Tajiri always seemed like a major dude in ECW, at least, until one remembers that he only ever held two championships during his entire time with the promotion. During the summer of 2009, TAJIRI invaded New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he started a feud with the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, by attacking and green misting him after his title defense against Takashi Sugiura. Sōjirō Higuchi (樋口 壮士朗, Higuchi Sōjirō, born September 19, 1992) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jiro Kuroshio (黒潮 二郎, Kuroshio Jirō).He is perhaps best known for his work in the Wrestle-1 promotion, where he was a former two-time UWA World Trios Championship holder before leaving the promotion in January 2019. a.k.a. In the same time period, he began an on-screen relationship with Torrie Wilson and defeated Chris Kanyon for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Trained by Yoshihiro Tajiri and Makoto, she competed in exhibitions against fellow Tajiri trainee Yusuke Kodama before making her proper debut in June 2013, losing to Lin Byron. The feud started on March 30, 2007 at the final Champion Carnival 2007 event, following TAJIRI's defeat over Suzuki via count out; TAJIRI tied Suzuki's foot to the guard rail, and stole the Triple Crown championship belts following the match. He participated in ECW’s final two shows: on January 12, where he picked up a victory over Super Crazy, and January 13, 2001, when he lost to Super Crazy. Tajiri won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship on two occasions in 2002 and 2003, and he formed a short-lived stable with Akio and Sakoda known as Kyo Dai'. The WWE run has more fun or good than truly great, but the short-lived tag team with Eddie was brilliant and their match with Haas and Benjamin is one of my favourite WWF/E tag matches ever. In 1997, he left CMLL and joined the hardcore wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo. Tajiri, along with Torrie Wilson, were drafted to SmackDown!. Noboru Kurakawa (倉川 昇, Kurakawa Noboru, born June 30, 1968) is a Japanese bodybuilder and professional wrestler better known by his ring name Bodyguard (ボディガー, Bodigā).He is currently a freelancer, working most notably for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a four-time World Tag Team Champion with longtime partner Zeus as "The Big Guns". Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Minoru Tanaka - Battlarts Jan. 20, 1998. Maunakea Mossman (born November 18, 1975) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known under his stage name Taiyō Kea (太陽ケア).Although he was born in Hawaii, he has spent nearly his entire career as a member of the Japan-based All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. Born It took place on November 5, 2000 from the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois, US.This was the fourth November to Remember pay-per-view and the ante-penultimate ECW pay-per-view. World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment, All Japan Pro Wrestling (2006–2007, 2011), Cruiserweight Classic and 205 Live (2016-2017). Two days later, Tajiri and Whipwreck defeated Yo-Hey and Yusuke Kodama in another hardcore tag team match. For WNC's second event on May 24, Tajiri reunited with former ECW tag team partner, Mikey Whipwreck, to defeat Gedo and Jado in a hardcore tag team match. TAJIRI was a notable contender in All Japan Pro Wrestling throughout 2007, as he began a feud with AJPW Triple Crown Champion Minoru Suzuki. He is married to Tomoe Tajiri. I agree about Tajiri not having a lot of high-end matches, but at the same time, I fucking love Tajiri. Probably the guy who got the most done in the US without speaking English on camera without a regular manager to cover for him( even though he apparently knew English the entire time, which is also hilarious). You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Tajiri made his debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling in a losing attempt with The Great Muta however he did gain the respect of Muta. Hair match. In October and November 2010, TAJIRI teamed with Tanahashi in New Japan's 2010 G1 Tag League. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, International Wrestling Revolution Group alumni, Union Of European Wrestling Alliances alumni, WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, BJW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, International Wrestling Association: Puerto Rico, World Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment, AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, Yoshihiro Tajiri profile at CAGEMATCH.net, https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Yoshihiro_Tajiri?oldid=1792367, Baseball slide to an opponent who is trapped in the, Spinning Modified Argentine Backbreaker Rack, Tajiri regularly uses the illegal tactic of spitting, “Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy in ECW. He doesn't have a huge resume of "OMG Superclassics!!" Recommended Matches: (Post any of your recommended matches for Tajiri and I will add it up here.) On October 26, Tajiri entered the WNC Championship tournament, defeating Carlito in his first round match. I was his high voter in 2016. Their reign ended on May 1 at Backlash 2005, when they were eliminated from a tag team turmoil match by La Résistance. 