Tokyo Gurentai (東京愚連隊,Tōkyō Gurentai) is aprofessional wrestlingstable, currently made up ofFujita,Kikuzawa,Mazada, andNosawa Rongai. The group was formed in 2000 by Kikuzawa, Mazada and Nosawa and has since appeared forJapan's four biggest promotions;All Japan Pro Wrestling,Dragon Gate,New Japan Pro-Wrestling andPro Wrestling Noah, as well as several largerindependent promotions suchDDT Pro-Wrestling,Diamond Ring,Kaientai Dojo,Osaka Pro Wrestling andWrestling New Classic (WNC), while also regularly producing their own independent events. The stable has also made appearances for promotions inMexico and theUnited States. Currently the stable is working most notably forWrestle-1. "Gurentai", denoting "hoodlums", is one of the three principal member categories of theyakuza crime syndicate.^[5]

In July 2000, while working for theAmericanXtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) promotion inLos Angeles, California, Japanese wrestlersKikuzawa andNosawa began teaming together as "Tokyo Gurentai".^[1] Later that same month, Nosawa used the same team name while teaming with compatriotMazada on theMexicanindependent circuit, culminating in the two defeatingLos Rayos Tapatío (Rayo Tapatío I and Rayo Tapatío II) for theUWA World Tag Team Championship.^[1] Upon their return to Japan, Kikuzawa, Mazada and Nosawa teamed together for local independent promotions until January 2001, when Kikuzawa left the group as he began concentrating on his work withOsaka Pro Wrestling as themasked comedy character Ebessan.^[1][6] The following March, Mazada and Nosawa returned to Mexico to work for theInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), whereFujita joined them as the third member of Tokyo Gurentai.^[1] The three also teamed together for promotions in the United States the following month.^[1] Mazada and Nosawa returned to IWRG during the summer of 2001, first losing their hairs toMike Segura andÚltimo Vampiro in aHair vs. Hair match on May 31,^[7] and then defeatingLos Megas (Mega andSuper Mega) on June 10 for theIWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.^[1][8] They held the title for a month, before being stripped when Nosawano-showed a scheduled title defense.^[1] As the relationship between Mazada and Nosawa went sour, the Tokyo Gurentai was effectively dissolved.^[1]

Mazada and Nosawa finally made amends in April 2002 and the following month began working together for Mexican promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), forming a new version of the Tokyo Gurentai withTakemura.^[1] The group also returned to IWRG and in June 2003 won the promotion'sIntercontinental Trios Championship fromLos Megas (Mega,Omega andUltra Mega).^[1][9] They, however, held the title for only a week before losing it back toLos Megas.^[9] That same month, the Tokyo Gurentai produced their own independent event inTulancingo, Hidalgo.^[1] Takemura left the Tokyo Gurentai in October 2003, after signing withNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), while Mazada and Nosawa began working regularly withAll Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in February 2004.^[1] In May 2004, Mazada and Nosawa also made guest appearances for NJPW,feuding with former stablemate Takemura.^[1] The following month, Takemura quit NJPW and jumped to AJPW, re-joining the Tokyo Gurentai.^[1] Mazada and Nosawa, the latter now known as Nosawa Rongai (Nosawa論外) (which made him the first Tokyo Gurentai member to useJapanese script as part of hisring name), received their first title opportunity in AJPW in October 2004, when they unsuccessfully challengedGenichiro Tenryu andMasanobu Fuchi for theAll Asia Tag Team Championship.^[1] In February 2005, Mazada and Nosawa had another storyline falling out, after which Nozawa formed the new tag team RonKaz withKaz Hayashi, throwing the future of the Tokyo Gurentai into question.^[1] While the Tokyo Gurentai was inactive in Japan, the stable's three original members, Kikuzawa, Mazada and Nosawa, made a one-night reunion in April 2005, working for the Los Angeles-based Alternative Wrestling Show (AWS) promotion.^[1]

