Yota Tsuji (辻 陽太, Tsuji Yōta, born September 8, 1993[3]) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of the Los Ingobernables de Japon stable and is the reigning IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion in his first reign.

Tsuji is the winner of the 2024 New Japan Cup and is a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi.

[7] During night one of Wrestling Dontaku 2018, Tsuji and Shota Umino were defeated by Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi).

On that day, Tsuji wrestled his last match as a young lion, facing Tetsuya Naito, with whom he had a minor feud with, in a losing effort.

On June 3 at the press conference the day before the event, Tsuji officially joined Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ).

After the match, Tsuji claimed he was the face of a new era in NJPW, before being joined in the ring by LIJ leader and stablemate, Tetsuya Naito.

Tsuji's New Japan Cup win has earned him a shot at Naito's IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis, on April 6.

Tsuji finished with 10 points, and was able to qualify for the playoff stage, where he defeated Konosuke Takeshita in the quarter-final, David Finlay in the semi-final, but lost to Zack Sabre Jr. in the grand finals.

Tsuji debuted for Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), on November 11, 2022, now under the mononymous name of Yota, accompanied by Vincent and El Mesías, where they defeated El Valiente, Blue Panther and Soberano Jr..[26] On May 14, 2023, Yota lost to Gran Guerrero for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

[31] On August 27, 2024, Yota lost to Gran Guerrero for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship by DQ at the Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara.

[32] Tsuji has a twin brother named Shota, who appeared during the final block A of 2023 G1 Climax disguising himself as Yota to bait Gabriel Kidd during his entrance.