9 hours ago, kevinmcfl said: AWA BREAKING NEWS: It appears that Jim Barnett and Georgia Championship Wrestling were stuck between a rock and a hard place but found a last minute solution. On January 31, 2016, Tajiri, Kaz Hayashi and Minoru Tanaka won the vacant UWA World Trios Championship. He debuted in December 1998 by picking up a victory against Antifaz Del Norte. He lost the belt to Rhyno soon afterwards at Unforgiven in September. 7.0 3x. Return to Japan […] On June 18, 2014, Tajiri announced that WNC would be going inactive following June 26. Debut September 19, 1989 Yoshihiro Tajiri (September 29 1970), is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE, where he is a former 3-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion. I will always value versatility, and he’s basically a Swiss Army knife to me. I could be swayed that he's actually like a top 50 guy. After Regal turned heel by joining The Alliance, Tajiri feuded with him throughout late-2001. He formed an alliance with Steve Corino and Jack Victory, as well. 10.0 1x. Tajiri returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling in 2011 to team up with Great Muta and KENSO losing to Partisan Forces (Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki) & KAI. Post 2005. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. On February 4, 2005, Tajiri teamed with William Regal to defeat La Résistance for the World Tag Team Championship on an episode of RAW emanating from Japan. He had some really good matches in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic in 2016 that are worth checking out. but tons lots of crafty good little matches against guys who were otherwise largely useless. At the conclusion of the match, Suzuki (after losing the match because of the Tarantula) chased TAJIRI around the Korakuen Hall, only for TAJIRI to jump the guard rail and steal the paper belts. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! Tajiri also made a brief appearance in the WWF in 1997 (wrestling under the name Tijari) as the designated opponent for Taka Michinoku, whom the WWF was pushing as its Light Heavyweight Champion at the time. In November, Tajiri and Masayuki Kono took part in the First Tag League Greatest tournament, set to determine the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions, where they won their block with a clean record of four wins and zero losses, advancing to the semifinals. On the following episode of RAW, they retained their titles in a match with the debuting Heart Throbs. Title match also contested for the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. Looking at the 2016 results, Tajiri was 81st and I have to believe that's not gonna happen again, right? He would score two more pinfall victories over the now former IWGP Heavyweight Champion in multiple man tag team matches, but in the end lost the feud, when Tanahashi pinned him cleanly in a singles match on December 5. Noble and Tajiri started a new brief feud after Noble made his second heel run by secretly turning on Nidia, because she was kayfabe blind. (Nidia and Noble were both faces during this time.) Following the match, Desperado turned on Tajiri and kicked him out of the stable. Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Super Crazy - ECW Guilty as Charged 1999, WWE Network Link (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE: 205 Live (2016). By Afterwards, TAJIRI set his sights on Seigigun, led by Yuji Nagata. Later on in the same night Tajiri and Dreamer saved Kushida from Leatherface. Grimmas, September 13, 2014 in Nominees. Tajiri debuted at the August Impact Wrestling tapings in New York City, defeating Robbie E on August 5 (aired September 24), and working matches on the August tapings; Tajiri and Austin Aries lost to James Storm and Sanada and then on the September 24 episode of Impact Wrestling, he competed in the NYC Gold Rush Final fatal five-way match which also included Abyss, Mr. Anderson and MVP and Austin Aries with Anderson winning the match. While teaming with The Great Muta he and Tajiri both used poison mist on another wrestler (Muta used Green while Tajiri used Red), and won the match by pinning his partner. He had recently held talks with the WWE about returning as part of the ECW Brand. Tajiri appeared at the WWE WrestleMania Revenge Tours shows in England. Tajiri, trained in traditional Japanese style and lucha libre, debuted in the late 1980s wrestling primarily in IWA Japan and later for the Japanese division of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Height On June 19 at NJPW Dominion 6.19, TAJIRI returned to New Japan, turning face and saving former rival Hiroshi Tanahashi from Toru Yano and Takashi Iizuka and helping Tanahashi shave Yano's head following their Hair vs. Toys World Wrestling Entertainment, and the roster was divided into two "brands": RAW and SmackDown!. On April 5, 2012, Tajiri announced the follow-up promotion to Smash, Wrestling New Classic (WNC), which would hold its first event on April 26. On June 28, 2016, Tajiri announced he was leaving Wrestle-1 due to his contract with the company expiring. On June 28 TAJIRI, Tanahashi and KUSHIDA entered the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament, where they made it all the way to the finals on June 30, before being defeated by Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi and