Wrestling Noah war against the likes of Takashi Sugiura and Go Shiozaki 10 He would also wrestle main eventers such as Shinsuke Nakamura Hirooki Goto and Tajiri and despite losing all of his big matches he was becoming a big crowd favorite 10 In January 2010 NJPW announced that they would be sending Okada to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA for a developmental tour in order for him to become the wrestler NJPW believed he could be 12 13 NJPW president Naoki Sugabayashi predicted the tour could take up to two or three years 12 On January 31 2010 Okada was defeated by former four time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi in his NJPW farewell match 14 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 2010 2011 Edit Okada at a TNA Xplosion taping in July 2010 Okada made his TNA debut at the February 16 2010 tapings of Impact losing to Alex Shelley in a dark match 15 At the March 9 tapings Okada was defeated by Jay Lethal in another dark match 16 On March 20 Okada made his debut for Jersey All Pro Wrestling JAPW at Wild Card VI where he was defeated by fellow TNA wrestler Samoa Joe 17 Okada s dark matches for TNA continued on March 23 with a loss against Daniels 18 On April 6 Okada using only his last name competed in his first televised TNA match when he and Homicide were defeated by Generation Me Jeremy and Max Buck in a tag team match which was later broadcast on the Xplosion television program and the company s official website and YouTube channel 19 20 That same week Okada also began wrestling at TNA s live events 21 On May 4 Okada and Homicide were defeated in another Xplosion match by Ink Inc Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore 22 On May 17 X Division Champion Douglas Williams defeated Okada in a non title Xplosion match 23 On July 15 Okada made his first appearance on Impact running out to the ring in an attempt to stop former ECW wrestlers from taking over the show 24 At the August 9 tapings Okada picked up his first victory in TNA defeating Kid Kash in a dark match 25 On the October 8 Xplosion Okada formed a tag team with compatriot Kiyoshi but the two of them were then defeated in their first match together by Ink Inc 26 On the November 26 Xplosion Okada was defeated by Rob Terry 27 On the December 17 Xplosion Okada was defeated by Stevie Richards 28 Okada and Kiyoshi had a rematch with Ink Inc at the December 7 tapings of Xplosion but were once again defeated 29 On January 20 2011 Okada turned into a fan favorite as he made his second appearance on Impact when he was revealed as the camera man whom Samoa Joe had hired to follow D Angelo Dinero in order to expose his lies about helping the needy 30 During the appearance Okada debuted a new look inspired by Kato from The Green Hornet series 31 Okada now renamed Okato made his first TNA pay per view appearance at Against All Odds on February 13 preventing Dinero from leaving the ring during his match with Joe After losing the match Dinero attacked both Okato and Joe 32 33 Okato made his Impact in ring debut on March 24 when he defeated Dinero via disqualification 34 The match concluded Okato s participation in the feud between Joe and Dinero and he subsequently returned to performing under his real surname On the June 21 Xplosion Okada was defeated by Alex Shelley in the first round of the Xplosion Championship Challenge 35 On October 13 his profile was removed from TNA s roster page TNA s handling of Okada was reportedly one of the reasons NJPW ceased the relationship between the two promotions shortly afterwards 36 37 38 Despite not being used by TNA Okada has stated that he felt that his time in the promotion was beneficial to him as he learned he needed more than just a good match he needed a character According to Okada in Japanese professional wrestling there is no character it s fight fight fight but TNA s agents kept telling him that he needed a character which led to him creating the Rainmaker persona upon his return to NJPW 38 In October 2017 it was reported that while representatives of the American promotion now known as Impact Wrestling were visiting Japan attempting to revive the relationship between their company and NJPW they specifically apologized to Okada for his treatment 39 Return to NJPW Edit Sporadic appearances 2010 2011 Edit On December 14 2010 NJPW announced that Okada would be returning to the promotion on January 4 2011 at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome where he would team with Hirooki Goto against Noah representatives Takashi Sugiura and Yoshihiro Takayama 40 41 On December 23 he made a surprise return to the promotion performing a German suplex on Takayama after a match where he and Minoru Suzuki had