# List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. NJPW personnel consists of professional wrestlers, commentators, ring announcers, referees, trainers, producers, bookers, and various other positions. Executives and board 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 their role in NJPW. The performer's ring name is listed on the left and their real name is on the right. This list also acknowledges which stable (referred to by NJPW as "units") a wrestler is a part of – this is listed as it is considered by NJPW to be a vital part of their product.
As of 2025, there are six central units in NJPW:
* Bullet Club
** House of Torture
** The Rogue Army
** War Dogs
* Just 4 Guys
* Los Ingobernables de Japón
* Main Unit
** Seigigun
* TMDK
* United Empire
NJPW produces a U.S.-based internet television program titled NJPW Strong Live; Strong Live features its own distinct roster and units. Beginning in 2022, NJPW launched NJPW Tamashii, an Australasian-based subsidiary—Tamashii additionally features its own distinct roster and units. NJPW refers to their dojo trainees and developmental wrestlers as "Young Lions".
As NJPW has working relationships with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Major League Wrestling (MLW), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and numerous other Japanese and international promotions, wrestlers from these promotions may appear on NJPW events and have their home promotions or stables from their home promotions listed as their affiliated unit.

## Wrestlers
### Main roster
#### Men's division
##### Heavyweights

| Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
| Boltin Oleg | Oleg Boltin | Main Unit | |
| Callum Newman | Callum Newman | United Empire | |
| Chase Owens | Steven Owens | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | |
| David Finlay | David Finlay III | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | |
| Drilla Moloney | Daniel Moloney | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | |
| El Phantasmo | Riley Vigier | Main Unit | NJPW World Television Champion |
| Evil | Takaaki Watanabe | Bullet Club (House of Torture) | |
| Great-O-Khan | Tomoyuki Oka | United Empire | |
| Hartley Jackson | Unknown | TMDK | Freelancer |
| Henare | Aaron Henry | United Empire | |
| Hirooki Goto | Hirooki Goto | Main Unit | IWGP World Heavyweight Champion |
| Hiroshi Tanahashi | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Main Unit | President and Representative Director |
| Hiroyoshi Tenzan | Hiroyoshi Yamamoto | Main Unit | |
| Jake Lee | Lee Jae-kyung | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | Inactive; foot injury |
| Jeff Cobb | Jeffrey Cobb | United Empire | |
| Jon Moxley | Jonathan Good | Death Riders | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |
| Konosuke Takeshita | Konosuke Takeshita | Don Callis Family | Signed to All Elite Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling NEVER Openweight Champion |
| Matthew Jackson | Matthew Massie | The Elite | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |
| Mikey Nicholls | Michael Nicholls | TMDK | |
| Nicholas Jackson | Nicholas Massie | The Elite | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |
| Ren Narita | Ren Narita | Bullet Club (House of Torture) | NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion |
| Ryohei Oiwa | Ryohei Oiwa | TMDK | |
| Sanada | Seiya Sanada | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | |
| Satoshi Kojima | Satoshi Kojima | Main Unit | MLW World Tag Team Champion |
| Shane Haste | Shane Veryzer | TMDK | |
| Shingo Takagi | Shin Takagi | Los Ingobernables de Japón | |
| Shota Umino | Shota Umino | Main Unit | |
| Taichi | Taichiro Maki | Just 4 Guys | |
| Tetsuya Naito | Tetsuya Naito | Los Ingobernables de Japón | IWGP Tag Team Champion |
| Togi Makabe | Shinya Makabe | Main Unit | Trainer |
| Tomoaki Honma | Tomoaki Honma | Main Unit | Freelancer |
| Tomohiro Ishii | Tomohiro Ishii | Main Unit | |
| Toru Yano | Toru Yano | Main Unit | |
| Yoshi-Hashi | Nobuo Yoshihashi | Main Unit | |
| Yota Tsuji | Yota Tsuji | Los Ingobernables de Japón | IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion |
| Yuji Nagata | Yuji Nagata | Main Unit (Seigigun) | Trainer IWGP Executive Committee member |
| Yujiro Takahashi | Yujiro Takahashi | Bullet Club (House of Torture) | NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion |
| Yuya Uemura | Yuya Uemura | Just 4 Guys | Inactive; triceps tear |
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Luke Eatwell | TMDK | |

