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Young Lion Cup

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"Young Lions Cup" redirects here. For the championship competed for in Chikara, see Chikara Young Lions Cup.

The Young Lion Cup (ヤングライオン杯, Yangu Raionhai) is an infrequent professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a means of showcasing the younger talent on their roster. The tournament is the successor to the Karl Gotch Cup that NJPW promoted in the 1970s. NJPW has held the tournament eleven times since 1985.[1] After the 2005 tournament, NJPW did not hold another Young Lion Cup for 12 years, until reviving the tournament in 2017 and again in 2019.

The Young Lion Cup is a round-robin tournament in the same style as NJPW's annual G1 Climax tournament. Wrestlers traditionally earn two points for a victory, one point for any sort of draw and zero points for a loss. In some years, the two wrestlers with the most points at the end of the round-robin tournament would then face off in a singles match for the Young Lion Cup trophy, while in other years, the wrestler with the most points would be declared the winner.[2] The winners of the Young Lion Cup would also be rewarded with a learning excursion overseas.[3]

In 2020, another tournament featuring young lions, Lion's Break Crown, was organized by NJPW, this time as a single-elimination tournament.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around mock combat matches that are usually performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing. The dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or—as in televised wrestling shows—in backstage areas of the venue, in similar form to reality television.

Professional wrestling tournament

Professional wrestling tournament

On various occasions in professional wrestling, a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a championship or number-one contendership therein. It has been known for promotions to use title tournament that are fictitious in nature - notable ones include the tournaments that established the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and the WWE United States Championship.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling

New Japan Pro-Wrestling

New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co., Ltd. (NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares of the company. Naoki Sugabayashi has served as the promotion's Chairman since September 2013, while Takami Ohbari has served as the president of the promotion since October 2020.

Round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants/teams are eliminated after a certain number of losses.

G1 Climax

G1 Climax

The G1 Climax is a professional wrestling tournament held each August by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. Though it has sometimes been held as a single-elimination tournament, it is usually held as a round-robin, with winners from two pools wrestling in the final to decide that year's winner. In its current format, the tournament lasts four weeks. The winner of each pool is determined by a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss, no contest or double decision.

Single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often called playoffs.

Winners

Tournament Year Winner Total won Reference
Young Lion Cup 1985 Shunji Kosugi 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 1986 Keiichi Yamada 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 1987 Masahiro Chono 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 1989 Naoki Sano 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 1993 Hiroyoshi Yamamoto 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 1994 Satoshi Kojima 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 1995 Manabu Nakanishi 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 1996 Tokimitsu Ishizawa 1 [4]
Young Lion Cup 2000 Kenzo Suzuki 1 [5]
Young Lion Cup 2004 Ryusuke Taguchi 1  
Young Lion Cup 2005 Hirooki Goto 1 [6]
Young Lion Cup 2017 Katsuya Kitamura 1 [7]
Young Lion Cup 2019 Karl Fredericks 1

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Shunji Kosugi

Shunji Kosugi

Shunji Kosugi , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, who was based in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono is an American-born Japanese-American retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26 year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As the leader of nWo Japan, Team 2000 and Black New Japan, he was the promotion's top heel for much of his career, beginning in 1994 when he adopted his Yakuza inspired gimmick.

Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career he went by the name Takuma Sano .

Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but makes appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah. Considered to be one of the greatest Japanese professional wrestlers of the 21st century and of all-time, he was the first wrestler to hold NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Championship and All Japan Pro Wrestling's Triple Crown Championship simultaneously, the fourth to win the three major heavyweight championships in Japan with the Triple Crown Heavyweight, IWGP Heavyweight, and Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship, and one of three wrestlers to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Championship, and NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and is an overall seven-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions. Since 2022, he also wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah.

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.

Kenzo Suzuki

Kenzo Suzuki

Kenzo Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and in the United States with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion in the latter company. He currently performs for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) under the ring name Kenso, where he is a one-time World Tag Team Champion and a one-time Gaora TV Champion.

Ryusuke Taguchi

Ryusuke Taguchi

Ryusuke Taguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, seven-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He was also the winner of the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors.

Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. Since his debut, he has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he is currently one-half of IWGP Tag Team Champion alongside Yoshi-Hashi in their second reign. He is also known for being the longest reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with his Chaos stablemates, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi, a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, five-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time winner of the G1 Climax (2008), four-time winner of the World Tag League, and a record three-time winner of the New Japan Cup.

Katsuya Kitamura

Katsuya Kitamura

Katsuya Kitamura was a Japanese professional wrestler, bodybuilder and an amateur wrestler trained by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2017 Young Lion Cup.

Karl Fredericks

Karl Fredericks

Karl Fredericks is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he performs on NXT under the ring name Eddy Thorpe. He is also known for his stint in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2019 Young Lion Cup.

1985

Final standings
Shunji Kosugi Winner
Keiichi Yamada Runner up
Tatsutoshi Goto Unknown
Hirokazu Hata Unknown
Masahiro Chono Unknown
Masaharu Funaki Unknown
Keiji Muto Unknown
Naoki Sano Unknown
Final
Keiichi Yamada Pin
Shunji Kosugi 21:00[4][8]

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Shunji Kosugi

Shunji Kosugi

Shunji Kosugi , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, who was based in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Tatsutoshi Goto

Tatsutoshi Goto

Tatsutoshi Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and briefly used the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as part of the nWo Japan.

Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono is an American-born Japanese-American retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26 year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As the leader of nWo Japan, Team 2000 and Black New Japan, he was the promotion's top heel for much of his career, beginning in 1994 when he adopted his Yakuza inspired gimmick.

Keiji Muto

Keiji Muto

Keiji Muto is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling executive. He is known for his work as The Great Muta in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the 1980s and 1990s, and from his runs in other Japanese, American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican promotions. He was the president of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) from 2002 to 2013 and representative director of Wrestle-1 (W-1) from 2013 to 2020.

Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career he went by the name Takuma Sano .

1986

Final standings
Keiichi Yamada Winner
Tatsutoshi Goto Runner up
Akira Nogami Unknown
Hirokazu Hata Unknown
Masahiro Chono Unknown
Masaharu Funaki Unknown
Shinya Hashimoto Unknown
Naoki Sano Unknown
Final
Keiichi Yamada Pin
Tatsutoshi Goto 12:49[4]

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Tatsutoshi Goto

Tatsutoshi Goto

Tatsutoshi Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and briefly used the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as part of the nWo Japan.

Akira Nogami

Akira Nogami

Akira Nogami is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, currently working as Akira. He has also worked as a trainer.

Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono is an American-born Japanese-American retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26 year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As the leader of nWo Japan, Team 2000 and Black New Japan, he was the promotion's top heel for much of his career, beginning in 1994 when he adopted his Yakuza inspired gimmick.

Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter and actor. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in the mid-1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s.

Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career he went by the name Takuma Sano .

1987

Final standings
Masahiro Chono 38
Shinya Hashimoto 37
Yuji Funaki 30
Akira Nogami 25
Yoji Anjo 20
Tatsuo Nakano 20
Kenichi Oya 5
Osamu Matsuda 5
Akira Katayama 5
Young Lion Cup Chono Hashimoto Funaki Nogami Anjo Nakano Oya Matsuda Katayama
Chono X Draw (20:00) Funaki (11:49) Chono (11:02) Chono (9:35) Chono (9:08) Chono (9:41) Chono (8:24) Chono (9:41)
Hashimoto Draw (20:00) X Hashimoto (11:36) Hashimoto (8:52) Hashimoto (7:48) Hashimoto (8:52) Hashimoto (8:19) Hashimoto (8:23) Hashimoto (11:33)
Funaki Funaki (11:49) Hashimoto (11:36) X Nogami (10:32) Funaki (15:04) Funaki (5:51) Funaki (9:26) Funaki (10:27) Funaki (9:13)
Nogami Chono (11:02) Hashimoto (8:52) Nogami (10:32) X Anjo (??:??) Nogami (9:42) Nogami (8:57) Nogami (11:17) Nogami (7:44)
Anjo Chono (9:35) Hashimoto (7:48) Funaki (15:04) Anjo (??:??) X Nakano (10:24) Anjo (11:38) Anjo (11:05) Anjo (7:54)
Nakano Chono (9:08) Hashimoto (8:52) Funaki (5:51) Nogami (9:42) Nakano (10:24) X Nakano (8:22) Nakano (7:23) Nakano (6:37)
Oya Chono (9:41) Hashimoto (8:19) Funaki (9:26) Nogami (8:57) Anjo (11:38) Nakano (8:22) X Matsuda (9:26) Oya (11:35)
Matsuda Chono (8:24) Hashimoto (8:23) Funaki (10:27) Nogami (11:17) Anjo (11:05) Nakano (7:23) Matsuda (9:26) X Katayama (11:16)
Katayama Chono (9:41) Hashimoto (11:33) Funaki (9:13) Nogami (7:44) Anjo (7:54) Nakano (6:37) Oya (11:35) Katayama (11:16) X
Final
Masahiro Chono Pin
Shinya Hashimoto 14:11[4]

