(NJPW), is a Japanese

professional wrestling promotion A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling that has little relationship to the rules of the amateur olympic form. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails man ...

based in Nakano, Tokyo. NJPW personnel consists of professional wrestlers, commentators, color commentators, ring announcers, referees, trainers, producers, bookers, and various other positions. Executives and

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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 role in the NJPW. The performer's

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting ...

is listed on the left and their

real name A legal name is the name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes. A person's legal birth name generally is the name of the person that was given for the purpose of registration of the birth and which then a ...

is on the right. This list also acknowledges which

stable A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals and livestock. There are many different types of stables in use today; the ...

(referred to by NJPW as "units") a wrestler is a part of – this is listed as it is considered by the company to be a vital part of NJPW. "(L)" indicates the leader of the group. As of 2022, there are eleven central units in NJPW: ;NJPW *Main Unit ** Chaos ** Guerrillas of Destiny *''

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(ROH), and the United Wrestling Network (UWN), wrestlers may have these promotions listed as their affiliated unit. G・B・H is regarded by NJPW as a unit although they are now simply a tag team; NJPW additionally lists Seigigun as Yuji Nagata’s unit even though he is the group's sole member.

Roster

Male wrestlers

Heavyweight division

Forbidden Door (AEW x NJPW) (52292915864)

Junior heavyweight division

''NJPW Strong''

''NJPW Tamashii''

Young Lions

Female wrestlers

Stardom division

Referees

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Broadcast team

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Announcer , - , {{sortname, Koki, Yamazaki, nolink=1 , {{sort, Yamazaki, Koki, Koki Yamazaki , Commentator , - , {{sortname, Makoto, Abe, nolink=1 , {{sort, Abe, Makoto, Makoto Abe , Ring announcer , - , {{sortname, Miki, Motoi, nolink=1 , {{sort, Motoi, Miki, Miki Motoi , Color commentator , - , {{sortname, Milano, Collection A.T. , {{sort, Sawafuji, Akihito, Akihito Sawafuji , Color commentator
IWGP Championship Committee member , - , {{sortname, Shigeki, Kiyono, nolink=1 , {{sort, Kiyono, Shigeki, Shigeki Kiyono , Commentator
Host of NJPW's press conferences , - , {{sortname, Shinji, Yoshino, nolink=1 , {{sort, Yoshino, Shinji, Shinji Yoshino , Commentator , - , {{sortname, Shinpei, Nogami, nolink=1 , {{sort, Nogami, Shinpei, Shinpei Nogami , Commentator , - , {{sortname, Souichi, Shibata, nolink=1 , {{sort, Shibata, Souichi, Souichi Shibata , Commentator , - , {{sortname, Taisei, Watanabe, nolink=1 , {{sort, Watanabe, Taisei, Taisei Watanabe , Ring Announcer , - , {{sortname, Yuichi, Tabata, nolink=1 , {{sort, Tabata, Yuichi, Yuichi Tabata , Commentator

Other

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Translator
Narrator of ''FINISH STRONG'' , - , {{sortname, Gino, Gambino, nolink=1 , {{sort, Kostovski, Adam, Adam Kostovski , English-language commentator , - , {{sortname, Ian, Riccaboni , {{sort, Riccaboni, Ian, Ian Riccaboni , English-language commentator , - , {{sortname, Kevin, Kelly, dab=announcer , {{sort, Foote, Kevin, Kevin Foote , English-language commentator
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Translator

Medical team

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Other personnel

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NJPW Music Group

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Audio engineer
Audio mixer , - , {{sort, Kitamura, Yonosuke, Yonosuke Kitamura , Composer of the RM Label{{cite web, url=http://www.rmlabel.net/, title=R M Label, access-date=2015-09-12, work=RMLabel

Corporate

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References

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External links

NJPW roster at NJPW.co.jp
''(Japanese website)''
NJPW roster at NJPW1972.com
''(English website)'' {{New Japan Pro Wrestling {{New Japan Pro Wrestling personnel {{DEFAULTSORT:New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel Lists of professional wrestling personnel

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