Ren Narita is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he is a member of Bullet Club and its sub-group House of Torture.
22 Facts About Ren Narita
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Ren Narita is one-third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with Sho and Yujiro Takahashi in their first reign as a team and second for Narita individually.
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Ren Narita was trained under New Japan Pro-Wrestling's "young lion" system.
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Ren 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.
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Later that month, Ren Narita had his second match, teaming with Umino where they lost to El Desperado and Zack Sabre Jr.
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Ren Narita competed in the 11th Young Lion Cup, gaining 1 point after a time limit draw against Tetsuhiro Yagi.
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In May 2019, after Flip Gordon pulled out of the Best of the Super Juniors 26 tournament, Ren Narita was announced as a last minute replacement.
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Ren Narita ended the tournament with a final standing of 0 points.
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Ren Narita wrestled his first match in the United States at Fighting Spirit Unleashed Boston, losing to Lance Archer.
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Therefore, Ren Narita appeared primarily on New Japan's new American-based show NJPW Strong.
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In March 2021, Ren Narita competed in the New Japan Cup USA tournament, defeating Misterioso in the qualifying round.
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Later in the month, Ren Narita competed in a 16-man tournament, to crown the inaugural NJPW World Television Champion, in the first round Ren Narita achieved a shock victory over Tomohiro Ishii.
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Ren Narita then went on to defeat established heavyweight wrestlers, such as Toru Yano and Sanada, thus advancing to the finals at Wrestle Kingdom 17, where he would face Zack Sabre Jr.
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At Wrestle Kingdom, Ren Narita was defeated in the tournament final by Sabre Jr.
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Ren Narita finished his tournament with 6 points, failing to advance to the quarterfinal round.
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On January 4,2024 at Wrestle Kingdom 18, Ren Narita teamed with fellow House of Torture member Evil, to defeat Umino and Kaito Kiyomiya.
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Ren Narita would participate in the 2024 New Japan Cup, where he would defeat Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
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At Windy City Riot, Ren Narita defeated Minoru Suzuki and appeared later in the show, attacking newly crowned IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley, only to be chased off by Umino.
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On night 2 of Wrestling Dontaku, Ren Narita unsuccessfully challenged Moxley for the championship.
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At King Of Pro-Wrestling, Ren Narita defeated Jeff Cobb and Yota Tsuji in a three way match to win the NJPW World Television Champion.
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At Wrestle Kingdom 19, Ren Narita lost the title to El Phantasmo in a four-way match, involving Cobb and Ryohei Oiwa On January 30,2025, Ren Narita teamed with Sho and Yujiro Takahashi to defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Oleg Boltin to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships for the second time in his career.
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Ren Narita appeared on the May 12,2021 edition of AEW Dynamite, where he accompanied Yuji Nagata for his IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship match vs champion Jon Moxley.