NJPW Roster in 2006: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 2006. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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2006NJPW: All (58)
Akebono
BADBOY Hido
Black Strong Machine
Black Tiger (IV)
Brock Lesnar
C.T.U Ranger Yellow
Dick Togo
El Samurai
El Texano Jr.
Gedo
Giant Bernard
Gran Naniwa
Hi69
Hidekazu Tanaka
Hiro Saito
Hirooki Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Hokkaido
Jado
Kazuo Yamazaki
Koji Kanemoto
Kotetsu Yamamoto
Manabu Nakanishi
Masahiro Chono
Masahito Kakihara
Masayuki Naruse
Michiyoshi Ohara
Milano Collection A.T.
Minoru
Mitsuhide Hirasawa
Naofumi Yamamoto
Negro Casas
Osamu Nishimura
Prince Devitt
Riki Choshu
Ryusuke Taguchi
Sable
Scott Norton
Shinsuke Nakamura
Shiro Koshinaka
Simon Inoki
Takashi Iizuka
Tatsumi Fujinami
Tatsutoshi Goto
Tetsuya Naito
Tiger Mask (IV)
Togi Makabe
Tomko
Tomoaki Honma
Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano
Vader
Wataru Inoue
Yoshihiro Takayama
Yuji Nagata
Yujiro
Yutaka Yoshie
Heavyweight
Akebono
BADBOY Hido
Black Strong Machine
Brock Lesnar
Giant Bernard
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Manabu Nakanishi
Masahiro Chono
Masayuki Naruse
Michiyoshi Ohara
Naofumi Yamamoto
Osamu Nishimura
Riki Choshu
Scott Norton
Shinsuke Nakamura
Shiro Koshinaka
Takashi Iizuka
Tatsumi Fujinami
Togi Makabe
Tomko
Tomoaki Honma
Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano
Vader
Yoshihiro Takayama
Yuji Nagata
Yutaka Yoshie
Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
Teams
BLACK
C.T.U
C.T.U.
Cho-Ten
Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko
Great Bash Heel
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto
Italy Brothers
Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai
Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue
Mad Dogs
Makai Club
Most Violent Players
New Japan Dragons
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
World Class Tag Team
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi
Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka
Champions
IWGP Heavyweight Championship | | Hiroshi TanahashiDefeated Giant Bernard in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 167+ days |
 | Vacant Won: July 15, 2006 The title was vacated due to Lesnar refusing to return and defend it. Lesnar kept the physical title belt, and later was recognized by the Inoki Genome Federation as their first champion, using the same belt. | 2 days | |
| Brock Lesnar | 280 days |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | | MinoruPreviously known as Minoru Tanaka/Heat. | 7+ days |
| Koji Kanemoto | 235 days | |
| Tiger Mask (IV) | 73 days | |
| Black Tiger (IV) | 134 days |
IWGP Tag Team Championship |  | Wild ChildManabu Nakanishi & Takao OmoriNakanishi & Ōmori (who were interim champions) were promoted to undisputed champions. | 94+ days |
| Vacant Won: September 20, 2006 NJPW president Simon Kelly Inoki stripped Chono & Tenzan of the title after they ceased teaming. | 8 days | |
| Cho-TenHiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro ChonoDuring this reign Tenzan & Chono showed signs of inactivity, so an interim tag team title was created and Togi Makabe & Shiro Koshinaka won it at Circuit 2006 Turbulence. Then Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Ōmori defeat them to win the interim title. | 325 days |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | | Gedo & Jado | 176+ days |
| Ryusuke Taguchi & El Samurai | 139 days | |
| Hirooki Goto & Minoru | 281 days |
IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship | | Hiroshi TanahashiDefeated Toru Yano in a tournament final for the vacant title. | 354 days |
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