Shoji Akiyoshi, better known by his ring name Jado, is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted on March 19, 1989, and trained in the NJPW Dojo, graduating from the Young Lion system. He is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling alongside Gedo, with occasional stints in Universal Lucha Libre (1993) and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1997). He has previously served as the head booker of Pro Wrestling Noah beginning in 2015, and together with Gedo, has been involved in NJPW booking.

KNOWN FOR

New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
2016
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
2026
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup
2025
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
2026

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
171
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
as Jado
2026
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
as Jado
2026
NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
as Jado
2026
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7
as Jado
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
as Jado
2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
as Jado (Ringside)
2025
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
as Jado
2025
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
as Jado
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
as Jado
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 5
as Jado
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
as Jado
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
as Jado
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
as Jado
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
as Jado
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 17
as Jado
2025
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1
as Jado
2025
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 2
as Jado
2025
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 3
as Jado
2025
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 3
as Jado
2025
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time
as Jado
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
as Jado
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
as Jado
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
as Jado
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
as Jado
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
as Jado
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
as Jado
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup
as Jado
2024
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
as Jado
2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
as Jado
2024
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~ 2024
as Jado
2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 3
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 15
as Jado
2024
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
as Jado (Ringside)
2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
as Jado
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
as Jado
2024
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
as Jado
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
as Jado
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
as Jado
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
as Jado
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
as Jado
2024
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
as Jado
2023
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
as Jado (Ringside)
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
as Jado
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
as Jado
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 15
as Jado
2023
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
as Jado
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
as Jado
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
as Jado
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as Jado (Ringside)
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
as Jado
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
as Jado
2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
as Jado
2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as Jado
2023
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
as Jado
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
as Jado (Ringside)
2022
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
as Jado
2022
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
as Jado
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
as Jado
2022
NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 1
as Jado
2022
NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 2
as Jado
2022
NJPW Declaration of Power
as Jado (Ringside)
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
as Jado
2022
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
as Jado
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
as Jado
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
as Jado
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
as Jado
2021
NJPW Power Struggle 2021
as Jado
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
as Jado
2021
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
as Jado
2021
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 1
as Jado
2021
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
as Jado
2021
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
as Jado
2021
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
as Jado
2021
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
as Jado
2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
as Jado
2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
as Jado
2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
as Jado
2021
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
as Jado
2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
as Jado (Ringside)
2019
Oriental Wrestling Entertainment Presents Shinjuku Japan Ep. 2
as T-Cool
2019
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
as Jado
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
as Jado
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
as Jado
2019
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
as Jado (Ringside)
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
as Jado
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
as Jado
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
as Jado
2017
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
as Jado
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
as Jado
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 2
as Jado
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 4
as Jado
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
as Jado
2017
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
as Jado
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
as Jado
2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
as Jado
2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
as Jado
2017
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 2
as Jado
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
as Jado
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
as Jado
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
as Jado
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
as Jado
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
as Jado
2017
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 1
as Jado
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
as Jado
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
as Jado
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
as Jado
2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
as Jado
2016
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
as Self
2014
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
as Jado
2014
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds
as Jado
2014
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
as Jado
2013
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
as Jado
2013
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
as Jado
2012
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
as Jado
2011
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
as Jado
2011
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 2
as Jado
2009
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
as Jado
2009
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
as Jado
2009
NJPW Destruction 2009
as Jado
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
as Jado
2008
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
as Jado
2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
as Jado
2007
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
as Jado
2003
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
as Jado
2001
FMW: International Slaughterhouse
as Jado
2000
ECW Living Dangerously 2000
as Jado
1999
FMW Making Of A New Legend IV: Day 7
as Jado
1998
AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18
as Jado
1972
New Japan Pro Wrestling
as Jado