In September 2024, Tajiri celebrated his 30th year as a professional wrestler, and despite recently turning 55 years old, “The Japanese Buzzsaw” shows no signs of slowing down, given what he’s been up to in Japan. Since 2023, Tajiri has been a full-time member of the Kyushu Pro Wrestling roster, where he has held the company’s Heavyweight and Tag Team Championships (the latter of which being as recently as September 2025.
Even though he calls Kyushu Pro his home promotion, Tajiri’s status as a freelancer means that he has been able to pop up in a number of promotions all over the world. In 2025 alone, he reunited with his old ECW friends in Super Crazy and Little Guido for GCW’s “The People Vs. GCW” pay-per-view, which took place in a venue ECW made famous, the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Tajiri even played a small role in Hiroshi Tanahashi’s final year as an in-ring performer as he appeared at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestling Dontaku event in May, teaming up with “The Ace,” Toru Yano, YOH, and Kyushu Pro founder Ryota Chikuzen to face TMDK. Tanahashi and Tajiri were briefly tag team partners in 2010 while the former WWE Superstar was making his travels around Japan.
Tajiri hasn’t shown any signs that he might be retiring in the near future despite hinting at retirement before he joined Kyushu Pro, and is even traveling to the United States for a match on November 1 against Joey Avalon in Midwest All-Star Wrestling, an event that will also feature current AEW tag team Top Flight and former WWE Superstar Isla Dawn.