List of Pro Wrestling Noah personnel
This is a list of professional wrestlers who currently wrestle for Pro Wrestling Noah, as well as a list of notable alumni. The current roster consists of the Home Unit (those under exclusive contract), freelancers, and gaijins.
Wrestlers
Personnel is organized below by their role in Pro Wrestling Noah. Their ring name is on the left and their real name is on the right when known. Anybody inactive for a considerable amount of time is acknowledged. This list also acknowledges which unit a wrestler is a part of. "(L)" also indicates the leader of the group when one is designated.
As of 2022[update], there are 6 central units in Noah:[1]
- Main unit[a]
- Kongo[b]
- Marufuji-gun (tentative)
- Los Perros del Mal de Japón[c]
- Stinger
- Sugiura-gun[d]
There is also a sub-group of the main unit which is regarded as a stable: Funky Express[e]
Heavyweight wrestlers
Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
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Akitoshi Saito[2] | Akitoshi Saito | Funky Express | |
Daiki Inaba[3] | Daiki Inaba | Main unit | |
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.[4] | Undisclosed[f] | Sugiura-gun | Freelancer |
Go Shiozaki[5] | Go Shiozaki | Main unit | GHC Heavyweight ChampionChairman of the Noah Wrestlers' Association[6] |
Great Muta[7] | Keiji Mutoh | N/A | Also wrestles unmasked as Keiji Muto |
Hideki Suzuki | Hideki Suzuki | Sugiura-gun | GHC Tag Team ChampionFreelancer |
Kaito Kiyomiya[8] | Kaito Kiyomiya | Main unit | |
Katsuhiko Nakajima[9] | Katsuhiko Nakajima | Kongo | |
Kazunari Murakami[10] | Kazunari Murakami | Sugiura-gun | Freelancer
Injured; sciatic hip problems |
Kazushi Sakuraba[11] | Kazushi Sakuraba | Sugiura-gun | Freelancer |
Kazuyuki Fujita[12] | Kazuyuki Fujita | Sugiura-gun | |
Keiji Muto[13] | Keiji Mutoh | Marufuji-gun | Also wrestles masked as The Great Muta |
Kendo Kashin[14] | Tokimitsu Ishizawa | Sugiura-gun | Freelancer Producer |
Kenoh[15] | Daisuke Nakae | Kongo (L) | |
King Tany[16] | Shuhei Taniguchi | Funky Express (L) | |
Kinya Okada[17] | Kinya Okada | Main unit | |
Manabu Soya[18] | Manabu Soya | Kongo | |
Masa Kitamiya[19] | Mitsuhiro Kitamiya | Main unit | |
Masaaki Mochizuki[20] | Masaaki Mochizuki | Marufuji-gun | Signed to Dragon Gate |
Masakatsu Funaki[21] | Masakatsu Funaki | Kongo | GHC National Champion Freelancer |
Masao Inoue[22] | Masao Inoue | Funky Express | Freelancer |
Masato Tanaka[23] | Masato Tanaka | Marufuji-gun | Signed to Pro Wrestling Zero1 |
Michael Elgin | Aaron Frobel | Main unit | Freelancer |
Muhammad Yone[24] | Satoshi Yoneyama | Funky Express | |
Naomichi Marufuji[25] | Naomichi Marufuji | Main unit Marufuji-gun (L) |
Vice President |
René Duprée[26] | René Goguen | Sugiura-gun | Freelancer |
Satoshi Kojima | Satoshi Kojima | Marufuji-gun | Signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
Simon Gotch | Seth Lesser | N/A | Freelancer |
Takashi Sugiura[27] | Takashi Sugiura | Sugiura-gun (L) | GHC Tag Team ChampionPro Wrestling Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion |
Yoshiki Inamura[28] | Yoshiki Inamura | Main unit | |
Yuko Miyamoto[29] | Yuko Miyamoto | Marufuji-gun | Signed to Wrestling of Darkness 666 |
Junior heavyweight wrestlers
Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
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Alejandro[30] | Kohei Fujimura | Main Unit | |
Atsushi Kotoge[31] | Atsushi Kotoge | Main unit | |
