Early career (1989–2001) Gedo debuted on March 19, 1989, for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the
Takeshi Puroresu Gundan (TPG), NJPW's parody of
World Wrestling Federation's ''Rock 'n Wrestling'' era. His debut match was against
Magic Monkey Wakita, who would later be known as Super Delfin, on March 19, 1989. After TPG died out, Gedo, Wakita, and TPG comrade
Jado left NJPW.
Jado and Gedo went on to become one of the premiere tag teams in
Japan. Jado and Gedo headed to the
Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico as Punish (Jado) and Crush (Gedo), and defeated
Silver King and
El Texano for the
UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship on November 8, 1991. They would win these belts on two more occasions in 1992. Gedo was in the
1995 Super J-Cup and reached the finals, losing to
Jushin Thunder Liger in his fourth match of the night. Gedo won his first singles title when he defeated
Lionheart in a tournament final to become the inaugural International Junior Heavyweight Champion on March 26, 1995. Gedo would win this belt again, defeating
Último Dragón for it. Jado and Gedo left WAR, which was declining, and headed to
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, one of Japan's top independent promotions. Gedo, with Jado and Kodo Fuyuki, won the
FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, defeating
the Headhunters and Hisakatsu Oya on March 21, 1997. It was also in 1997 that Gedo toured North America, appearing at the 1997
WCW Halloween Havoc show wrestling Chris Jericho, and winning the CRMW North American Mid-Heavyweight Championship defeating
Ricky Fuji on August 31, 1997. During the Halloween Havoc show,
Mike Tenay called Gedo the
Dusty Rhodes of Japan. He further said that Gedo was a fan of 1970s U.S. Southern style brawling. In July 2007, Gedo and Jado joined the
Great Bash Heel (GBH) faction. The tag team would compete in the
2007 G1 Tag League, but failed to win, with a final tally of 6 points. In April 2009 Gedo and Jado left GBH and became founding members of the
Chaos stable. On November 13, 2010, Jado and Gedo returned to the top of New Japan's Junior Tag Team division by defeating their
Chaos team mates
Davey Richards and
Rocky Romero in the finals of a five-day-long tournament to win the 2010 Super J Tag League. As a result of their victory, Gedo and Jado received a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, which took place at a
Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) event on December 26, 2010, where they were defeated by the defending champions, the
Golden☆Lovers (
Kenny Omega and
Kota Ibushi). At the end of 2011, the
Wrestling Observer Newsletter named Gedo and Jado the bookers of the year. They have won the award three more times since then.
Main booker and manager (2013–2018) On July 5, 2013, Gedo received his first shot at the
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship in nearly a decade as he attempted to stop
Prince Devitt from earning a shot at Okada's
IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Gedo, however, failed in his challenge and Devitt advanced to the match with Okada. On November 1, Gedo and Jado received their first shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in three years, but were defeated by the defending champions,
Suzuki-gun (
Taichi and
Taka Michinoku). In early 2015, Gedo became the primary booker of New Japan, when Jado took over as the new booker of
Pro Wrestling Noah.
Bullet Club (2018–2026) At the 2018 G1 Climax Finals, Okada parted ways with Gedo. Gedo returned at
Destruction in Kobe, where it appeared he was going to save Okada but instead, hit him with a chair, becoming
Jay White's new manager. At
King of Pro-Wrestling, Gedo, White, and longtime tag partner Jado all completed their defection from Chaos to align themselves with
Bullet Club. Throughout White's tenure as Bullet Club leader, Gedo managed White, as well as still wrestling occasionally, mostly in tag matches with White and other Bullet Club members. After White's departure from NJPW, Gedo began managing
David Finlay, who became the new leader of Bullet Club. Gedo and Finlay later formed a sub-group to Bullet Club called "
Bullet Club War Dogs", which consisted of the duo with
Alex Coughlin,
Clark Connors,
Drilla Moloney, and
Gabe Kidd, with wrestlers such as
Jake Lee,
Sanada, and
Taiji Ishimori joining later on. On November 8, 2025, Gedo reunited with Kazuchika Okada as the latter made his surprise return to NJPW as a heel and was confirmed to be
Hiroshi Tanahashi's opponent in his retirement match at
Wrestle Kingdom 20. At the event on January 4, 2026, Okada defeated Tanahashi with Gedo in his corner.
Unbound Co. (2026–present) After Wrestle Kingdom 20, at
New Year Dash!!,
David Finlay and
Yota Tsuji announced the dissolution of
Bullet Club and Mushozoku, replacing the alliance with
Unbound Company, which was a complete merger.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2016) On June 12, 2016, Gedo made a surprise appearance at a
Pro Wrestling Noah event. He reunited with Jado to unsuccessfully challenge
Atsushi Kotoge and
Daisuke Harada for Noah's
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, also involving Taichi and Taka Michinoku. On October 8, Gedo and Jado defeated Kotoge and Harada to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They lost the title back to Kotoge and Harada on December 24. ==Championships and accomplishments==