defeated Yuji Nagata and Wataru Inoue 42 At Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome Takayama pinned Okada to win the match 43 44 After the event Okada returned to the United States and TNA 45 Okada returned to NJPW during the NJPW Invasion Tour 2011 NJPW s first tour of the United States on May 13 in Rahway New Jersey but was defeated by MVP in the first round of a tournament to determine the inaugural IWGP Intercontinental Champion 46 At the following day s event in New York City Okada teamed with Ryusuke Taguchi and Togi Makabe in a six man tag team match where they were defeated by Davey Richards Homicide and Rhino 47 On May 15 during the final day of the tour in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Okada teamed with Charlie Haas Josh Daniels and Tiger Mask in an eight man tag team match where they were defeated by Chaos Shinsuke Nakamura Gedo Jado and Yujiro Takahashi 48 On December 9 2011 NJPW announced that Okada having gained 11 kg 24 lb of muscle to increase his overall weight from 96 kg 212 lb 49 to 107 kg 236 lb 2 would be returning to the promotion on January 4 2012 at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome where he would face Yoshi Hashi also making his return after a learning excursion to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL 50 Feud with Hiroshi Tanahashi 2012 2016 Edit Okada in his Rainmaker pose in February 2012 On January 4 2012 Okada defeated Yoshi Hashi in his return match and then challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi to a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship following the show s main event 51 At the following day s press conference where the title match was made official Okada revealed that he had joined Chaos NJPW s top villainous stable enlisting new stablemate Gedo as his manager and spokesperson 52 Adopting the new villainous persona of Rainmaker Okada changed the Japanese writing of his ring name from 岡田かずちか to オカダ カズチカ 2 4 49 Okada described his new persona as a combination of the three professional wrestling styles he had learned stating that he took his dropkick from Mexico his fighting spirit from Japan and the TV and the entertainment from the United States 38 In the month leading to the title match Okada went on a main event win streak which included pinning Tanahashi in a tag team match on January 29 53 54 55 On February 12 at The New Beginning Okada defeated Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time 56 Okada made his first title defense on March 4 defeating Tetsuya Naito in the main event of NJPW s 40th anniversary event 57 On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012 Okada defeated 2012 New Japan Cup winner and reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion Hirooki Goto to make his second successful title defense 58 On June 16 at Dominion 6 16 Okada lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship back to Hiroshi Tanahashi ending his reign at 125 days 59 On August 1 Okada entered his first G1 Climax tournament 60 In the tournament Okada wrestled in the same block as Chaos leader Shinsuke Nakamura and on August 5 was defeated by Nakamura who effectively solidified his spot as the group s leader in the process 61 However Okada bounced back from the loss winning five of his eight round robin stage matches and finished at the top of his block advancing to the finals of the tournament 62 63 In the finals on August 12 Okada defeated Karl Anderson to win the 2012 G1 Climax 62 63 Breaking Masahiro Chono s record for the youngest G1 Climax winner in history Okada announced that he wanted his shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4 2013 at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome 64 Okada signed a contract for the Tokyo Dome match on September 6 making him the official number one contender to the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at NJPW s biggest event of the year 65 66 However before January 4 Okada would have to defend his contract as if it were a championship 67 On October 8 at King of Pro Wrestling Okada made his first successful defense of the contract against Karl Anderson 68 69 On November 11 at Power Struggle Okada made another successful defense against Hirooki Goto Later in the event after Hiroshi Tanahashi had successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Yujiro Takahashi the Tokyo Dome title match between him and Okada was made official 70 71 From November 20 to December 1 Okada took part in the round robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League alongside stablemate Yoshi Hashi under the team name Chaos Ride the Lightning 72 The team finished with a record of three wins and three losses with a loss