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This is a list of professional wrestlers who currently wrestle for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, as well as a list of notable alumni. The list also contains foreigners.^[1]

Roster

Heavyweight wrestlers


Ring name	Real name	Notes
Bad Luck Fale	Fale Simitaitoko
Beretta	Gregory Marasciulo	NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion Freelancer
Chase Owens^[2]^[3]	Chase Owens
Chris Jericho	Christopher Irvine	Freelancer
Cody	Cody Runnels	Signed to Ring of Honor
Davey Boy Smith Jr.	Harry Smith
Evil	Takaaki Watanabe	IWGP Tag Team Champion
Hangman Page	Stevie Woltz	ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to Ring of Honor
Hanson	Todd Smith
Hirooki Goto	Hirooki Goto	NEVER Openweight Champion
Hiroshi Tanahashi	Hiroshi Tanahashi	IWGP Intercontinental Champion
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Jay Briscoe	Jamin Pugh	Signed to Ring of Honor
Jay White	Jay White
Juice Robinson	Joseph Robinson
Katsuya Kitamura	Katsuya Kitamura
Katsuyori Shibata	Katsuyori Shibata	Inactive; traumatic brain injury
Kazuchika Okada	Kazuchika Okada	IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Kenny Omega	Tyson Smith	IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion
Kota Ibushi Tiger Mask W	Kota Ibushi	Freelancer
Lance Archer	Lance Hoyt
Leo Tonga	Taula Fifita
Manabu Nakanishi	Manabu Nakanishi
Mark Briscoe	Mark Pugh	Signed to Ring of Honor
Michael Elgin	Aaron Frobel
Minoru Suzuki	Minoru Suzuki	Freelancer
Raymond Rowe	Raymond Rowe
Sanada	Seiya Sanada	IWGP Tag Team Champion Freelancer
Satoshi Kojima	Satoshi Kojima
Takashi Iizuka	Takayuki Iizuka
Tama Tonga	Alipate Leone
Tanga Loa	Tevita Fifita
Tetsuya Naito	Tetsuya Naito
Toa Henare	Aaron Henry
Togi Makabe	Shinya Makabe
Tomoaki Honma	Tomoaki Honma	Inactive; spinal cord injury Freelancer
Tomohiro Ishii	Tomohiro Ishii	NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Tomoyuki Oka	Tomoyuki Oka
Toru Yano	Toru Yano	NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Yoshi-Hashi	Nobuo Yoshihashi
Yuji Nagata	Yuji Nagata
Yujiro Takahashi	Yujiro Takahashi
Zack Sabre Jr.	Lucas Eatwell	British Heavyweight Champion

Junior heavyweight wrestlers

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Bushi	Tetsuya Shimizu
David Finlay	David Finlay III
El Desperado	Kyosuke Mikami
Gedo	Keiji Takayama	Co-head booker
Hirai Kawato	Hirai Kawato
Hiromu Takahashi	Hiromu Takahashi
Jado	Shoji Akiyoshi	Co-head booker
Jyushin Thunder Liger	Keiichi Yamada
Kushida	Yujiro Kushida
Marty Scurll	Martin Scurll	Signed to Ring of Honor
Matt Jackson	Matthew Massie	IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to a joint contract with Ring of Honor
Nick Jackson	Nicholas Massie	IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to a joint contract with Ring of Honor
Ren Narita	Ren Narita
Rocky Romero	John Rivera
Ryusuke Taguchi	Ryusuke Taguchi
Sho	Sho Tanaka
Shota Umino	Shota Umino
Taichi	Taichiro Maki
Taka Michinoku	Takao Yoshida	Signed to Kaientai Dojo
Teruaki Kanemitsu	Teruaki Kanemitsu
Tetsuhiro Yagi	Tetsuhiro Yagi
Tiger Mask	Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Will Ospreay	William Ospreay	IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion
Yoh	Yohei Komatsu
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	Freelancer

Other personnel

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Don Callis	Donald Callis	English-language announcer
George Carroll	George Carroll	NJPW United States Ambassador
Hiro Saito	Hiroyuki Saito	Trainer
Kazuo Yamazaki	Kazuo Yamazaki	Announcer
Kenta Sato	Kenta Sato	Referee
Kevin Kelly	Kevin Foote	English-language announcer
Kimihiko Ozaki	Kimihiko Ozaki	Ring announcer
Kuniaki Kobayashi	Kuniaki Kobayashi	Caretaker of the NJPW dojo
Makoto Abe	Makoto Abe	Ring announcer
Marty Asami	Marty Asami	Referee
Masayuki Hayashi	Masayuki Hayashi	Doctor
Milano Collection A.T.	Akihito Sawafuji	Announcer
Red Shoes Unno	Hiroyuki Umino	Referee
Seiji Sakaguchi	Seiji Sakaguchi	Advisor
Shinji Yoshino	Shinji Yoshino	Announcer
Shinpei Nogami	Shinpei Nogami	Announcer
Super Strong Machine	Junji Hirata	Head trainer
Takeshi Misawa	Takeshi Misawa	Medical trainer
Tiger Hattori	Masao Hattori	Referee and booker^[4]
Wataru Inoue	Wataru Inoue	Ambassador

NJPW Music Group

Name	Notes
Julia Claris	Musician
May's	Music band
[Q]Brick	Music band
Yonosuke Kitamura	Composer of RM Label^[5]

Corporate

Name	Notes
Junya Iwasaki	Auditor
Katsuhiko Harada	President
Kaoru Mikumo	Director
Michiaki Nishizawa	Director
Naoki Sugabayashi	Chairman
Takaaki Kidani	Bushiroad president

Former wrestlers

Native

Non-Japanese wrestlers

References

^ "New Japan Pro-Wrestling roster". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
^ Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (23 Apr 2017). "heavyweight ;)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (3 May 2017). "I'm not a junior" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Meltzer, Dave (May 22, 2017). "May 22, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: NJPW business up, ROHWar of the Worlds review, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 8. ISSN 1083-9593. Tiger Hattori, one of their [NJPW] bookers and referees
^ "R M Label". RMLabel. Retrieved 2015-09-12.

[1] "New Japan Pro-Wrestling roster". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

[2] Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (23 Apr 2017). "heavyweight ;)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[3] Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (3 May 2017). "I'm not a junior" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] Meltzer, Dave (May 22, 2017). "May 22, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: NJPW business up, ROHWar of the Worlds review, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 8. ISSN 1083-9593. Tiger Hattori, one of their [NJPW] bookers and referees

[5] "R M Label". RMLabel. Retrieved 2015-09-12.

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