Tetsuya Naito
Acting
Born 1982-06-22
Adachi, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
517 credits
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Tetsuya Naito is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his 21-year run in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2004 to 2025, where he led Los Ingobernables de Japón and is widely seen as one of the greatest and most popular wrestlers in the company’s history. He now works as a freelancer, primarily appearing for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) and Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH) alongside BUSHI, where the pair are one-time GHC Tag Team Champions.
He started training in 2000 under Animal Hamaguchi and joined NJPW in 2004 as a Young Lion in the company’s dojo. In NJPW, he built a decorated career as a five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and eight-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, while also holding the NEVER Openweight Championship. As part of No Limit with Yujiro Takahashi, he held the IWGP Tag Team Championship and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. He later added two more IWGP Tag Team Championship reigns with SANADA and Hiromu Takahashi. In tournament competition, he won the G1 Climax three times (2013, 2017, 2023), the New Japan Cup in 2016, and later the World Tag League in 2023 with Hiromu Takahashi.
Over time, Naito grew into one of NJPW's most accomplished and decorated figures, earning Tokyo Sports MVP honors (2016, 2017, 2020, 2023), the Technique Award (2018), the Best Bout Award in 2020 for his match against Kazuchika Okada on January 5 at Wrestle Kingdom 14, and Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards for Best Gimmick (2017) with Los Ingobernables de Japón, Most Charismatic (2017, 2018), and Japan MVP (2020). He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2022 and was ranked No. 5 in the PWI 500 in both 2020 and 2024.
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Filmography
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Acting
56 credits
Stardom on Stardom World
New Japan Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
NJPW New Japan Cup
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
NOAH: The New Year 2026
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 6
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
NJPW Royal Quest
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
NOAH After Mayhem 2026
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 2
NJPW Royal Quest III
NOAH Apex Conquest 2026 in Nagoya
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 3
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 2
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 12
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
Westside Extreme Wrestling Dead End 2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
TNA Lockdown 2009
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 9
Other credits
4 credits
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
NJPW Dominion 6.19
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
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