Steam Workshop::Japanese Legends

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Akira Taue was one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers of his generation and had multiple classic matches with rivals such as Mitsuharu Misawa, sometimes with partner Toshiaki Kawada. Taue wrestled for AJPW for over a decade before moving on to Pro Wrestlin...

Antonio Inoki

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The legendary Antonio Inoki began wrestling in the 60's for the Japanese Wrestling Association, but is most known for his time with NJPW, which he founded, from the 70's into the 90's. Some notable accomplishements during his career have been winning the I...

Atsushi Onita

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Atsushi Onita is a deathmatch legend who started his career wrestling for AJPW in 1974. In 1989, Onita founded FMW, a promotion that specialized in hardcore matches. He held the promotions Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship on seven occasions. In 2021...

Dory Funk, Jr.

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Dory Funk, Jr. made his wrestling debut in 1963 in his father's Western States Sports before moving around throughout NWA territories for much of his storied career. Dory held the NWA World Championship on only one occassion, but his reign with the title l...

Genichiro Tenryu

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"Mr. Puroresu" Genichiro Tenryu competed as a sumo wrestler prior to beginning his wrestling career with AJPW in 1977. Tenryu spend most of his career working for AJPW, and he is a 3-time Triple Crown Champion. In 1999, he defeated Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP...

Giant Baba

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Shohei Baba often towered over his opponents at 6'10", and the giant was a 3-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Baba competed in the Japan Wrestling Association for over a decade before founding AJPW not long after NJPW opened. Baba was well respected as...

Hayabusa

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Hayabusa was an incredible performer known best for his work throughout the 90's with FMW. He held multiple titles during his career, including the Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (3x), the Independent Heavyweight Championship, and the WEW Heavywei...

Hiroshi Hase

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Hiroshi Hase began his pro wrestling career in 1986 after competing in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Hase spent nearly a decade with NJPW, winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship twice and the IWGP Tag Team titles four times. ...

Jumbo Tsuruta

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Beloved legend Jumbo Tsuruta was recruited by Giant Baba for AJPW after an amateur career that included competing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Tsuruta debuted in 1973 in the US after training with Dory Funk, Jr., and was cheered by...

Jun Akiyama

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Jun Akiyama is a legendary former Triple Crown and GHC Heavyweight Champion who has also held major tag titles in both AJPW and Noah. Akiyama spent the first part of his career working for AJPW before spending over a decade with Noah. He returned to AJPW i...

Jushin Liger

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Legendary junior Jushin Thunder Liger has been on the international wrestling scene since the mid-80's, with appearances for NJPW, WCW, ROH, CMLL, NXT, and many more promotions under his belt. The 11-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion has inspired numer...

Jushin Liger (No DLC)

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Legendary junior Jushin Thunder Liger has been on the international wrestling scene since the mid-80's, with appearances for NJPW, WCW, ROH, CMLL, NXT, and many more promotions under his belt. The 11-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion has inspired numer...

Keiji Mutoh

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Technical wizard Keiji Mutoh has gotten over in Japan as well as the US using multiple personas, the other being The Great Muta. Mutoh started wrestling in Japan in the mid-80's and spent a great deal of time in the US working for the NWA and WCW throughou...

Kensuke Sasaki

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Five time IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kensuke Sasaki wrestled for NJPW, AJPW, and Pro Wrestling NOAH over his almost 20-year career, and American fans may recognize him from his appearances for WCW while part of the NJPW roster in the 90's. Sasaki has ...

Kenta Kobashi

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Kenta Kobashi, one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers of all time, is well known for his work for AJPW and Pro Wrestling NOAH. The three-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion put on multiple matches that won Match of the Year accolades in the 90's and 200...

Manami Toyota

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Manami Toyota is a legend in Japan who is best known for her time wrestling for All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling. The former AJW Champion is known for a high-flying, fast-paced style who has worked for multiple other Japanese promotions since AJW closed dow...

Masahiro Chono

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Masahiro Chono is a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion who had success in the US as part of the NWA and WCW. Chono began his career in the mid-80's in Japan, and his star grew towards the end of the decade. By the mid 90's, Chono was a huge star in Japan. Ch...

Mitsuharu Misawa

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The legendary Mitsuharu Misawa was a warrior in the ring throughout his career. Misawa debuted in 1981 for AJPW, an organization in which he later would become President. Misawa founded Pro Wrestling Noah in 2000. Inside the ring, Misawa was long considere...

Riki Choshu

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One of the most influentual wrestlers in Japanese history, Riki Choshu is known for his time with NJPW as a wrestler and later a booker. Choshu innovated the Scorpion Deathlock, which became well known in the US after being used by Bret Hart and Sting. Cho...

Rikidōzan

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"The Father of Puroresu" Rikidōzan was the biggest star in Japanese professional wrestling throughout the 1950's and until his untimely death in 1963. Rikidōzan, the former sumo wrestler, transitioned to pro wrestling in 1951 and founded the the Japanese W...

Shinya Hashimoto

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Shinya Hashimoto was a legendary wrestler and member of NJPW's Three Musketeers in the 90's. Over the course of his career, Hashimoto held the IWGP Heavyweight, NWA World Heavyweight, and Triple Crown Heavyweight Championships. After being fired from NJPW ...

Stan Hansen

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Stan Hansen was more well-known in Japan than he was in the US, and he is recognized as one of, if not the most successful gaijin wrestlers ever to compete in Japan. Hansen spent the bulk of his time in Japan wrestling for AJPW, although he did make severa...

Tatsumi Fujinami

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"The Dragon" Tatsumi Fujinami is a legend in Japan, having competed in NJPW for almost 35 years. The 6-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion is the innovator of the Dragon Sleeper and the Dragon Suplex. Fujinami defeated Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Ch...

The Great Muta

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During a stint with the NWA in 1989, Keiji Mutoh adopted The Great Muta gimmick, which drew heavily from The Great Kabuki. The Muta gimmick has traditionally been kept separate from Mutoh's work under his real name, and the two have been portrayed as diffe...

The Great Sasuke

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Legendary wrestler The Great Sasuke initially failed entrance exams for NJPW, leading him to Universal Lucha Libre. Sasuke wrestled for ULL initially as Masa Michinoku before developing a ninja gimmick, Ninja Sasuke. In 1993, Sasuke formed Michinoku Pro Wr...

Tiger Mask

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The original Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) is a legendary junior heavyweight who started his NJPW career in 1976, originally under his own name and Sammy Lee. After an excursion, Sayama returned to NJPW as Tiger Mask, an anime character. A rivalry with Dynami...

Toshiaki Kawada

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Japanese legend Toshiaki Kawada put on multiple classic matches with rivals Mitsuhara Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Akira Taue throughout the 90's, and was the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion on five occasions. This edit uses 215 points and has four at...

The Great Kabuki

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The Great Kabuki, the innovator of the Asian mist, wrestled in Japan as Akihisa Takachihō before adopting the Kabuki gimmick in WCCW in 1981. He brought the gimmick back with him to Japan and worked for AJPW and NJPW during the 80's and 90's before retirin...

Chigusa Nagayo

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Chigusa Nagayo is a legendary Japanese pro wrestler and one of the most influential figures in women's wrestling. She gained fame in the 1980s as one half of the iconic tag team The Crush Gals alongside Lioness Asuka, becoming a cultural phenomenon in Japa...

Lioness Asuka

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Lioness Asuka is a Japanese pro wrestler who rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the legendary tag team The Crush Gals alongside Chigusa Nagayo. Competing in AJW, Asuka became one of the biggest stars in women's wrestling. The Crush Gals became a cu...

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