Ren Narita

Ren Narita (成田 蓮 Narita Ren, born November 29, 1997[3]) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Ren Narita
Birth nameRen Narita
Born (1997-11-29) November 29, 1997
Aomori, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ren Narita[2]
Billed height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Billed weight83 kg (183 lb)[2]
Billed fromAomori, Japan
Trained byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling[1]
DebutJuly 4, 2017[2]

Early life

Narita has played several sports before becoming a wrestler, including baseball and kendo.[3][1]

Professional wrestling career

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2017–present)

Narita was trained under New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'s "young lion" system. Narita made his professional wrestling debut for NJPW's developmental territory Lion's Gate Project, where he wrestled Shota Umino to a ten minute time limit draw at the Lion's Gate Project 7 event on July 4, 2017.[4][5][6] Later that month Narita had his second match, teaming with Umino where they lost to El Desperado and Zack Sabre Jr. of Suzuki-gun on day eight of the 2017 G1 Climax tournament.[7]

Narita competed in the 11th Young Lion Cup, gaining 1 point after a time limit draw against Tetsuhiro Yagi.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] During the following year, Narita wrestled several tag team matches with NJPW veterans.[15][16][17][18][19] In May 2019, after Flip Gordon pulled out of the Best of the Super Juniors 26 tournament, Narita was announced as a last minute replacement.[20] He ended the tournament with a final standing of 0 points. Throughout the Destruction tour in September, Narita took part in the Young Lion Cup He finished with a record of 5-2. Afterwards it was announced that he was heading to America for his excursion and joining The LA Dojo.

References
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  4. "NJPW Lion's Gate Project7". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  5. "LION'S GATE PROJECT7" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  6. Rose, Byran (July 4, 2017). "NJPW LION'S GATE PROJECT RESULTS: THE SEVENTH INSTALLMENT". f4wonline. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  7. "NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Tag 8". Cagematc. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  8. "Kotetsu Yamamoto Memorial 11th Young Lion Cup". Cagematch. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  9. "JRA presents Road to TOKYO DOME". NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  10. http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/114012?showResult=1
  11. http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/116496?showResult=1
  12. "NJPW Lion's Gate Project10". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  13. http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/111300?showResult=1
  14. http://www.njpw.co.jp/tornament/116499?showResult=1
  15. "NJPW World Tag League 2017 - Tag 18". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  16. "NJPW Big Pro-Wrestling Festival 2018". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  17. "NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  18. "NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2018 - Tag 2". Cagematch. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  19. "NJPW Lion's Gate Project13". Cagematch. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  20. "Replacements named for El Desperado and Flip Gordon in BOSJ 26". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. May 10, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.


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