💡 Tetsuya Naito: Experts Reveal What’s Happening!
Key Overview
Tetsuya Naito (内藤哲也, Naitō Tetsuya, born June 22, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and is the leader of the Los Ingobernables de Japon stable. Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially under Animal Hamaguchi before joining NJPW in 2004, where he underwent further training. He is a former NEVER Openweight Champion, and a former IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with former No Limit partner Yujiro Takahashi. He also had a short reign as IWGP Tag Team Champion with Sanada.
Professional wrestling career
Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially under Animal Hamaguchi. In 2004 he won the "Takeda Dojo Submission" tournament, which landed him a contract with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) to train in their dojo.
Other media
Naito, along with fellow NJPW wrestlers Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada, Satoshi Kojima and Toru Yano, appears as a member of the gang Justis in the 2016 video game Yakuza 6. Naito appears in the anime Tiger Mask W. Naito appears in the Japanese manga "HIGHER AND HIGHER! Shinnichi Gakuen," which is based on his pro-wrestling career.
Personal life
Naito is a fan of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team and has throughout his career wrestled in red, which is the team's main color, and the team's fans have been known to sing his wrestling theme song as a chant for Hiroshima. Having been born in Tokyo, Naito originally supported the local Yomiuri Giants, but switched teams in the 1990s following Tatsunori Hara's retirement.
Championships and accomplishments
New Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times) IWGP Intercontinental Championship (6 times) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yujiro Takahashi IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Yujiro Takahashi (1), Sanada (1) and Hiromu Takahashi (1) NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time) G1 Climax (2013, 2017, 20.
External links
Tetsuya Naito's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile Tetsuya Naito's New Japan Pro-Wrestling Japanese profile Tetsuya Naito at Cagematch.net Tetsuya Naito on Twitter
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