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The Top Ranked Pro Wrestlers of All-Time from Japan
Notes: Wrestlers are ranked on the list of the country in which they were born.
Where a wrestler grew up or went to school is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Giant Baba | 1960 | 6 |
| 2 | Antonio Inoki | 1960 | 10 |
| 3 | The Great Muta | 1984 | 19 |
| 4 | Mitsuharu Misawa | 1981 | 20 |
| 5 | Kazuchika Okada | 2004 | 24 |
| 6 | Hiroshi Tanahashi | 1999 | 28 |
| 7 | Tatsumi Fujinami | 1971 | 34 |
| 8 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1986 | 41 |
| 9 | Shinya Hashimoto | 1984 | 42 |
| 10 | Riki Choshu | 1974 | 49 |
| 11 | Kenta Kobashi | 1988 | 53 |
| 12 | Jushin Thunder Liger | 1984 | 54 |
| 13 | Jumbo Tsuruta | 1973 | 64 |
| 14 | Yuji Nagata | 1992 | 65 |
| 15 | Toshiaki Kawada | 1982 | 67 |
| 16 | Masahiro Chono | 1984 | 68 |
| 17 | Gen'ichiro Tenryu | 1976 | 73 |
| 18 | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 1991 | 94 |
| 19 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 2002 | 95 |
| 20 | Tetsuya Naito | 2006 | 102 |
| 21 | Jun Akiyama | 1992 | 106 |
| 22 | Satoshi Kojima | 1991 | 121 |
| 23 | Nobuhiko Takada | 1981 | 126 |
| 24 | Tiger Mask | 1983 | 127 |
| 25 | Ultimo Dragon | 1987 | 131 |
| 26 | Akira Maeda | 1978 | 139 |
| 27 | Masa Saito | 1965 | 145 |
| 28 | Hiroshi Hase | 1986 | 153 |
| 29 | Akira Taue | 1988 | 154 |
| 30 | Kota Ibushi | 2004 | 161 |
| 31 | Seiji Sakaguchi | 1967 | 166 |
| 32 | Atsushi Onita | 1974 | 175 |
| 33 | The Great Kabuki | 1964 | 191 |
| 34 | Minoru Suzuki | 1988 | 197 |
| 35 | Koji Kanemoto | 1990 | 208 |
| 36 | The Great Sasuke | 1990 | 221 |
| 37 | Gran Hamada | 1972 | 226 |
| 38 | Kiyoshi Tamura | 1989 | 232 |
| 39 | Shinjiro Ohtani | 1992 | 248 |
| 40 | Masakatsu Funaki | 1985 | 261 |
| 41 | Tajiri | 1989 | 268 |
| 42 | Shiro Koshinaka | 1979 | 271 |
| 43 | Killer Khan | 1971 | 274 |
| 44 | Taka Michinoku | 1991 | 291 |
| 45 | Manabu Nakanishi | 1992 | 301 |
| 46 | Jinsei Shinzaki | 1992 | 308 |
| 47 | El Samurai | 1986 | 309 |
| 48 | Yoshinari Ogawa | 1985 | 318 |
| 49 | Kengo Kimura | 1972 | 322 |
| 50 | Animal Hamaguchi | 1969 | 326 |
| 51 | Suwama | 2004 | 335 |
| 52 | Kazuyuki Fujita | 1996 | 341 |
| 53 | Masato Tanaka | 1993 | 351 |
| 54 | Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 1972 | 353 |
| 55 | Kuniaki Kobayashi | 1972 | 355 |
| 56 | Hayabusa | 1991 | 357 |
| 57 | Toyonobori | 1954 | 385 |
| 58 | Yoshiaki Yatsu | 1980 | 419 |
| 59 | Shingo Takagi | 2004 | 426 |
| 60 | Togi Makabe | 1997 | 430 |
| 61 | Naoya Ogawa | 1997 | 437 |
| 62 | Takuma Sano | 1984 | 438 |
| 63 | Kazuo Yamazaki | 1982 | 441 |
| 64 | Kazuo Sakurada | 1971 | 443 |
| 65 | Masanobu Fuchi | 1974 | 449 |
| 66 | Kendo Kashin | 1992 | 456 |