Hirooki Goto. In-ring experience: ... You can support the development of the CAGEMATCH.net website and database backend via Patreon! Just pulling from 2013 from Wrestle New Classic, a promotion I've never heard of theres stuff against people I've never heard of like Yo-Hey, Koji Doi, Akira Shinose. Yoshihiro Tajiri : biography September 29, 1970 – Tajiri remained loyal to ECW until the company folded in April 2001. SMASH tries to chart a different course. Tajiri would then bring SMASH's biggest stars for a one night and along with AKIRA and StarBuck beat BUSHI, Keiji Muto & Shuji Kondo. By post-WWE do you mean post-2005 or have you seen his 2016-17 run? He is currently wrestling on the independent circuit in Japan. He turned heel by forcing Wilson to dress like a geisha against her will, with Wilson eventually abandoning him and joining forces with Tajiri's babyface rival, Maven. He would drop the title to StarBuck on July 24 at SMASH.6, before regaining it from him on November 22, 2010, at SMASH.10. Internet Wrestling Database. In 2004 he had two chances to earn a WWE Title Shot. With his contract expiring on December 12, he decided he wanted to try to become a journalist and spend more time with his wife and family in Japan. Yusuke Kodama(児玉ユースケ,Kodama Yūsuke) is a Japanese professional wrestler and currently works in All Japan Pro Wrestling, as a freelancer. He is best known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he is a former two-times Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion and UWA World Trios Champion. September 29, 1970 (1970-09-29) (age 50) On February 14 Nagata defeated TAJIRI in a singles match in under five minutes to seemingly end the feud and TAJIRI's run with the company. Barnett was really not happy with the idea of selling his company to … They had another really great match in 2018. Tajiri left WWE on very good terms and competed at WWE's ECW One Night Stand 2006, teaming with Super Crazy to take on the Full Blooded Italians (F.B.I.) He was one main event run in a major promotion away from being a lock for basically everyone, but I don’t need to see it to know he could have been that guy too. On February 10, 2012, Smash announced that the promotion would be folding after its March 14 event, following a disagreement between Tajiri and financial backer Masakazu Sakai. The Finlay match in Smash FUCKING RULES!!! Later on Tajiri, as a special guest referee, would make his second face run by getting betrayed by Jamie Noble after Noble caught Tajiri touching his then girlfriend, then-heel, Nidia. On February 19 at SMASH.25, Tajiri unsuccessfully challenged Dave Finlay for the SMASH Championship. In early 1999, Tajiri would soon begin to emulate The Great Muta, who was one of Tajiri's wrestling heroes growing up. Tokyo, Japan 6.0 ... You can support the development of the CAGEMATCH.net website and database backend via Patreon! While in ECW, Tajiri had long feuds with Super Crazy, Little Guido, and Jerry Lynn. Coachman also often dispatched Garrison Cade to face Tajiri on his behalf in the ring. On August 8, 2013, Tajiri defeated Osamu Nishimura in his home prefecture of Kumamoto to become the third WNC Champion. He would continue this heel run by spitting black mist in Nidia's eyes. In late 2005, Tajiri formed a short-lived tag team with Eugene. Trained under the tyrant Takayuki, Yoshiro honed his special kekkei tōta, the Metal Release, in order to be powerful enough to betray, defeat and kill Takayuki. In the second rematch on September 1, Whipwreck pinned StarBuck for the win, ending the villainous trio's win streak in the process. Mikey Whipwreck & Yoshihiro Tajiri: Mikey Whipwreck: Yoshihiro Tajiri: ECW: 2000 - 2001: 7.00. On July 29, Tajiri, Hayashi and Tanaka lost the UWA World Trios Championship to Andy Wu, Daiki Inaba and Seiki Yoshioka in their fifth defense. Tajiri, Kana and Whipwreck were also defeated in a rematch the following day in Osaka. Yoshihiro Tajiri, Actor: WWF SmackDown!. 9.0 0x. Tajiri … Yoshihiro Tajiri was born on September 29, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan. I ranked Tajiri 92nd in 2016 and I'd be really surprised if he made it again. TAJIRI ended the tournament with only four points, finishing bottom of block A. Gets ten thousand bonus points for being able to make indie parity/standoff exchanges not feel cliche, and he's also the master of the low blow. Tajiri and Muta would team up for a few matches, the most notable of which was against Kaz Hayashiand Satoshi Kojima when the pair used double Asian mist to get the win. Also to end the show Dreamer was honoring Tajiri and Tajiri broke into tears. I feel like there's way more stuff from the last ten years that I should watch because the match with Finlay was the bomb. Tajiri participated in the final two shows on January 12, where he picked up a victory over Super Crazy, and January 13, 2001, where he lost to Super Crazy in their final ECW match. The ECW run is tremendous as he morphs from a super slick kickpad junior doing amazing extended sequences with Super Crazy into a deranged psychopath trying to pull his teeth out with pliers. The promotion held its first show on March 26, 2010, Tajiri wrestled two matches on the first night, the first of which was a hardcore match with recently released from WWE Tommy Dreamer which he lost and then he beat Mentallo. On November 