List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (新日本プロレス, Shin Nihon Puroresu) (NJPW), is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel consists of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and color commentators, ring announcers, interviewers, referees, trainers, producers, script writers, and various other positions. Executives and board members are also listed.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling contracts typically range from full-time contracts to freelancer deals. Personnel appear on live events which are televised on their streaming service, NJPW World.

Personnel is organized below by their role in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Their ring name is on the left and their real name is on the right.

Roster

Heavyweight division

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Bad Luck Fale	Fale Simitaitoko	Head trainer at Fale Dojo^[1]
Beretta	Greg Marasciulo	Freelancer
Chase Owens^[2]^[3]	Chase Owens	Freelancer
Chris Jericho	Christopher Irvine	IWGP Intercontinental Champion Freelancer
Chuckie T.	Dustin Howard	Freelancer
Cody	Cody Runnels	IWGP United States Champion NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to Ring of Honor
Davey Boy Smith Jr.	Harry Smith
David Finlay	David Finlay III
Evil	Takaaki Watanabe
Great O-Kharn	Tomoyuki Oka	On excursion in Revolution Pro Wrestling
Hangman Page	Stevie Woltz	Signed to Ring of Honor
Hikuleo	Taula Fifita
Hirooki Goto	Hirooki Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi	Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroyoshi Tenzan	Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Jay White	Jay White
Jeff Cobb	Jeffrey Cobb	ROH World Television Champion Signed to Ring of Honor Makes sporadic appearance
Juice Robinson	Joseph Robinson
Kazuchika Okada	Kazuchika Okada
Kenny Omega	Tyson Smith	IWGP Heavyweight Champion
King Haku	Tonga Fifita	Freelancer Makes sporadic appearances
Kota Ibushi	Kota Ibushi	Freelancer
Lance Archer	Lance Hoyt
Manabu Nakanishi	Manabu Nakanishi
Matt Jackson	Matthew Massie	ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to a joint contract with Ring of Honor
Michael Elgin	Aaron Frobel
Minoru Suzuki	Minoru Suzuki	British Heavyweight Champion Undisputed British Tag Team Champion Freelancer
Nick Jackson	Nicholas Massie	ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion Signed to a joint contract with Ring of Honor
Sanada	Seiya Sanada	Freelancer
Satoshi Kojima	Satoshi Kojima
Taichi	Taichiro Maki	NEVER Openweight Champion
Takashi Iizuka	Takayuki Iizuka
Tama Tonga	Alipate Leone	IWGP Tag Team Champion NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Tanga Loa	Tevita Fifita	IWGP Tag Team Champion NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Tetsuya Naito	Tetsuya Naito
Toa Henare	Aaron Henry
Togi Makabe	Shinya Makabe
Tomoaki Honma	Tomoaki Honma	Freelancer
Tomohiro Ishii	Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano	Toru Yano
Yoshi-Hashi	Nobuo Yoshihashi
Yuji Nagata	Yuji Nagata
Yujiro Takahashi	Yujiro Takahashi
Zack Sabre Jr.	Lucas Eatwell	Undisputed British Tag Team Champion

Junior heavyweight division

El Desperado

Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Bushi	Tetsuya Shimizu
El Desperado	Kyosuke Mikami	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Gedo	Keiji Takayama	Co-head booker
Hiromu Takahashi	Hiromu Takahashi
Jado	Shoji Akiyoshi	Co-head booker
Jushin Thunder Liger	Keiichi Yamada
Kawato-San	Hirai Kawato	On excursion in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Kushida	Yujiro Kushida	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
Marty Scurll	Martin Scurll	Signed to Ring of Honor
Ren Narita	Ren Narita
Rocky Romero	John Rivera	English-language announcer
Ryusuke Taguchi	Ryusuke Taguchi
Shingo Takagi	Shingo Takagi	Freelancer
Sho	Sho Tanaka
Shota Umino	Shota Umino
Taiji Ishimori	Taiji Ishimori	NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Taka Michinoku	Takao Yoshida	Signed to Kaientai Dojo
Teruaki Kanemitsu	Teruaki Kanemitsu	Trainer at Fale Dojo^[4]
Tiger Mask	Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Will Ospreay	William Ospreay
Yoh	Yohei Komatsu
Yoshinobu Kanemaru	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Freelancer
Yota Tsuji	Yota Tsuji
Yuya Uemura	Yuya Uemura

Other personnel

Ring name	Real name	Notes
Chris Charlton	Chris Charlton	English-language announcer Translator^[5]
Don Callis	Donald Callis	English-language announcer
George Carroll	George Carroll	NJPW United States Ambassador
Hiro Saito	Hiroyuki Saito	Trainer
Katsuyori Shibata	Katsuyori Shibata	Head trainer of the NJPW LA Dojo^[6]
Kazuo Yamazaki	Kazuo Yamazaki	Trainer and announcer
Kenta Sato	Kenta Sato	Referee
Kevin Kelly	Kevin Foote	English-language announcer Narrator of The Recount^[7]
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 IWGP Championship Committee member
Red Shoes Unno	Hiroyuki Umino	Referee
Scorpio Sky	Schulyer Andrews	Assistant trainer of the NJPW LA Dojo^[6]
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^[8]
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^[9]

Corporate

Takaaki Kidani

Name	Notes
Junya Iwasaki	Auditor
Harold Meij	President^[10]
Kaoru Mikumo	Director
Michiaki Nishizawa	Director
Naoki Sugabayashi	Chairman
Takaaki Kidani	Bushiroad president

Notable former wrestlers

Japanese wrestlers

Non-Japanese wrestlers

References

↑ "Fale Dojo – Bringing Strong Style To New Zealand". Fale Dojo. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (23 Apr 2017). "heavyweight ;)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ Chase Owens [@realchaseowens] (3 May 2017). "I'm not a junior" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ https://twitter.com/FaleDojo/status/955183324514807808
↑ https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00447_26_1
1 2 "Katsuyori Shibata to be Head Coach of New Japan Dojo in Los Angeles!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yW5KswJ0kc
↑ 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.
↑ "新日本プロレス社長にオランダ出身実業家メイ氏就任へ　元タカラトミー社長". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

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[1] "Fale Dojo – Bringing Strong Style To New Zealand". Fale Dojo. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[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] ttps://twitter.com/FaleDojo/status/955183324514807808

[5] ttps://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00447_26_1

[LA_Dojo-6] 1 2 "Katsuyori Shibata to be Head Coach of New Japan Dojo in Los Angeles!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[7] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yW5KswJ0kc

[8] 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

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

[Dutchman-10] "新日本プロレス社長にオランダ出身実業家メイ氏就任へ　元タカラトミー社長". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.