History Wrestling / LosIngobernablesDeJapon

'''Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito''' for the longest time, was one of the top faces in New Japan but was seen as someone who never could get over the hump as despite flirtations with the main event scene, never could get the fans to rally behind him and was labeled as an Underachiever having not tapped into his potential. But that all changed in spring of 2015 when he left New Japan for an excursion to Mexico and wrestled there for a time.

Three weeks later, SANADA took the IWGP heavyweight title off Okada at Sakura Genesis, which would set the stage for the arrival of the newest LIJ member. In SANADA's first defense at Wrestling Dontaku 2023 in May, he defeated Takahashi, and [=J5G=] entered the ring to celebrate. The celebration would be cut short by the playing of a video of a mystery man that NJPW had teased for weeks. This was followed by the entrance of '''Yota Tsuji''', making his return from a foreign excursion. He immediately laid out all of [=J5G=], ending with a spear to SANADA. He performed LIJ's signature gestures, silently proclaiming his allegiance to the group, raised the title belt, and then announced his plans to challenge SANADA for the title. After putting the belt down, Tsuji further cemented his allegiance to LIJ by picking Takahashi up and taking him backstage. He officially joined LIJ a month later.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: SANADA, Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi, BUSHI, Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, and Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}. Not pictured: Wrestling/ShingoTakagi, Yota Tsuji, Titan, Daryl]]

2022 saw Shingo lose the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to Kazuchika Okada, which in turn led him to achieving glory elsewhere with his reign as the King of Pro Wrestling trophy holder by competing in various gimmick matches. Naito renewed acquaintances with Okada in various challenges for the big belt, but to no avail. In the fall, LIJ saw the addition of '''Titan''' from CMLL as their newest recruit, as well as the first non-Japanese full-time member of the faction.

At Dominion 2023, Tsuji put up a valiant effort in his challenge against SANADA, but ultimately failed to take the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship away. Following that year's G1 Climax, Naito would emerge victorious with his third tournament win, setting him up as the challenger for Wrestle Kingdom's traditional World Heavyweight title defense. In doing so, he will once again cross paths with SANADA, fresh off a victory against former stablemate EVIL, in a match where both men have something to prove against each other: SANADA seeking to finally wrap up his business with LIJ and become his own man, and Naito having one last chance to attain a proper Tokyo Dome main event victory and roll call.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: SANADA, Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi, BUSHI, Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, and Wrestling/{{EVIL|Wrestler}}. Not pictured: Wrestling/ShingoTakagi, Daryl]]

** Yota made his entrance by challenging SANADA for the World Championship, shortly after SANADA had defeated Hiromu in his first title defense.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Naito, as the faction's leader and mouth piece, tends to introduce the group in Spanish as a homage to his time in Mexico with the original group. This also applies to SANADA, EVIL and Takahashi's nicknames as GratuitousEnglish, with Hiromu taking the time to scream "TICKING TIME BOMB!!!" whenever he makes his entrance.

Three weeks later, SANADA took the IWGP heavyweight title off Okada at Sakura Genesis, which would set the stage for the arrival of the newest LIJ member. In SANADA's first defense at Wrestling Dontaku 2023 in May, he defeated Takahashi, and [=J5G=] entered the ring to celebrate. The celebration would be cut short by the playing of a video of a mystery man that NJPW had teased for weeks. This was followed by the entrance of '''Yota Tsuji''', making his return from a foreign excursion. He immediately laid out all of [=J5G=], ending with a spear to SANADA. He performed LIJ's signature gestures, silently proclaiming his allegiance to the group, raised the title belt, and then announced his plans to challenge SANADA for the title. After putting the belt down, Tsuji further cemented his allegiance to LIJ by picking Takahashi up and taking him backstage.

** Hiromu is ''the'' top star of New Japan's Junior Heavyweight Division, with multiple Junior Heavyweight Title reigns and the ''most'' wins of the BOSJ tournament in company history. He's also the second person in the Bushiroad era, the first being [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Prince Devitt]], to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight or World Heavyweight Championship while competing as part of the Junior Heavyweight division.[[labelnote:*]]For comparison, three more individuals during this time actually left the Junior division to become Heavyweight title contenders and eventually Champions, those being Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/WillOspreay, and Shingo Takagi.[[/labelnote]]

** Hiromu is ''the'' top star of New Japan's Junior Heavyweight Division, with multiple Junior Heavyweight Title reigns and the ''most'' wins of the BOSJ tournament in company history.

