New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. NJPW personnel consists of professional wrestlers, commentators, ring announcers, referees, trainers, producers, bookers, and various other positions. Executives and board members are also listed.
Background
NJPW contracts typically range from developmental deals for dojo trainees to full-time contracts. Personnel appear on untelevised live events and on televised events which are aired on various broadcasters or on NJPW's own international streaming service, New Japan World.
Personnel is organized by their role in NJPW. The performer's ring name is listed on the left and their real name is on the right. This list also acknowledges which stable (referred to by NJPW as "units") a wrestler is a part of – this is listed as it is considered by NJPW to be a vital part of their product.
As of 2025, there are five central units in NJPW:
- House of Torture
- TMDK
- Unbound Co.
- United Empire
NJPW produces a U.S.-based internet television program titled NJPW Strong Live; Strong Live features its own distinct roster and units. Beginning in 2022, NJPW launched NJPW Tamashii, an Australasian-based subsidiary—Tamashii additionally features its own distinct roster and units. NJPW refers to their dojo trainees and developmental wrestlers as "Young Lions".
As NJPW has working relationships with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Major League Wrestling (MLW), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and numerous other Japanese and international promotions, wrestlers from these promotions may appear on NJPW events and have their home promotions or stables from their home promotions listed as their affiliated unit.
Wrestlers
Main roster
Men's division
Heavyweights
upright|thumb|175px|[[Andrade El Idolo|Andrade El Ídolo]]
upright|thumb|175px|[[Ren Narita]]
upright|thumb|175px|[[Oleg Boltin|Boltin Oleg]]
upright|thumb|175px|[[Konosuke Takeshita]]
thumb|upright|175px|[[Yuto-Ice]]
thumb|upright|175px|[[Oskar (wrestler)|Oskar]]
upright|thumb|175px|[[Will Ospreay]]
upright|thumb|175px|[[Henare (wrestler)|Henare]]
upright|thumb|175px|[[Great-O-Khan]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%;"
! width="19%" |Ring name
! width="19%" |Real name
! width="20%" |Unit
! width="31%" |Notes
|-
|Aaron Wolf
|Aaron Wolf
|Hontai
|
|-
|Andrade El Ídolo
|Manuel Andrade Oropeza
|United Empire
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling<br>IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion
|-
|Callum Newman
|Callum Newman
|United Empire (L)
|IWGP Heavyweight Champion
|-
|Chase Owens
|Steven Owens
|House of Torture
|
|-
|Don Fale
|Simi Fale
|House of Torture
|Head of Tamashii<br>Head Trainer and Co-owner of the Fale Dojo
|-
|Drilla Moloney
|Daniel Moloney
|Unbound Co.
|
|-
|El Phantasmo
|Riley Vigier
|Hontai
|
|-
|Great-O-Khan
|Tomoyuki Oka
|United Empire
|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
|-
|Hartley Jackson
|Hartley Jackson
|TMDK
|Freelancer
|-
|Henare
|Aaron Henry
|United Empire
|NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
|-
|Hirooki Goto
|Hirooki Goto
|Hontai
|
|-
|Hiroyoshi Tenzan
|Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
|Hontai
|
|-
|Jake Lee
|Lee Jae-kyung
|United Empire
|
|-
|Konosuke Takeshita
|Konosuke Takeshita
|Hontai
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling<br>NJPW World Television Champion
|-
|Oskar
|Oskar Münchow
|Unbound Co.
|IWGP Tag Team Champion
|-
|Ren Narita
|Ren Narita
|House of Torture (L)
|NEVER Openweight Champion
|-
|Ryohei Oiwa
|Ryohei Oiwa
|TMDK
|
|-
|Sanada
|Seiya Sanada
|House of Torture
|
|-
|Satoshi Kojima
|Satoshi Kojima
|Hontai
|
|-
|Shingo Takagi
|Shin Takagi
|Unbound Co.
