NJPW Roster in 2021: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster in the year 2021. This includes the list of all NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight, Young Lions and STRONG, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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NJPW: All (117)
Heavyweight
Junior Heavyweight
Young Lions
STRONG
Teams
Be-Bop Tag Team
Bey-F-Fs
Bishamon
Bullet Club
Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team
CHAOS
CHAOS Ride the Lightning
Dangerous Tekkers
El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
El Sky Team
The Elite / Super Elite
Far East Connection
FinJuice
Flying Tiger
Fred Yehi & Wheeler YUTA
General’s Jewel
Golden☆Ace
The Good Brothers
Great Bash Heel
Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb
Guerrillas of Destiny
HOUSE OF TORTURE
The Jay and Bey Connection
Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston
Jon Moxley & Shota Umino
LA Dojo
Los Ingobernables de Japón
Mega Coaches
Roppongi 3K
Roppongi 3K / The Tempura Boyz
Six or Nine
Stray Dog Army
Suzuki-gun
The Swords of Essence
Team Filthy
Tencozy / Ten-Koji
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii
United Empire
VLNCE UNLTD
West Coast Wrecking Crew / One Percent
World Class Tag Team
Champions
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | Shingo Takagi
Defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the vacant title. | 207+
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Vacant
The title was vacated due to Will Ospreay suffering a neck injury. | 18
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Will Ospreay
| 46
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Kota Ibushi
Ibushi unified the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship into the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, with Ibushi as the inaugural champion. | 31
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IWGP Heavyweight Championship | Kota Ibushi
| 59
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Tetsuya Naito
| 128
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Strong Openweight Championship | Tom Lawlor
Won the New Japan Cup USA 2021 to become the inaugural champion. | 252+
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | El Desperado
| 55+
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Robbie Eagles
| 104
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El Desperado
Defeated El Phantasmo and BUSHI in a 3-way match to win the vacant title. | 147
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Vacant
The title was vacated after Takahashi suffered a pectoral muscle injury. | 3
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Hiromu Takahashi
| 51
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Taiji Ishimori
| 129
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NEVER Openweight Championship | Tomohiro Ishii
| 48+
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Jay White
| 194
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Hiroshi Tanahashi
| 93
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Shingo Takagi
| 84
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IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship | KENTA
| 55+
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Hiroshi Tanahashi
| 84
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Lance Archer
| 24
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Jon Moxley
| 564
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IWGP Intercontinental Championship | Kota Ibushi
| 59
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Tetsuya Naito
| 128
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IWGP Tag Team Championship | Dangerous TekkersZack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
| 159+
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Los Ingobernables de JapónTetsuya Naito & SANADA
| 14
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Dangerous TekkersZack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
| 40
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Guerrillas of DestinyTama Tonga & Tanga Loa
| 148
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Dangerous TekkersZack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
| 176
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | Flying TigerRobbie Eagles & Tiger Mask (IV)
| 66+
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Suzuki-gunEl Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
| 51
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Bullet Club's Cutest Tag TeamEl Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori
| 74
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Roppongi 3KSHO & YOH
| 80
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Suzuki-gunEl Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
| 38
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Bullet Club's Cutest Tag TeamEl Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori
| 33
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Suzuki-gunEl Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 134
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NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | House of TortureEVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
| 55+
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CHAOSHirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii
Defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & SHO) in the a tournament finals to win the vacant title. | 454
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KOPW | Toru Yano
Yano defeated Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale and BUSHI in a 4-way match at Wrestle Kingdom 15 to become the first provisional 2021 champion. Chase Owens won the provisional title at Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome, then Yano won it back at Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome, and he retained it to become the official 2021 champion. | 118
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