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** The former yokozuna Koji Kitao. He had a notorious hostility with Riki Choshu, who thought Kitao didn't deserve his push, and was fired for taunting him with ethnic discrimination.
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** The former yokozuna Koji Kitao. He had a notorious hostility with Riki Choshu, who thought Kitao didn't deserve his push, and was fired for taunting him with ethnic discrimination.discrimination[[hottip:*:Choshu is Korean-Japanese]].
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** A common complaint leveled at Hiroshi Tanahashi.
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** A common complaint leveled at Hiroshi Tanahashi.Tanahashi, though he subverted it ''hard'' with several major losses, not least of which included losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship back to Kazuchika Okada, as well as a major loss before that against Karl Anderson in the [=G1=] Climax (which, despite it having been a non-title bout, ended up ''de facto'' guaranteeing a title shot for Anderson).
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* HeroKiller: Naoya Ogawa. He beat Shinya Hashimoto ''to his retire''.
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* HeroKiller: Naoya Ogawa. He beat Shinya Hashimoto Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto ''to his retire''.
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* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Judo Guy]]: Naoya Ogawa and Kazunari Murakami.
* TheArtifact: Tiger Mask IV. His style and gimmick are somehow outdated and he is not a very exciting part of the junior division anymore, but is a pretty solid performer and receives occasionaly pushes.
* TheArtifact: Tiger Mask IV. His style and gimmick are somehow outdated and he is not a very exciting part of the junior division anymore, but is a pretty solid performer and receives occasionaly pushes.
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** Akira Maeda and Koji Kitao were more straight real-life examples.
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** Akira Maeda was fired from NJPW for kicking Riki Choshu in the face and Koji Kitao were more straight real-life examples.breaking his orbital bone. Even later, he didn't have a single year free of legal troubles due to his tendency to assault people. He even [[SeriousBusiness vowed to kill Yoji Anjo]] and was arrested for it.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Keiji Muto, in both kayfabe and real life.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Keiji Muto, in both kayfabe and real life.
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* IKnowKarate: Due to the strong style penchant for legitimacy, and Inoki's long-held delusions about being a legitimate fighter, it's almost a requirement to new wrestlers in NJPW to have martial arts/combat sports background.
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* IKnowKarate: Due to the strong style penchant for legitimacy, and Inoki's long-held delusions about being a legitimate fighter, it's almost a requirement to new wrestlers in NJPW to have martial arts/combat sports background.background.
** Satoru Sayama was the [[OneManArmy best example]], as he knew judo, karate, amateur wrestling, catch wrestling, kickboxing, Muay Thai and sambo.
** Satoru Sayama was the [[OneManArmy best example]], as he knew judo, karate, amateur wrestling, catch wrestling, kickboxing, Muay Thai and sambo.
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* ShootTheDog: The 1.4 Incident. During the third match between Naoya Ogawa and Shinya Hashimoto, Ogawa broke kayfabe and bloodied the unaware Hashimoto with legit strikes, after which he grabbed a microphone and taunted the crowd. Soon, the NJPW staff got into the ring and Ogawa's cornermen (including his bodyguard [[SmugSnake Gerard Gordeau]] and Kazunari Murakami) had to gang up to protect Ogawa from the wrathful Riki Choshu and his minions in the subsequent melee. It's said that Inoki ordered Ogawa to shoot on Hashimoto to increase his popularity, and Ogawa took the opportunity with no second thoughts.
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* ShootTheDog: The 1.4 Incident. During the third match between Naoya Ogawa and Shinya Hashimoto, Ogawa broke kayfabe and bloodied the unaware Hashimoto with legit strikes, after which he grabbed a microphone and taunted the crowd. Soon, the NJPW staff got into the ring and Ogawa's cornermen (including his bodyguard [[SmugSnake Gerard Gordeau]] and Kazunari Murakami) had to gang up to protect Ogawa from the wrathful Riki Choshu and his minions in the subsequent melee.brawl. It's said that Inoki ordered Ogawa to shoot on Hashimoto to increase his popularity, and Ogawa took the opportunity with no second thoughts.
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* FeelNoPain: The Great Sasuke broke his skull doing a DivingKick against Último Dragón during the J-Crown tournament and continued wrestling restless.
