History Wrestling / KazuchikaOkada

Kazuchika Okada is known for holding the record at the age of 24 at being the youngest man to ever win New Japan's G1 Climax TournamentArc, winning the New Japan Cup, being a multi time IWGP champion with his fourth reign being the longest ever in the company's history, being named Tokyo Sports MVP twice, and inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. And at only 36 years of age, who knows what he will have accomplished when it's all said and done. On March 2024, he would officially leave New Japan and would join Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, making his debut on March 6th of that year where he allied with Wrestling/TheYoungBucks as the newest member of Wrestling/TheElite.

Since 2017, Okada has been dating voice actress Creator/SuzukoMimori. They got married in April 2019, and are expecting their first child due August 2022.

Kazuchika Okada (born November 8, 1987) is a Japanese track star and baseball player turned {{professional wrestl|ing}}er who primarily wrestles for Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling.

Kazuchika Okada is known for holding the record at the age of 24 at being the youngest man to ever win New Japan's G1 Climax TournamentArc, winning the New Japan Cup, being a multi time IWGP champion with his fourth reign being the longest ever in the company's history, being named Tokyo Sports MVP twice, and inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. And at only 36 years of age, who knows what he will have accomplished when it's all said and done. At March 2024, he would officially leave New Japan and would join Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling.

Kazuchika Okada (born November 8, 1987) is a Japanese track star and baseball player turned {{professional wrestl|ing}}er who primarily wrestles for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.

* PowerStable: CHAOS.

Kazuchika Okada is known for holding the record at the age of 24 at being the youngest man to ever win New Japan's G1 Climax TournamentArc, winning the New Japan Cup, being a multi time IWGP champion with his fourth reign being the longest ever in the company's history, being named Tokyo Sports MVP twice, and inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. And at only 36 years of age, who knows what he will have accomplished when it's all said and done.

Kazuchika Okada is known for holding the record at the age of 24 at being the youngest man to ever win New Japan's G1 Climax TournamentArc, winning the New Japan Cup, being a multi time IWGP champion with his fourth reign being the longest ever in the company's history, being named Tokyo Sports MVP twice, and inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. And at only 34 years of age, who knows what he will have accomplished when it's all said and done.

Okada returned to New Japan in 2012 and shocked many in the wrestling world when he, with a new attitude and persona known as [[RedBaron The Rainmaker]], joined the Wrestling/{{CHAOS}} faction and defeated Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Okada had transformed from a young rookie with potential, to champion of the promotion seemingly overnight. This made headlines and helped gather interest in New Japan as it experienced a major influx of interest not only in Japan but from other places in the world.

* {{Bishounen}}: Okada is a very attractive young man.

''[-[[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound *coin drop*]]-]''

* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: He has this attitude towards the NJPW championships. He only cares about the IWGP Heavyweight belt, and considers the other belts to not be worth his time. This is best exemplified during the contest between himself, Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, Wrestling/KotaIbushi and [[Wrestling/BulletClub Jay White]] to be dual-belt champion (both the Heavyweight and Intercontinental belts at the same time) in 2019-20. When both belts were unified in early 2021 by then-double champion Ibushi to become the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Okada took offense, primarily due to the remove of a title that he himself has contributed a lot of prestiege to.

* BigEntrance:
** He's already fond of dressing up in an elaborate red and gold coat and having "Rainmaker dollars" falling from the sky. But for his championship title defense at ''The New Beginning in Osaka 2014'', homeboy added an elaborate prelude to his theme song, the infamous Japanese chase prank raptor, a platform emerging from under the stage ala early-TNA Wrestling/KurtAngle, and a real-life ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'' Dragobrave broadsword ''[[{{BFS}} in all its glory]]'' representing the special version of the card made based on him.
** Parodied in the commercial for his and Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi's title match at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in 2013, where Okada came out to a baseball field ''in a fancy white convertible driven by Gedo'' to replace Tanahashi as the pitcher.
* BreakTheHaughty: His initial belief was that he was simply better than Tanahashi, especially after the latter agreed to no longer challenge again for the IWGP Heavyweight Title while Okada held it during his second over year long reign. Then before AJ Styles challenged for the title he insisted Okada had a lot to learn, but even after losing the belt to Styles, Okada still maintained he was much better than him and that it was a fluke, or that he had simply missed a step somewhere, as he continued to fail to get the belt back until Hiroshi Tanahashi managed to do what he could not and successfully defend the belt. Then he lost singles matches to Wrestling/KarlAnderson, Tetsuya Naito, Wrestling/BadLuckFale, the latter in the first round of the New Japan Cup, which was enough to make him realize he wasn't on top anymore and think about how to get back there. When Okada did regain the IWGP Heavyweight Title and decisively put Styles out of the title picture, he was noticeably more humble.
** And he received another helping at Dominion 2018 to his [[TheRival rival]] Wrestling/KennyOmega. While still quite respectful of Kenny, while Kenny spent the time before the match going through the [[TrainingFromHell training regimen of his life]] Okada spent it...just kind of relaxing, even going on a fishing vacation. After all while Kenny is great, Okada had barely lost in two years, no way could anyone beat him twice in the same night! Well, that's exactly what happened. Okada didn't even land a full Rainmaker in the entire 70+ minute match and only got his one pinfall by surprise rollup. Afterwards Okada has become...well, neurotic is the best way to put it.
* BrokenAce: Losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship triggered this in him. For the latter half of 2018, Okada started acting a lot more... loonier than before. His music was remixed to be more manic, he dyed his hair red, he came to the ring in a t-shirt and tights while holding a bundle of balloons he'd release into the audience, and although he maintained a large part of his in-ring persona through entrances and matches, it was done more casually than anything else. Depending on who you asked, he was either lost due to a supposed belief that being a champion was what defined him, relieved that he didn't have the pressures associated with it on his back, or some combination of both. Ultimately, this spell was shortlived when Okada returned to becoming the "true" Rainmaker at ''Wrestle Kingdom 13''.