to Sword amp Guns Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson on the final day costing them a spot in the semifinals of the tournament 73 74 On December 10 Tokyo Sports named Okada the 2012 MVP in all of puroresu 75 76 His match with Hiroshi Tanahashi from June 16 was also named the Match of the Year 75 76 On January 4 2013 at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome Okada failed in his title challenge against Tanahashi 77 78 On January 15 Okada publicly dismissed rumors that he was going to be signing with WWE and instead announced that he had just signed a contract extension with NJPW 79 Okada as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in February 2012 In February Okada led Chaos to a war with NJPW s other heel stable Suzuki gun 80 which built to a match on February 10 at The New Beginning where Okada positioned as the face was defeated by the stable s leader Minoru Suzuki following interference from Taichi 81 In preparation for the 2013 New Japan Cup Okada announced that he had created a new submission finishing maneuver the Red Ink in order to win the tournament 82 On March 11 he used the Red Ink to defeat Suzuki gun member and IWGP Tag Team Champion Lance Archer in his first round match 83 84 Six days later Okada advanced to the semifinals of the tournament with a win over Karl Anderson 85 On March 23 Okada first defeated Chaos stablemate Toru Yano in the semifinals and then Hirooki Goto in the finals to win the 2013 New Japan Cup and once again become the number one contender to Tanahashi s IWGP Heavyweight Championship 86 87 88 On April 7 at Invasion Attack Okada defeated Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the second time 89 90 91 On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 Okada made his first successful title defense against Minoru Suzuki 92 93 His second successful defense took place on June 22 at Dominion 6 22 against Togi Makabe 94 95 On July 20 Okada made his third successful title defense against IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt 96 97 98 99 From August 1 to 11 Okada took part in the 2013 G1 Climax 100 where he opened by losing three of his first four matches 101 After bouncing back to a three match win streak and a time limit draw with Hiroshi Tanahashi 102 Okada finished his tournament with a loss against Satoshi Kojima which meant that he was eliminated from the tournament 103 104 On August 18 Okada made a rare appearance outside of NJPW when he took part in the DDT Pro Wrestling promotion s annual Ryōgoku Peter Pan event defeating Kota Ibushi in a special non title match 105 106 107 On September 29 at Destruction Okada avenged the loss from G1 Climax by defeating Satoshi Kojima for his fourth successful defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 108 109 On October 14 at King of Pro Wrestling Okada made his fifth successful title defense against Hiroshi Tanahashi in what Tanahashi claimed would be his final challenge for the title 110 111 112 With the win NJPW claimed that Okada had taken over Tanahashi s spot as the ace of the promotion 110 On November 9 at Power Struggle Okada defeated Karl Anderson in a rematch of the 2012 G1 Climax finals for his sixth successful title defense 113 114 115 Okada and his next challenger 2013 G1 Climax winner Tetsuya Naito faced off on November 23 during the first day of the 2013 World Tag League in a match where Okada and Yoshi Hashi were victorious over Naito and La Sombra 116 Okada and Yoshi Hashi however managed to win only one of their five remaining matches in the tournament and finished second to last in their block failing to advance to the semifinals 117 Following a disappointing fan reaction to a confrontation between Okada and Naito NJPW announced that fans would get to vote whether they or Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship would be the true main event of the Tokyo Dome show 118 119 When the results were released on December 9 Okada and Naito had gotten only half the votes Nakamura and Tanahashi had gotten and as a result lost their main event spot for NJPW s biggest show of the year 120 121 That same day Okada became the first wrestler in 25 years to win back to back MVP awards from Tokyo Sports 122 123 On January 4 2014 at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome Okada defeated Naito for his seventh successful title defense 124 125 Okada s eighth successful title defense took place on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka where he defeated Hirooki Goto 126 127 On April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014 Okada found himself a new challenger in Bullet Club s newest member the debuting A J Styles who claimed that Okada was still