History Characters / NewJapanProWrestling

!!! The World Class Tag Team
!!! Gedo (高山 圭司, Takayama Keiji, 1989, 2001-)
!!! Jado (秋吉 昭二 , Akiyoshi Shōji, 1989, 2001-)
* BashBrothers
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The left CTU prior to its dissolution for G.B.H., betrayed Makabe and Honma in favor of joining Chaos, then turned on Okada and Chaos to align themselves with the Bullet Club.
* OlderSidekick: Gedo served as Okada’s manager and mouthpiece before betraying him and joining Jay White. For Jado's part, he now seconds the Guerillas of Destiny.
* PowerStable: Team 2000, CTU, G.B.H., Chaos and the Bullet Club
* RedBaron: English commentator, Kevin Kelly called Jado the "Master Heater" after he joined the Bullet Club and now the name is canon.
* ShoutOut: Jado follows his knife edge chops with Woo! and [[FaceFault flops on his face after takings some hits]]. Both of these actions are paying homage to Wrestling/RicFlair.

!!! Roppongi 3K
!!! Sho Tanaka/Sho (田中 翔 Tanaka Shō 2012-2016, 2017-)
!!! Yohei Komatsu/Yoh (小松 洋平 Komatsu Yōhei 2012-2016, 2017-)
!!! Rocky Romero[=/=]Black Tiger IV (John R. Rivera, 2002, 2003, 2004-2006, 2008-)
* BadassTeacher: Rocky's role on the team is of a mentor and manager to Sho and Yoh.
* BashBrothers: Sho and Yoh went on excursion together, tagged together as Fujin & Raijin in CMLL and the Tempura Boyz in Ring of Honor and re-debuted in New Japan Together.
* CombatPragmatist: Rocky claims to be the King of Sneaky Style and he's trying to apart his wisdom to Sho and Yoh.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Like his other themes, Rocky made and does the lead vocals for R3K's theme.
* FinishingMove: 3K (Sho & Yoh), Shock Arrow (Sho), Five Star Clutch (Yoh), Diablo Armbar (Rocky).
* PowerStable: Chaos
* RedBaron: "Azúcar" for Rocky, "High Voltage" and then "Murder Machine" for Sho, and "High and Mighty" and then "Direct Drive" for Yoh.
* RedOniBlueOni: Yoh is red, showing a more energetic and charismatic side of himself. Sho is blue, choosing to be stoic and focused.
* TomboyishBaseballCap: Sho with the backwards baseball cap.

!!! Josh Barnett (Joshua Lawrence Barnett 2003-2004)

!!! Jorel Nelson (2021-)

!!! Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami (藤波 辰爾, Fujinami Tatsumi, 1972-2006)

!!! Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara (藤原 喜明, Fujiwara Yoshiaki, 1972-1984, 1986-1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2012

!!! Shiro Koshinaka (越中 詩郎, Koshinaka Shirō, 1985-2003, 2007)

!!! Wrestling/ScottNorton (Scott Michael Norton, 1990-1993, 1996-2006)

!!! Curry Man[=/=]Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels (Daniel Christopher Covell, 2002-2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2018)

!!! Lance Archer (Lance Hoyt, 2011-2020)

!!! Máscara Dorada (2011-2016)

!!! Mikey Nicholls (Michael Nicholls, 2006, 2015, 2019)

* PowerStable: Chaos
* RedBaron: Mad Mikey

!! The Kingdom

!! On Excursion

!!! Yota Tsuji (辻 陽太, Tsuji Yōta, 2018-2021)

!!! Gabriel Kidd (Gabriel Kidd, 2020-) (Part of the LA Dojo officially, but has stayed at the Noge Dojo since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic)

!!! Alex Coughlin (Alex Coughlin, 2018-)

!!! Ren Narita (成田蓮, Narita Ren, 2017-)

!!! AJZ (Andreas John Ziegler, 2021-)

!!! Josh Alexander (Joshua Lemay, 2021-)
* RedBaron: "The Walking Weapon"

!!! [[Wrestling/JustinGabriel PJ Black]] (Phillip Paul Lloyd, 2020-)

!!! Bateman (Cody Croslin, 2021-)
* FinishingMove: This Is A Kill

* RedBaron: Known informally as "[[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Big Papi Pump]]" due to his size (for a luchador) and chain mail head gear

!!! The Riegel Twins (2019, 2020-)
!!! Logan Riegel (2019, 2020-)
!!! Sterling Riegel (2019, 2020-)
* FinishingMove: Double Spike DDT (together), Leaping DDT (Logan)

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Guerrero is Spanish for "Warrior"

* AwesomeMcCoolname: More like ''Amazing [=McCoolname=].

!!! Karl Fredericks (Karl Fredericks, 2018-)

* RedBaron: "Celtic Prince"

* ArchEnemy: To Jay White, who he's been interlocked with in one form or another since they were Young Lions.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's so colorful and goofy that you might not take him seriously at first. Then you realize he's a 2-time IWGP United States Champion with wins over Jay White and ''Kenny friggin' Omega''.

* FinishingMove: He borrows Wrestling/{{Christian}}'s Killswitch, calling it "Pulp Friction".
* RedBaron: "The Flamboyant"

* TheStoner: Not said outright, given that this is Japan and getting caught with weed can get you deported, but...c'mon. He's got the dreadlocks, the rainbow colors, the happy-go-lucky vibe...