| 67 | Kento Miyahara | 2008 | 458 |
| 68 | Naomichi Marufuji | 1998 | 483 |
| 69 | Yoshihiro Takayama | 1992 | 503 |
| 70 | Hirooki Goto | 2003 | 504 |
| 71 | Tiger Mask #4 | 1995 | 539 |
| 72 | Kodo Fuyuki | 1980 | 541 |
| 73 | Mr. Pogo | 1972 | 545 |
| 74 | Takashi Sugiura | 2000 | 548 |
| 75 | Gedo | 1989 | 564 |
| 76 | Hiro Matsuda | 1957 | 565 |
| 77 | Takao Omori | 1992 | 570 |
| 78 | Kazushi Sakuraba | 1993 | 573 |
| 79 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1999 | 591 |
| 80 | Shotaro Ashino | 2015 | 606 |
| 81 | Shuji Ishikawa | 2003 | 607 |
| 82 | Zeus | 2006 | 613 |
| 83 | Takeshi Morishima | 1998 | 626 |
| 84 | Dick Togo | 1991 | 627 |
| 85 | Osamu Nishimura | 1991 | 650 |
| 86 | Minoru Tanaka | 1994 | 673 |
| 87 | Men's Teoh | 1992 | 684 |
| 88 | Kushida | 2006 | 694 |
| 89 | Evil | 2011 | 708 |
| 90 | Go Shiozaki | 2004 | 709 |
| 91 | Katsuyori Shibata | 1999 | 719 |
| 92 | Cima | 1997 | 722 |
| 93 | Hiromu Takahashi | 2010 | 726 |
| 94 | Kenta | 2000 | 727 |
| 95 | Magnum Tokyo | 1997 | 746 |
| 96 | Ryota Hama | 2008 | 766 |
| 97 | Tadao Yasuda | 1994 | 777 |
| 98 | Jake Lee | 2011 | 788 |
| 99 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 2003 | 799 |
| 100 | Osamu Kido | 1969 | 813 |
| 101 | Tomohiro Ishii | 1996 | 819 |
| 102 | Kaito Kiyomiya | 2015 | 823 |
| 103 | Strong Kobayashi | 1967 | 824 |
| 104 | El Desperado | 2010 | 836 |
| 105 | Hideo Itami | 2000 | 838 |
| 106 | Sanada | 2007 | 847 |
| 107 | Tokyo Magnum | 1997 | 883 |
| 108 | Mitsuo Momota | 1970 | 886 |
| 109 | Kantaro Hoshino | 1961 | 891 |
| 110 | Great Kojika | 1963 | 892 |
| 111 | Masio Koma | 1961 | 894 |
| 112 | Yamato | 2006 | 896 |
| 113 | Motoshi Okuma | 1962 | 903 |
| 114 | Ushinosuke Hayashi | 1959 | 905 |
| 115 | Don Arakawa | 1972 | 906 |
| 116 | Kotetsu Yamamoto | 1963 | 917 |
| 117 | Thunder Sugiyama | 1965 | 918 |
| 118 | Akio Sato | 1970 | 929 |
| 119 | George Takano | 1977 | 930 |
| 120 | Bushi | 2007 | 933 |
| 121 | Shunji Takano | 1981 | 937 |
| 122 | Ashura Hara | 1978 | 938 |
| 123 | Samson Kutsuwada | 1967 | 939 |
| 124 | Kai | 2007 | 943 |
| 125 | First Tiger Mask | 1976 | 948 |
| 126 | Kanji Kitazawa | 1961 | 956 |
| 127 | Takashi Iizuka | 1986 | 965 |
| 128 | Haruka Eigen | 1966 | 966 |
| 129 | Mitsu Hirai | 1958 | 973 |
| 130 | Toru Yano | 2002 | 979 |
| 131 | Mighty Inoue | 1967 | 980 |
| 132 | Wataru Inoue | 1999 | 982 |
| 133 | Ultraseven | 1977 | 991 |
| 134 | Hiroshi Wajima | 1986 | 996 |
| 135 | Hiro Saito | 1978 | 998 |
| 136 | Kim Duk | 1968 | 999 |
| 137 | Yujiro Takahashi | 2004 | 1000 |
| 138 | Taiji Ishimori | 2002 | 1001 |
| 139 | Magic Dragon | 1975 | 1009 |
| 140 | Masayuki Fujii | 1963 | 1027 |
| 141 | Yuma Aoyagi | 2014 | 1033 |
| 142 | Katsuhisa Shibata | 1966 | 1035 |
| 143 | Taichi | 2002 | 1038 |