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* NoSale: Koji Kitao's main trait, done a la Wrestling/HulkHogan.
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* NoSale: NoSell: Koji Kitao's main trait, done a la Wrestling/HulkHogan.
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* IKnowKarate: Due to the strong style penchant for legitimacy, it's almost a requeriment to new wrestlers in NJPW to have martial arts/combat sports background.
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* IKnowKarate: Due to the strong style penchant for legitimacy, and Inoki's long-held delusions about being a legitimate fighter, it's almost a requeriment requirement to new wrestlers in NJPW to have martial arts/combat sports background.
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* NoSell: Koji Kitao's main trait, done a la HulkHogan.
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* ShootTheDog: The 1.4 Incident. During the third match between Naoya Ogawa and Shinya Hashimoto, Ogawa broke kayfabe and bloodied the unaware Hashimoto with legit strikes, after which he grabbed a microphone and taunted the crowd. Soon, the NJPW staff got into the ring and Ogawa's cornermen (including his bodyguard [[SmugSnake Gerard Gordeau]] and Kazunari Murakami) had to gang up to protect Ogawa from the wrathful Riki Choshu and his minions in the subsequent melee. It's said that Inoki ordered Ogawa to shoot on Hashimoto to increase his popularity, and Ogawa took the opportunity with no second thoughts.
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* ActionGirl: As is tradition in Japan, wrestling promotions are strictly single-gender, but New Japan averted this in 2002 bringing {{Chyna}} to its roster.
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* ActionGirl: As is tradition in Japan, wrestling promotions are strictly single-gender, but New Japan averted this in 2002 bringing {{Chyna}} [[{{Chyna}} Joanie Laurer]] to its roster.roster. She stayed only two months in the company, but got impressive wins against male workers.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: Antonio Inoki.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: Since his beginnings as NJPW founder, Antonio Inoki.Inoki made himself invincible against all odds through purely self-centered booking and became the absolute hero of Japan. Even now, he is known for his refusal to PassingTheTorch.
** The first Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) managed to avert the boring part. He retired from New Japan with zero defeats, but the crowd loved him until the end.
** The first Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) managed to avert the boring part. He retired from New Japan with zero defeats, but the crowd loved him until the end.
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* CreatorKiller: During the MMA rise, Antonio Inoki became obsessed with adding legitimacy to his company, so he started to bring MMA fighters to New Japan to book them victories over the stablished roster and send New Japan wrestlers to compete in MMA (getting from little to average level of success). This decision enforced his exit from an almost-dying New Japan few years after. Nonetheless, he kept his philosophy in his Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye events and his late company Inoki Genome Federation.
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* CreatorKiller: During the MMA rise, Antonio Inoki became obsessed with adding (more) legitimacy to his company, so he started to bring MMA fighters to New Japan to book them victories over the stablished roster and send New Japan wrestlers to compete in MMA (getting from little to average level of success). This decision enforced his exit from an almost-dying New Japan few years after. Nonetheless, he kept his philosophy in his Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye events and his late company Inoki Genome Federation.
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* PraetorianGuard: Club 7 (Giant Singh and Giant Silva), Masahiro Chono's giant bodyguards.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Keiji Muto's Bad Ass Translate Trading stable.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many over time, most recently Tetsuya NaitÅ.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many over time, most recently Tetsuya NaitÅ. NaitÅ.
* CanonImmigrant: Probably the best example is the main character of the '70's manga and anime ''Manga/TigerMask'', who was brought to New Japan to be played by breakout cruiserweight Satoru Sayama. His EvilCounterpart Black Tiger was a similar case, regularly played by foreign wrestlers. Both of them were turned into [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Characters]].
** In the same line, Keiichi Yamada was endorsed with the ''Anime/JushinLiger'' gimmick years after.
* CanonImmigrant: Probably the best example is the main character of the '70's manga and anime ''Manga/TigerMask'', who was brought to New Japan to be played by breakout cruiserweight Satoru Sayama. His EvilCounterpart Black Tiger was a similar case, regularly played by foreign wrestlers. Both of them were turned into [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Characters]].
** In the same line, Keiichi Yamada was endorsed with the ''Anime/JushinLiger'' gimmick years after.
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], Wrestling/Ring of Honor, PRIDE Fighting Championships, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions.[[note]]In part due to Inoki's delusions of being an MMA fighter.[[/note]] Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}.''