the same young boy rookie he had known in TNA 128 129 On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2014 Okada s thirteen month reign as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion came to an end when he lost the title to Styles in his ninth defense after Yujiro Takahashi turned on him and Chaos and joined Bullet Club 130 131 132 Okada in May 2014 In May Okada took part in NJPW s North American tour during which he received a rematch for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship On May 17 at War of the Worlds in New York City Okada unsuccessfully challenged Styles for the title in a three way match which also included Michael Elgin whom Styles pinned for the win 133 Okada received another shot at the title on May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena but was again defeated by Styles 134 135 From July 21 to August 8 Okada took part in the 2014 G1 Climax where he won his block with a record of eight wins and two losses which included a win over Styles 136 advancing to the finals 137 138 On August 10 Okada defeated Chaos stablemate Shinsuke Nakamura to win the 2014 G1 Climax 139 140 On September 21 at Destruction in Kobe Okada teamed with Yoshi Hashi to unsuccessfully challenge Bullet Club s Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the IWGP Tag Team Championship 141 142 Two days later at Destruction in Okayama Okada successfully defended his IWGP Heavyweight Championship number one contender s contract against Karl Anderson 143 144 On October 13 at King of Pro Wrestling Okada made another successful defense of his contract against Tetsuya Naito 145 146 The following month Okada once again teamed up with Yoshi Hashi for the 2014 World Tag League 147 The team finished their block with a record of four wins and three losses failing to advance to the finals 148 On January 4 2015 at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome Okada received his shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship but was defeated by the defending champion Hiroshi Tanahashi 149 150 Okada then started a stoyline where the loss to Tanahashi had broken him both physically and mentally causing him to enter a slump 151 This led to a rivalry between him and Bullet Club s Bad Luck Fale who scored several pinfall wins over Okada including in the first round of the 2015 New Japan Cup 152 153 Okada finally defeated Fale in a singles match on April 5 at Invasion Attack 2015 after which he announced his intention of regaining the IWGP Heavyweight Championship by attacking A J Styles at the conclusion of the event 154 155 Okada celebrating after capturing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the third time in July 2015 On July 5 at Dominion 7 5 in Osaka jo Hall Okada defeated Styles to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the third time 156 157 From July 23 to August 15 Okada took part in the 2015 G1 Climax 158 He entered the final day with a chance to advance from his block but a loss against Chaos stablemate Shinsuke Nakamura cost him a spot in the finals giving him a record of seven wins and two losses 159 On August 16 Okada had a staredown with Genichiro Tenryu who chose him to be his opponent in his retirement match 160 On November 15 at Revolution Final Okada defeated Tenryu in his retirement match 161 162 On December 7 Okada won his third MVP award from Tokyo Sports while his match with Tenryu was named the Match of the Year 163 164 With the win Okada became only the fifth three time MVP award winner 165 In December 2015 Okada signed a one year contract extension with NJPW However following A J Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura s departures from the promotion the following month NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani announced that the promotion was scrapping the one year contract system and was looking to offer Okada their top priority a new five year 200 million contract 166 On January 4 2016 Okada defeated 2015 G1 Climax winner Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and become the new ace of the promotion the match at that time was the longest in the history of the January 4 Dome Show 167 Longest reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion 2016 2018 Edit Okada as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in February 2016 Okada made his third successful title defense on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka against Hirooki Goto 168 On April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016 Okada lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to 2016 New Japan Cup winner Tetsuya Naito following outside interference from Naito s Los Ingobernables de Japon stablemates Bushi Evil and