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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 ...
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.
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]
Continuation of Union Pro Wrestling. Pro Wrestling Basara spun off from DDT Pro-Wrestling on January 1, 2020. Pro Wrestling Dewa Tohoku region: Lock Suzuki 2004– [33] Pro Wrestling Freedoms: Tokyo: Takashi Sasaki: 2009– [34] Pro Wrestling FTO Ōita: Skull Reaper A-ji: 2004– [35] Pro Wrestling Heat-Up Kawasaki: Kazuhiro Tamura: 2012– [36]
Many accomplished Japanese indie wrestlers, including Aja Kong and Kazusada Higuchi, are stepping into the ring during WrestleMania weekend in L.A. The scene in California has a rich history of ...
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 ...
On April 24, 2023, Spark Joshi released an official press upon their first event "Ignite East" on June 11 in Newark, New Jersey, describing themselves as the "first organization based in the United States (based in Santa Fe, New Mexico) dedicated to importing the culture and creative approach of Japanese women's pro wrestling or joshi puroresu".