| 144 | Super Strong Machine | 1978 | 1040 |
| 145 | Ryusuke Taguchi | 2002 | 1043 |
| 146 | Norio Honaga | 1980 | 1045 |
| 147 | Rocky Hata | 1972 | 1050 |
| 148 | Takashi Ishikawa | 1977 | 1052 |
| 149 | Shunji Kosugi | 1981 | 1060 |
| 150 | Ryushi Yanagisawa | 1992 | 1064 |
| 151 | Tokyo Joe | 1967 | 1066 |
| 152 | Rusher Kimura | 1965 | 1075 |
| 153 | Jado | 1989 | 1076 |
| 154 | Masao Ito | 1972 | 1085 |
| 155 | Munenori Higo | 1969 | 1087 |
| 156 | Akira | 1984 | 1107 |
| 157 | Isamu Teranishi | 1966 | 1115 |
| 158 | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | 1987 | 1117 |
| 159 | Sho | 2012 | 1124 |
| 160 | Matti Suzuki | 1961 | 1127 |
| 161 | Devil Murasaki | 1967 | 1140 |
| 162 | Shinichi Kihara | 1972 | 1142 |
| 163 | Tatsutoshi Goto | 1982 | 1144 |
| 164 | Yoh | 2012 | 1151 |
| 165 | Masanobu Kurisu | 1972 | 1170 |
| 166 | Yutaka Yoshie | 1994 | 1173 |
| 167 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 1992 | 1176 |
| 168 | Apollo Sugawara | 1979 | 1182 |
| 169 | Great-O-Khan | 2017 | 1195 |
| 170 | Tsutomu Oshiro | 1972 | 1212 |
| 171 | Tarzan Goto | 1981 | 1213 |
| 172 | Masayuki Naruse | 1992 | 1218 |
| 173 | Yoshihashi | 2008 | 1231 |
| 174 | Ryuma Go | 1972 | 1232 |
| 175 | Tamon Honda | 1993 | 1241 |
| 176 | Masahito Kakihara | 1990 | 1243 |
| 177 | Hakushi | 1992 | 1256 |
| 178 | Tomoaki Honma | 1997 | 1259 |
| 179 | Shinichi Nakano | 1980 | 1261 |
| 180 | Satoru Asako | 1991 | 1266 |
| 181 | Umanosuke Ueda | 1961 | 1290 |
| 182 | Goro Tsurumi | 1971 | 1293 |
| 183 | Haru Sasaki | 1955 | 1295 |
| 184 | Michiyoshi Ohara | 1990 | 1296 |
| 185 | Katsuji Adachi | 1967 | 1298 |
| 186 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 1996 | 1301 |
| 187 | Yoshihiro Momota | 1979 | 1335 |
| 188 | Fumihiro Niikura | 1981 | 1338 |
| 189 | Kentaro Shiga | 1994 | 1346 |
| 190 | Kenso | 2000 | 1351 |
| 191 | Milano Collection AT | 2000 | 1358 |
| 192 | Yoshitatsu | 2002 | 1371 |
| 193 | Masao Inoue | 1991 | 1376 |
| 194 | Junji Izumida | 1992 | 1378 |
| 195 | Hirokazu Hata | 1984 | 1412 |
| 196 | Mitsuya Nagai | 1991 | 1421 |
| 197 | Oki Shikina | 1932 | 1470 |
| 198 | Gantetsu Matsuoka | 1962 | 1480 |
| 199 | Akitoshi Saito | 1990 | 1499 |
| 200 | Master Wato | 2016 | 1502 |
| 201 | Masashi Aoyagi | 1989 | 1544 |
| 202 | Arashi | 1987 | 1574 |
| 203 | Tenshin Yonemura | 1972 | 1582 |
| 204 | Little Tokyo | 1960 | 1587 |
| 205 | Shinji Sasazaki | 1984 | 1593 |
| 206 | Yota Tsuji | 2018 | 1597 |
| 207 | Shota Umino | 2017 | 1598 |
| 208 | Takashi Uwano | 1998 | 1609 |
| 209 | Akiya Anzawa | 2003 | 1639 |
| 210 | Yoji Anjo | 1985 | 1645 |
| 211 | Yuya Uemura | 2018 | 1667 |
| 212 | Great Togo | 1966 | 1668 |
| 213 | Kazuo Sato | 1972 | 1684 |
| 214 | Hiroshi Nagao | 2003 | 1714 |
| 215 | Funaki | 1990 | 1724 |
