Los Ingobernables de Japon

Los Ingobernables de Japon
Logo of Los Ingobernables de Japon
Stable
Leader(s)Tetsuya Naito
MembersBushi
Hiromu Takahashi
Shingo Takagi
Titán
Yota Tsuji
Name(s)Los Ingobernables de Japón
Los Ingobernables de Japon
L.I.J.
Billed heightsNaito:
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Bushi:
1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[2]
Takahashi:
1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[3]
Takagi:
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[4]
Titán:
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[5]
Tsuji:
1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[6]
Billed fromJapan
DebutNovember 21, 2015[1]
Years active2015–present

Los Ingobernables de Japón (ロス・インゴベルナブレス・デ・ハポン, Rosu Ingoberunaburesu de Hapon) (Spanish for "The Ungovernables of Japan" and often spelled without the accent as Los Ingobernables de Japon in English-speaking countries), also shortened to L.I.J. or Los Ingos, is a Japanese professional wrestling stable, based in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion and led by Tetsuya Naito. An offshoot of the Mexican stable Los Ingobernables from the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, the group was formed in November 2015 by Naito, Bushi and Evil, but came to also include Sanada, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Titán and Yota Tsuji. Through NJPW's working relationship with other companies, they have also appeared in CMLL and in the American Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion.

Despite being smaller in numbers than full-scale factions such as Bullet Club or Chaos, Los Ingobernables de Japon has established itself as one of the most prominent and most popular stables in NJPW. Members of the stable have held the top title in the company four times: three reigns as IWGP Heavyweight Champion for Naito, and one reign as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion (the Heavyweight Championship's successor) for Takagi. As part of the stable, Naito also held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship a record six times and was the first wrestler to have held both the Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles simultaneously. The other accomplishments of the stable include two IWGP Tag Team Championship reigns and two G1 Tag League wins for the tag team for Evil and Sanada and one tag reign for Naito and Sanada, six IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship reigns divided between Bushi and Takahashi, one IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship reign from Bushi and Takagi, one IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship reign from Sanada, four NEVER Openweight Championship reigns from Takagi, and a record three NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship reigns for Bushi, Evil and Sanada, including a fourth reign for Bushi and Evil with Takagi. In addition to working with CMLL, Bushi has also held the CMLL World Welterweight Championship. Also within the company, Titán was also the first official non-Japanese wrestler to join the stable; overall twenty-nine title reigns took place within the stable. Tokyo Sports cited L.I.J.'s impact on NJPW as one of the main factors in the magazine naming Naito the 2016 Wrestler of the Year, a feat he repeated the following year.[7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NaitoNJPW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Bushi". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  3. ^ 高橋 ヒロム. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  4. ^ "鷹木信悟". Dragon Gate. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. ^ "Titán". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "Yota Tsuji". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  7. ^ Renner, Ethan (July 11, 2021). "NEW CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT NJPW SUMMER STRUGGLE IN SAPPORO". f4wonline.com. Retrieved July 11, 2021.