##### Junior heavyweights

| Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
| Bushi | Tetsuya Shimizu | Los Ingobernables de Japón | |
| Clark Connors | Connor Deutsch | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | |
| Dick Togo | Shigeki Sato | Bullet Club (House of Torture) | |
| Douki | Tatsuya Hayama | Just 4 Guys | Inactive; dislocated elbow |
| El Desperado | Kyosuke Mikami | Main Unit | Freelancer IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion |
| Francesco Akira | Francesco Begnini | United Empire | |
| Gedo | Keiji Takayama | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | Co-head booker |
| Hiromu Takahashi | Hiromu Takahashi | Los Ingobernables de Japón | IWGP Tag Team Champion |
| Jado | Shoji Akiyoshi | Main Unit | Co-head booker Head trainer |
| Kevin Knight | Kevin Knight | Main Unit | |
| Kosei Fujita | Kosei Fujita | TMDK | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion |
| Kushida | Yujiro Kushida | Main Unit | |
| Master Wato | Hirai Kawato | Main Unit | |
| Robbie Eagles | James McMathaus | TMDK | IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion |
| Ryusuke Taguchi | Ryusuke Taguchi | Main Unit | Trainer |
| Sho | Sho Tanaka | Bullet Club (House of Torture) | NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion |
| Taiji Ishimori | Taiji Ishimori | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | |
| Taka Michinoku | Takao Yoshida | Just 4 Guys | Signed to Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out |
| Tiger Mask | Yoshihiro Yamazaki | Main Unit | |
| Titán | Unknown | Los Ingobernables de Japón | Signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL World Welterweight Champion |
| TJP | Theodore Perkins | United Empire | |
| Yoh | Yohei Komatsu | Main Unit | |
| Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Bullet Club (House of Torture) | Producer |

#### Women's division

| Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
| Johnnie Robbie | Unknown | NJPW USA | |
| Mayu Iwatani | Mayu Iwatani | Stars | Signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom IWGP Women's Champion |
| Mercedes Moné | Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado | AEW | Signed to All Elite Wrestling Strong Women's Champion |
| Trish Adora | Patrice McNair | NJPW USA | |
| Viva Van | Victoria Tran | AEW | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |
| Willow Nightingale | Danielle Paultre | AEW | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |

### International rosters
#### Strong Live

| Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
| Alex Zayne | Alex Brandenberg | NJPW USA | |
| Bad Dude Tito | Tito Escondido | TMDK | |
| DKC | Dylan Barrales | NJPW USA | Trainer |
| Eddie Kingston | Edward Moore | AEW | Signed to All Elite Wrestling Inactive; torn ACL and Meniscus |
| Fred Rosser | Frederick Rosser III | NJPW USA | Trainer |
| Gabe Kidd | Gabriel Kidd | Bullet Club (War Dogs) | Strong Openweight Champion |
| James Drake | James Dowell | Grizzled Young Veterans | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |
| Jorel Nelson | Jorel Nelson | WCWC | Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion |
| Lio Rush | Lionel Green | Main Unit | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |
| Matt Vandagriff | Matthew Vandagriff | NJPW USA | |
| Royce Isaacs | Isaac Hull | WCWC | Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion |
| Rocky Romero | John Rivera | Main Unit | Head of Strong Live Vice President of Show and Talent Coordination |
| Tom Lawlor | Thomas Lawlor | NJPW USA | Signed to Major League Wrestling |
| Zack Gibson | Jack Rea | Grizzled Young Veterans | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |

#### Tamashii

| Ring name | Real name | Unit | Notes |
| Bad Luck Fale | Simi Fale | Bullet Club (The Rogue Army) | Head of Tamashii Head trainer and co-owner of the Fale Dojo |
| Caveman Ugg | Unknown | Bullet Club (The Rogue Army) | |
| Jack Bonza | Stephen Teulan | Bullet Club (The Rogue Army) | |
| Mark Tui | Mark Tui | NJPW Tamashii | Trainer and co-owner of the Fale Dojo |
| Richard Mulu | Richard Mulu | NJPW Tamashii | |
| Stevie Filip | Unknown | Bullet Club (The Rogue Army) | |
| Tony Kozina | Anthony Kozina | NJPW Tamashii | Trainer |
| Tome Filip | Unknown | Bullet Club (The Rogue Army) | |

