 Ibushi has also won several tournaments for NJPW, including the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors, the 2015 New Japan Cup and the 2019 G1 Climax, being the only wrestler to have won those three tournaments.On July 1, 2004, Ibushi made his professional wrestling debut for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), losing to Kudo.In 2005, Ibushi won his first championship, when he and Daichi Kakimoto defeated Darkside Hero!