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This list details wrestlers who currently work for [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]], and also affiliate wrestlers who work sporadically.
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This list details wrestlers who currently work for [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]].
   
 
== Roster ==
  
== Roster ==
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==='''Heavyweight wrestlers'''===
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==='''Heavyweight wrestlers'''<nowiki/>===
  
 
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|[[Takaaki Watanabe|'''"King of Darkness" EVIL''']]
  
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|Takaaki Watanabe
  
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|[[Bad Luck Fale|'''Bad Luck Fale''']]
  
|[[Bad Luck Fale|'''Bad Luck Fale''']]
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|Chase Owens
  
|Chase Owens
 
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|[[Chris Jericho|'''Chris Jericho''']]
  
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|Christopher Irvine
  
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|Non-exclusively signed to [[All Elite Wrestling]]
  
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|[[Davey Boy Smith Jr.|'''Davey Boy Smith Jr.''']]
  
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|Harry Smith
  
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|Signed to Major League Wrestling
  
 
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|[[David Finlay|'''David Finlay''']]
  
|[[David Finlay|'''David Finlay''']]
 
|David Finlay III
  
|David Finlay III
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|Inactive; shoulder injury
  
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|[[Takaaki Watanabe|'''EVIL''']]
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|Takaaki Watanabe
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|'''[[Fred Rosser]]'''
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|'''[[HIKULEO]]'''
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|'''[[HIKULEO|Hikuleo]]'''
 
|Taula Fifita
  
|Taula Fifita
 
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|'''[[Hirooki Goto]]'''
  
|'''[[Hirooki Goto]]'''
 
|Hirooki Goto
  
|Hirooki Goto
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|[[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion]]
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|'''[[Hiroshi Tanahashi]]'''
  
|'''[[Hiroshi Tanahashi]]'''
 
|Hiroshi Tanahashi
  
|Hiroshi Tanahashi
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|[[NEVER Openweight Championship|NEVER Openweight Champion]]
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|'''[[Hiroyoshi Tenzan]]'''
  
|'''[[Hiroyoshi Tenzan]]'''
 
|Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
  
|Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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|Inactive; knee injury
  
 
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|'''[[Jay White]]'''
  
|'''[[Jay White]]'''
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|'''[[Jon Moxley]]'''
  
|'''[[Jon Moxley]]'''
 
|Jonathan Good
  
|Jonathan Good
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|[[IWGP United States Championship|IWGP United States Champion]]<br>Non-exclusively signed to [[All Elite Wrestling]]
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|[[IWGP United States Championship|IWGP United States Champion]]<br />Non-exclusively signed to [[All Elite Wrestling]]
 
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|[[Juice Robinson|'''Juice Robinson''']]
  
|[[Juice Robinson|'''Juice Robinson''']]
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|'''[[Kazuchika Okada]]'''
  
|'''[[Kazuchika Okada]]'''
 
|Kazuchika Okada
  
|Kazuchika Okada
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|[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Champion]]
  
 
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|'''[[KENTA]]'''
  
|'''[[KENTA]]'''
 
|Kenta Kobayashi
  
|Kenta Kobayashi
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|Freelancer
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|'''[[Kota Ibushi]]'''
  
|'''[[Kota Ibushi]]'''
 
|Kota Ibushi
  
|Kota Ibushi
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|[[Lance Archer|'''Lance Archer''']]
  
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|Lance Hoyt
  
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|'''[[Manabu Nakanishi]]'''
  
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|Manabu Nakanishi
  
 
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|'''[[Minoru Suzuki]]'''
  
|'''[[Minoru Suzuki]]'''
 
|Minoru Suzuki
  
|Minoru Suzuki
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|Freelancer
  
 
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|'''[[SANADA]]'''
  
|'''[[SANADA]]'''
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|Satoshi Kojima
  
|Satoshi Kojima
 
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|'''[[Shingo Takagi]]'''
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|Shingo Takagi
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|[[IWGP World Heavyweight Championship|IWGP World Heavyweight Champion]]
 
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|[[Taichi Ishikari|'''Taichi''']]
  
|[[Taichi Ishikari|'''Taichi''']]
 
|Taichiro Maki
  
|Taichiro Maki
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|[[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]
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|'''[[Tama Tonga]]'''
  
|'''[[Tama Tonga]]'''
 
|Alipate Fifita
  
|Alipate Fifita
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|[[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]<br />[[ROH World Tag Team Championship|ROH World Tag Team Champion]]
  
 
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|'''[[Tanga Roa|Tanga Loa]]'''
  
|'''[[Tanga Roa|Tanga Loa]]'''
 
|Tevita Fifita
  
|Tevita Fifita
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|[[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]<br />[[ROH World Tag Team Championship|ROH World Tag Team Champion]]
  