the debuting Sanada 169 Okada gained revenge on Sanada by defeating him on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016 170 This led to a rematch with Naito on June 19 at Dominion 6 19 in Osaka jo Hall where Okada won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time 171 172 From July 18 to August 12 Okada took part in the 2016 G1 Climax where he finished tied second in his block with a record of five wins one draw and three losses 173 A 30 minute time limit draw against Hiroshi Tanahashi on the final day eliminated both men from advancing to the finals 174 During the G1 Climax Okada was defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representative Naomichi Marufuji which led to his first title defense following the tournament on October 10 at King of Pro Wrestling where Okada retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Marufuji thus setting up the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome between Okada and the 2016 G1 Climax winner Kenny Omega 175 On December 14 Okada became the second wrestler to win three consecutive Match of the Year awards from Tokyo Sports for his 2016 G1 Climax opener against Naomichi Marufuji 176 On January 4 2017 Okada successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome 177 At 46 minutes and 45 seconds the match is the longest in the history of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show 178 Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave the match a six star rating He added that Okada and Omega may have put on the greatest match in pro wrestling history and that it was the best match he had ever seen 179 The match was also praised by the likes of Daniel Bryan Mick Foley and Stone Cold Steve Austin 180 181 The day after Wrestle Kingdom 11 Okada and Chaos were attacked by the returning Minoru Suzuki and his Suzuki gun stable 182 which led to his third title defense on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo where he defeated Suzuki 183 184 Okada s fourth defense took place on April 9 at Sakura Genesis 2017 where he defeated 2017 New Japan Cup winner Katsuyori Shibata 185 186 Okada s fifth defense took place on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2017 where he defeated Bad Luck Fale After the match Okada nominated Omega as his next challenger for the championship 187 188 The rematch between Okada and Omega on June 11 at Dominion 6 11 in Osaka jo Hall ended in NJPW s first 60 minute time limit draw in 12 years meaning that Okada was successful in his sixth defense 189 190 Okada s seventh title defense took place during the first night of G1 Special in USA on July 1 where he defeated Cody 191 192 Okada then entered the 2017 G1 Climax where he finished with a record of six wins one draw and two losses 193 failing to advance to the finals due to losing to Kenny Omega in their third match against each other on August 12 194 On October 9 at King of Pro Wrestling Okada avenged a loss suffered during the 2017 G1 Climax by making his eighth successful title defense against Evil setting him up against G1 Climax winner Tetsuya Naito in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 12 195 196 On October 22 Okada became the longest reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion in history by breaking the previous record of 489 days held by Shinya Hashimoto On January 3 2018 Okada also broke Hiroshi Tanahashi s record of 1 358 combined days as champion 197 The following day at Wrestle Kingdom 12 Okada defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the title 198 On February 10 at The New Beginning in Osaka Okada defeated Sanada to retain the championship for the tenth time 199 On March 21 Okada was challenged for the title by New Japan Cup winner Zack Sabre Jr and at Sakura Genesis went on to defeat Sabre Jr to tie Hiroshi Tanahashi s record for most successful title defenses in one reign at 11 defenses After the match Okada was confronted by Tanahashi indicating a future match for the title They met at Wrestling Dontaku 2018 where Okada defeated Tanahashi for his record breaking 12th successful title defense 200 breaking Tanahashi s record of 11 and earning a 5 1 2 Star rating from Wrestling Observer Newsletter His next challenger was then revealed to be Kenny Omega having been chosen due to Okada s frustration with having one win draw and loss against him In their fourth match they competed in a two out of three falls match at Dominion 6 9 in Osaka jo Hall with no time limit to ensure there is no possibility of a draw as in their second singles match at Dominion 6 11 where Omega defeated Okada 2 1 to win the championship after a 65 minute match ending Okada s record breaking championship reign at 720 days 201 Gedo s