Takahiro Katori

Takahiro Katori is a Japanese professional wrestler, also known as Kapy, who is currently signed to Eagle Pro Wrestling. He is also known for his tenure with Pro Wrestling Freedoms where he is a former King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Japanese independent circuit (2017–present)

Katori made his first appearance in the Tenryu Project's Ryūkon Cup at the 2023 edition of the tournament in which he fell short to Naoki Tanizaki in the first rounds. In All Japan Pro Wrestling, Katori made his first appearance on the first night of the AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 from 2 January, where he competed in the traditional battle royal won by Ryo Inoue and also involving various other notable opponents such as Naruki Doi, Hideki Suzuki, Yuma Anzai and Yuma Aoyagi.

Eagle Pro Wrestling (2017–present)

Katori made his professional wrestling debut in Eagle Pro Wrestling at EAGLE Koyama New Era, a house show promoted on 28 May 2017, where he fell short to Taro Yamada in singles competition. While he is still signed with the promotion, Katori's main field of activity is the Japanese independent circuit.

Pro Wrestling Freedoms (2017–present)

Katori made his debut in Pro Wrestling Freedoms at FREEDOMS/Takashi Sasaki Produce Show, an event promoted on 26 December 2017, where he teamed up with Kazunori Yoshida and Hiroyuki Kondo and competed in a one-night Country Battle Tournament in which they defeated Grandpa Sho Mask 4, Kengo Takai and Michio Kageyama in the first rounds, then fell short to Gurukun Mask, Hija Kidman and Ultra Soki in the semifinals.
Katori is a former King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Champion, title which he won at The Gekokujō 2024 on 22 March, by defeating Jun Masaoka. He lost the title at FREEDOMS 15th Anniversary on 15 September 2024, to Yuya Susumu. He also competed for other championships of the promotions such as the King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship, title for which he challenged at FREEDOMS/Jun Kasai Produce Blood X'Mas 2023 on 25 December, where he teamed up with Minoru Fujita, only to get outmatched by ERE.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2023)

Katori briefly competed in NJPW as a developmental talent. He made his first appearance at the first night of the NJPW Independence Day event from 4 July 2023, where he teamed up with Dragon Libre and Kengo in a losing effort against Oskar Leube, Yoh and Ryusuke Taguchi. One night later at the second part of the event, he teamed up with Libre and Rekka in a losing effort against Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato and Boltin Oleg. On the second night of the 2023 Destruction event from 9 October, Katori teamed up with Takeshi Masada, Kazuma Sumi, Kengo, and Jun Masaoka in a losing effort against Chaos, Tiger Mask and Ryusuke Taguchi.