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], Wrestling/Ring of Honor, PRIDE Fighting Championships, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions.[[note]]In part due to Inoki's delusions of being an MMA fighter.[[/note]] Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}.''
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* {{Acrofatic}}: [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]
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** [[{{Wrestling/Vader}} Big Van Vader]]
** Akira Maeda and Koji Kitao were real-life examples.
* AxCrazy: Takashi Iizuka.
** [[{{Wrestling/Vader}} Big Van Vader]]
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* {{Acrofatic}}: [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]]
Vader]].
* ActionGirl: As is tradition in Japan, wrestling promotions are strictly single-gender, but New Japan averted this in 2002 bringing {{Chyna}} to its roster.
* AssKicksYou: Shiro Koshinaka's signature move.
* AxCrazy: TakashiIizuka.
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Iizuka, even in real life. He sent Kazunari Murakami to the hospital during the 1.4 Incident.
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** Big Van Vader.
* ActionGirl: As is tradition in Japan, wrestling promotions are strictly single-gender, but New Japan averted this in 2002 bringing {{Chyna}} to its roster.
* AssKicksYou: Shiro Koshinaka's signature move.
* AxCrazy: Takashi
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** Akira Maeda and Koji Kitao were more straight real-life
** Big Van Vader.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Keiji Muto, in both kayfabe and real life.
* CoolMask: Many, although mainly Jushin Liger.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Great Muta, if he's a face.
* FolkHero: Big Van Vader's gimmick was supposed to be based in a strong warrior from the Japanese folklore who once [[ImplacableMan fought for his village seventy-two hours straight]] (although it was actually a character created by GoNagai).
* IKnowKarate: Due to the strong style penchant for legitimacy, it's almost a requeriment to new wrestlers in NJPW to have martial arts/combat sports background.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Akira Maeda did this against Riki Choshu during his consequently last match in New Japan.
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* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: A recurrent motif.
* NoSell: Koji Kitao's main trait, done a la HulkHogan.
* TheQuisling: Kazuo Yamazaki, who deserted from rival promotion UWF International seeking his opportunity to shine. He didn't got it, but helped to promove the shoot-style wrestling in the NJPW Dojo, where he was instructor for a time.
* RealMenWearPink: Yutaka Yoshie, who is called "The Pink Warrior" for his jolly pink attire.
* SadistTeacher: The NJPW Dojo is known by his extremely harsh training regime, and his most famous instructors have always been ''feared'' by their trainees. Kotetsu Yamamoto and Yoshiaki Fujiwara are the best examples.
** It's said that Kensuke Sasaki (accidentally?) killed a trainee named Hiromitsu Gompei in a training session. Details remain unknown.
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* WorkedShoot: The "Different Style Fights" were a tradition back in the old days of NJPW, when Inoki was establishing the strong style. They were esentially worked MixedMartialArts-like bouts which showcased Inoki and other New Japan wrestlers proving themselves against legit martial artists, who normally lost. Later Shinya Hashimoto retaken them, what led him to the infamous Hashimoto vs Ogawa feud.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling was one of two wrestling promotions (the other being [[{{Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling}} All Japan Pro Wrestling]]) to split off from the JWA in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]]. Founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972, it competed with AJPW for supremacy in the wrestling field. Despite floundering during the [[TheNineties 1990s]] due to AJPW's dominance, NJPW is currently the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world.
From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions.[[note]]In part due to Inoki's delusions of being an MMA fighter.[[/note]] Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]].
From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions.[[note]]In part due to Inoki's delusions of being an MMA fighter.[[/note]] Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]].
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New Japan Pro Wrestling was one of two wrestling promotions (the other being [[{{Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling}} All Japan Pro Wrestling]]) Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling) to split off from the JWA in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]]. Founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972, it competed with AJPW for supremacy in the wrestling field. Despite floundering during the [[TheNineties 1990s]] due to AJPW's dominance, NJPW is currently the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world.
From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the[[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], Honor, PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions.[[note]]In part due to Inoki's delusions of being an MMA fighter.[[/note]] Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]].
''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}.''
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** Tiger Jeet Singh, in RealLife.