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Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono is an American-born Japanese-American retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26 year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As the leader of nWo Japan, Team 2000 and Black New Japan, he was the promotion's top heel for much of his career, beginning in 1994 when he adopted his Yakuza inspired gimmick.

Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter and actor. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in the mid-1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s.

Akira Nogami

Akira Nogami

Akira Nogami is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, currently working as Akira. He has also worked as a trainer.

Yoji Anjo

Yoji Anjo

Yoji Anjo is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.

1989

Final standings
Naoki Sano Winner
Hiro Saito Runner up
Norio Honaga Unknown
Hirokazu Hata Unknown
Tatsutoshi Goto Unknown
Takayuki Iizuka Unknown
Kuniaki Kobayashi Unknown
Osamu Kido Unknown
Final
Naoki Sano Pin
Hiro Saito 10:43[4]

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Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano

Naoki Sano is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career he went by the name Takuma Sano .

Hiro Saito

Hiro Saito

Hiroyuki Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of Hiro Saito . He was the first AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Norio Honaga

Norio Honaga

Norio Honaga is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and referee.

Tatsutoshi Goto

Tatsutoshi Goto

Tatsutoshi Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and briefly used the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as part of the nWo Japan.

Kuniaki Kobayashi

Kuniaki Kobayashi

Kuniaki Kobayashi (小林邦昭) is a retired Japanese Junior Heavyweight professional wrestler most notable for being the generational rival of the famous Tiger Mask character in Japanese pro wrestling. He wrestled numerous acclaimed matches against the first two Tiger Masks: Satoru Sayama and Mitsuharu Misawa.

Osamu Kido

Osamu Kido

Osamu Kido is a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He participated in the foundation of New Japan of 1972 and the foundation of Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1984. In 2005, after four years in retirement, Kido returned to the ring.

1993

Final standings
Osamu Nishimura 7
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto 6
Manabu Nakanishi 5
Satoshi Kojima 4
Yuji Nagata 3
Shinjiro Otani 3
Tokimitsu Ishizawa 2
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 0
Results Ishizawa Kojima Nagata Nakanishi Nishimura Otani Takaiwa Yamamoto
Ishizawa X Kojima
(8:44)		 Ishizawa
(7:37)		 Nakanishi
(7:31)		 Nishimura
(9:03)		 Otani
(9:57)		 Ishizawa
(5:57)		 Yamamoto
(11:35)
Kojima Kojima
(8:44)		 X Nagata
(9:05)		 Nakanishi
(9:44)		 Nishimura
(9:59)		 Kojima
(11:13)		 Kojima
(8:37)		 Kojima
(11:00)
Nagata Ishizawa
(7:37)		 Nagata
(9:05)		 X Nakanishi
(10:59)		 Nishimura
(11:19)		 Nagata
(10:33)		 Nagata
(9:55)		 Yamamoto
(10:59)
Nakanishi Nakanishi
(7:31)		 Nakanishi
(9:44)		 Nakanishi
(10:59)		 X Nishimura
(8:47)		 Nakanishi
(8:35)		 Nakanishi
(9:00)		 Yamamoto
(13:02)
Nishimura Nishimura
(9:03)		 Nishimura
(9:59)		 Nishimura
(11:19)		 Nishimura
(8:47)		 X Otani
(9:30)		 Nishimura
(5:52)		 Yamamoto
(13:12)
Otani Otani
(9:57)		 Kojima
(11:13)		 Nagata
(10:33)		 Nakanishi
(8:35)		 Otani
(9:30)		 X Otani
(9:13)		 Yamamoto
(10:27)
Takaiwa Ishizawa
(5:57)		 Kojima
(8:37)		 Nagata
(9:55)		 Nakanishi
(9:00)		 Nishimura
(5:52)		 Otani
(9:13)		 X Yamamoto
(11:03)
Yamamoto Yamamoto
(11:35)		 Kojima
(11:00)		 Yamamoto
(10:59)		 Yamamoto
(13:02)		 Yamamoto
(13:12)		 Yamamoto
(10:27)		 Yamamoto
(11:03)		 X
Final
   