* CatchPhrase: ''"Kane no ame ga furu zo!"'' (カネの雨が降るぞ ) which is literally translated as, "It will rain with money!" But mostly [[SuperSpeed "Oka-Dash!"]]

* CatchPhrase: ''"Kane no ame ga furu zo!"'' (カネの雨が降るぞ ) which is literally translated as, "It will rain with money!"

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Upon becoming the Rain Maker.

Since 2017, Okada has been dating voice actress Creator/SuzukoMimori. They got married in April 2019.

** While his rivalry with Wrestling/KennyOmega was far more respectful (see TheRival for more details), Okada would find no shortage of newer hated enemies coming his way. Enter traitors from his own stable. Since beating Okada at the 2018 G1 Climax tournament, [[Wrestling/JayWhite "Switchblade" Jay White]] has established himself as Okada's newest rival, and seemingly had the Rainmaker's number in every encounter they had as he managed to beat Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 13, noteworthy as it was Okada's first loss at the Tokyo Dome in five years. The feud only grew more personal when Okada's long-time manager and hypeman [[Wrestling/JadoAndGedo Gedo]] betrayed him at ''Destruction in Kobe 2018'' to align himself with the Switchblade and join him in defecting to Bullet Club. This did no favors for Okada's SanitySlippage, and even after recovering from it Okada sought out his former comrades every chance he got. While he was able to beat White and recapture the IWGP Heavyweight Title he had lost to Omega, Gedo ''still'' wasn't done screwing him over for Bullet Club, come New Japan Cup 2020 and helping Wrestling/{{Evil|Wrestling}} triumph in the final.

** While his rivalry with Wrestling/KennyOmega was far more respectful (see TheRival for more details), Okada would find no shortage of newer hated enemies coming his way. Enter traitors from his own stable. Since beating Okada at the 2018 G1 Climax tournament, [[Wrestling/JayWhite "Switchblade" Jay White]] has established himself as Okada's newest rival, and seemingly had the Rainmaker's number in every encounter they had as he managed to beat Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 13, noteworthy as it was Okada's first loss at the Tokyo Dome in five years. The feud only grew more personal when Okada's long-time manager and hypeman [[Wrestling/JadoAndGedo Gedo]] betrayed him at ''Destruction in Kobe 2018'' to align himself with the Switchblade and join him in defecting to Bullet Club. This did no favors for Okada's SanitySlippage, and even after recovering from it Okada sought out his former comrades every chance he got. While he was able to beat White and recapture the IWGP Heavyweight Title he had lost to Omega, Gedo ''still'' wasn't done screwing him over for Bullet Club, come New Japan Cup 2020 and helping Wrestling/{{Evil}} triumph in the final.

** And with Styles leaving and Tanahashi FINALLY starting to accept a lesser role (along with injuries catching up to him), the role of archenemy now falls squarely on Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito. Best noted by, similar to how Tanahashi would often perform a mid-match FaceHeelTurn due to frustration and hatred of Okada, Okada will do the same to Naito. In the buildup prior to Wrestle Kingdom 12, Okada had all but returned to his old heel ways. Acting somewhat childish, kicking mics to disrupt Naito's show-ending promos, continuing to hold his (newly acquired) Million Dollar Dream submission past the bell even on Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi and generally just being a {{Jerkass}}. He really despises Naito, and his growing fan support, that much.

* RealMenWearPink / YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Uh, record breaking puroresu stars die their hair pink?

* MulticoloredHair: He tried gold and purple in 2012, before going back to blond.

* ItsPersonal: Developed this kind of feud with Wrestling/WillOspreay, who viciously betrayed him toward the end of 2020. This was a man who Okada had been impressed by when they met and faced each other in England, so impressed that he brought him into NJPW to become the junior heavyweight ace of CHAOS, supported in his rise even beyond that status, and affirmed his love for him as a brother every time they fought. Will's response? [[UngratefulBastard Immediately betray Okada and try to end his career as soon as he thought he was better than him.]] Stands out even over Gedo's betrayal for the simple reason that rather than replacing him with another meal ticket, Will was shooting to destroy and surpass Okada himself. As Okada noted heading into their match at Wrestle Kingdom 15, the very notion of a traitor eclipsing him threatened to upend everything he'd built by proving that backstabbing Kazuchika Okada was a good way to succeed--something he could not allow to happen.

* {{Jerkass}}: And proud of it, even as a {{face}}. He's a little nicer than he would care to let on [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold outside of competition though]].

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Okada received a load of criticism for how he handled his 2017 and 2018, especially when it came to both Jay White and Gedo. In fairness, [[HeroicBSOD he was going through some things]].