| 216 | Katsushi Takemura | 1997 | 1729 |
| 217 | Hisakatsu Oya | 1986 | 1755 |
| 218 | Douki | 2010 | 1758 |
| 219 | Makoto Hashi | 1998 | 1770 |
| 220 | Daisuke Ikeda | 1993 | 1772 |
| 221 | Masakazu Fukuda | 1996 | 1773 |
| 222 | Sonny Driver | 1978 | 1780 |
| 223 | Koki Kitahara | 1988 | 1816 |
| 224 | Ren Narita | 2017 | 1817 |
| 225 | Kazunari Murakami | 1998 | 1842 |
| 226 | Sushi | 1998 | 1874 |
| 227 | Minoru Fujita | 1997 | 1893 |
| 228 | Takeshi Misawa | 1989 | 1927 |
| 229 | Ryota Chikuzen | 1998 | 1938 |
| 230 | Tatsuo Nakano | 1984 | 1940 |
| 231 | Gentaro | 1999 | 1941 |
| 232 | Katsuya Kitamura | 2017 | 1947 |
| 233 | Mach Hayato | 1976 | 1955 |
| 234 | Great Kusatsu | 1965 | 1976 |
| 235 | Kintaro Kanemura | 1990 | 1978 |
| 236 | Masao Orihara | 1990 | 2017 |
| 237 | Bad Boy Hido | 1993 | 2026 |
| 238 | Koji Kitao | 1989 | 2031 |
| 239 | Tetsuhiro Kuroda | 1993 | 2059 |
| 240 | Ryohei Oiwa | 2021 | 2073 |
| 241 | Atsushi Aoki | 2005 | 2078 |
| 242 | The Mummy | 1961 | 2088 |
| 243 | Gran Naniwa | 1993 | 2099 |
| 244 | Mammoth Sasaki | 1997 | 2110 |
| 245 | Kaz Hayashi | 1992 | 2122 |
| 246 | Super Delfin | 1989 | 2125 |
| 247 | Fujita Hayato | 2004 | 2132 |
| 248 | Hanzo | 1992 | 2133 |
| 249 | Chati Yokouchi | 1964 | 2162 |
| 250 | Daisuke Sasaki | 2005 | 2174 |
| 251 | Akira Tozawa | 2005 | 2187 |
| 252 | Kosei Fujita | 2021 | 2191 |
| 253 | Masaaki Mochizuki | 1994 | 2206 |
| 254 | Miracle Man | 1993 | 2207 |
| 255 | Naohiro Hoshikawa | 1993 | 2208 |
| 256 | Yasuyuki Fujii | 1968 | 2240 |
| 257 | Nosawa Rongai | 1995 | 2246 |
| 258 | Nobukazu Hirai | 1991 | 2267 |
| 259 | Yuki Ishikawa | 1992 | 2291 |
| 260 | Yuto Nakashima | 2021 | 2294 |
| 261 | Ikuto Hidaka | 1997 | 2300 |
| 262 | Akira Katayama | 1986 | 2313 |
| 263 | Tor Yamato | 1950 | 2331 |
| 264 | Garuda | 2000 | 2363 |
| 265 | Gaina | 1999 | 2380 |
| 266 | Rikio Ito | 1992 | 2386 |
| 267 | Takaku Fuke | 1990 | 2400 |
| 268 | Masayoshi Motegi | 1991 | 2420 |
| 269 | Yuji Yasuraoka | 1992 | 2429 |
| 270 | Tetsuhiro Yagi | 2017 | 2441 |
| 271 | Kikutaro | 1994 | 2468 |
| 272 | Ayato Yoshida | 2015 | 2485 |
| 273 | Konosuke Takeshita | 2012 | 2493 |
| 274 | Snake Amami | 1973 | 2518 |
| 275 | Ikemen Jiro | 2011 | 2532 |
| 276 | Kosuke Hashimoto | 1973 | 2538 |
| 277 | Yoshiyuki Harazono | 1978 | 2599 |
| 278 | MT Nakazawa | 2005 | 2647 |
| 279 | Ryan Sakoda | 1998 | 2657 |
| 280 | Yuko Miyato | 1985 | 2733 |
| 281 | Great Kabuki | 1964 | 2741 |
| 282 | Takahiro Takigawa | 1981 | 2756 |
| 283 | El Lindaman | 2014 | 2783 |
| 284 | Hiroshi Hatanaka | 1990 | 2839 |
| 285 | Sakamoto | 2003 | 2899 |
| 286 | Umenosuke Kiyomigawa | 1953 | 3148 |
| 287 | Yoshino Sato | 1954 | 3178 |
| 288 | Tetsunosuke Daigo | 1966 | 3225 |
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