NJPW Roster in 2023: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 2023. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight, Young Lions, STRONG and TAMASHII, 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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NJPW: All (142)
Heavyweight
Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
STRONG
TAMASHII
Teams
ABC
Aussie Open
Be-Bop Tag Team
Bishamon
The Blackpool Combat Club
Bullet Club
Bullet Club War Dogs
Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team
Catch 2 / 2
CHAOS
CHAOS Ride the Lightning
CMFTR
Dangerous Tekkers
El DespeWato
The Factory
Far East Connection
FTR / The Revival / The Mechanics
General’s Jewel
Great Bash Heel
Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb
Guerrillas of Destiny
HOUSE OF TORTURE
Ichiban Sweet Boys
Intergalactic Jet Setters
Jon Moxley & Shota Umino
Just 5 Guys
LiYoh
Los Ingobernables de Japón
Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata
Monster Sauce / MurderSauce
Motor City Machine Guns
The Natural Classics / The Filip Brothers
O-Khan & Henare
The Rogue Army
Shota Umino & Ren Narita
Six or Nine
Stray Dog Army
Strong Style
Team Filthy
Tencozy / Ten-Koji
Time Machine
TMDK
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
United Empire
The VeloCities
West Coast Wrecking Crew / One Percent
Young Blood
Champions
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | SANADA
| 267+
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Kazuchika Okada
| 94
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Jay White
| 206
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Strong Openweight Championship | Eddie Kingston
Together with the AEW Continental Championship and the ROH World Championship, the three titles are collectively known as Continental Crown Championship (triple crown). Kingston loses the the AEW Continental Title on March 20, 2024 Dynamite, separating it from Kingston's other titles (ROH World Title and the NJPW Strong Openweight Title), thus dissolving the Triple Crown. | 179+
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KENTA
| 45
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Hikuleo
| 18
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KENTA
| 74
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Fred Rosser
| 238
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | Hiromu Takahashi
| 361+
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Taiji Ishimori
| 248
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NEVER Openweight Championship | Shingo Takagi
| 64+
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Tama Tonga
| 19
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David Finlay
| 159
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Tama Tonga
| 119
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Karl Anderson
| 206
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NJPW World Television Championship | Zack Sabre Jr.
Defeated Ren Narita in a tourmanent final to become the inaugural champion. | 361+
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IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship | Will Ospreay
On August 12, 2023, Ospreay rebranded the title as the IWGP United Kingdom Championship. | 169
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Kenny Omega
| 172
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Will Ospreay
Defeated SANADA to win the vacant title. | 206
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IWGP Tag Team Championship | BishamonHirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
Defeated House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare) in a 3-Way Match for both the vacant IWGP & STRONG tag team titles. | 210+
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Vacant
Fletcher vacated the titles after Davis suffered an injury. | 14
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Aussie OpenMark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
| 43
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BishamonHirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
| 94
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FTRDax Harwood & Cash Wheeler
| 192
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Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship | Guerrilas of DestinyHikuleo & El Phantasmo
| 83+
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Bullet Club War DogsAlex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd
| 97
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BishamonHirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
Defeated House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) and United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare) in a 3-Way Match for both the vacant IWGP & STRONG tag team titles. | 30
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Vacant
Fletcher vacated the titles after Davis suffered an injury. | 14
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Aussie OpenMark Davis & Kyle Fletcher
| 36
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Motor City Machine GunsChris Sabin & Alex Shelley
| 169
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | Bullet Club War DogsClark Connors & Drilla Moloney
| 180+
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Catch 2/2TJP & Francesco Akira
| 30
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Intergalactic Jet SettersKushida & Kevin Knight
| 38
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Catch 2/2TJP & Francesco Akira
| 311
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NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | CHAOS & Hiroshi TanahashiKazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii
| 242+
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Strong StyleMinoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita
| 81
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Strong StyleMinoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita
| 0
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House of TortureEVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
| 141
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IWGP Women's Championship | Mayu Iwatani
| 252+
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Mercedes Moné
| 64
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KAIRI
Defeated Mayu Iwatani in a tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. | 90
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Strong Women's Championship | Giulia
| 179+
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Willow Nightingale
Defeated Mercedes Moné in a 1 night tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. | 45
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KOPW Championship | Taichi
Shingo Tagaki defeated Great-O-Khan, SHO and Toru Yano in a 4-way match at New Year Dash!! to become the first provisional 2023 champion. Taichi won the provisional title at Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni, then SHO won it at Destruction in Kobe, then Taichi won it at New Japan Road, and he retained it to become the official 2023 champion. | 44
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