is a Japanese

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working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions

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and

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where he also appeared under the

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s and .

Professional wrestling career

Wrestle-1 (2016–2020)

Tachibana made his

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debut in

's ''W-1 Pro-Wrestling Training Academy 1st Graduation Class'' event on March 30, 2016, where he fell short to on of his coaches, Kaz Hayashi. He competed in the promotion's various signature events. One of them is the Wrestle-1 Grand Prix, where he made his only appearance at the 2019 edition, in which he fell short to Shotaro Ashino in the first rounds. Tachibana competed at ''W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour Trans Magic'', the last ever event hosted by Wrestle-1 on April 1, 2020, before its closure where he took part in a 31-man battle royal won by

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and also featuring many of the promotion's roster figures such as

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, T-Hawk,

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and others.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2020–present)

After Wrestle-1's closure in early 2020, Tachibana began competing for

. He made his debut in the promotion at ''AJPW All Japan Pro Wrestling Wednesday Special'' on May 27, 2020, where he unsuccessfully challenged Yoshitatsu for the

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. He continued challenging for various titles such as at ''AJPW All Japan Pro Wrestling Broadcast 2020 #7'' from June 25, where he teamed up with Yoshitatsu to unsuccessfully challenge Yankee Two Kenju (

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and

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) for the

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. He captured the

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at ''AJPW Summer Action Series 2021'' on July 22 alongside Yoshitatsu and Carbell Ito by defeating Total Eclipse ( Tajiri, Yusuke Kodama and Hokuto Omori). Tachibana also participated in various of the promotion's signature events. One of them is the

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, where he made his first appearance at the 2021 edition by teaming up with Takaayuki Ueki in a losing effort against Atsuki Aoyagi and Yu Iizuka in the first round matches. As for the

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, he debuted in the 2021 edition where he fell short to

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in the first rounds. In the

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, he firstly competed in the 2021 edition by teaming up with Yoshitatsu, placing themselves in the Block C, failing to score any points after going against the teams of

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and Leona.

DDT Pro Wrestling (2020)

Tachibana also stepped into

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for a short period of time. He made his first appearance on the first night of the

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from June 6 where he fell short to

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. He participated in the 2020 edition of the King of DDT Tournament where he fell short to

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on the first night from August 8. On the second night, Tachibana competed in a 13-man battle royal for a second chance to re-enter the tournament, match won by Tetsuya Endo and also involving

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and others. At ''DDT Get Alive 2020'' on September 7, Tachibana teamed up with

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and Yoshiko to unsuccessfully challenge Eruption (

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and

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) for the

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Championships and accomplishments

(

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( 1 time) – with

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(

) – with Yoshitatsu and

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(1) and Yoshitatsu and

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(1) *

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** G-Infinity Championship ( 1 time) – with

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*Kuroshio Tokyo Japan Produce **

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'' **Ranked No. 296 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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** Wrestle-1 Result Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) – with

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( 1 time) – with Shotaro Ashino and

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tachibana, Seigo 1997 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Tokyo 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions All Asia Tag Team Champions Gaora TV Champions AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Champions G-Infinity Champions