betrayal and various feuds 2018 2021 Edit Okada then entered the 2018 G1 Climax where he finished with a record of six wins one draw and two losses exactly the same as the previous year s event failing to advance to the finals 202 The event saw a change of image for Okada following the defeat by Omega with his hair dyed red and portraying an indifferent attitude 203 This caused him to lose his first two matches against Jay White and Bad Luck Fale 204 205 although he would go on to the win the rest of the matches in his block until the last one another 30 minute time limit draw against Tanahashi 202 At the 2018 G1 Climax Finals Okada parted ways with his longtime manager Gedo 206 Unsatisfied by their draw in the G1 Tanahashi opted to defend the contract for his Wrestle Kingdom 13 title shot against Okada On September 23 at Destruction in Kobe Okada was defeated by Tanahashi Afterwards he was attacked by Jay White before Gedo his former manager came out seemingly to stop him only to betray Okada by hitting him in the back with a chair 207 This led to a match between White and Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 13 where he was defeated In March Okada competed in the New Japan Cup He defeated Michael Elgin in Round 1 and fellow Chaos members Mikey Nicholls Will Ospreay and Tomohiro Ishii in Round 2 the Quarterfinals and Semi Finals respectively He went on to defeat Sanada in the finals of the tournament and win his second New Japan Cup In doing so he won the opportunity to challenge Jay White at New Japan Ring of Honor joint show G1 Supercard for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 208 At the event on April 6 Okada defeated White to win the title for the fifth time 209 Okada then successfully defended his title against Sanada on the second night of the Wrestling Dontaku 2019 event 210 Then Okada successfully defended his title against Chris Jericho at Dominion 6 9 for his second title defense 211 At Royal Quest Okada defeated Minoru Suzuki for his third title defence subsequently going on retain the title again at King of Pro Wrestling vs Sanada which would set up a title match with G1 Climax winner Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Kingdom 14 On the first night of the two day event Okada retained the Championship against Ibushi enabling him to advance to the Double Gold Dash Title For Title Match on Night 2 where Okada s fifth reign was ended by IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito Okada then entered a feud with Taichi where at The New Beginning in Sapporo night 2 Okada defeated Taichi Okada was then announced to be facing Jay White in the first round of the New Japan Cup 2020 however due to the COVID 19 pandemic all New Japan Cup and further New Japan events were postponed Okada defeated Gedo in the first round of the New Japan Cup followed by subsequent victories over Yuji Nagata Taiji Ishimori and Hiromu Takahashi before losing to Evil in the final At Dominion in Osaka jo Hall Okada was on the losing side of a tag team match teaming with Goto against Bullet Club s Yujiro Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori when Takahashi pinned Goto This began a small feud with Takahashi culminating in Okada defeating him at Sengoku Lord in Nagoya on July 25 During a post match interview Okada teased a controversial announcement 212 Three days later during a press conference NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi alongside Okada announced the creation of the KOPW Championship Okada then proceeded to introduce the title and its concept also announcing KOPW 2021 for the following year 213 214 The tournament to crown the inaugural champion began on August 26 with four first round matches leading to a four way final at Summer Struggle in Jingu 215 In the first round Okada was paired off against Takahashi and the fans were allowed to vote for the stipulations online on the social networking service Twitter Fans had the choice to vote for either a three on one handicap match including Gedo and Jado Okada s choice or a lumberjack with leather belts match Takahashi s choice fans voted for the former On August 26 Okada soundly defeated his three opponents but would lose to stablemate Toru Yano three days later in the final which also included El Desperado and Sanada 215 216 From September 19 until October 16 Okada took part in G1 Climax 30 as part of block A finishing the tournament with a record of six wins and three losses 217 Going into the final day of block A matches Okada had a slim chance to qualify for the final needing a victory against Will Ospreay and for both Kota Ibushi and Jay White to lose their respective matches However Ospreay s girlfriend Bea Priestley and the returning