1 Osamu Nishimura Pin
2 Hiroyoshi Yamamoto 12:23[4]

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Osamu Nishimura

Osamu Nishimura

Osamu Nishimura is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. Nishimura formerly worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and MUGA World Pro Wrestling (MUGA).

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Hiroyoshi Yamamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan . With Satoshi Kojima, in 2008, they won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the G1 Tag League in NJPW, becoming the only tag team which has done both. He is a four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and a record twelve-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He is also a former National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Champion.

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.

Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but makes appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah. Considered to be one of the greatest Japanese professional wrestlers of the 21st century and of all-time, he was the first wrestler to hold NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Championship and All Japan Pro Wrestling's Triple Crown Championship simultaneously, the fourth to win the three major heavyweight championships in Japan with the Triple Crown Heavyweight, IWGP Heavyweight, and Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship, and one of three wrestlers to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Championship, and NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and is an overall seven-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions. Since 2022, he also wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah.

Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Considered one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers of all time, he is the fifth longest-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion with a reign of 392 days, and formerly held the record for most successful title defenses with 10, until Hiroshi Tanahashi broke the record at Wrestle Kingdom VI. He is the only wrestler to have won Japanese professional wrestling's three biggest singles tournaments; New Japan Pro-Wrestling's G1 Climax, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion Carnival and Pro Wrestling Noah's Global League, in addition to being one of only five men to have held all three major heavyweight championships in Japanese professional wrestling, the IWGP, GHC and Triple Crown heavyweight championships.

Shinjiro Otani

Shinjiro Otani

Shinjiro Otani is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler and the current acting president of Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is currently inactive from pro-wrestling competition due to a cervical spine injury sustained in April 2022. A product of the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) dojo, Otani is best known for his longtime association with Zero1, a promotion he founded in 2001 along with Shinya Hashimoto.

Kendo Kashin

Kendo Kashin

Tokimitsu Ishizawa, better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a two time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a one time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, and the winner of the 1999 Best of the Super Juniors. He is also known for his forays into mixed martial arts, most notably for Pride Fighting Championship (Pride), where he defeated Gracie Jiu Jitsu fighter Ryan Gracie at PRIDE 15. He currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah.

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Pro Wrestling Zero1, as well as making special appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah.

1994

The 1994 Young Lion Cup featured a league with at least four wrestlers, although more may have participated. The four confirmed participants were Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, Nobukazu Hirai from WAR, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa. The league scores remain unclear but Kojima and Nakanishi qualified for the finals where Kojima defeated Nakanishi by submission.[4][9]

Final standings
Satoshi Kojima Winner
Manabu Nakanishi Runner up
Nobukazu Hirai Unknown
Tatsuhito Takaiwa Unknown

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Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but makes appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah. Considered to be one of the greatest Japanese professional wrestlers of the 21st century and of all-time, he was the first wrestler to hold NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Championship and All Japan Pro Wrestling's Triple Crown Championship simultaneously, the fourth to win the three major heavyweight championships in Japan with the Triple Crown Heavyweight, IWGP Heavyweight, and Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship, and one of three wrestlers to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Championship, and NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and is an overall seven-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions. Since 2022, he also wrestles for Pro Wrestling Noah.