 
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|'''[[Tetsuya Naitō]]'''
  
|'''[[Tetsuya Naitō]]'''
 
|Tetsuya Naito
  
|Tetsuya Naito
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|[[IWGP Intercontinental Championship|IWGP Intercontinental Champion]]
  
 
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|[[Toa Henare|'''Toa Henare''']]
  
|[[Toa Henare|'''Toa Henare''']]
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|[[Togi Makabe|'''Togi Makabe''']]
  
|[[Togi Makabe|'''Togi Makabe''']]
 
|Shinya Makabe
  
|Shinya Makabe
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|[[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion]]
  
 
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|[[Tomoaki Honma|'''Tomoaki Honma''']]
  
|[[Tomoaki Honma|'''Tomoaki Honma''']]
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|'''[[Tomohiro Ishii]]'''
  
|'''[[Tomohiro Ishii]]'''
 
|Tomohiro Ishii
  
|Tomohiro Ishii
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|[[NEVER Openweight Championship|NEVER Openweight Champion]]
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|[[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion]]
 
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|'''[[Toru Yano]]'''
  
|'''[[Toru Yano]]'''
 
|Toru Yano
  
|Toru Yano
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|[[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion]]
  
 
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|[[YOSHI-HASHI|'''YOSHI-HASHI''']]
  
|[[YOSHI-HASHI|'''YOSHI-HASHI''']]
 
|Nobuo Yoshihashi
  
|Nobuo Yoshihashi
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|[[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion]]
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|'''[[Yuji Nagata]]'''
  
|'''[[Yuji Nagata]]'''
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|'''[[Yujiro Takahashi]]'''
  
|'''[[Yujiro Takahashi]]'''
 
|Yujiro Takahashi
  
|Yujiro Takahashi
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|Inactive; eye injury
  
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|'''[[Will Ospreay]]'''
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|William Ospreay
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|[[Zack Sabre Jr.|'''Zack Sabre Jr.''']]
  
|[[Zack Sabre Jr.|'''Zack Sabre Jr.''']]
 
|Lucas Eatwell
  
|Lucas Eatwell
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|[[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]
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=== '''Junior heavyweight wrestlers''' ===
  
=== '''Junior heavyweight wrestlers''' ===
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|[[Tetsuya Bushi|'''BUSHI''']]
  
|[[Tetsuya Bushi|'''BUSHI''']]
 
|Tetsuya Shimizu
  
|Tetsuya Shimizu
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|[[Dragon Lee|'''Dragon Lee''']]
  
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|''Undisclosed''
  
 
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|[[El Desperado|'''El Desperado''']]
  
|[[El Desperado|'''El Desperado''']]
 
|Kyosuke Mikami
  
|Kyosuke Mikami
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|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]]
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|Inactive; broken jaw
  
 
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|[[El Phantasmo|'''El Phantasmo''']]
  
|[[El Phantasmo|'''El Phantasmo''']]
 
|Riley Vigier
  
|Riley Vigier
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|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]
  
 
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|'''[[Gedo]]'''
  
|'''[[Gedo]]'''
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|[[Hiromu Takahashi|'''Hiromu Takahashi''']]
  
|[[Hiromu Takahashi|'''Hiromu Takahashi''']]
 
|Hiromu Takahashi
  
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|Inactive; broken neck
  
 
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|'''[[Jado]]'''
  
|'''[[Jado]]'''
 
|Shoji Akiyoshi
  
|Shoji Akiyoshi
 
|Co-head booker
  
|Co-head booker
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|'''[[Jushin Thunder Liger]]'''
  
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|Keiichi Yamada
  
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|'''[[Marty Scurll]]'''
  
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|Martin Scurll
  
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|Signed to [[Ring of Honor]]
  
 
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|[[Robbie Eagles|'''Robbie Eagles''']]
  
|[[Robbie Eagles|'''Robbie Eagles''']]
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|'''[[Rocky Romero]]'''
  
|'''[[Rocky Romero]]'''
 
|John Rivera
  
|John Rivera
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|[[Dragon Lee|'''Ryu Lee''']]
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|''Undisclosed''
 
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|'''[[Ryusuke Taguchi]]'''
  
|'''[[Ryusuke Taguchi]]'''
 
|Ryusuke Taguchi
  
|Ryusuke Taguchi
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|[[NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion]]
  
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|'''[[Shingo Takagi]]'''
  
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|Shingo Takagi
  
 
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|[[Sho Tanaka|'''SHO''']]
  
|[[Sho Tanaka|'''SHO''']]
 
|Sho Tanaka
  
|Sho Tanaka
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|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]
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|'''[[Taiji Ishimori]]'''
  
|'''[[Taiji Ishimori]]'''
 
|Taiji Ishimori
  
|Taiji Ishimori
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|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]
  
 
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|'''[[Taka Michinoku|TAKA Michinoku]]'''
  
|'''[[Taka Michinoku|TAKA Michinoku]]'''
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|Yoshihiro Yamazaki
  
|Yoshihiro Yamazaki
 
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|'''[[Will Ospreay]]'''
  