** Tiger Jeet Singh, in RealLife.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inoki plucked [[GarbageWrestler Tiger Jeet Singh]] from relative obscurity outside the Toronto area and made him an international star. So blame him.
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Hiroshi Tanahashi's selling point.
** Kota Ibushi.
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** Kota Ibushi.
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* MrFanservice: Hiroshi Tanahashi's selling point.
** Kota Ibushi.
*** Prince Devitt has become one of the most popular foreigners in any puro company, and not without [[TallDarkAndHandsome good reason]].
** Kota Ibushi.
*** Prince Devitt has become one of the most popular foreigners in any puro company, and not without [[TallDarkAndHandsome good reason]].
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* CreatorKiller: During the MMA rise, Antonio Inoki became obsessed with adding legitimacy to his company, so he started to bring MMA fighters to New Japan to book them victories over the stablished roster and send New Japan wrestlers to compete in MMA (getting from little to average level of succes). This decision enforced his exit from an almost-dying New Japan few years after. Nonetheless, he kept his philosophy in his Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye events and his late company Inoki Genome Federation.
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* CreatorKiller: During the MMA rise, Antonio Inoki became obsessed with adding legitimacy to his company, so he started to bring MMA fighters to New Japan to book them victories over the stablished roster and send New Japan wrestlers to compete in MMA (getting from little to average level of succes).success). This decision enforced his exit from an almost-dying New Japan few years after. Nonetheless, he kept his philosophy in his Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye events and his late company Inoki Genome Federation.
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* BoringButPractical: The cross armbar (''juji-gatame'') is the most basic finisher in strong-style, as it have proved to be a very effective move in MMA and other martial arts.
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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not as prominent as Wrestling/DragonGate, but [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long haired pretty boys]] make up a portion of the roster.
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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not as prominent as Wrestling/DragonGate, but [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long haired pretty boys]] make up a portion of the roster.
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* ConfusionFu: ShinsukeNakamuraNakamura.
* ConfusionFu: Shinsuke
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* TheGiant: Many. Giant Silva, Giant Singh, Big Titan, and most recently Akebono and Giant Bernard.
* TheGiant: Many. Giant Silva, Giant Singh, Big Titan, and most recently Akebono and Giant Bernard.
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** Akira Maeda and Koji Kitao were real-life examples.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: Antonio InokiInoki.
* HeroAntagonist: Nobuhiko Takada during the UWF-i invasion. Although he posed as a heel in New Japan, he was the top face of his own company and had his own fanbase.
* HeroKiller: Naoya Ogawa. He beat Shinya Hashimoto ''to his retire''.
* HeroKiller: Naoya Ogawa. He beat Shinya Hashimoto ''to his retire''.
** Akira Maeda is an older example.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Antonio Inoki.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Antonio Inoki.
* UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain: Shinya Hashimoto against any of his enemies, most notably Nobuhiko Takada and Naoya Ogawa.
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* {{Yakuza}}: Masahiro Chono's gimmick, at least in his begginings.
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* DelinquentHair: TAKA Michinoku.
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* TheGiant: Giant Bernard.
* Jerkass: Minoru Suzuki.
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]].
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. [[note]]In part due to Inoki's delusions of being an MMA fighter.[[/note]] Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]].
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* Trope2000: Masahiro Chono's {{Heel}} faction Team 2000, which was initially [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO Japan]] without the Great Muta.
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* Trope2000: {{Trope 2000}}: Masahiro Chono's {{Heel}} faction Team 2000, which was initially [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO Japan]] without the Great Muta.
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* Trope2000: Masahiro Chono's {{Heel}} faction Team 2000, which was initially [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO Japan]] without the Great Muta.
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were [[{{Wrestling/AndreTheGiant}} Andre The Giant]], [[[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and Stan Hansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]].
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were [[{{Wrestling/AndreTheGiant}} Andre The Giant]], [[[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/HulkHogan, and Stan Hansen Wrestling/StanHansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]].
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were [[{{Wrestling/AndreTheGiant}} Andre The Giant]], [[[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and Stan Hansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's {{Wrestlemania}}.
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were [[{{Wrestling/AndreTheGiant}} Andre The Giant]], [[[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and Stan Hansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's {{Wrestlemania}}.
