Name
Tetsuya Naito

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Born
1982 (41 years old)

Birth Place
Adachi, Tokyo

Position
Wrestler

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1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight
102 kg (225 lb)

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Heavyweight

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Tetsuya Naito (内藤哲也, Naito Tetsuya, born June 22, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the leader of the Los Ingobernables de Japon faction. He is a three-time world champion.

Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially under Animal Hamaguchi, before joining NJPW in 2004, where he underwent further training. Naito is a former NEVER Openweight Champion. In doing so, he became the first Triple Crown Champion in NJPW. He also held the IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with former partner Yujiro Takahashi, with whom he teamed as No Limit. In addition to those, Naito is also a two-time winner of NJPW's premier singles tournament, the G1 Climax, having won it in 2013 and 2017, and the New Japan Cup, winning it in 2016. In 2016 and 2017, Tokyo Sports named Naito the wrestler of the year. In 2020, Naito became the first dual IWGP Intercontinental and Heavyweight Champion, his sixth and third reigns respectively.


Career Honours

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2021

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2020

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2020

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2020

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2020

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2019

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2019

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2018

New Japan Mens

G1 Climax
2017

New Japan Mens

New Japan Cup
2016

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2016

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2016

New Japan Mens

NEVER Openweight Champion
2013

New Japan Mens

G1 Climax
2013

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2010

New Japan Mens

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2008

New Japan Mens


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