%%Three weeks later, SANADA took the IWGP heavyweight title off Okada at Sakura Genesis, which would set the stage for the arrival of the newest LIJ member. In SANADA's first defense at Wrestling Dontaku 2023 in May, he defeated Takahashi, and [=J5G=] entered the ring to celebrate. The celebration would be cut short by the playing of a video of a mystery man that NJPW had teased for weeks. This was followed by the entrance of '''Yota Tsuji''', making his return from a foreign excursion. He immediately laid out all of [=J5G=], ending with a spear to SANADA. He performed LIJ's signature gestures, silently proclaiming his allegiance to the group, raised the title belt, and then announced his plans to challenge SANADA for the title. After putting the belt down, Tsuji further cemented his allegiance to LIJ by picking Takahashi up and taking him backstage.%%

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Seiya Sanada, Wrestling/HiromuTakahashi, Bushi, Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, and EVIL. Not pictured: Wrestling/ShingoTakagi, Daryl]]

During the opening match of the World Tag League 2015, a third man accompanied Naito and EVIL to the ring as the newest member, a returning '''Bushi''', returning from injury. Bushi would begin spraying opponents with a mist-like substance in matches as he too became more vicious. The Deadly Duo had now become a TerribleTrio.

* TheAce: Notable in that they can be considered a group consisting ''entirely'' of Aces, as every member save Bushi has held a prominent role at the top of the company in some fashion:

** SANADA and EVIL were at the top of New Japan's tag division prior to EVIL's betrayal of the group, and Sanada has also found significant midcard success as a single star. 2023 would prove to be Sanada's biggest year yet, seeing him capture both the New Japan Cup ''and'' the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (with a win over Okada, no less) in the span of less than a month--albeit shortly after leaving LIJ.
** Shingo quickly established himself as a powerhouse member of the group almost immediately, first by taking Hiromu's role as the top threat of the Junior Heavyweights while the latter was injured, and then transitioning into becoming the second most prominent member of the group after transitioning into the Heavyweight division. After winning the World Heavyweight Title in 2021, coinciding with Naito taking a less prominent role in the company for various reasons, there can even be an argument made that Shingo has transitioned into becoming ''the'' major Ace of LIJ.

** Hiromu is looking to not only have Kushida, who he beat for the IWGP Jr. title at Wrestle Kingdom 11, but also Dragon Lee as well, the two having been longtime bitter enemies since Hiromu's time in CMLL, as Lee defeated the former Kamaitachi in a mask versus mask match. And now Bad Luck Fale is on his hit list [[spoiler:for (almost) "killing" Daryl]].

* BatterUp: Sanada carries a baseball bat to the ring and is fond of using it to choke out people. Funny, considering his boss was a former baseball player.

** Sanada in the opening day of the 2016 G1 tournament opened a lot of eyes when he not only defeated [[TheAce Hiroshi Tanahashi]], but forced him to submit.

** Watanabe was a friendly if somewhat plain looking young man as a Young Lion, but that all changed when he became Evil and now comes out to the ring with a SinisterScythe in hand dressed as the Grim Reaper, wrestling a much more vicious and brutal style. (In his case, the nightmare unfortunately extended to the stable itself, betraying them to become co-leader Bullet Club in order to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
** Bushi was a mostly forgotten about Junior Heavyweight, and is now enjoying spewing poisonous and burning mist in people's faces, maintaining a presence as a trusted teammate to Takahashi.
** Sanada was once a friendly young man who failed the Young Lion program and has now adopted the nickname of "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Cold Skull]]" who beats people up with a baseball bat and forces them to submit in an especially humiliating hold.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Naito, as the faction's leader and mouth piece, tends to introduce the group in Spanish as a homage to his time in Mexico with the original group. This also applies to Sanada, Evil and Takahashi's nicknames as GratuitousEnglish, with Hiromu taking the time to scream "TICKING TIME BOMB!!!" whenever he makes his entrance.

* HeelFaceTurn: In its first couple of years, LIJ firmly wrestled as heels in spite of Naito's rising popularity with the crowds, but soon shifted its focus to being on the face end of the spectrum - not enough to be considered clean cut babyfaces, but within the lines that fans would openly cheer for them more.

* OnlySaneMan: Tetsuya Naito to his subordinates. While everyone has more outlandish gimmicks, ring names and outfits to go with them, he's the only member of the group to wrestle under his full name (until Takahashi arrived, plus Sanada is on a LastNameBasis) and wears casual clothes to the ring.

** It should be obvious with the name alone, but Evil dresses as the Grim Reaper, is nicknamed the "King of Darkness", carries a scythe to the ring, and likes to [[ManBitesMan bite]] opposing wrestlers.

** Sanada as well; comes out wearing a skull mask, with a bat slung on his shoulders that he's more than happy to use and the matter of his nickname "Cold Skull".
* RedHerring: During September, a masked figure appeared accompanying the group and many pegged him as the newest member, only to disappear without a trace after the Destruction shows. Although it's possible that it was Hiromu Takahashi under it before he officially joined them, considering how the masked man attacked Kushida, who Takahashi would challenge upon his return.

