List of All Japan Pro Wrestling personnel
Appearance
This is a list of professional wrestlers who currently wrestle for All Japan Pro Wrestling, as well as a list of notable alumni. The current roster consists of the Home Unit (those under exclusive contract), freelancers, gaijins and several stables.
Roster
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Heavyweight wrestlers
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
---|---|---|
Bodyguard | Noboru Kurakawa | Freelancer |
Dylan James | Dylan James | |
Gianni Valletta | Wayne Pace | Freelancer |
Jake Lee | Lee Che-Gyong | |
Joe Doering | Joseph Doering | Freelancer |
Jun Akiyama | Jun Akiyama | General Manager and representative director |
Kai | Atsushi Sakai | Freelancer |
Kento Miyahara | Kento Miyahara | |
Kuma Arashi | Masaya Suzuki | Freelancer |
Masanobu Fuchi | Masanobu Fuchi | |
Naoya Nomura | Naoya Nomura | |
Osamu Nishimura | Osamu Nishimura | Freelancer |
Ryoji Sai | Ryoji Sai | Pro Wrestling Land's End |
Shotaro Ashino | Shotaro Ashino | Freelancer |
Shuji Ishikawa | Shuji Ishikawa | World Tag Team Champion |
Suwama | Kohei Suwama | Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion World Tag Team Champion Member of the Board of Directors President of talent relations |
Takao Omori | Takao Omori | Member of the Board of Directors |
Yoshitatsu | Naofumi Yamamoto | Gaora TV Champion |
Yuma Aoyagi | Yuma Aoyagi | |
Zeus | Kensho Obayashi |
Junior heavyweight wrestlers
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
---|---|---|
Atsushi Maruyama | Atsushi Maruyama | |
Atsuki Aoyagi | Atsuki Aoyagi | |
Black Menso~re | Yohei Nakajima | |
Dan Tamura | Dan Tamura | |
Hikaru Sato | Hiroaki Sato | Freelancer |
Hokuto Omori | Hokuto Omori | |
Keiichi Sato | Keiichi Sato | Freelancer |
Koji Iwamoto | Koji Iwamoto | |
Tajiri | Yoshihiro Tajiri | Freelancer |
Último Dragón | Yoshihiro Asai | Toryumon |
Yusuke Kodama | Yusuke Kodama | Freelancer |
Yusuke Okada | Yusuke Okada |
Referees
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
---|---|---|
Kyohei Wada | Kyohei Wada | Senior Official |
Corporate
Name | Notes |
---|---|
Jun Akiyama | President |
Mikio Sasahara | Executive Vice President |
Kazufumi Yoshimura | Chairman of the board |
Dory Funk Jr. | Pacific Wrestling Federation Chairman |
Notable alumni
Multiple identities used by the same wrestler are in chronological order. In case of alternate identities used infrequently (Great Muta, Shiryu), the identity with the most frequency of use will be listed first.
Native
- Ahii
- Akebono
- Atsushi Aoki
- Arashi
- Giant Baba
- Bushi/T28
- Riki Choshu
- Kim Duk
- Haruka Eigen
- Fujita
- Masakatsu Funaki
- Ryota Hama
- Gran Hamada
- Animal Hamaguchi
- Ashura Hara
- Rocky Hata
- Hayabusa
- Kaz Hayashi/Shiryu
- Tamon Honda
- Tomoaki Honma
- Taichi Ishikari
- Takashi Ishikawa
- Jun Izumida
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Koji Kanemoto
- Kendo Kashin
- Toshiaki Kawada
- Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
- Kikutaro
- Rusher Kimura
- Kenta Kobashi
- KENTA
- Kuniaki Kobayashi
- Satoshi Kojima/The Great Kosuke
- Shuji Kondo
- Masayuki Kono/Kono
- Shiro Koshinaka
- Samson Kutsuwada
- Kyotaro
- Naomichi Marufuji
- Hiro Matsuda
- Mazada
- Mitsuharu Misawa
- Kazushi Miyamoto
- Mitsuo Momota
- Takeshi Morishima
- Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta
- Yasufumi Nakanoue
- Yoshinari Ogawa
- Kintaro Ohki
- Atsushi Onita
- Akira Raijin/Sushi
- Takeshi Rikio
- Nosawa Rongai
- Hiro Saito
- Kazuo Sakurada
- Seiya Sanada
- The Great Sasuke
- Satoru Sayama
- Kentaro Shiga
- Jinsei Shinzaki
- Go Shiozaki
- Kazuharu Sonoda
- Manabu Soya
- Super Hate
- Super Strong Machine
- Akihisa Takachiho/The Great Kabuki
- Yoshihiro Takayama
- Masato Tanaka
- Minoru Tanaka
- Akira Taue
- Genichiro Tenryu
- Jumbo Tsuruta
- Taru
- Umanosuke Ueda
- Andy Wu
- Hiroshi Yamato
- "brother" Yasshi
- Yoshiaki Yatsu
Gaijin
- Abdullah the Butcher
- Johnny Ace
- Gary Albright
- André the Giant
- Bambi Killer
- Bob Backlund
- The Beast
- Giant Bernard
- Dick Beyer
- Big Daddy Voodoo
- Bam Bam Bigelow
- Nick Bockwinkel
- Jack Brisco
- D'Lo Brown
- Bruiser Brody
- Killer Tim Brooks
- Super Destroyer
- Lance Cade
- Rob Van Dam
- Ted DiBiase
- J.J. Dillon
- Tommy Dreamer
- René Duprée
- Wayne Ferris
- Reid Flair
- Ric Flair
- Mick Foley
- Dory Funk, Jr.
- Terry Funk
- Doug Furnas
- Anton Geesink
- Luke Graham
- King Curtis Iaukea
- Dynamite Kid
- Gene Kiniski
- Terry Gordy
- Stan Hansen
- Charlie Haas
- Curt Hennig
- Hulk Hogan
- Don Leo Jonathan
- Rufus R. Jones
- Tor Kamata
- Steve Keirn
- Dan Kroffat
- Buddy Landell
- Mark Lewin
- Mil Máscaras
- Mario Milano
- Gorilla Monsoon
- Dick Murdoch
- Pat O'Connor
- Larry O'Dea
- Bob Orton, Jr.
- The Patriot
- Prince Tonga/Meng
- Antonio Pugliese
- Harley Race
- Apache Bull Ramos
- Billy Robinson
- Bob Roop
- Rick Rude
- Ro'z (Matt Anoa'i)
- Bruno Sammartino
- Mikel Scicluna
- Larry Sharpe
- Tiger Jeet Singh
- Dick Slater
- Alexis Smirnoff
- Davey Boy Smith
- Johnny Smith
- Tracy Smothers
- Jimmy Snuka
- Ricky Steamboat
- Mongolian Stomper
- Super Crazy
- Antonio Thomas
- Big Van Vader
- Vampiro
- David Von Erich
- Fritz Von Erich
- Kerry Von Erich
- Kevin Von Erich
- Sailor White
- Bill White
- "Dr. Death" Steve Williams
- Barry Windham
- Tim Woods
- Jimmy Yang