|
|-
|Shota Umino
|Shota Umino
|Hontai
|
|-
|Taichi
|Taichiro Maki
|Hontai
|
|-
|Togi Makabe
|Shinya Makabe
|Hontai
|Trainer
|-
|Tomoaki Honma
|Tomoaki Honma
|Hontai
|
|-
|Toru Yano
|Toru Yano
|Hontai
|
|-
|Will Ospreay
|William Ospreay
|United Empire
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling<br>NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
|-
|Yoshi-Hashi
|Nobuo Yoshihashi
|Hontai
|
|-
|Yota Tsuji
|Yota Tsuji
|Unbound Co.
|
|-
|Yuji Nagata
|Yuji Nagata
|Hontai
|Trainer<br>IWGP Executive Committee Member
|-
|Yujiro Takahashi
|Yujiro Takahashi
|House of Torture
|
|-
|Yuto-Ice
|Yuto Nakashima
|Unbound Co.
|IWGP Tag Team Champion
|-
|Yuya Uemura
|Yuya Uemura
|Hontai
|
|-
|Zack Sabre Jr.
|Luke Eatwell
|TMDK (L)
|
|-
|Zane Jay
|Zane Jacobson
|United Empire
|
|}
Junior heavyweights
thumb|upright|175px|[[Douki]]
thumb|upright|175px|[[Místico]]
thumb|upright|175px|[[El Desperado (wrestler)|El Desperado]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%;"
! width="19%" |Ring name
! width="19%" |Real name
! width="20%" |Unit
|Shigeki Sato
|House of Torture
|
|-
|Douki
|Tatsuya Hayama
|House of Torture
|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
|-
|El Desperado
|Kyosuke Mikami
|Hontai
|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
|-
|Francesco Akira
|Francesco Begnini
|United Empire
|
|-
|Gedo
|Keiji Takayama
|Unbound Co.
|Co-Head Booker
|-
|Jado
|
|Hontai
|Co-Head Booker<br>Head Trainer
|-
|Jakob Austin Young
|Jacob Criger
|United Empire
|Freelancer
|-
|Kosei Fujita
|Kosei Fujita
|TMDK
|
|-
|Kushida
|
|Hontai
|
|-
|Master Wato
|Hirai Kawato
|Hontai
|
|-
|Místico
|Luis Urive Alvirde
|CMLL
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre<br>IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
|-
|Robbie Eagles
|James McMathaus
|TMDK
|
|-
|Robbie X
|Robert Bell
|Unbound Co.
|Freelancer
|-
|Ryusuke Taguchi
|Ryusuke Taguchi
|Hontai
|Trainer
|-
|Sho
|Sho Tanaka
|House of Torture
|
|-
|Taiji Ishimori
|Taiji Ishimori
|Unbound Co.
|
|-
|Taka Michinoku
|Takao Yoshida
|JTO
|Owner of JTO
|-
|Templario
|Undisclosed
|United Empire
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|-
|Tiger Mask
|Yoshihiro Yamazaki
|Hontai
|
|-
|Titán
|Undisclosed
|Unbound Co.
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|-
|Yoh
|Yohei Komatsu
|Hontai
|
|-
|Yoshinobu Kanemaru
|Yoshinobu Kanemaru
|House of Torture
|Producer
|}
Women's division
right|thumb|175px|[[Syuri]]right|thumb|175px|[[Alex Windsor]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%;"
! width="19%" |Ring name
! width="19%" |Real name
! width="20%" |Unit
|Mercedes Varnado
|AEW
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling
|-
|Saya Kamitani
|Saya Kamitani
|H.A.T.E.
|Signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom
|-
|Syuri
|Syuri Kondo
|God's Eye (L)
|Signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom<br>IWGP Women's Champion
|}
International rosters
Strong Live
thumb|upright|175px|[[Ángel de Oro]]
thumb|upright|175px|[[Niebla Roja]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%;"
! width="19%" |Ring name
! width="19%" |Real name
! width="20%" |Unit
|Alex Brandenberg
|NJPW USA
|Freelancer
|-
|Ángel de Oro
|Miguel Velasco
|CMLL
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre<br>Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion
|-
|Atlantis Jr.
