Report Last Updated - 5/03 (Winter)
Real Name - Keiichi Yamada
Birthdate - 11/10/64
5'7" 207 lbs. - Hiroshima, Japan

Aliases - "Flyin" Fuji Yamada, Jushin "Thunder" Riger

Athletic background - Wrestling (High School)

Teachers - n/a

Professional background - New Japan(`84-), Britian(`87), Stampede(`87), WCW(`91-`99)

Career Highlights -
- Beats Hiroshi Hase to win his first of 11 IWGP Junior Heavyweight titles
- Defeats rival Naoki Sano to win his second title
- Wins the Top of the Super Juniors tournament by defeating El Samurai
- Beats Gedo to win his first of two J Cups
- Captures the J-Crown, which he suggested, from El Ultimo Dragon

Finisher(s) -
- Liger Bomb
- Super Brainbuster
x Shooting Star Press

Favorites -
- Shotey
- Brainbuster
- Rolling Koppou Kick
- Rito Romero Special
- Flying Headbutt

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 7
science - 8
aerial - 6
power - 9
strikes - 5

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 9
selling - 9
bumping - 8
heat - 9
carrying - 10
push - 8
potential - 3

Serious Injuries - Broken Ankle, Brain Cancer (Required Surgery)

Outlook - Liger is probably one of the top five junior heavyweights to ever come along. He came across as a Tiger Mask duplicate at first, but proved he was his own man with an innovative style, look, and place in puroresu. A star in Mexico and the US, Liger managed to get the stroke to make the juniors in New Japan a major part of the company. Though he lead them, Liger was not greedy and allowed his peers to become stars of their own. Liger's place in New Japan and puroresu as a whole is one that no one will fill when he's gone. He's beat cancer and anyone whoever doubted him because of his size, one has to assume Jushin Liger will be around for years to come.