Great O Kharn interfered in the match helping earn victory for Ospreay and ending Okada s tournament Afterwards Ospreay cemented his heel turn by attacking Okada and would officially leave Chaos to start a new faction named The Empire Following the tournament Okada was gunning for revenge against Ospreay for his actions On November 7 at Power Struggle Okada defeated O Khan via referee s decision 218 Post match he was confronted by Ospreay who challenged him to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 15 which Okada accepted 219 On January 4 2021 at Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 1 Okada defeated Ospreay 220 IWGP World Heavyweight Champion 2021 present Edit Following Will Ospreay relinquishing the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship after Wrestling Dontaku Okada faced Shingo Takagi at Dominion 6 6 in Osaka jo Hall in a losing effort for the vacant title In October 2021 Okada would win the G1 Climax for the third time in his career finishing top of his block with 16 points a joint record for ten man G1 blocks and defeating Kota Ibushi in the tournament finals and earning himself another shot at Takagi and the championship 221 After winning the G1 Okada requested that instead of a briefcase for a shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom he be awarded the former IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt which Ibushi had retired earlier in 2021 222 Okada s request was approved and he appeared at Road to Power Struggle on October 25 with the belt and he would defeat Tama Tonga at the event to retain the certificate On November 13 Okada returned to the US to defeat Buddy Matthews at Battle in the Valley 223 On Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 16 Okada defeated Takagi to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship for the first time He would also retain it against a returning Ospreay on Night 2 On Night 3 Okada teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi to defeat Pro Wrestling Noah s Keiji Mutoh and Kaito Kiyomiya 224 Okada s first title defence came on February 20 during the NJPW New Years Golden Series where he defeated Tetsuya Naito 225 Okada once again teamed with Tanahashi alongside Tatsumi Fujinami to defeat Zack Sabre Jr Minoru Suzuki and Yoshiaki Fujiwara at the NJPW 50th Anniversary Show on March 1 226 On April 9 Okada defeated Sabre Jr who had won the New Japan Cup at Hyper Battle 227 On May 1 Okada once again defeated Naito at Wrestling Dontaku 228 After being attacked by the returning Jay White Okada was scheduled to face White at Dominion 6 12 in Osaka jo Hall White defeated Okada for the World Championship at the event ending Okada s reign at 159 days 229 Also at Dominion Okada was announced to be part of the G1 Climax 32 tournament in July where he would compete in the A Block 230 He finished with 10 points only losing once to Jonah to advance to the semi finals 231 In the semi final round Okada defeated B Block winner Tama Tonga 232 In the final Okada defeated Will Ospreay to win his second consecutive and fourth overall G1 Climax 233 The following day during a press conference instead of receiving a briefcase containing a contract for a title shot at Wrestle Kingdom Okada proposed the winner of the G1 Climax should be automatically inserted into the main event at the Tokyo Dome instead of defending his title shot On October 10 at Declaration of Power Okada avenged a loss suffered during the 2022 G1 Climax by defeating Jonah Later that night Okada confronted Jay White after he successfully defended the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship setting up the main event for Wrestle Kingdom 17 On December 15 2022 Okada won his fifth MVP award from Tokyo Sports while his match with Will Ospreay was named the Match of the Year 234 235 With his fifth overall MVP award he just one behind Antonio Inoki in most overall MVP Awards Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 2018 Edit On August 17 2018 Okada with Negro Casas and Ultimo Guerrero defeated Diamante Azul Valiente and Mistico in Arena Mexico 236 All Elite Wrestling 2022 Edit Okada made his All Elite Wrestling AEW debut on the June 22nd 2022 edition of AEW Dynamite coming to the aid of Adam Page while he was being attacked by Jay White and Adam Cole 237 Shortly after the exchange it was announced that there would be a four way battle for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship between Okada Page Cole and White at Forbidden Door At the event on June 26 White retained the title 238 Other media EditAlong with fellow NJPW wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura Okada is featured in the Japanese music video for Pharrell