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.

Nobukazu Hirai

Nobukazu Hirai

Nobukazu Hirai is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling. He is the son of former Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance wrestler Mitsu Hirai.

WAR (wrestling promotion)

WAR (wrestling promotion)

Wrestle Association R was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded and run by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 2000. The promotion initially established as Wrestle and Romance in 1992, had very few regular contracted workers, instead most of the workers were either freelance or employed in other promotions. Because of this WAR ran many all-star cards. It had inter-promotional feuds against New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, the new Tokyo Pro Wrestling, and UWF International. WAR also continued, albeit in a loose fashion, SWS's old working agreement with the World Wrestling Federation, when they backed the WWF's first Japanese tour, in 1994.

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Pro Wrestling Zero1, as well as making special appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah.

1995

The 1995 Young Lion Cup featured a league with at least six participants, although more may have participated. The confirmed participants were Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Yuki Ishikawa from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, and Shinjiro Otani. The final league scores remain unclear but Nakanishi and Nagata both qualified for the final match, this was the second time Nakanishi had made it to the main event. In the finals Nakanishi defeated Nagata to claim the Young Lion Cup trophy.[4][10]

Final standings
Manabu Nakanishi Winner
Yuji Nagata Runner up
Yuki Ishikawa Unknown
Tokimitsu Ishizawa Unknown
Tatsuhito Takaiwa Unknown
Shinjiro Otani Unknown

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Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.

Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Considered one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers of all time, he is the fifth longest-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion with a reign of 392 days, and formerly held the record for most successful title defenses with 10, until Hiroshi Tanahashi broke the record at Wrestle Kingdom VI. He is the only wrestler to have won Japanese professional wrestling's three biggest singles tournaments; New Japan Pro-Wrestling's G1 Climax, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion Carnival and Pro Wrestling Noah's Global League, in addition to being one of only five men to have held all three major heavyweight championships in Japanese professional wrestling, the IWGP, GHC and Triple Crown heavyweight championships.

Yuki Ishikawa (wrestler)

Yuki Ishikawa (wrestler)

Yuki Ishikawa is a Japanese professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and promoter. Ishikawa is known for his violent shoot-style matches, that often include him and his opponents legitimately hitting each other and ending the match with numerous injuries and/or blood on their faces. He is perhaps best known for his work in Battlarts, a promotion he founded in 1996. Ishikawa has also competed extensively on the Japanese independent circuit as a freelancer, competing for companies such as Pro Wrestling Zero1, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) as a freelancer.

Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi

Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi

Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Group was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan, operating from 1991 to 1996. It was formed by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki after the collapse of the second incarnation of the UWF. The company had the financial backing of eyeglass brand Meganesuper Co., Ltd executive Hachiro Tanaka who was also funding Super World Sports (SWS). Its motto was "ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE".

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Tatsuhito Takaiwa is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler. Takaiwa is one of the more well-traveled junior heavyweights in Japan, having wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Pro Wrestling Zero1, as well as making special appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah.

Shinjiro Otani

Shinjiro Otani

Shinjiro Otani is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler and the current acting president of Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is currently inactive from pro-wrestling competition due to a cervical spine injury sustained in April 2022. A product of the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) dojo, Otani is best known for his longtime association with Zero1, a promotion he founded in 2001 along with Shinya Hashimoto.

1996

Tokimitsu Ishizawa defeated Yuji Nagata by pinfall (12:27)[4][11]

2000

NJPW brought back the Young Lion Cup in 2000 with a round-robin tournament that took place between April 14 and May 5, 2000 during NJPW's "Strong Energy II 2000" tour. The tournament featured five rookies from NJPW, Shinya Makabe, Kenzo Suzuki, Wataru Inoue, Katsuyori Shibata and Hiroshi Tanahashi as well as Masakazu Fukuda from the G-EGGS promotion. The tournament was marred by a tragedy on the first night when Masakazu Fukuda was hurt by a flying elbow smash from Shibata. Following the blow he collapsed on the mat and was taken to the hospital. He died five days later from an internal brain hemorrhage. The rest of the tournament was dedicated to Fukuda's memory. Both Shinya Makabe and Kenzo Suzuki remained undefeated after the first four rounds, qualifying them for the final before they had even wrestled the final match of the league. On April 30, 2000 Makabe defeated Suzuki, making him the only undefeated wrestler in the tournament.[2] On May 5, 2000, during Wrestling Dontaku 2000, Kenzo Suzuki defeated Makabe to win the 2000 Young Lion Cup.[5]

