Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Yoshihiro Tajiri Yoshihiro Tajiri (born around 1974, Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler performing in World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown brand. Trained in traditional Japanese style and lucha libre, he debuted in the early 1990's in Japan wrestling mainly for the Japanese office of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). In 1997, he left for the hardcore wrestling promotion Big Japan based in Tokyo. In late 1998, while in Mexico, he caught the eye of Extreme Championship Wrestling owner Paul Heyman and was invited to the states to wrestle for ECW. He became extremely popular with the fans, despite being brought in as a heel. He stayed in ECW until it closed in 2001, and was almost immediately signed by WWE, where he has been ever since. When given the opportunity, Yoshihiro Tajiri can be one of the best performers in WWE. He has great charisma and is a fantastic wrestler. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.