Who are the best Japanese wrestlers of all time?

[Say Hey Kid]

Wrestling in N.A. is not a requirement. Who are the G.o.a.T.s?

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[The Burdened]

Funaki

 

[Hockeyholic]

Yokozuna.

 

[CDJ]

Jimmy Wang Yang. Although I think he may be Korean so nvm


Jushin Liger is my serious pick.

 

[Cleetus]

Jushin Liger than Ultimo Dragon for me

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Okada is the goat

 

[JackSlater]

I like Kobashi best. Plenty of guys up there like Misawa, Muta, Tanahashi, Yano, Kawada, Okada, Liger and so on. I don't really care for the most of the big Japanese names before the 90s (Choshu or even Inoki before that) but I like Tsuruta.

 

[HandsomeHollywood]

I honestly never explored Japan as much as I should. I know the big names but as for someone I've seen a lot, I'm a big fan of KENTA.

 

[Kaner9]

Its Taka Michinoku. The man wn the first lightheavyweight wwf belt so youd best put respect on his name.

Oh yeah Okada is cool too.

 

[les Habs]

Much like @HandsomeHollywood I haven't explored Japanese wrestling enough. A few guys I like though:

Kota Ibushi: Seems the perfect Japanese face. Just has that look and is fantastic in the ring.
Tajiri: Loved him back in the day.
Muta: Loved him back in the WCW days.

 

[tony d]

Jushin Liger for me. Great Muta gets a HM as well.

 

[sabremike]

Some guy named Daniel Bryan once said he felt Yuji Nagata was the best wrestler in the world.

Minoru Suzuki. Has had at least half a dozen matches this year at 52 years old that blow away any in WWE and as good as just about anything from AEW.

 

[sabremike]

Did you know it's arguable that the greatest worker of all time is in fact a women's wrestler? Manami Toyota.

Here is her in a match that won WON Match of the Year in 1995:

 

[CHGoalie27]

Hayabusa and Onita

 

[JackSlater]

Hayabusa and Onita

How to appeal to the cretinous mob of recalcitrant reprobates?

 

[CHGoalie27]

How to appeal to the cretinous mob of recalcitrant reprobates?

They're the truth. And they were great in ring too, not just the blood and gore stuff.

 

[Masked]

Hokuto
Misawa
Kawada
Kobashi

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

ANTONIO INOKI and RIKIDOZAN.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

Funaki

Number 1!

 

[OmniSens]

Tazawa. At the end of his career, he'll have held more total championships than all the others combined.