Final standings
Shinya Makabe 10
Kenzo Suzuki 8
Katsuyori Shibata 6
Hiroshi Tanahashi 4
Wataru Inoue 2
Masakazu Fukuda 0
Young Lion Cup Fukuda Inoue Makabe Shibata Suzuki Tanahashi
Fukuda X Inoue (Forfeit) Makabe (Forfeit) Shibata (Forfeit) Suzuki (Forfeit) Tanahashi (Forfeit)
Inoue Inoue (Forfeit) X Makabe Shibata Suzuki Tanahashi
Makabe Makabe (Forfeit) Makabe X Makabe Makabe Makabe
Shibata Shibata (Forfeit) Shibata Makabe X Suzuki Shibata
Suzuki Suzuki (Forfeit) Suzuki Makabe Suzuki X Suzuki
Tanahashi Tanahashi (Forfeit) Tanahashi Makabe Shibata Suzuki X
Final
Shinya Makabe Pin
Kenzo Suzuki 15:08[5]

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Kenzo Suzuki

Kenzo Suzuki

Kenzo Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and in the United States with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion in the latter company. He currently performs for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) under the ring name Kenso, where he is a one-time World Tag Team Champion and a one-time Gaora TV Champion.

Katsuyori Shibata

Katsuyori Shibata

Katsuyori Shibata is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional wrestling trainer. In professional wrestling, he is known for his hard hitting offense. He is currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In NJPW, he is a former three-time NEVER Openweight Champion, a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, and the winner of the 2017 New Japan Cup. He is also a former holder of Revolution Pro Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. Since March 2018, Shibata has served as the head coach of NJPW's dojo in Los Angeles.

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Masakazu Fukuda

Masakazu Fukuda

Masakazu Fukuda was a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his appearances in WAR and NJPW. He also joined a short-lived stable known as Fighting Club G-EGGS, the stable included Manabu Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Brian Johnston and Yutaka Yoshie.

2004

Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Kazuya Yuasa by pinfall (11:20).[12]

2005

The 2005 Young Lion Cup was the tenth tournament held by NJPW and ran from to March 3 to March 23, 2005. The league matches took place during NJPW's "Big Fight Series 2005" tour and the final was on their NJPW "Nexess V" show. The tournament was scheduled to feature seven wrestlers but Tommy Williams was injured and had to withdraw from the competition without wrestling a single match, forfeiting all matches. The tournament also featured Naofumi Yamamoto, Yujiro, Hiroshi Nagao and Akiya Anzawa, in addition to the top two point scores Hirooki Goto (9 points) and Hiroyuki Ito (11 points). In the league Ito wrestled to a draw against Goto and won the other five matches, making him the only undefeated participant.[13] On March 23, 2005, Hirooki Goto defeated Hiroyuki Ito to win the 2005 Young Lion Cup.[6]

Final standings
Hiroyuki Ito 11
Hirooki Goto 9
Akiya Anzawa 8
Hiroshi Nagao 6
Yujiro 4
Naofumi Yamamoto 4
Tommy Williams (withdrew) 0
Young Lion Cup Anzawa Goto Ito Nagao Williams Yamamoto Yujiro
Anzawa X Anzawa (08:51) Ito (07:59) Anzawa (07:42) Anzawa (Forfeit) Anzawa (07:16) Yujiro (10:04)
Goto Anzawa (08:51) X Draw (20:00) Goto (06:03) Goto (Forfeit) Goto (05:53) Goto (07:19)
Ito Ito (07:59) Draw (20:00) X Ito (03:54) Ito (Forfeit) Ito (06:56) Nagao (08:47)
Nagao Anzawa (07:42) Goto (06:03) Ito (03:54) X Nagao (Forfeit) Nagao (09:02) Yamamoto (06:05)
Williams Anzawa (Forfeit) Goto (Forfeit) Ito (Forfeit) Nagao (Forfeit) X Yamamoto (Forfeit) Yujiro (Forfeit)
Yamamoto Anzawa (07:16) Goto (05:53) Yamamoto (06:05) Nagao (09:02) Yamamoto (Forfeit) X Yamamoto (06:05)
Yujiro Yujiro (10:04) Goto (07:19) Ito (06:56) Nagao (08:47) Yujiro (Forfeit) Yamamoto (06:05) X
Final
Hiroyuki Ito Pin
Hirooki Goto 9:55[6]

