DDT Pro-Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and part of the CyberFight umbrella promotion. DDT personnel consists of professional wrestlers, ring announcers, referees, trainers, and various other positions.
DDT contracts typically range from developmental deals for dojo trainees to full-time contracts. The promotion also features regulars working as freelancers. Personnel appear on untelevised live events and on televised events which are aired on various broadcasters or on CyberFight's own international streaming service, Wrestle Universe.
Personnel is organized below by their role in DDT Pro-Wrestling. The performer's ring name is listed on the left and their real name is on the right. This list also acknowledges which stable (referred to by DDT as "units") a wrestler is a part of – this is listed as it is considered by DDT to be a vital part of their product. "(L)" also indicates the leader of the group when one is designated.
As of 2025 [update] , there are eight central units in DDT:
In addition to the promotion's eight central units, D·O·A (Dead Or Alive) is also regarded as a unit, with a less official status. [1]
As DDT has working relationships with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and numerous other Japanese promotions, wrestlers from these promotions may appear on DDT events and have their home promotions or stables from their home promotions listed as their affiliated unit.
Ring name | Real name | Unit [2] [1] | Notes |
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Akito [3] | Akito Nishigaki | Main Unit | Company director of CyberFight |
Antonio Honda [4] | Soichiro Honda | Schadenfreude International | O-40 Champion Freelancer |
Bunbun [5] | N/A | Schadenfreude International | A puppet |
Chris Brookes [6] | Unknown | Schadenfreude International (L) | Freelancer |
Daichi Satoh [7] | Daichi Satoh | Main Unit | |
Daisuke Sasaki [8] | Daisuke Sasaki | Damnation T.A. (L) | KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion |
Danshoku Dino [9] | Unknown | D·O·A | |
Gorgeous Matsuno [10] | Yukihide Matsuno | Main Unit | Part-timer |
Gota Ihashi [11] | Isao Ihashi | Main Unit | |
Haku [12] | Haku | Main Unit | Danshoku Dino's Shiba Inu dog |
Harashima [13] | Undisclosed | Main Unit | |
Hideki Okatani [14] | Unknown | Damnation T.A. | KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion |
Hoshitango [15] | Imachi Marcelo Salomón | Main Unit | Part-timer |
Ilusión [16] | Unknown | Damnation T.A. | KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion |
Jun Akiyama [17] | Jun Akiyama | D·O·A | |
Kaisei Takechi [18] | Kaisei Takechi | Main Unit | Affiliated with LDH Japan |
Kanon [19] | Undisclosed | Strange Love Connection | |
Kazuki Hirata [20] | Kazuki Hirata | Main Unit | |
Kazuma Sumi [21] | Kazuma Sumi | NωA Jr. | KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champion |
Kazusada Higuchi [22] | Kazusada Higuchi | Harimau | KO-D Openweight Champion |
Keigo Nakamura [23] | Unknown | Main Unit | KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champion |
Kimihiro [24] | Unknown | Strange Love Connection | Manager of Strange Love Connection and MC |
Konosuke Takeshita [25] | Konosuke Takeshita | Main Unit | Signed to AEW and NJPW |
Kudo [26] | Atsushi Kudo | Main Unit | Inactive |
Makoto Oishi [27] | Undisclosed | D·O·A | Affiliated with the Omega stable |
Mao [28] | Mao Inoue | Strange Love Connection | |
Masahiro Takanashi [29] | Masahiro Takanashi | Schadenfreude International | World Ōmori Champion Inactive; spinal injury |
Michael Nakazawa [30] | Masatsugu Nakazawa | Main Unit | Signed to All Elite Wrestling |
MJ Paul [31] | Masato Shibata | Damnation T.A. | |
Naomi Yoshimura [32] | Naomi Yoshimura | Harimau | |
Pokotan [33] | N/A | Main Unit | A yuru-chara mascot Part-timer |
Rukiya [34] | Unknown | Main Unit | Inactive; injury |
Sanshiro Takagi [35] | Tadashi Takagi | Main Unit | Executive vice president of CyberFight On hiatus |
Shinichiro Kawamatsu [36] | Shinichiro Kawamatsu | Main Unit | Part-timer |
Shinya Aoki [37] | Shinya Aoki | Main Unit | Freelancer affiliated with Paraestra Tokyo |
Shunma Katsumata [38] | Unknown | The37Kamiina NωA Jr. | Inactive; injury |
Soma Takao [39] | Unknown | Main Unit | |
Super Sasadango Machine [40] | Yoshihiro Sakai | Main Unit | Affiliate signed to Shochiku Geino Part-timer |
Takeshi Masada [41] | Takeshi Masada | Schadenfreude International | |
Tetsuya Endo [42] | Tetsuya Endo | Main Unit | On excursion in Pro Wrestling Noah |
To-y [43] | Toui Kojima | The37Kamiina | DDT Extreme Champion KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champion |
Tomomitsu Matsunaga [44] | Tomomitsu Matsunaga | Main Unit | Occasional referee |
Toru Owashi [45] | Toru Itoh | Main Unit | Freelancer |
Yoshihiko [46] | N/A | Main Unit | A rag doll |
Yuki Iino [47] | Unknown | The Apex | KO-D Tag Team Champion |
Yuki Ishida [48] | Yuki Ishida | Harimau | KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champion |
Yuki Ueno [49] | Unknown | The37Kamiina | |
Yukio Naya [50] | Unknown | The Apex | KO-D Tag Team Champion |
Yuni [51] | Unknown | NωA Jr. | |
Yuya Koroku [52] | Yuya Takashika | Main Unit | KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champion |
Name | Role |
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Akito | Director |
Daisuke Kiso | Referee [53] |
Hisaya Imabayashi | General manager [54] |
Inoue Mic | Ring announcer [55] |
Kazunori Kosuge | Ring announcer & narrator [56] |
Sanshiro Takagi | Vice President |
Task Ono | Ring announcer [57] |
Yasuo Okamoto | President |
Yukinori Matsui | Referee [58] |