List of Pro Wrestling Noah personnel

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Pro Wrestling Noah is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and part of the CyberFight umbrella promotion. Noah personnel consists of professional wrestlers, ring announcers, referees, trainers, and various other positions.

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Background

Noah contracts typically range from developmental deals for dojo trainees to full-time contracts. 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 by their role in Noah. 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 Noah as "units") a wrestler is a part of.

As of 2024, there are five central units in Noah:

In addition to the promotion's five central units, wrestlers who appear on a part-time basis are also listed.

As Noah has working relationships with WWE, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and numerous Japanese promotions, wrestlers from these promotions may appear on Noah events and have their home promotions or stables from their home promotions listed as their affiliated unit.

Roster

Regulars

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Eita
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Daga
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Shuji Ishikawa
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Jack Morris
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Omos
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Hayata
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Yo-Hey
Ring nameReal nameUnit [1] Notes
Akitoshi Saito [2] Akitoshi SaitoTeam Noah
Alejandro [3] Kohei Fujimura All Rebellion
Anthony Greene [4] Anthony GreeneMain UnitFreelancer
Alpha Wolf [5] Fernando Antonio Cornejo SotoMain UnitFreelancer
Amakusa [6] Yuki SatoMain Unit
Atsushi Kotoge [7] Atsushi KotogeTeam Noah
Daga [8] Miguel Ángel Olivo Castro Team 2000X
Daiki Inaba [9] Daiki InabaMain Unit
Daiki Odashima [10] Daiki OdashimaMain Unit
Dragon Bane [11] Undisclosed [b] Main UnitFreelancer
Eita [12] Eita KobayashiMain Unit GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. [13] Undisclosed [b] Main UnitFreelancer
Go Shiozaki [14] Go ShiozakiTeam NoahChairman of the Noah Wrestlers' Association [15]
Hajime Ohara [16] Hajime OharaMain Unit
Hayata [17] Yohei Hayata Ratel's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Hi69 [18] Hiroki TanabeTeam Noah
Jack Morris [19] Jack Morris Nicholson Team 2000X GHC Tag Team Champion
Junta Miyawaki [20] Junta MiyawakiMain Unit
Kai Fujimura [21] Kai FujimuraMain Unit
Kaito Kiyomiya [22] Kaito Kiyomiya All Rebellion
Kazuyuki Fujita [23] Kazuyuki FujitaMain Unit
Kenoh [24] Daisuke Nakae All Rebellion
LJ Cleary [25] Lee Joseph ClearyMain UnitFreelancer
Manabu Soya [26] Manabu SoyaMain Unit
Masa Kitamiya [27] Mitsuhiro KitamiyaMain Unit
Muhammad Yone [28] Satoshi YoneyamaTeam Noah
Naomichi Marufuji [29] Naomichi MarufujiMain UnitVice President
Omos Tolulope Jordan Omogbehin Team 2000X GHC Tag Team Champion
Signed to WWE
Ryohei Oiwa [30] Ryohei OiwaMain UnitSigned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Shuhei Taniguchi [31] Shuhei TaniguchiMain Unit
Shuji Kondo [32] Shuji KondoMain UnitFreelancer
Super Crazy [33] Francisco RuedaMain UnitFreelancer
Tadasuke [34] Tadasuke Yoshida Ratel's
Ozawa [35] Taishi Ozawa Team 2000X GHC Heavyweight Champion
Takashi Sugiura [36] Takashi SugiuraMain Unit
Ulka Sasaki [37] Yuta SasakiMain Unit
Yo-Hey [38] Yohei Fujita Ratel's GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Yoshiki Inamura [39] Yoshiki InamuraMain UnitSigned to WWE
Yoshi Tatsu Naofumi Yamamoto Team 2000X Freelancer
Yu Owada [40] Yu OwadaMain Unit
Yuto Kikuchi [41] Yuto Kikuchi Ratel's

Part-timers

Ring name [1] Real nameNotes
Galeno del Mal [42] Undisclosed [b]
Great Sakuya [43] Riko Kawahata
Josh Briggs [44] Joshua BrunsSigned to WWE
Kazunari Murakami [45] Kazunari Murakami
Kazushi Sakuraba [46] Kazushi Sakuraba
Kendo Kashin [47] Tokimitsu IshizawaProducer and booker
Masaaki Mochizuki [48] Masaaki MochizukiSigned to Dragongate
Masato Tanaka [49] Masato TanakaSigned to Pro Wrestling Zero1
Ninja Mack [50] Brenden McAleavey
Shuji Ishikawa [51] Shuji Ishikawa GHC Hardcore Champion
Starboy Charlie [52] Charlie Hilder
Tavion Heights [53] Tracy G'Angelo HancockSigned to WWE
Titus Alexander [54] Titus Jimenez

Referees

Ring nameReal nameNotes
Keisuke TsukagojiKeisuke Tsukagoji
Shinichi NakayamaShinichi Nakayama
Shuichi Nishinaga Shuichi Nishinaga

Other personnel

Ring nameReal nameNotes
G-ManUndisclosedRing announcer [55]
Kento NagahamaKento NagahamaTrainer
Kevin Von Erich Kevin Ross AdkissonGlobal Honored Crown Committee member
Ryo OkudaRyo OkudaRing announcer
Takeshi Rikio Takeshi InoueGlobal Honored Crown Committee member

Corporate

NameRole
Akihiro TakedaDirector
Akira Taue Advisor
Daisuke ItoDirector
Yasuo OkamotoPresident
Yosuke FuwaRepresentative Director

Alumni

Native

Non-Japanese

Joshi talent

Stables

Notes

  1. ↑ Simply referred to as "Noah" or Seikigun (正規軍, lit. "regular army")
  2. 1 2 3 4 In lucha libre the true identity, birth name, etc. of masked wrestlers is kept secret from the general public. News media neither report nor speculate on real names even if they may be able to find them, purely out of respect for lucha libre traditions.

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