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Yujiro Takahashi

Yujiro Takahashi

Yujiro Takahashi , is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of Bullet Club and its sub-group House of Torture.

Hiroshi Nagao

Hiroshi Nagao

Hiroshi Nagao is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, perhaps most famous for competing for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Hustle. Throughout Nagao's career, he would compete mainly on the mid-card.

Akiya Anzawa

Akiya Anzawa

Akiya Anzawa is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Anzawa would spend his entire professional wrestling career, competing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) on mainly the mid-card. Akiya is the brother of professional wrestler Taku Anzawa.

Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler. Since his debut, he has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he is currently one-half of IWGP Tag Team Champion alongside Yoshi-Hashi in their second reign. He is also known for being the longest reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with his Chaos stablemates, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi, a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, five-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time winner of the G1 Climax (2008), four-time winner of the World Tag League, and a record three-time winner of the New Japan Cup.

2017

After his match at the Lion's Gate Project 7 event on July 4, 2017, Yuji Nagata proposed bringing back the Young Lion Cup.[14] On September 26, NJPW officially announced the revival of the tournament after 12 years. The round-robin tournament started on October 12 at Lion's Gate Project 8 and concluded on December 21 at Lion's Gate Project 10,[15] and included six wrestlers who debuted in 2016 and 2017. The tournament was dedicated to the memory of Kotetsu Yamamoto, who served as the head of the NJPW Dojo.[1]

Final standings
Katsuya Kitamura 10
Hirai Kawato 8
Tomoyuki Oka 6
Shota Umino 4
Ren Narita 1
Tetsuhiro Yagi 1
Young Lion Cup Kawato Kitamura Narita Oka Umino Yagi
Kawato X Kitamura
(4:12)[16]		 Kawato
(7:14)[17]		 Kawato
(5:35)[18]		 Kawato
(8:27)[7]		 Kawato
(6:43)[19]
Kitamura Kitamura
(4:12)[16]		 X Kitamura
(5:35)[18]		 Kitamura
(11:20)[7]		 Kitamura
(10:04)[19]		 Kitamura
(8:32)[17]
Narita Kawato
(7:14)[17]		 Kitamura
(5:35)[18]		 X Oka
(13:22)[19]		 Umino
(6:08)[16]		 Draw
(15:00)[7]
Oka Kawato
(5:35)[18]		 Kitamura
(11:20)[7]		 Oka
(13:22)[19]		 X Oka
(10:50)[17]		 Oka
(7:13)[16]
Umino Kawato
(8:27)[7]		 Kitamura
(10:04)[19]		 Umino
(6:08)[16]		 Oka
(10:50)[17]		 X Umino
(7:54)[18]
Yagi Kawato
(6:43)[19]		 Kitamura
(8:32)[17]		 Draw
(15:00)[7]		 Oka
(7:13)[16]		 Umino
(7:54)[18]		 X

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Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Considered one of the greatest Japanese wrestlers of all time, he is the fifth longest-reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion with a reign of 392 days, and formerly held the record for most successful title defenses with 10, until Hiroshi Tanahashi broke the record at Wrestle Kingdom VI. He is the only wrestler to have won Japanese professional wrestling's three biggest singles tournaments; New Japan Pro-Wrestling's G1 Climax, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion Carnival and Pro Wrestling Noah's Global League, in addition to being one of only five men to have held all three major heavyweight championships in Japanese professional wrestling, the IWGP, GHC and Triple Crown heavyweight championships.