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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not as prominent as {{Dragon Gate}}, but [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long haired pretty boys]] make up a portion of the roster.
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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not as prominent as {{Dragon Gate}}, Wrestling/DragonGate, but [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long haired pretty boys]] make up a portion of the roster.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: A common complaint leveled at Hiroshi Tanahashi.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: Antonio Inoki
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From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were [[{{Wrestling/AndreTheGiant}} Andre The Giant]], [[[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and Stan Hansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, {{Pro [[{{Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH}} Pro Wrestling NOAH}} NOAH]] and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's {{Wrestlemania}}.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling was one of two wrestling promotions (the other being [[{{Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling}} All Japan Pro Wrestling]]) to split off from the JWA in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]]. Founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972, it competed with AJPW for supremacy in the wrestling field. Despite floundering during the [[TheNineties 1990s]] due to AJPW's dominance, NJPW is currently the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world.
From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were [[{{Wrestling/AndreTheGiant}} Andre The Giant]], [[[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and Stan Hansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, {{Pro Wrestling NOAH}} and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's {{Wrestlemania}}.
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! Tropes associated with New Japan Pro Wrestling:
* AxCrazy: Takashi Iizuka.
** [[{{Wrestling/Vader}} Big Van Vader]]
* TheBadGuyWins: This was Masahiro Chono's calling card.
** Bad Intentions.
*** No Remorse Corps did this to Apollo 55.
* BoringInvincibleHero: A common complaint leveled at Hiroshi Tanahashi.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many over time, most recently Tetsuya NaitÅ.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not as prominent as {{Dragon Gate}}, but [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long haired pretty boys]] make up a portion of the roster.
* ConfusionFu: Shinsuke Nakamura
* CreatorBreakdown: This certainly happened to Antonio Inoki near the end of his run
* Determinator
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Hiroshi Tanahashi's selling point.
** Kota Ibushi.
*** Prince Devitt has become one of the most popular foreigners in any puro company, and not without [[TallDarkAndHandsome good reason]].
* LightningBruiser: The other prerequisite for competing there, seemingly.
* StartMyOwn
* UrExample: NJPW is credited with popularizing the junior/cruiserweight style of wrestling.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling was one of two wrestling promotions (the other being [[{{Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling}} All Japan Pro Wrestling]]) to split off from the JWA in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]]. Founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972, it competed with AJPW for supremacy in the wrestling field. Despite floundering during the [[TheNineties 1990s]] due to AJPW's dominance, NJPW is currently the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world.
From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} National Wrestling Alliance]], although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were [[{{Wrestling/AndreTheGiant}} Andre The Giant]], [[[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], and Stan Hansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process). Traditionally, New Japan was the least "Westernized" of the two major league promotions, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts. While more of a "sports entertainment" approach is used by NJPW compared to its counterpart in AJPW, the company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various MMA and pro wrestling promotions around the world, including: [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]], [[{{Wrestling/Ring of Honor}} Ring of Honor]], PRIDE Fighting Championships, {{Pro Wrestling NOAH}} and various other MMA and pro wrestling promotions. Their biggest yearly show is the January 4th Tokyo Dome show, equivalent to Japan's {{Wrestlemania}}.
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! Tropes associated with New Japan Pro Wrestling:
* AxCrazy: Takashi Iizuka.
** [[{{Wrestling/Vader}} Big Van Vader]]
* TheBadGuyWins: This was Masahiro Chono's calling card.
** Bad Intentions.
*** No Remorse Corps did this to Apollo 55.
* BoringInvincibleHero: A common complaint leveled at Hiroshi Tanahashi.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Many over time, most recently Tetsuya NaitÅ.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not as prominent as {{Dragon Gate}}, but [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long haired pretty boys]] make up a portion of the roster.
* ConfusionFu: Shinsuke Nakamura
* CreatorBreakdown: This certainly happened to Antonio Inoki near the end of his run
* Determinator
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Hiroshi Tanahashi's selling point.
** Kota Ibushi.
*** Prince Devitt has become one of the most popular foreigners in any puro company, and not without [[TallDarkAndHandsome good reason]].
* LightningBruiser: The other prerequisite for competing there, seemingly.
* StartMyOwn
* UrExample: NJPW is credited with popularizing the junior/cruiserweight style of wrestling.
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