Puroresu () is the popular term for the predominant style or genre of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan. The term comes from the
New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co., Ltd (NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion. Following the departures of A.J. Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura, NJPW chairman Takaaki Kidani announced in February 2016 that the promotion
The first Japanese to become a professional wrestler in the Western style was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda, who went to the United States in the