### Developmental roster
#### Young Lions

| Ring name | Real name | Dojo/Unit | Notes |
| Daiki Nagai | Daiki Nagai | NJPW Dojo | |
| Katsuya Murashima | Katsuya Murashima | NJPW Dojo | |
| Masatora Yasuda | Masatora Yasuda | NJPW Dojo | |
| Oskar Leube | Oskar Münchow | Fale Dojo | On excursion |
| Shoma Kato | Shoma Kato | NJPW Dojo | |
| Yuto Nakashima | Yuto Nakashima | NJPW Dojo | On excursion |

## Referees

| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
| Chad Rico | Chad Rico | Strong Live referee |
| Jeremy Marcus | Jeremy Marcus | Strong Live referee Operations Leader of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America |
| Justin Borden | Justin Borden | Strong Live referee |
| Kenta Sato | Kenta Sato | |
| Marty Asami | Marty Asami | |
| Red Shoes Unno | Hiroyuki Umino | Senior referee |
| Taito Nakabayashi | Taito Nakabayashi | |
| Yuya Sakamoto | Yuya Sakamoto | |

## Broadcast team

| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
| Daisuke Takahashi | Daisuke Takahashi | Commentator |
| Haruo Murata | Haruo Murata | Commentator |
| Jushin Thunder Liger | Keiichi Yamada | Commentator Trainer IWGP Executive Committee member |
| Katsuhiko Kanazawa | Katsuhiko Kanazawa | Commentator |
| Kazuo Yamazaki | Kazuo Yamazaki | Commentator Trainer |
| Koki Yamazaki | Koki Yamazaki | Commentator |
| Makoto Abe | Makoto Abe | Ring announcer |
| Miki Motoi | Miki Motoi | Commentator |
| Milano Collection A.T. | Akihito Sawafuji | Commentator |
| Shigeki Kiyono | Shigeki Kiyono | Commentator Host of NJPW's press conferences |
| Shinji Yoshino | Shinji Yoshino | Commentator |
| Shinpei Nogami | Shinpei Nogami | Commentator |
| Souichi Shibata | Souichi Shibata | Commentator |
| Taisei Watanabe | Taisei Watanabe | Ring announcer |
| Takuro Shibata | Takuro Shibata | Strong Live ring announcer |
| Yuichi Tabata | Yuichi Tabata | Commentator |

### Foreign language

| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
| Walker Stewart | Walker Stewart | English-language commentator |
| Chris Charlton | Chris Charlton | English-language commentator Translator Narrator of Finish Strong |
| Emily Mae | Emily Mae Heller | English-language interviewer Host of Strong Live's press conferences |
| Gino Gambino | Adam Kostovski | English-language commentator |
| Ian Riccaboni | Ian Riccaboni | Signed to All Elite Wrestling English-language commentator for Strong Live |
| Veda Scott | Veda Scott | English-language color commentator for Strong Live |

## Other personnel

| Ring name | Real name | Notes |
| Hiro Saito | Hiroyuki Saito | Trainer |
| Michael Craven | Michael Craven | General Manager Writer for The Recount |
| Manabu Nakanishi | Manabu Nakanishi | Ambassador |
| Masayuki Hayashi | Masayuki Hayashi | Doctor |
| Seiji Sakaguchi | Seiji Sakaguchi | Advisor Founding chairman of United Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Takashi Iizuka | Takayuki Iizuka | Trainer |
| Takeshi Misawa | Takeshi Misawa | Medical trainer |
| Tiger Hattori | Masao Hattori | Foreign liaison officer IWGP Executive Committee member |
| Wataru Inoue | Wataru Inoue | Ambassador |

### Musical staff

| Name | Notes |
| Julia Claris | Musician |
| May's | Band |
| [Q]Brick | Band |
| No Name Tim | Music producer Audio engineer Audio mixer |
| Yonosuke Kitamura | Composer |

### Corporate staff

| Name | Notes |
| Junya Iwasaki | Auditor |
| Kaoru Mikumo | Director |
| Keizo Kayama | Auditor |
| Hitoshi Matsumoto | Director IWGP Executive Committee member |
| Taro Okada | Director President and CEO of World Wonder Ring Stardom |
| Naoki Sugabayashi | Chairman of the Board Executive director of United Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP Executive Committee member |
| Takaaki Kidani | Director of Bushiroad |