5 Best NJPW Stars Right Now
By Jay Sichler
1. Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada easily is the top star in NJPW as the company for the last few years has been built around this young star. Known by his nickname The Rainmaker, Okada has been the top guy in NJPW for the last few years.
After an unsuccessful stint in TNA, Okada returned to NJPW looking to take over the promotion. Along with having the legendary Gedo as his manager, Okada would join the faction Chaos and begin to take over the promotion.
Okada would win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and never look back. Okada has won the IWGP heavyweight championship on four occasions and all of his reigns have been very impressive with all of them lasting multiple months.
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Along with his championship accomplishments, Okada has done well in tournaments winning the G1 Climax twice in (2012,2014) and winning the New Japan Cup in 2013. Okada swagger and coolneess has made him one of the most popular stars in NJPW.
When Okada comes to the ring the arena is covered in Falling Dollar Bills with Okada’s face on them falling from the sky. Many people have compared his personality to be very similar to The Rock’s.
Okada is great on the microphone and is equally great in the ring. Okada has been recently nicknamed by many as the marathon man, as a lot of his marquee matches go to 40 mins to almost an hour.
Okada’s matches have been praised with Dave Metlzer giving his clash with Kenny Omega at WrestleKingdom 11 the first ever 6 Star Rating. Okada has claimed in interviews that he has no desire to go to WWE and wants to make New Japan Pro Wrestling the top promotion in the world.
At the young age of 29, Okada has the youth, skill and determination to catapult New Japan Pro Wrestling on an even playing field with WWE. Kazuchika Okada at such a young age has shown that he is not only the best star in New Japan Pro Wrestling, but one of the top stars in the world of pro wrestling.