|
|CMLL
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|-
|Bad Dude Tito
|Tito Escondido
|TMDK
|Freelancer
|-
|The DKC
|Dylan Barrales
|NJPW USA
|Trainer
|-
|Fred Rosser
|Frederick Rosser III
|NJPW USA
|Trainer
|-
|Jorel Nelson
|Jorel Nelson
|WCWC
|
|-
|Kevin Knight
|Kevin Knight
|AEW
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling
|-
|Máscara Dorada
|Undisclosed
|CMLL
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|-
|Niebla Roja
|Sergio Chávez Velasco
|CMLL
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre<br>Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion
|-
|Okumura
|Shigeo Okumura
|CMLL
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|-
|Rocky Romero
|John Rivera
|NJPW USA
|Head of Strong Live<br>Vice President of Show and Talent Coordination
|-
|Royce Isaacs
|Isaac Hull
|WCWC
|
|-
|Soberano Jr.
|Undisclosed
|CMLL
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|-
|-
|Último Guerrero
|José Gutiérrez Hernández
|CMLL
|Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|-
|}
Tamashii
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%;"
! width="19%" |Ring name
! width="19%" |Real name
! width="20%" |Unit
! width="31%" |Notes
|-
|Caveman Ugg
|Unknown
|NJPW Tamashii
|
|-
|Jack Bonza
|Stephen Teulan
|NJPW Tamashii
|
|-
|Mark Tui
|Mark Tui
|NJPW Tamashii
|Trainer and Co-owner of the Fale Dojo
|-
|Richard Mulu
|Richard Mulu
|NJPW Tamashii
|
|-
|Stevie Filip
|Unknown
|NJPW Tamashii
|
|-
|Tony Kozina
|Anthony Kozina
|NJPW Tamashii
|Trainer
|Daiki Nagai
|Unbound Co.
|
|-
|Masatora Yasuda
|Masatora Yasuda
|Hontai
|
|-
|Taisei Nakahara
|Taisei Nakahara
|Hontai
|
|-
|Tatsuya Matsumoto
|Tatsuya Matsumoto
|Hontai
|
|}
PUP list
NJPW has established a PUP (physically unable to perform) list for wrestlers who are currently out with a legitimate injury, or are away from programming for other reasons
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%;"
! width="19%" |Ring name
! width="19%" |Real name
! width="20%" |Unit
|Oleg Boltin
|Hontai
|Elbow injury
|Strong Openweight Champion
|-
|Gabe Kidd
|Gabriel McMenamin
|The Dogs
|Shoulder injury
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling
|-
|Katsuya Murashima
|Katsuya Murashima
|Hontai
|On learning excursion in Europe
|
|-
|Shoma Kato
|Shoma Kato
|Hontai
|On learning excursion in Mexico with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
|
|-
|Tomohiro Ishii
|Tomohiro Ishii
|Hontai
|Neck injury
|
|}
Referees
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="65%;"
! width="19%"|Ring name
! width="19%"|Real name
! width="27%"|Notes
|-
|Chad Rico
|Chad Rico
|Strong Live Referee
|-
|Jeremy Marcus
|Jeremy Marcus
|Strong Live Referee<br>Operations Leader of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America
|-
|Justin Borden
|Justin Borden
|Strong Live Referee
|-
|Kenta Sato
|Kenta Sato
|
|-
|Marty Asami
|Marty Asami
|
|-
|Red Shoes Unno
|Hiroyuki Umino
|Senior Referee
|-
|Taito Nakabayashi
|Taito Nakabayashi
|
|-
|Yuya Sakamoto
|Yuya Sakamoto
|
|}
Broadcast team
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="65%;"
! width="19%"|Ring name
! width="19%"|Real name
! width="27%"|Notes
|-
|Daisuke Takahashi
|Daisuke Takahashi
|Commentator
|-
|Haruo Murata
|Haruo Murata
|Commentator
|-
|Jushin Thunder Liger
|Keiichi Yamada
|Commentator<br>Trainer<br>IWGP Executive Committee Member
|-
|Katsuhiko Kanazawa
|Katsuhiko Kanazawa
|Commentator
|-
|Kazuo Yamazaki
|Kazuo Yamazaki
|Commentator<br>Trainer
|-
|Koki Yamazaki
|Koki Yamazaki
|Commentator
|-
|Makoto Abe
|Makoto Abe
|Ring Announcer
|-
|Miki Motoi
|Miki Motoi
|Commentator
|-
|Milano Collection A. T.