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|William Ospreay
  
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|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]]
  
 
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|'''[[Yohei Komatsu|YOH]]'''
  
|'''[[Yohei Komatsu|YOH]]'''
 
|Yohei Komatsu
  
|Yohei Komatsu
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|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]]
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|'''[[Yoshinobu Kanemaru]]'''
  
|'''[[Yoshinobu Kanemaru]]'''
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=== '''"Young Lion" wrestlers''' ===
  
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[[Category:New Japan Pro Wrestling|Roster]]
  
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[[Category:New Japan Pro Wrestling current roster|*]]
  
 
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Revision as of 23:46, 14 June 2021

This list details wrestlers who currently work for New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Roster

Heavyweight wrestlers

Ring name Real Name Notes
Bad Luck Fale Fale Simitaitoko Head trainer at Fale Dojo
Chase Owens Chase Owens
David Finlay David Finlay III
EVIL Takaaki Watanabe
Fred Rosser
Hikuleo Taula Fifita
Hirooki Goto Hirooki Goto NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Hiroshi Tanahashi Hiroshi Tanahashi NEVER Openweight Champion
Hiroyoshi Tenzan Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Jay White Jay White
Jon Moxley Jonathan Good IWGP United States Champion
Non-exclusively signed to All Elite Wrestling
Juice Robinson Joseph Robinson
Kazuchika Okada Kazuchika Okada
KENTA Kenta Kobayashi Freelancer
Kota Ibushi Kota Ibushi
Mikey Nicholls Michael Nicholls Freelancer
Minoru Suzuki Minoru Suzuki
SANADA Seiya Sanada
Satoshi Kojima Satoshi Kojima
Shingo Takagi Shingo Takagi IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
Taichi Taichiro Maki IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Tama Tonga Alipate Fifita
Tanga Loa Tevita Fifita
Tetsuya Naitō Tetsuya Naito
Toa Henare Aaron Henry
Togi Makabe Shinya Makabe
Tomoaki Honma Tomoaki Honma
Tomohiro Ishii Tomohiro Ishii NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Toru Yano Toru Yano
YOSHI-HASHI Nobuo Yoshihashi NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Yuji Nagata Yuji Nagata
Yujiro Takahashi Yujiro Takahashi
Will Ospreay William Ospreay
Zack Sabre Jr. Lucas Eatwell IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion

Junior heavyweight wrestlers

Ring name Real Name Notes
BUSHI Tetsuya Shimizu
El Desperado Kyosuke Mikami IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
El Phantasmo Riley Vigier
Gedo Keiji Takayama Co-head booker
Hiromu Takahashi Hiromu Takahashi
Jado Shoji Akiyoshi Co-head booker
Robbie Eagles James McMathaus Freelancer
Rocky Romero John Rivera
Ryu Lee Undisclosed
Ryusuke Taguchi Ryusuke Taguchi
SHO Sho Tanaka IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Taiji Ishimori Taiji Ishimori
TAKA Michinoku Takao Yoshida Freelancer
Tiger Mask Yoshihiro Yamazaki
YOH Yohei Komatsu IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshinobu Kanemaru

"Young Lion" wrestlers

Name Dojo Notes
Alex Coughlin NJPW Los Angeles
Clark Connors NJPW Los Angeles
Hirai Kawato NJPW On excursion at Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as Kawato-san
Karl Fredricks NJPW Los Angeles
Ren Narita NJPW
Shota Umino NJPW
Tomoyuki Oka NJPW On excursion at Revolution Pro Wrestling as 'Dominator" Great O-Kharn
Heavyweight
Yota Tsuji NJPW
Yuya Uemura NJPW
NJPW Roster
Alex Coughlin • Bad Luck Fale • BUSHI • Chase Owens • Clark Connors • David Finlay • El Desperado • El Phantasmo • EVIL • Fred Rosser • Gedo • HIKULEO • Hirai Kawato • Hiromu Takahashi • Hirooki Goto • Hiroshi Tanahashi • Hiroyoshi Tenzan • Jado • Juice Robinson • KUSHIDA • Minoru Suzuki • Ren Narita • Robbie Eagles • Rocky Romero • Ryu Lee • Ryusuke Taguchi • SANADA • Satoshi Kojima • Shingo Takagi • SHO • Shota Umino • Taichi • Taiji Ishimori • TAKA Michinoku • Tanga Loa • Tetsuya Naitō • Tiger Mask • Toa Henare • Togi Makabe • Tomohiro Ishii • Tomoyuki Oka • Toru Yano • YOH • YOSHI-HASHI • Yoshinobu Kanemaru • Yota Tsuji • Yuji Nagata • Yujiro Takahashi • Yuya Uemura • Zack Sabre Jr.
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