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United Japan Pro-Wrestling (Japanese: 日本プロレスリング連盟, Hepburn: Nihon Puroresuringu Renmei) (also stylised as United Japan Pro-wrestling; UJPW), officially the General Incorporated Association United Japan Pro-Wrestling (一般社団法人日本プロレスリング連盟, Ippan shadan hōjin Nihon Puroresuringu Renmei), [3] is an association of several professional wrestling ...
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku.The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling, and martial arts.
Kazumasa Ito (伊藤一正, Itō Kazumasa) better known by his ring name Carbell Ito is a Japanese professional wrestler and businessman signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Champion. He is also the representative director of the Japanese auto retail company Carbell. [3]
Associated with the American Wrestling Association from 1970, and the Japan Pro-Wrestling Commission with New Japan Pro Wrestling until 1981. [56] Japan Pro Wrestling: Tokyo: Riki Choshu: 1984–1987 Japan Wrestling Association: Tokyo: Rikidōzan: 1953–1973 Affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance. Membership was transferred to AJPW ...
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (新日本プロレスリング株式会社, Shin Nihon Puroresuringu Kabushiki-gaisha) (NJPW) [2] is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo.
The first Japanese person to involve themselves in catch wrestling (the basis of traditional professional wrestling) was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. [1] There were subsequent attempts before and after World War II to popularize the sport in Japan, but these generally failed until the advent of its first big star, Rikidōzan , in ...
All Japan Pro Wrestling (全日本プロレス, Zen Nihon Puroresu, doing business as オールジャパン・プロレスリング株式会社, Ōru Japan Puroresuringu Kabushiki-gaisha) (AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972, when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion.
Kosei Fujita (Japanese: 藤田 晃生, Fujita Kosei, born July 14, 2002) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of The Mighty Don't Kneel stable and is IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion along with Robbie Eagles .