!!! The Briscoe Brothers

* DeepSouth: Their trunks even have the Stars and Bars on them. Subverted, in that they're from Delaware, which never seceded.
* FinishingMove: The Jay-Driller for Jay and the Froggy Bow for Mark.
* IKnowKungFu: Mark Briscoe's especially dangerous Redneck Kung Fu.
* LightningBruiser - Both of them, they're known for both brawling and high flying.
* SiblingTeam: What, you thought they ''weren't'' really brothers?
* SirSwearsalot: Jay has quite the mouth on him.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Are legitimately chicken farmers in addition to their wrestling exploits.
* WrestlingFamily: Not Jack, Jerry or Wes Brisco though.

* IHaveTheHighGround

* FinishingMove: [[IHaveTheHighGround Diving Senton]]

* IHaveTheHighGround: While arial attacks are not his only source of offense they are as prominent as his submission skills.

* IHaveTheHighGround: More often when he was a Junior-Heavyweight

* IHaveTheHighGround: A aerialist with great flying skill.

* IHaveTheHighGround

* IHaveTheHighGround

* IHaveTheHighGround

* IHaveTheHighGround

* IHaveTheHighGround

* IHaveTheHighGround: Flies in and out of the ring with semmingling effortless athleticism.

* IHaveTheHighGround: A naturally gifted high-flyer with some impressive aired attacks.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Goes with the territory of being a Junior.

* IHaveTheHighGround

* IHaveTheHighGround: [[MeaningfulName Gee, I wonder what sort of wrestling style a guy named "Flip" would use.]]

* IHaveTheHighGround: Taven’s offense is filled with high flying maneuvers.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Lee is a very acrobatic luchador.

* IHaveTheHighGround: All three are very versatile high flyers.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Amazing Red is one of the premiere high flyers that rose to prominence in the 2000s.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Bandido's death-defying arial exploits are a sight to behold.

* RedBaron: “God’s Hate”

!!! Tom Lawlor (Thomas Lawlor, 2020-)
* FinishingMove: Ground Octopus and the Rear Naked Choke.
* PowerStable: Team Filthy
* RedBaron: “Filthy”
* UrExample: He was the first Strong Openweight Champion after winning the 2021 New Japan Cup USA.

* SimpleStaff: Has a staff, but he rarely uses it.

* [[NiceHat Nice Headgear]]

* BadassInANiceSuit: Togo's non-wrestling gear as Evil's sidekick in the Bullet Club consists of a stylish three-piece suit, a NiceHat and CoolShades.

* NiceHat: A cowboy hat which was part of his early Suzuki-gun costume.

* NiceHat: His ushanka (the fuzzy Russian hat with the ear flaps), unlike most examples though, Koslov keeps his hat on during that match and it usually manages to stay on.

* NiceHat: His knit hat when he worked for the NWA.

* NiceHat: Sho with the backwards baseball cap.

-->''"By his weight and size I thought [Gomes] would be out of shape. When he stepped inside the ring and took off his robe, my father got impressed. He looked like [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]."''

* [[BlindingBangs Blinding Bandana]]: Gedo usually sports one outside of his matches.

!!! [[Wrestling/EvilWrestling Takaaki Watanabe/EVIL]] (渡辺 高章 Watanabe Takaaki, 2011-2013, 2015-)

!!! [[Wrestling/{{EVIL}} Takaaki Watanabe/EVIL]] (渡辺 高章 Watanabe Takaaki, 2011-2013, 2015-)

!!! The Kingdom
!!! Michael “Mike” Bennett (Michael Bennett 2014-2015)
!!! Matt Taven (Matthew Marinelli 2014-2015, 2019)
!!! Maria Kanellis (Maria Louise Kanellis 2014-2015)

* SmallNameBigEgo: Mostly the guys as Maria being a former WWE Diva. As Maria and Mike went to TNA and WWE, this is now more true for Taven's current group.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Since coming back to New Japan, Wato has dyed his hair a bright shade of blue to match his costume.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A green mullet, specifically.

* SkunkStripe: Has black and white hair.

* SkunkStripe: Has a big patch of blonde hair mixing with his black hair.

* SkunkStripe: Has two blonde streaks in his hair.

* BaldOfAwesome

* BaldOfAwesome: Jay while wining the NEVER 6-Man titles from the Bullet Club.

* SimSimSalabim

* {{Jobber}}: While there are accessions to the rule, Young Lions generally don't win singles matches unless they are facing another Young Lion. They can win in tag team matches but they are never the ones picking up the win and could be at liability to take the fall for their team.

* FingerlessGloves: From MMA.

* RedBaron: "Azúcar" for Rocky, "High Voltage" for Sho and "High and Mighty" for Yoh.

* RedBaron: "Headbanger" and "ELP"

* BadassMoustache

* BadassBeard: In nWo Japan

* BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil

* BadassBeard

* BadassMoustache

* BadassBeard: Sported one during his time in nWo Japan.

* BadassBeard: Tough as nails, entertains the crowd and has an awesome beard.

* BadassBeard Both brothers during their debuts at New Japan.

* MixedAncestry: Born in Germany to and Irish man and a German woman and was raised and currently lives in America.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Trained in the Soviet Union along with Hiroshi Hase and once wrestled as Sambo Iizuka.

* PowerStable: G.B.H., Wrestling/{{CHAOS}} and Wrestling/{{Suzuki-gun}}.

* PowerStable: Wrestling/{{Suzuki-gun}}.

* PowerStable: Wrestling/{{Suzuki-gun}}.

* PowerStable: Wrestling/{{Suzuki-gun}}.

* PowerStable: Wrestling/{{Suzuki-gun}}.

* PowerStable: Wrestling/{{Suzuki-gun}}.

* PowerStable: Wrestling/{{Suzuki-gun}}.