Tetsuya Naito
| Tetsuya Naito | |
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Naito in February 2016
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| Born |
June 22, 1982 Adachi, Tokyo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Tetsuya Naito Naito |
| Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Billed weight | 102 kg (225 lb) |
| Trained by |
Animal Hamaguchi Takada Dojo NJPW Dojo |
| Debut | May 27, 2006 |
Tetsuya Naito (内藤 哲也 Naitō Tetsuya?, born June 22, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Within NJPW, Naito is currently in his first reign as the IWGP Intercontinental Champion, while also being a former IWGP Heavyweight and NEVER Openweight Champion as well as IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with former partner Yujiro Takahashi, with whom he teamed as No Limit. In addition to those, Naito is also a one-time winner of NJPW's premier singles tournament, the G1 Climax, having won it in 2013, and the New Japan Cup, winning it in 2016. In 2016, Tokyo Sports named Naito the wrestler of the year.
Tetsuya Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially training under Animal Hamaguchi. In 2004 he won the "Takeda Dojo Submission" tournament, which landed him a contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) to train in their NJPW Dojo.
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