Post by Takahiro Nakamura on Jul 15, 2016 0:20:54 GMT
Name: "The Boss" Takahiro Nakamura
Position: Owner/Chairman of the Board
Short Biography: Takahiro Nakamura is a retired professional wrestler that has won countless championships during his time in the ring. He is event a member of the Japanese Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, class of 2013. In 2015, Nakamura decided to start his own wrestling promotion based in Japan that would bring in the best wrestlers from across the globe. He gathered his money, met with the right people, and began to build his dream. In 2016, all the pieces are beginning to fall into place as Nakamura will finally run the greatest wrestling promotion not only in Japan, but the entire world.
Name: Hachirou Nishimura
Position: Play-by-Play Commentator
Short Biography: Hachirou Nishimura started off as a news reporter on radio and television in Osaka, Japan. He always had a passion for sports, though, and took a job as the play-by-play commentator for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team. As a side volunteer gig because he always loved Japanese wrestling, Nishimura would do play-by-play commentary for various independent wrestling promotions all over Japan. Finally, his commentary caught the ear of Takahiro Nakamura. He then gave Nishimura a contract, which Nishimura gladly accepted.
Name: "The White Tiger" Ryou Matsumoto
Position: Color Commentator
Short Biography: Ryou Matsumoto is a legend in the wrestling business and was inducted into the Japanese Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in the year 2015. His nickname is "The White Tiger" because when he started wrestling, he worked under a white tiger mask, actually going by the name Howaitotaigā (Japanese for White Tiger). He became quite a big phenomenon in the country before losing his mask in a Mask vs. Hair match just 5 years into his career. After this, he kept the nickname "White Tiger", but wrestled under his real name of Ryou Matsumoto. He became bigger than ever, winning multiple championships throughout Japan and even did a couple tours around the American independent wrestling scene. When Takahiro Nakamura started building his dream of JPW, he gave Matsumoto a call, asking him to sit at the commentary table as the color man for JPW shows. Matsumoto agreed, and even said he would do promotional work for the company.
Name: Noboru Yoshida
Position: Ring Announcer
Short Biography: Noboru Yoshida has a background in radio announcing and voice-over work for commercials in Japan. In recent years, he has done ring announcing for local boxing and mixed martial arts events. When he heard of the legendary Takahiro Nakamura opening JPW, he came to the home office in Osaka and asked for a job, which "The Boss" gladly granted.
Name:
Honoka Kawaguchi
Position:
Backstage Interviewer
Short Biography: Honoka Kawaguchi is the daughter of famous Japanese news reporter Ketami Kawaguchi. She did sideline sports reporting for Japanese basketball games and reporting for Japanese baseball games as well. She has recently decided to try her hand at backstage reporting for professional wrestling and applied for a job at JPW.
Name: Yoshi Fujioka
Position:
Backstage Interviewer / On-Scene Reporter / Digital Host
Short Biography: Yoshi Fujioka was an actor for a Japanese soap opera for about 3 seasons before moving to a different medium and getting his own radio talk show. He would talk about current events, sports, and local news. Wanting to prove that he's a sort of "maverick", he asked Takahiro Nakamura for a job with JPW, and "The Boss" granted his request, making him a backstage interviewer / on-reporter / digital host for the company. His duties are to conduct backstage interviews when Honoka Kawaguchi is busy, an on-scene reporter, and he will host digital videos for the website and host DVD/BluRay extras for JPW.