* SuperSpit: Bushi has adopted spitting out mist ala [[Wrestling/KeijiMutoh The Great Muta]].

Three weeks later, SANADA took the IWGP heavyweight title off Okada at Sakura Genesis, which would set the stage for the arrival of the newest LIJ member. In SANADA's first defense at Wrestling Dontaku 2023 in May, he defeated Takahashi, and [=J5G=] entered the ring to celebrate. The celebration would be cut short by the playing of a video of a mystery man that NJPW had teased for weeks. This was followed by the entrance of '''Yota Tsuji''', making his return from a foreign excursion. He immediately laid out all of [=J5G=], ending with a spear to SANADA. He performed LIJ's signature gestures, silently proclaiming his allegiance to the group, raised the title belt, and then announced his plans to challenge SANADA for the title. After putting the belt down, Tsuji further cemented his allegiance to LIJ by picking Takahashi up and taking him backstage.

*** Yota made his entrance by challenging SANADA for the World Championship, shortly after SANADA had defeated Hiromu in his first title defense.

Three weeks later, SANADA took the IWGP heavyweight title off Okada at Sakura Genesis, which would set the stage for the arrival of the newest LIJ member. In SANADA's first defense at Wrestling Dontaku 2023 in May, he defeated Takahashi, and [=J5G=] entered the ring to celebrate. The celebration would be cut short by the playing of a video of a mystery man that NJPW had teased for weeks. This was followed by the entrance of '''Yota Tsuji'''. making his return from a foreign excursion. He immediately laid out all of [=J5G=], ending with a spear to SANADA. He performed LIJ's signature gestures, silently proclaiming his allegiance to the group, raised the title belt, and then announced his plans to challenge SANADA for the title. After putting the belt down, Tsuji further cemented his allegiance to LIJ by picking Takahashi up and taking him backstage.

** Naito is self explanatory, being one of the top stars of New Japan as a whole and multi-time Intercontinental and World Champion with several main events at Wrestle Kingdom and wins over the likes of Tanahashi and Okada under his belt.

** Sanada and EVIL were at the top of New Japan's tag division prior to EVIL's betrayal of the group, and Sanada has also found significant midcard success as a single star. 2023 would prove to be Sanada's biggest year yet, seeing him capture both the New Japan Cup ''and'' the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (with a win over Okada, no less) in the span of less than a month--albeit shortly after leaving LIJ.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Since 2017, the group's overall popularity saw them being portrayed more as tweeners who could act as either faces or heels depending on who they were pit against. Their use of underhanded tactics never diminshed either; you're as likely to see them cheat out babyfaces as they do against heels without any questions.

* CargoShip: [[invoked]] Hiromu Takahashi formed an...''attachment'' to the IWGP Jr. title, or ''Belt-san'' as he called it: staring at it longingly in photos, declaring that Belt-san spoke to him, even taking baths with it. After losing the title to Kushida at Dominion 2017, he has started carrying around a stuffed toy cat that he's named Daryl, [[spoiler:who was later destroyed by Bad Luck Fale, though Hiromu has since posted a picture of Daryl recovering]].

Three weeks later, SANADA took the IWGP heavyweight title off Okada at Sakura Genesis, which would set the stage for the arrival of the newest LIJ member. In Sanada's first defense at Wrestling Dontaku 2023 in May, he defeated Takahashi, and [=J5G=] entered the ring to celebrate. The celebration would be cut short by the playing of a video of a mystery man that NJPW had teased for weeks. This was followed by the entrance of '''Yota Tsuji'''. making his return from a foreign excursion. He immediately laid out all of [=J5G=], ending with a spear to SANADA. He performed LIJ's signature gestures, silently proclaiming his allegiance to the group, raised the title belt, and then announced his plans to challenge SANADA for the title. After putting the belt down, Tsuji further cemented his allegiance to LIJ by picking Takahashi up and taking him backstage.

In Spring 2023, SANADA would become the second member of LIJ to leave the group (apparently under amicable circumstances) shortly after beating his mentor Naito in the quarterfinals of the 2023 New Japan Cup, citing a desire to move on and develop his own identity as a wrestler. He subsequently announced that he would be joining four former members of the recently disbanded Wrestling/SuzukiGun in the new stable "Just 4 Guys", which was renamed "Just '''5''' Guys" after he became the fifth member.

** Sanada and EVIL were at the top of New Japan's tag division prior to EVIL's betrayal of the group, and Sanada has also found significant midcard success as a single star.