Wrestle-1 (W-1) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion that operated from 2013 until 2020. Wrestle-1 personnel consisted of professional wrestlers, ring announcers, referees, and trainees.
Ring name | Real name | Notes |
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Alejandro | Kohei Fujimura | |
Andy Wu | Chihiro Mizuki | |
Cima | Nobuhiko Oshima | President of Oriental Wrestling Entertainment |
Daiki Inaba | Daiki Inaba | Final Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion |
El Hijo del Pantera | Unknown | |
El Lindaman | Yuga Hayashi | Signed to Oriental Wrestling Entertainment |
Hajime | Hajime Nomura | |
Jun Tonsho | Jun Tonsho | |
Kannazuki | Satoshi Okumura | Final F-1 Tag Team Champion |
Kaz Hayashi | Kazuhiro Hayashi | Final Wrestle-1 Champion President Trainer |
Keiji Mutoh | Keiji Mutoh | Final F-1 Tag Team Champion Founder and representative director Also wrestled as The Great Muta |
Kohei Fujimura | Kohei Fujimura | |
Koji Doi | Takashi Doi | |
Kuma Arashi | Masaya Suzuki | |
Manabu Soya | Manabu Soya | |
Masayuki Kono | Masayuki Kono | |
Mazada | Kazuhiko Masada | Freelancer |
René Duprée | René Goguen | |
Ryuki Honda | Ryuki Honda | |
Seigo Tachibana | Seigo Tachibana | |
Seiki Yoshioka | Seiki Yoshioka | Final Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion |
Shotaro Ashino | Shotaro Ashino | |
Shuji Kondo | Shuji Kondo | Executive vice president Booker Trainer |
T-Hawk | Takuya Onodera | Signed to Oriental Wrestling Entertainment |
Takumi Baba | Takumi Baba | |
Takehiro Yamamura | Takehiro Yamamura | Signed to Oriental Wrestling Entertainment |
Takanori Ito | Takanori Ito | |
Yushi Takahashi | Yushi Takahashi | |
Yusuke Kodama | Yusuke Kodama |
Name | Notes |
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Marco Antonio Yamamoto | Began training in April 2015 |
Mizuki Higuchi | Began training in April 2015 |
Tomoki Ichihara | Began training in April 2015 |
Tomoya Ebina | Began training in April 2014 |
Name | Notes |
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Daichi Murayama | Referee |
Daisuke Kanbayashi | Referee |
Hiroki Kuwabara | Conditioning coach |
Takanori Ishigame | Ring announcer |
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