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Tenkaichi Junior, the Glossary

is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Zero1 to determine the top junior heavyweight wrestler in the promotion, typically contested in late November/December.^[1]

103 relations: AJPW Junior League, Akira Tozawa, Alex Shelley, Andy Wu, Astroman (wrestler), Atsushi Maruyama, Último Dragón, Best of the Super Juniors, Brian Kendrick, Bye (sports), C. W. Anderson, Chad Collyer, Chris Sabin, Craig Classic, Daichi Hashimoto, Danshoku Dino, Dick Togo, Drew Parker, El Hijo del Pantera, El Lindaman, Finn Bálor, Frankie Kazarian, Fuminori Abe, Gamma (wrestler), Genki Horiguchi, Gentaro (wrestler), Gentleman Jack Gallagher, Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, Hajime Ohara, Hartley Jackson, Hayata (wrestler), Hayato Fujita, Hikaru Sato, Ho Ho Lun, Hub (wrestler), Ikuto Hidaka, International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1), Isami Kodaka, Jason Lee (wrestler), Jonathan Gresham, Jun Kasai, Junta Miyawaki, Katsushi Takemura, Kaz Hayashi, Kazuhiko Ogasawara, Keita Yano, Kenichiro Arai, Koji Kanemoto, Kotaro Suzuki, Leo Isaka, ... Expand index (53 more) »
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AJPW Junior League

The Junior League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling, to decide the promotion's top junior heavyweight wrestler, as well as the #1 contender to the World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

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Akira Tozawa

Akira Tozawa (戸澤陽, Tozawa Akira, born July 22, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Alex Shelley

Patrick Kenneth Martin, (born May 23, 1983), better known by the ring name, Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler and physical therapy clinician, best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a former one-time TNA World Champion.

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Andy Wu

is a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for Wrestle-1 until its closure in 2020.

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Astroman (wrestler)

better known by his ring name Astroman is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion and International Junior Heavyweight Champion.

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Atsushi Maruyama

is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

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Último Dragón

, better known by his ring name, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate, where he acts as an in-ring talent, trainer and senior advisor.

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Best of the Super Juniors

The Best of the Super Juniors (stylized as the Best of the Super Jr. and often abbreviated BOSJ) is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), typically in May or June.

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Brian Kendrick

Brian David Kendrick (born May 29, 1979) is an American professional wrestler.

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Bye (sports)

In sports, a bye is the preferential status of a player or team that is automatically advanced to the next round of a tournament without having to play an opponent in an early round.

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C. W. Anderson

Christopher Wright (born January 7, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, C. W. Anderson.

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Chad Collyer

Chad Collyer (born December 12, 1974) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Chris Sabin

Joshua Harter (born February 4, 1982), better known by his ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

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Craig Classic

Craig Cohn (born May 1, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Craig Classic.

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Daichi Hashimoto

is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Danshoku Dino

, better known by his ring name, also written Danshoku Dieno, is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Dick Togo

, better known by his ring name, is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Drew Parker

Drew Jacob Parker (born 29 December 1997) is a Welsh retired professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and for his time in the British independent circuit.

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El Hijo del Pantera

El Hijo del Pantera (born December 18, 1991) is a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler).

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El Lindaman

, better known by his ring name, is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Finn Bálor

Fergal Devitt (born 25 July 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler.

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Frankie Kazarian

Frank Benedict Gerdelman (born August 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian.

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Fuminori Abe

is a Japanese professional wrestler and qualified Buddhist priest, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Basara (Basara) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

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Gamma (wrestler)

is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name.

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Genki Horiguchi

is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name.

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Gentaro (wrestler)

is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Gentaro (stylized in all capital letters).

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Gentleman Jack Gallagher

Oliver Westfield Claffey (born 7 January 1990), better known by the ring name Jack Gallagher and most recently Jack Claffey, is an English mixed martial artist and a former professional wrestler.

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Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League

The Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League is an annual professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah since 2007.

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Hajime Ohara

is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Hartley Jackson

Hartley Jackson (born 17 April 1980) is an Australian professional wrestler.

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Hayata (wrestler)

is a Japanese professional wrestler better known simply as Hayata (stylized in all caps), currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah where he is a former five-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and current GHC National Champion.

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Hayato Fujita

Hayato Fujita (藤田勇人 Fujita Hayato, born September 20, 1986) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Fujita "Jr." Hayato (フジタ"Jr"ハヤト).

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Hikaru Sato

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, better known by the ring name.

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Ho Ho Lun

Wong Yuk Lun (born July 19, 1987), better known by his ring name Ho Ho Lun (Hoholun, 何顥麟), is a Hong Kong professional wrestler.

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Hub (wrestler)

is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name Hub (stylized in all capital letters), currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT), and Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW).

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Ikuto Hidaka

(born August 5, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah).

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International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

The International Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1, formerly Pro Wrestling Zero-One and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max), contested exclusively among junior heavyweight (When Zero-One left the NWA on October 31, 2004, the title was renamed to incorporate Steve Corino's Pro Wrestling World-1 (Word-1), becoming the Zero-One/UPW/World-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship.

