past and present
Here is a list of many of the factions that have formed in Puroresu. Note that I have listed all wrestlers that were ever part of that faction, so if the same wrestler appears in different factions in the same time period then they probably jumped around a bit. Dragon Gate is not represented at this point due to the frequency in which their factions change members, there would be too many wrestlers listed to differentiate one from another. Note that this is not a full list, I will continue adding to it over time.
New Japan:
BLACK - Black Strong Machine, Giant Bernard, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Masahiro Chono, Minoru, Prince Devitt, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Togi Makabe
Black New Japan - Black Strong Machine, Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Masahiro Chono, Minoru Suzuki, Mitsuya Nagai, and Scott Norton
Chono and Nakamura-gun - Black Strong Machine, Giant Bernard, Masahiro Chono, Milano Collection AT, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Travis Tomko
Control Terrorism Unit (CTU) - Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Jado, Jushin Thunder Liger, Katsushi Takemura, Milano Collection AT, Minoru, and Prince Devitt
Crazy Dogs - Hiro Saito, Michiyoshi Ohara, and Tatsutoshi Goto
Fighting Club G-EGGS - Brian Johnston, Manabu Nakanishi, Masakazu Fukuda, Yutaka Yoshie, and Yuji Nagata
Great Bash Heel (GBH) - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shiro Koshinaka, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, and Toru Yano
Legend - Akebono, AKIRA, Jushin Thunder Liger, Masahiro Chono, Shiro Koshinaka, Riki Choshu, and Super Strong Machine
Makai Club - Kazunari Murakami, Makai #1, Makai #2, Makai #3, Makai #4, and Makai #5, Ryushi Yanagisawa, and Tadao Yasuda
Noke Kekki-gun - Naofumi Yamamoto, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Shinsuke Nakamura
nWo Japan - AKIRA, Big Titan, Brian Adams, Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono, Michiyoshi Ohara, Mr. Wallstreet, nWo Sting, Satoshi Kojima, Scott Norton, Tatsutoshi Goto, and The Great Muta
Pirates Gundan - Genichiro Tenryu, Kensuke Sasaki, Manabu Nakanishi, and Scott Norton
Purebreed Connection - Blue Wolf, Enson Inoue, Manabu Nakanishi, and Takashi Iizuka
Swing-Lows - Blue Wolf, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kensuke Sasaki, and Kenzo Suzuki
TEAM 2000 - AKIRA, Black Tiger III, Gedo, Giant Silva, GOKU-DO, Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jado, Koji Kanemoto, Masahiro Chono, Scott Norton, and Tatsutoshi Goto
Team Japan - Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin, Manabu Nakanishi, and Yuji Nagata
All Japan:
BATT - Don Frye, Hiroshi Hase, Keiji Mutoh, Jinsei Shinzaki, Shinjiro Otani, and Taiyo Kea
Black-Ship - George Hines, Jim Steele, Johnny Smith, Mike Barton, Mike Rotundo, and Steve Williams
Burning - Jun Akiyama, Kenta Kobashi, and Kentaro Shiga
Calgary Hurricanes - Hiro Saito, Shunji Takano, and Super Strong Machine
Global Energy Team - Kenta Kobashi, Johnny Ace, and Patriot
Golden Cups - Kenichi Yamamoto, Yoji Anjo, and Yoshihiro Takayama
Lard Warriors - Akebono, Ryota Hama, and Yutaka Yoshie
Love Machines - Love Machine Arashi, Love Machine Steele, Mini Love Machine, and Super Love Machine
Riki Choshu Army - Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi, Killer Khan, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Masa Saito, Riki Choshu, and Yoshiaki Yatsu
RO&D - Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Gigantes, Jamal, Matt Morgan, Rico Constantino, Taiyo Kea, TAKA Michinoku, and The Gladiator
Super Generation Army - Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Turmeric Storm - Kazushi Miyamoto, Sanshiro Takagi, Tomoaki Honma, and Yuki Ishikawa
Voodoo Murderers - "brother" YASSHI, Chuck Palumbo, D-Lo Brown, Giant Bernard, Hate, Joe Doering, Johnny Stamboli, Minoru, René Duprée, RO'Z, Satoshi Kojima, Shuji Kondo, Suwama, TARU, Toshizo, and ZODIAC
Pro Wrestling NOAH:
BURNING - KENTA, Kenta Kobashi, Kentaro Shiga, and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
Dark Agents - Akitoshi Saito, Bison Smith, Masao Inoue, Mike Awesome, Shiro Koshinaka, and Takashi Sugiura
Family Gundan - Haruka Eigen, Mitsuo Momota, and Rusher Kimura
STERNNESS - Akitoshi Saito, Jun Akiyama, Makoto Hashi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Team Taue - Akira Taue, Jun Izumida, Masao Inoue, and Tamon Honda
The Untouchables - Masahito Kakihara, Mitsuharu Misawa, Naomichi Marufuji, and Yoshinari Ogawa
WAVE - Mitsuharu Misawa, Naomichi Marufuji, Takuma Sano, and Yoshinari Ogawa
Other:
Bad Force - Atsushi Kotoge, Black Buffalo, Condor, GAINA, Hideyoshi, Masamune, and Zero
Complete Players - Gedo, Jado, Kaori Nakayama, and Masato Tanaka
Crazy Max - Judo Suwa, Shima Nobunaga, Susumu Mochizuki, and Yasushi Kanda
Emblem - Hideki Hosaka, Kuroge Wagyuta, Masato Tanaka, and Shinjiro Otani
Funk Masters of Wrestling - Cactus Jack, Flying Kid Ichihara, Hisakatsu Oya, Masao Orihara, Mr. Gannosuke, Terry Funk, The Gladiator, The Head Hunters, and Super Leather
Hell Demons - Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei, Go, Ken45°, Magnitude Kishiwada, Manjimaru, Takeshi Minaminno, and Takuya Sugawara
Kaientai - Dick Togo, Gran Hamada, Hanzo Nakajima, Mens Teioh, Shiryu, Shoichi Funaki, Super Boy, TAKA Michinoku, and Yoshihiro Tajiri
Lethal Weapon - Hiskatsu Oya, Horace Boulder, Mr. Pogo, Ricky Fuji, and The Gladiator
Shadow Army - Mr. Pogo, Shadow VII, Shadow WX, and Shadow W*INGER
Sheik Abdullah's Army - Masahiro Chono, Mr. Pogo, Mr. Sato, Sheik Abdullah, and Tarzan Goto
Skinheads - Abdullah Kobayashi, Daikokubo Benkei, and Jaki Numazawa
Stonehedge - Hirotaka Yokoi, Kohei Sato, and Yoshihito Sasaki
Team No Respect - BADBOY Hido, Horace Boulder, Gedo, Jado, Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa, Mr. Gannosuke, Super Leather, and Yukihiro Kanemura
Team Phoenix - Daisuke Ikeda, Flying Kid Ichihara, Hayabusa, Hisakatsu Oya, Kaori Nakayama, Masato Tanaka, Ricky Fuji, and Super Leather
Team Zero - Atsushi Onita, Hideki Hosaka, Mammoth Sasaki, and Tetsuhiro Kuroda
The W*ING Alliance - BADBOY Hido, Hideki Hosaka, Leatherface, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, and W*ING Kanemura
ZEN - Atsushi Onita, BADBOY Hido, Hideki Hosaka, Mr. Gannosuke, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, The Gladiator, and Yukihiro Kanemura
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