|Akihito Sawafuji
|Commentator
|-
|Shigeki Kiyono
|Shigeki Kiyono
|Commentator<br>Host of NJPW's Press Conferences
|-
|Shinji Yoshino
|Shinji Yoshino
|Commentator
|-
|Shinpei Nogami
|Shinpei Nogami
|Commentator
|-
|Souichi Shibata
|Souichi Shibata
|Commentator
|-
|Taisei Watanabe
|Taisei Watanabe
|Ring Announcer
|-
|Takuro Shibata
|Takuro Shibata
|Strong Live Ring Announcer
|-
|Yuichi Tabata
|Yuichi Tabata
|Commentator
|}
Foreign language
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="65%;"
! width="19%"|Ring name
! width="19%"|Real name
! width="27%"|Notes
|-
|Chris Charlton
|Chris Charlton
|English language color commentator<br>Translator<br>Narrator of Finish Strong
|-
|Emily Mae
|Emily Mae Heller
|English language interviewer<br>Host of Strong Lives Press Conferences
|-
|Gino Gambino
|Adam Kostovski
|English language commentator
|-
|Ian Riccaboni
|Ian Riccaboni
|Signed to All Elite Wrestling<br>English language commentator for NJPW Strong events.
|-
|Veda Scott
|Veda Scott
|English language color commentator for NJPW Strong events.
|-
|Walker Stewart
|Walker Stewart
|English language play-by-play commentator
|}
Other personnel
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="65%;"
! width="19%"|Ring name
! width="19%"|Real name
! width="27%"|Notes
|-
|Hiro Saito
|Hiroyuki Saito
|Trainer
|-
|Manabu Nakanishi
|Manabu Nakanishi
|Ambassador
|-
|Masayuki Hayashi
|Masayuki Hayashi
|Doctor
|-
|Michael Craven
|Michael Craven
|General Manager<br />Writer for The Recount
|-
|Seiji Sakaguchi
|Seiji Sakaguchi
|Advisor<br>Founding Chairman of United Japan Pro-Wrestling
|-
|Takashi Iizuka
|Takayuki Iizuka
|Trainer
|-
|Takeshi Misawa
|Takeshi Misawa
|Medical Trainer
|-
|Tiger Hattori
|Masao Hattori
|Foreign Liaison Officer<br>IWGP Executive Committee Member
|-
|Wataru Inoue
|Wataru Inoue
|Ambassador
|}
Musical staff
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="left center" width="65%"
! width="17%"|Name
! width="27%"|Notes
|-
|Julia Claris
|Musician
|-
|Kazsin
|Musician
|-
|May's
|Band
|-
|No Name Tim
|Music Producer<br/>Audio Engineer<br />Audio Mixer
|-
|[Q]Brick
|Band
|-
|Yonosuke Kitamura
|Composer
|}
Corporate staff
right|thumb|175px|[[Hiroshi Tanahashi]]
right|thumb|175px|[[Takaaki Kidani]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="left center" width="65%"
! width="17%"|Name
! width="27%"|Notes
|-
|Hiroshi Tanahashi
|President and Representative Director
|-
|Hitoshi Matsumoto
|Executive Vice President<br>IWGP Executive Committee Member
|-
|Kaoru Mikumo
|Director<br>Officer Treatment of TV Asahi
|-
|Naoki Sugabayashi
|Chairman of the Board<br>Executive Director of United Japan Pro-Wrestling<br>IWGP Executive Committee Member
|-
|Shinya Yamada
|Auditor
|-
|Shouko Yamauchi
|Director
|-
|Takaaki Kidani
|Director<br>President and CEO of Bushiroad
|-
|Taro Okada
|Director<br>Head of Management Strategy Headquarters<br>President and CEO of World Wonder Ring Stardom
|-
|Yoshinori Saito
|Auditor<br>Head of Accounting of TV Asahi
|-
|Yusuke Onuki
|Director<br>President and CEO of Bushiroad Move
|}
See also
- List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- List of former New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel
Notes
References
External links
- NJPW roster at NJPW.co.jp (Japanese website)
- NJPW roster at NJPW1972.com (English website)