Tetsuya Naito
Known for Acting · 515 credits
- Born
- 1982-06-22 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Adachi, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Naito · Naitoh
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (512)
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
2014
NOAH Apex Conquest 2026 in Nagoya
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
2019
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Summer Epic 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 12
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 8
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 6
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 1
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 2
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
2023
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 10
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
Westside Extreme Wrestling Dead End 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 9
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 5
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 4
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 5
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH After Mayhem 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 3
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010
NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 7
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 2
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 1
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 4
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH: The New Year 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Royal Quest III
2023
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
2014
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK
2015
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 6
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
2026
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
2018
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
2022
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 8
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
2020
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
2014
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 10
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 7
2014
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
2015
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
2015
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
2013
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Destruction 2013
2013
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
2018
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
2018
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
2024
as Tetsuya Naito
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 1
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
2014
as Tetsuya Naito
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 2
2017
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Windy City Riot 2024
2024
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
2025
as Tetsuya Naito
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
2024
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
2015
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
2019
as Tetsuya Naito
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds - Night 3
2016
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
2018
as Tetsuya Naito
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
2021
as Tetsuya Naito
About Tetsuya Naito
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 t… With 515 credits spanning from 1972 to 2026, Tetsuya Naito has appeared in 512 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tetsuya Naito Movies
- NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 (2026) — as Tetsuya Naito
- NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show (2014)
- NOAH Apex Conquest 2026 in Nagoya (2026) — as Tetsuya Naito
- NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 (2026) — as Tetsuya Naito
- NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 (2026) — as Tetsuya Naito
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