Chris Ridgeway | Chris Wareing | Stinger | GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion |
Daisuke Harada[32] | Daisuke Harada | Main unit | |
Daisuke Nakamura[33] | Daisuke Nakamura | Sugiura-gun | Signed to U-Zukidohonpo |
Eita[34] | Eita Kobayashi | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | Signed to Dragon Gate |
Hajime Ohara[35] | Hajime Ohara | Kongo | |
Haoh[36] | Yuki Sato | Main unit | |
Hayata[37] | Yohei Hayata | Stinger (L) | GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion |
Hi69[38] | Hiroki Tanabe | Kongo | |
Ikuto Hidaka[39] | Ikuto Hidaka | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | Signed to Shawn Capture |
Junta Miyawaki[40] | Junta Miyawaki | Main unit | |
Kai Fujimura[41] | Kai Fujimura | Main unit | |
Kotaro Suzuki[42] | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | Freelancer |
Ninja Mack | Brenden McAleavey | N/A | Freelancer |
Nosawa Rongai[43] | Kazushige Nosawa | Sugiura-gun Los Perros del Mal de Japón (L) |
Head booker |
Seiki Yoshioka[44] | Seiki Yoshioka | Stinger | |
Slex | Luke Guyett | N/A | Freelancer |
Super Crazy[45] | Francisco Islas Rueda | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | Freelancer |
Tadasuke[46] | Tadasuke Yoshida | Kongo | |
Texano Jr. | Juan Aguilar Leos | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | Freelancer |
Yasutaka Yano[47] | Yasutaka Yano | Main unit | |
Yo-Hey[48] | Yohei Fujita | Main Unit | |
Yoshinari Ogawa[49] | Yoshinari Ogawa | Stinger | GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion |
Yuya Susumu[50] | Yuya Susumu | Stinger | Signed to Pro Wrestling Freedoms |
Corporate staff
Name | Role |
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Akito | Vice President |
Akira Taue | Advisor |
Daisuke Ito | Director |
Sanshiro Takagi | President |
Yosuke Fuwa | Representative Director |
Alumni
Native
- Masashi Aoyagi
- Jun Akiyama
- Atsushi Aoki
- Satoru Asako
- Masahiro Chono
- Naruki Doi
- Haruka Eigen
- Minoru Fujita
- Makoto Hashi
- Shinya Hashimoto
- Ikuto Hidaka
- Genba Hirayanagi (Tsutomu Hirayanagi)
- Tamon Honda
- DJ Nira
- BxB Hulk
- Takashi Iizuka
- Masao Inoue
- Shinya Ishikawa
- Taiji Ishimori
- Akihiko Ito
- Junji Izumida (Ryukaku Izumida)
- Masahito Kakihara
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Kishin Kawabata (Teru Kawabata)
- Toshiaki Kawada
- Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
- Kenta
- Kenta Kobashi
- Shuji Kondo
- Mitsuharu Misawa
- Kento Miyahara
- Mitsuo Momota
- Takeshi Morishima
- Keiji Mutoh
- Yuji Nagata
- Takashi Okita
- Takao Omori
- Ippei Ota (Yoshinori Ota)
- Takeshi Rikio
- Takuma Sano
- Kensuke Sasaki
- Kentaro Shiga
- Suwa
- Kotaro Suzuki
- Minoru Suzuki
- Taichi
- Taka Michinoku
- El Desperado
- Tatsuhito Takaiwa
- Shingo Takagi
- Yoshihiro Takayama
- Masato Tanaka
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Akira Taue
- Genichiro Tenryu
- Toru Yano
- Shiro Tomoyose
- Masato Yoshino
- Takuya Nomura
- Masato Inaba
- Kappa Kozou
- Kaji Tomato
Gaijin
- ACH
- Lance Archer
- Bram
- Jay Briscoe
- Mark Briscoe
- D'Lo Brown
- Buchanan
- Colt Cabana
- Brian Cage
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Andy Dalton
- Bryan Danielson
- Robbie E
- Eddie Edwards
- Bobby Fish
- Juventud Guerrera
- Jack Gamble
- Jon Webb
- Jonah Rock
- Hanson
- Shane Haste
- Chris Hero
- Samoa Joe
- Low Ki
- Magnus
- Ricky Marvin
- Nigel McGuinness
- Michael Modest
- Donovan Morgan
- Mikey Nicholls
- Moose
- Randy Reign
- Davey Richards
- Rocky Romero
- Raymond Rowe
- Zack Sabre Jr.