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Isami Kodaka

is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara).

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Jason Lee (wrestler)

is a Hong Kong professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Dragongate.

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Jonathan Gresham

Jonathan Gresham (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

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Jun Kasai

(born September 9, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler, primarily competing for Pro Wrestling Freedoms.

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Junta Miyawaki

is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.

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Katsushi Takemura

is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, mostly known for his ring name Takemura (written in all capitals).

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Kaz Hayashi

, best known by the ring name, is a Japanese business executive and retired professional wrestler who last competed in Gleat and serves as the company's chief technical officer (CTO).

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Kazuhiko Ogasawara

is a Japanese professional wrestler and karateka best known for his tenure in the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Pro Wrestling Freedoms.

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Keita Yano

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for Professional Wrestling Wallabee.

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Kenichiro Arai

is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his time with the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.

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Koji Kanemoto

is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.

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Kotaro Suzuki

, better known by the ring name, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer.

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Leo Isaka

is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the Japanese promotion Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling.

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This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Japan which includes both national and independent puroresu and joshi companies from the post-World War II period up to the present day.

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Low Ki

Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler of Italian and Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring name Low Ki.

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Madoka (wrestler)

(born December 12, 1983) is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name.

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Magnitude Kishiwada

(born May 19, 1971), better known under his ring name Magnitude Kishiwada (マグニチュード岸和田), is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Mao (wrestler)

, better known by his ring name Mao (stylized in all capital letters as MAO), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) where he is the current DDT Universal Champion in his second reign.

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Masaaki Mochizuki

is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah.

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Masashi Takeda

is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, primarily working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division.

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Masato Tanaka

is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

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Menso-re Oyaji

, is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working under the name for All Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former four-time Gaora TV Champion.

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Mineo Fujita

Mineo Fujita (born November 28, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Minoru Fujita

(born September 5, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler who works as a freelancer.

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Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)

, also known by the ring names and the mononymous, is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist.

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Munenori Sawa

is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Naohiro Hoshikawa

is a retired Japanese professional wrestler.

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Naoki Tanizaki

is a Japanese wrestler.

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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1)

The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Japanese Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) promotion.

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Onryo (wrestler)

, known by the ring name (sometimes stylized in romaji as ONRYO), is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter.

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Pro Wrestling Zero1

, often referred to simply as Zero1 and sometimes referred to as Pro Wrestling Zero1 Catch as Catch Can (stylized as ZERO1 and PRO WRESTLING ZERO1 CATCH AS CATCH CAN, respectively), is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.

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Professional wrestling tournament

On various occasions in professional wrestling, a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a champion for a vacant or newly-created championship, to determine the number-one contender for a championship, or is held with no championship or #1 championship contendorship attached to winning such as most editions of the King of the Ring tournament. Tenkaichi Junior and professional wrestling tournament are professional wrestling tournaments.

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Psycho (wrestler)

Psycho is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Ricky Fuji

(born September 27, 1965) better known under his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling, where he also runs the day-to-day operations.

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Ricky Reyes

Reyes Nunez (born August 28, 1978), better known by the ring name Ricky Reyes, is a Cuban-American retired professional wrestler.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.

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Ryo Kawamura

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and the former executive president of Pancrase Inc. A professional MMA competitor from 2005 until 2014, Kawamura most notably competed for Pancrase, where he is the former King of Pancrase Middleweight Champion and Light Heavyweight Champion.

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Shinjiro Otani

is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler and the current acting president of Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1).

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Shoki Kitamura

is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1 where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion and International Junior Heavyweight Champion.

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Shunma Katsumata

is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).

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Sicodelico Jr.

Aaron Rodríguez (born June 13, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Sicodelico Jr. Rodríguez is the son of Sicodelico and the nephew of Mil Máscaras and Dos Caras, and the cousin of Alberto Del Rio (Dos Caras Jr.).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkaichi_Junior

, List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan, Low Ki, Madoka (wrestler), Magnitude Kishiwada, Mao (wrestler), Masaaki Mochizuki, Masashi Takeda, Masato Tanaka, Menso-re Oyaji, Mineo Fujita, Minoru Fujita, Minoru Tanaka (wrestler), Munenori Sawa, Naohiro Hoshikawa, Naoki Tanizaki, NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Zero1), Onryo (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Zero1, Professional wrestling, Professional wrestling tournament, Psycho (wrestler), Ricky Fuji, Ricky Reyes, Round-robin tournament, Ryo Kawamura, Shinjiro Otani, Shoki Kitamura, Shunma Katsumata, Sicodelico Jr., Sonjay Dutt, Super Crazy, Susumu Yokosuka, Takaharu Murahama, Takumi Baba, Takumi Tsukamoto, Takuya Nomura, Takuya Sugawara, Takuya Sugi, Tatsuhito Senga, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, The Great Sasuke, Tomohiro Ishii, Tyson Dux, Veny, Voodoo Murders, Wataru Sakata, Yasushi Tsujimoto, Yo-Hey, Yoshihito Sasaki, Yuki Sato (wrestler), Yuko Miyamoto, Yumehito Imanari, Yuya Aoki (wrestler).

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