28, Tajiri defeated Hajime Ohara to advance to the finals of the tournament. Tajiri then entered a storyline, where he began helping Funaki train for his semifinal match in the tournament. At SMASH.3 on May 29, 2010, TAJIRI defeated Valentine to win the FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Tokyo, Japan Trainer Independent circuit (2000–2001) With ECW television […] On the December 13 episode of 205 Live, vignettes for Tajiri's return began airing. You are right that his peaks aren't very high for a Top 100 candidate, his case depends how much you value him being a Master Of The 3.5 Star Match for a good 20 years now. Tajiri also appeared at the WWE WrestleMania Revenge Tours shows in England. After a strong start in the tournament, TAJIRI and Tanahashi were defeated by the IWGP Tag Team Champions Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) on November 6, the last day of group stages, and slipped to third place in their block, narrowly missing the semifinals of the tournament. Tajiri was then placed in charge of SMASH, a new promotion taking the place of Hustle. Smash was founded in December 2009 following the folding of Hustle. His final televised WWE match was a loss to Gregory Helms on HEAT, at the conclusion of which he received a standing ovation. On June 13, 2016, Tajiri was announced as a participant in WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. He is also currently under contract with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where … See results from the Best ECW Matches (According to Cagematch) Quiz on Sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet! as a face and was given the gimmick of WWF Commissioner William Regal's assistant. During his tenure with the company, Tajiri held the ECW World Television Championship and ECW World Tag Team Championship. On August 13 TAJIRI pinned the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in a non-title match during the G1 Climax tournament, after using the green mist. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. I think Dylan once made an argument that Tajiri's 2000 run trumps HHH's 2000 run, and I am totally on board with that. DEFY Dragon Spirit - Event @ Washington Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. Debut Since parting ways with WWE, Tajiri resurfaced full-scale in his homeland, competing primarily for HUSTLE and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as TAJIRI. Singles Wrestler (1994 - today) Tag Team Wrestler Promoter Trainer (2008 - today) Post-match, Tajiri was announced as the newest member of Kono's villainous Desperado stable. Can you name the ECW matches with an 8.00+ rating on Cagematch.net? Tajiri was my number 74 in 2016 and he almost certainly won't land that high again, but I'd like to keep him on somewhere. On February 25, 2011 TAJIRI gave KUSHIDA his blessing to leave SMASH and become a full-time member of the New Japan roster at the beginning on April 1. Following the match, Tajiri announced his intention of starting a new promotion. Days later, TAJIRI returned the titles in exchange for a title match on April 30, 2007, where he was unsuccessful. On January 3, 2017, Tajiri debuted on 205 Live defeating Sean Maluta. Kendo Nagasaki Remarkable consistency in his old age. On September 20, Tajiri defeated Syuri in an intergender match at Korakuen Hall. While wrestling in Mexico in late 1998, Tajiri was observed by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) owner Paul Heyman, who invited Tajiri to wrestle for ECW in the United States. Tajiri remained loyal to ECW until the company folded in January 2001. Because of TAJIRI's refusal to return the titles, Suzuki created paper belts to temporarily represent his championship. Tajiri later formed a tag team with Mikey Whipwreck known as The Unholy Alliance, and they were managed by The Sinister Minister. Michael Majalahti (born April 24, 1973) is a Canadian-Finnish professional wrestler, singer and artist, better known by the stage name "The Canadian Rebel" StarBuck.His active bands include Stoner Kings, Angel of Sodom and Crossfyre. On September 22, Tajiri entered the Wrestle-1 Championship tournament, but was defeated in his first round match by Masakatsu Funaki. The match was well received by the fans in attendance at the ECW Arena, who gave many standing ovations during the match. He is so so awesome. His final appearance for the promotion was at the October 12, Bound for Glory pay-per-view event in Tokyo, teaming with The Great Muta in a tag team main event, where they defeated James Storm and The Great Sanada. source: wikipedia/ cagematch.net. Tajiri debuted on the May 24, 2001 episode of SmackDown! Tajiri, Hajime Ohara and Kana, the former partners of the three, formed an alliance of their own to battle the three, but were on August 2 defeated in the first match between the two groups. In January, Tajiri suffered a knee injury at an NXT taping. On July 14, Tajiri was eliminated from the tournament by Gran Metalik. Seriously, there are about ten matches in the ECW run where he blasts someone in the balls in different and vicious ways. Tajiri wrestled his first match under a Wrestle-1 contract on July 6, 2014, teaming with Yusuke Kodama in a tag team match, where they defeated the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) team of Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud. style