Kotetsu Yamamoto

Kotetsu Yamamoto

Masaru Yamamoto , known by his ring name Kotetsu Yamamoto was a Japanese professional wrestler, referee, and color commentator for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He was named "Kotetsu" by former Japanese pro wrestler Toyonobori after the famous knight, Aizu-No-Kotetsu. Originally a wrestler, Yamamoto was mostly known for his tag team The Yamaha Brothers with Kantaro Hoshino but made his biggest mark as a trainer in the New Japan Dojo having helped train Keiji Mutoh, Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru Suzuki, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Masahiro Chono among others.

Katsuya Kitamura

Katsuya Kitamura

Katsuya Kitamura was a Japanese professional wrestler, bodybuilder and an amateur wrestler trained by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2017 Young Lion Cup.

Shota Umino

Shota Umino

Shota Umino is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Ren Narita

Ren Narita

Ren Narita is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he is in his first reign as NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Minoru Suzuki and El Desperado.

2019

The 2019 Young Lion Cup was announced on August 27 and was held on the Destruction tour throughout September. It featured 8 participants: 4 from the New Japan Dojo, 3 from the Los Angeles Dojo, and 1 from the Fale Dojo. 2 competitors also competed in the 2017 tournament. Karl Fredericks won with 12 points.

Final standings
Karl Fredericks 12
Shota Umino 10
Ren Narita 10
Alex Coughlin 8
Clark Connors 8
Yota Tsuji 4
Michael Richards 2
Yuya Uemura 2
Young Lion Cup Uemura Tsuji Umino Narita Richards Coughlin Connors Fredericks
Uemura X Tsuji
(8:50)		 Umino
(6:53)		 Narita
(8:35)		 Richards
(8:47)		 Coughlin
(7:49)		 Uemura
(9:31)		 Fredericks
(6:12)
Tsuji Tsuji
(8:50)		 X Umino
(7:34)		 Narita
(7:49)		 Tsuji
(6:44)		 Coughlin
(10:12)		 Connors
(7:43)		 Fredericks
(7:23)
Umino Umino
(6:53)		 Umino
(7:34)		 X Umino
(9:09)		 Umino
(8:00)		 Umino
(8:14)		 Connors
(6:50)		 Fredericks
(7:17)
Narita Narita
(8:35)		 Narita
(7:49)		 Umino
(9:09)		 X Narita
(7:18)		 Narita
(7:49)		 Connors
(7:25)		 Narita
(7:06)
Richards Richards
(8:47)		 Tsuji
(6:44)		 Umino
(8:00)		 Narita
(7:18)		 X Coughlin
(6:13)		 Connors
(7:09)		 Fredericks
(6:12)
Coughlin Coughlin
(7:49)		 Coughlin
(10:12)		 Umino
(8:14)		 Narita
(7:49)		 Coughlin
(6:13)		 X Coughlin
(7:53)		 Fredericks
(8:01)
Connors Uemura
(9:31)		 Connors
(7:43)		 Connors
(6:50)		 Connors
(7:25)		 Connors
(7:09)		 Coughlin
(7:53)		 X Fredericks
(7:06)
Fredericks Fredericks
(6:12)		 Fredericks
(7:23)		 Fredericks
(7:17)		 Narita
(7:06)		 Fredericks
(6:12)		 Fredericks
(8:01)		 Fredericks
(7:06)		 X

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Karl Fredericks

Karl Fredericks

Karl Fredericks is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he performs on NXT under the ring name Eddy Thorpe. He is also known for his stint in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2019 Young Lion Cup.

Shota Umino

Shota Umino

Shota Umino is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Ren Narita

Ren Narita

Ren Narita is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he is in his first reign as NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Minoru Suzuki and El Desperado.

Alex Coughlin

Alex Coughlin

Alex Coughlin, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), mainly competing on their American show, NJPW Strong.

Clark Connors

Clark Connors

Connor Deutsch, better known by the ring name Clark Connors is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2020 Lion's Break Crown.

Yota Tsuji

Yota Tsuji

Yota Tsuji is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Yuya Uemura

Yuya Uemura

Yuya Uemura is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Source: "Young Lion Cup", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 24th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Lion_Cup.

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