Williams song Happy released in May 2014 239 In 2015 Okada voiced a character in the World Trigger anime series 240 The following year he voiced a character in another anime Future Card Buddy Fight 100 241 Okada along with fellow NJPW wrestlers Hiroshi Tanahashi Hiroyoshi Tenzan Satoshi Kojima Tetsuya Naito and Toru Yano appears as a member of the gang Justis in the 2016 video game Yakuza 6 The Song of Life 242 In January 2017 it was announced that the Tekken 7 Fated Retribution video game would feature Okada s in ring costume as an alternate outfit for the character King When equipped King performs Okada s finishing maneuver the Rainmaker as his Rage Art move 243 The Okada geared King was featured on the September 12 2017 episode of WWE s 205 Live program 244 Okada also appears as a wrestler in the 2017 NJPW licensed video game Fire Pro Wrestling World Okada played rhythm guitar on several tracks on The High Crusade s extended play Main Statement which was released on January 20 2020 245 Personal life EditOkada was engaged to TV Asahi presenter Yoko Mori whom he had been in a relationship with from 2013 to 2017 246 In August 2014 after his uncle and cousin had both been diagnosed with cancer Okada established the Rainmaker Kikin Rainmaker Fund to battle children s cancer For every match Okada won he pledged to donate 30 000 the equivalent of US 277 20 247 248 In April 2019 voice actress Suzuko Mimori announced her marriage to Okada 249 In May 2022 it was announced that the couple are expecting their first child 250 In August they welcomed the birth of their baby boy 251 Okada supports English football team Manchester City 252 He stated that he supports Man City after watching All or Nothing documentary of their success on Amazon Prime 253 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes2018 My Dad is a Heel Wrestler Dragon JojiTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes2009 Atashinchi no Danshi Goro2015 World Trigger Himself Voice2015 Tamiou Okada2016 Future Card Buddy Fight 100 Himself Voice2016 18 99 9 Criminal Lawyer Himself 2 episodesVideo games Edit Year Title Role Notes2016 Yakuza 6 The Song of Life Okada Fictionalized version of himself2017 Yakuza Kiwami 2 Okada Fictionalized version of himself likeness only2017 Fire Pro Wrestling World Himself Likeness onlyChampionships and accomplishments Edit Okada as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in July 2013 CBS Sports Match of the Year 2018 vs Kenny Omega at Dominion 6 9 254 New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 1 time 255 IWGP Heavyweight Championship 5 times 2 G1 Climax 2012 2014 2021 2022 2 New Japan Cup 2013 2019 86 208 Best Bout 2017 vs Kenny Omega on June 11 256 Nikkan Sports MVP Award 2012 2013 2015 2017 257 258 259 260 Match of the Year Award 2012 vs Hiroshi Tanahashi on February 12 257 Match of the Year Award 2014 vs Shinsuke Nakamura on August 10 261 Match of the Year Award 2017 vs Kenny Omega on January 4 260 Match of the Year Award 2018 vs Kenny Omega on June 9 262 Outstanding Performance Award 2012 257 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017 263 Match of the Year 2017 vs Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 11 264 Match of the Year 2018 vs Kenny Omega at Dominion 6 9 in Osaka jo Hall 264 Feud of the Year 2017 vs Kenny Omega 264 Sports Illustrated Ranked No 4 of the top 10 male wrestlers in 2019 tied with Seth Rollins 265 Ranked No 6 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2017 266 Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award 2012 vs Hiroshi Tanahashi on June 16 75 76 Best Bout Award 2014 vs Shinsuke Nakamura on August 10 267 Best Bout Award 2015 vs Genichiro Tenryu on November 15 163 Best Bout Award 2016 vs Naomichi Marufuji on July 18 176 Best Bout Award 2017 vs Kenny Omega on January 4 268 Best Bout Award 2018 vs Kenny Omega on June 9 269 Best Bout Award 2019 vs Sanada on October 14 270 Best Bout Award 2020 vs Tetsuya Naito on January 5 at Wrestle Kingdom 14 271 Best Bout Award 2022 vs Will Ospreay on August 18 234 MVP Award 2012 2013 2015 2019 2022 75 122 163 270 235 Toryumon Mexico Young Dragons Cup 2005 7 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Wrestling Maneuver 2012 2013 Rainmaker 272 273 Feud of the Year 2012 2013 vs Hiroshi Tanahashi 272 273 Feud of the Year 2017 vs Kenny Omega 274 Most Improved 2012 272 Most Outstanding Wrestler 2017 274 Pro Wrestling Match of the Year 2013 vs Hiroshi Tanahashi on April 7 273 275 Pro Wrestling Match of the Year 2016 vs Hiroshi Tanahashi on January 4 276 Pro Wrestling Match of the Year 2017 vs Kenny Omega on January 4 274 Pro Wrestling Match of the Year 2018 vs Kenny Omega on June 9 277 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