Royal Rumble, where the Winner would get a Match for the WWE Championship against then Champion Brock Lesnar at No Way Out. On February 12, 2008, Tajiri made an appearance at a WWE tour stop in Tokyo, where he accompanied William Regal to the ring for a match against Ric Flair, which Regal lost. Following the match, Ohara also turned on Tajiri and WNC, forming a new partnership with debuting female wrestler Nagisa Nozaki. On August 30, Tajiri teamed with Kana and the returning Mikey Whipwreck in a Barbed Wire Board Deathmatch, where they were defeated by Akira, StarBuck and Syuri. After five successful title defenses, Tajiri lost the title to StarBuck on February 27, 2014. He's really consistent and dynamic but I don't think he hits the peaks I need to make a top 100. You can support the development of the CAGEMATCH.net website and database backend via Patreon! Valid votes: 6. Smash held its first show on March 26, 2010. Yoshihiro Tajiri : biography September 29, 1970 – On February 12, 2008, Tajiri made an appearance at a WWE house show in Tokyo, where he accompanied William Regal to the ring for a match against Ric Flair, which Regal lost. On December 27, Tajiri was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Akira. On May 30, Tajiri lost the EWP Intercontinental Championship back to Tanaka in a Title vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri defeats Super Crazy. Three Way: Yoshihiro Tajiri defeats Little Guido and Super Crazy (14:38) ECW Anarchy Rulz … Name a style of wrestling I’m pretty sure he’d be fucking great at it, whether it’s a fast paced Junior match or working a Finlay style hard hitting match. Lionel Gerard Green (born November 11, 1994), better known by the ring name Lio Rush, is an American professional wrestler and musician signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a former MLW World Middleweight Champion, in addition to making appearances for MLW's partner New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The tournament kicked off on June 23 with Tajiri defeating Damian Slater in his first round match. In December 2005, Tajiri left WWE. John Michael Watson (born June 4, 1973), better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a trainer, and global ambassador. He also had a really good match against Nishimura in WNC. After a planned restructuring and restarting of the promotion failed, a number of officials and wrestlers decided to start a new project. During 2010, TAJIRI, along with other SMASH talent made crossover appearances in Finnish promotion Fight Club Finland (FCF). Tajiri recently teamed with The Great Muta to defeat Kohei Suwama & Scott Steiner. Yokohama, Japan In the fall of 2009 Hustle ran into financial problems that led to several show cancellations. During this time, he formed a tag team with Rhyno. You'll get a good idea of what he's been like the last 15 years or so. It is rumoured that Tajiri has been asked to return to WWE at least twice now but has turned down the offers on both occasions. After successfully defending the titles against La Résistance on a number of occasions, Tajiri and Regal issued an open challenge to "any tag team in the world." He is also known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). On December 4, 2016, Tajiri announced he signed a full-time contract with WWE, and that he would make his return in early 2017. What always strikes me about Tajiri is his ability to A: Always be more over then his push, which tells you he excels at connecting with a crowd well and B: can play genuinely any role with a company and not feel out of place to any degree. Kodama is best known for his time with Wrestle-1, where he is a former two time UWA World Trios Champion, two time Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion and one time Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion with Shotaro Ashino. On December 3, at the NXT special at Osaka, Japan, Tajiri teamed with Akira Tozawa, in a losing effort to NXT Tag Team Champions DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano). Ring names That Doi match is a really good carryjob. On March 14, Tajiri wrestled in Smash's final match, where he and AKIRA defeated Hajime Ohara and StarBuck. Yoshihiro Tajiri (September 29 1970), is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE, where he is a former 3-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion. Tajiri spat green mist in Rey's face after Rey defeated him. v Steve Corino (ECW Hardcore Heaven, 5/14/00), w/Eddie Guerrero v World's Greatest Tag Team (WWE Smackdown!, 5/22/03), With Tajiri his candidacy is better if you look at the performer and not the great matches, imo. TAJIRI opposed Suzuki again on April 22, 2007 in a tag team match, which had TAJIRI taunt Suzuki throughout the match. Serena Deeb (born June 29, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and yoga instructor currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Yusuke Kodama (児玉ユースケ, Kodama Yūsuke) (born April 22, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler and currently wrestlers for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a freelancer. Yoshihiro Tajiri. AquariusTajiriTAJIRIYoshihiro TajiriTajiri YoshihiroTijari His last 15 years is prolific from the looks of it so I'll take any and all recs. 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