Ren Narita
Ren Narita (成田 蓮 Narita Ren, born November 29, 1997[3]) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
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Birth name | Ren Narita |
Born | Aomori, Japan[1] | November 29, 1997
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Ring name(s) | Ren Narita[2] |
Billed height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2] |
Billed weight | 83 kg (183 lb)[2] |
Billed from | Aomori, Japan |
Trained by | New Japan Pro-Wrestling[1] |
Debut | July 4, 2017[2] |
Early life
Narita has played several sports before becoming a wrestler, including baseball and kendo.[3][1]
Professional wrestling career
New Japan Pro Wrestling (2017–present)
Narita was trained under New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'s "young lion" system. Narita made his professional wrestling debut for NJPW's developmental territory Lion's Gate Project, where he wrestled Shota Umino to a ten minute time limit draw at the Lion's Gate Project 7 event on July 4, 2017.[4][5][6] Later that month Narita had his second match, teaming with Umino where they lost to El Desperado and Zack Sabre Jr. of Suzuki-gun on day eight of the 2017 G1 Climax tournament.[7]
Narita competed in the 11th Young Lion Cup, gaining 1 point after a time limit draw against Tetsuhiro Yagi.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] During the following year, Narita wrestled several tag team matches with NJPW veterans.[15][16][17][18][19] In May 2019, after Flip Gordon pulled out of the Best of the Super Juniors 26 tournament, Narita was announced as a last minute replacement.[20] He ended the tournament with a final standing of 0 points. Throughout the Destruction tour in September, Narita took part in the Young Lion Cup He finished with a record of 5-2. Afterwards it was announced that he was heading to America for his excursion and joining The LA Dojo.
References
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- "NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Tag 8". Cagematc. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- "Kotetsu Yamamoto Memorial 11th Young Lion Cup". Cagematch. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- "JRA presents Road to TOKYO DOME". NJPW.co.jp (in Japanese). New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
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- "NJPW World Tag League 2017 - Tag 18". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- "NJPW Big Pro-Wrestling Festival 2018". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- "NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018". Cagematch. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- "NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2018 - Tag 2". Cagematch. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- "NJPW Lion's Gate Project13". Cagematch. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- "Replacements named for El Desperado and Flip Gordon in BOSJ 26". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. May 10, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.