- Scorpio
- Richard Slinger
- Bison Smith
- Davey Boy Smith Jr.
- Matt Striker
- Roderick Strong
- Super Crazy
- Vader
- Keith Walker
- Doug Williams
- Cody Hall
- Marshall Von Erich
- Ross Von Erich
Joshi talent
Notes
- ^ Main unit (正規軍, Seikigun, lit. "regular army")
- ^ Kongo (金剛, Kongō, lit. "adamant")
- ^ Los Perros del Mal de Japón (ロス・ぺロス・デル・マル・デ・ハポン, Rosu Perosu deru Maru de Hapon, Spanish for "The Dogs of Evil of Japan")
- ^ Sugiura-gun (杉浦軍, lit. "Sugiura Army")
- ^ Funky Express (ファンキーエクスプレス, Fankīekusupuresu)
- ^ In lucha libre the true identity, birth name, etc. of masked wrestlers is kept secret from the general public. News media neither report nor speculate on real names even if they may be able to find them, purely out of respect for lucha libre traditions.
References
- ^ Pro Wrestling Noah [@noah_ghc] (January 6, 2022). プロレスリング・ノア相関図 更新! (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ 齋藤彰俊 / Akitoshi Saito. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 稲葉大樹 / Daiki Inaba. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ イホ・デ・ドクトル・ワグナーJr. / Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 潮崎豪 / Go Shiozaki. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 潮崎豪選手、新選手会長就任のお知らせと会見の模様. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). August 25, 2016. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018.
- ^ グレート・ムタ / GREAT MUTA. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 清宮海斗 / Kaito Kiyomiya. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 中嶋勝彦 / Katsuhiko Nakajima. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 村上和成 / Kazunari Murakami. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 桜庭和志 / Kazushi Sakuraba. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 藤田和之 / Kazuyuki Fujita. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 武藤敬司 / Keiji Muto. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ ケンドー・カシン / Kendo Kashin. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 拳王 / Kenoh. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ キング・タニー / KING TANY. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 岡田欣也 / Kinya Okada. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 征矢学 / Manabu Soya. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ マサ北宮 / Masa Kitamiya. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 望月成晃 / Masaaki Mochizuki. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 船木誠勝 / Masakatsu Funaki. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 井上雅央 / Masao Inoue. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 田中将斗 / Masato Tanaka. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ モハメド ヨネ / Muhammad Yone. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 丸藤正道 / Naomichi Marufuji. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ レネ・デュプリ / Rene Dupree. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 杉浦貴 / Takashi Sugiura. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 稲村愛輝 / Yoshiki Inamura. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 宮本裕向 / Yuko Miyamoto. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 亜烈破 / Aleja. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 小峠篤司 / Atsushi Kotoge. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 原田大輔 / Daisuke Harada. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 中村大介 / Daisuke Nakamura. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Eita /". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 大原はじめ / Hajime Ohara. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 覇王 / Haoh. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "HAYATA / Hayata". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 仁王 / Nioh. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 日高郁人 / Ikuto Hidaka. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 宮脇純太 / Junta Miyawaki. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 藤村加偉 / Kai Fujimura. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 鈴木鼓太郎 / Kotaro Suzuki. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ NOSAWA論外 / nosawa rongai. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 吉岡世起 / Seiki Yoshioka. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ スペル・クレイジー /. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ タダスケ / Tadasuke. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 矢野安崇 / Yasutaka Yano. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "YO-HEY / Yo-Hey". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 小川良成 / Yoshinari Ogawa. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 進祐哉 / Yuya Susumu. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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