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Bishamon is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The team is part of CHAOS. They have won the IWGP Tag Team Championship twice and the World Tag League in 2021 and 2022.

History[]

On October 23, 2020, at Road To Power Struggle Night 1, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Suzuki-gun (DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship. After the match, YOSHI-HASHI would challenge Taichi and Sabre, known as Dangerous Tekkers, to an IWGP Tag Team Championship Match. On November 2, the match took place, with Goto and YOSHI-HASHI failing to win the title. Later that month, Goto and YOSHI-HASHI took part in the 2020 World Tag League, finishing with ten points, failing to advance. Goto and YOSHI-HASHI challenged for the IWGP Tag Team Championship again at Castle Attack Night 2 on February 28, 2021, but were defeated by Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).

At Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome, after Dangerous Tekkers retained the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Los Ingobernables de Japón (Tetsuya Naito and SANADA), Goto and YOSHI-HASHI challenged them to another title match. However, Dangerous Tekkers accepted on the condition that Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Ishii defend the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship against them. At Summer Struggle Night 8 on August 1, Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Ishii retained the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship against Dangerous Tekkers and Minoru Suzuki. The following month, at Wrestle Grand Slam In MetLife Dome Night 2, Goto and YOSHI-HASHI failed to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a Three Way Tag Team Match that also involved Naito and SANADA. On November 11, at Power Struggle, Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Ishii lost the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship to House Of Torture (EVIL, SHO, and Yujiro Takahashi).

To close out 2021, Goto and YOSHI-HASHI won the World Tag League after topping the block with eighteen points before defeating EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi in the final. This earned them an IWGP Tag Team Championship Match at Wrestle Kingdom 16 on January 4, 2022. At the event, Goto and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Dangerous Tekkers to win the title for the first time. Goto and YOSHI-HASHI would soon be dubbed Bishamon, making their first IWGP Tag Team Championship defence at New Years Golden Series Night 14 on February 19, defeating EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi. At Hyper Battle Night 5 on April 9, Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb of United Empire defeated Bishamon, ending their 95 day reign. The following month, at Wrestling Dontaku, Bishamon failed to regain the championship in a Three Way Tag Team Match.

On June 26, Bishamon wrestled on the pre-show of Forbidden Door, an event promoted by NJPW and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), defeating The Factory (Aaron Solo and QT Marshall). Then, on the July 1 episode of AEW Rampage, Bishamon were defeated by The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in an AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match. Back in Japan, Goto, YOH, and YOSHI-HASHI won the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship after defeating House Of Torture on July 5. At Burning Spirit Night 13 on September 23, Goto, YOH, and YOSHI-HASHI lost the title back to House Of Torture in a Dog Cage Survival Match.

At the end of the year, Bishamon competed in the 2022 World Tag League, winning the tournament after defeating Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) in the final. On January 4, 2023, Bishamon challenged IWGP Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) as a result of their World Tag League victory. Bishamon would win the match, capturing the championship for a second time.

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