Mazada and Nosawa tried a reunion also in Japan in June 2005 by entering a tournament for thevacant All Asia Tag Team Championship, however, after being eliminated in their first round match, the two began feuding with each other, leading to aLoser Leaves Town match in July, where Mazada defeated Nosawa, forcing him to leave AJPW.^[1] Before the end of the year, Mazada and Nosawa made several more attempts to once again get along with each other, which eventually led to them re-forming the Tokyo Gurentai with Takemura in December.^[1] The following month, Mazada and Nosawa returned to AJPW, where, two months later, they won the first annualJunior Tag League.^[1][10] In June 2006, Mazada and Nosawa also returned to Mexico, working forToryumon Mexico.^[1] In January 2008, the Tokyo Gurentai was turned into an official corporation, which began producing its own events on a more regular basis, with Mazada, Nosawa and Takemura becoming its official representatives.^[1] In March 2008, Mazada and Nosawa revived the UWA World Tag Team Championship, which had not been seen in eight years, losing it to the team ofKagetora andKota Ibushi at an event held by El Dorado Wrestling.^[1][11] In December, Mazada, Nosawa and Takemura won the Mobius promotion's Apex of Triangle Six-Man Tag Team Championship.^[1] In January 2009, Takemura suffered a shoulder injury, which would eventually force him to retire from professional wrestling.^[1] In February 2009, Fujita reunited with Mazada and Nosawa, effectively replacing Takemura as the third member of Tokyo Gurentai.^[1] He would become officially affiliated with the group in January 2010.^[1] From 2008 to 2010, Tokyo Gurentai was a sub-group of an AJPW stable named simply Gurentai, which also includedMinoru Suzuki,Taiyō Kea andYoshihiro Takayama.^[12][13] During the first six months of 2010, Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa worked forDDT Pro-Wrestling and Osaka Pro Wrestling and between the two promotions won theUWA World Trios Championship on two occasions.^{[1][14][15][16]} Shortly afterwards, Tokyo Gurentai was split up, when Fujita and Nosawa joinedPro Wrestling Noah, where they chased theGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, while Mazada remained a regular with AJPW.^[17] During 2011, Tokyo Gurentai was hit hard, when first in February, Nosawa was arrested for stealing a taxi,^[18] which led to him taking a break from professional wrestling,^[19][20] and then in May, Mazada also went inactive, after being suspended by AJPW for his role in a backstage fight betweenNobukazu Hirai andYoshikazu Taru, which left Hirai in a coma.^[21] Tokyo Gurentai reunited on September 28, 2011, when the stable produced its own event titledTokyo Love II: Second Chance.^[22] Following the main event, where Nosawa lost his Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship toSanshiro Takagi, he was confronted by Mazada, who suggested the two reformed their old tag team.^[22] The event concluded with Mazada, Nosawa, Fujita and Kikuzawa posing together and showing that the Tokyo Gurentai was back in full force.^[23] Most of 2012, Mazada and Nosawa, however, spent away from each other, with Mazada continuing to work regularly for AJPW and Nosawa forDiamond Ring. Nosawa's career was also halted for three months by a drug smuggling arrest, though all charges against him were later dropped.^{[24][25][26][27]} In September 2012, Nosawa returned to AJPW, where he and Mazada once again attempted to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship, but were defeated byKoji Kanemoto andMinoru Tanaka in the semifinals of a tournament for the vacant title.^[28]

On January 16, 2013, Tokyo Gurentai producedTokyo Love III, which saw Mazada and Nosawa defeatCima andGamma to become the inaugural Tokyo World Tag Team Champions.^[29] Meanwhile, in the main event, Fujita defeated Takagi to become the third Tokyo World Heavyweight Champion.^[29] During the summer of 2013, Tokyo Gurentai made appearances forWrestling New Classic (WNC),^[30] where most notably Mazada got involved in a feud with Mexican wrestler El Hijo del Pantera,^[31] which led to a Mask vs. Hair match on October 31, where Pantera was victorious, forcing Mazada to have his head shaved.^[32] Members of Tokyo Gurentai remained regulars for AJPW until mid-2013, whenKeiji Mutoh left the promotion to formWrestle-1.^[33][34] From September onwards, Mazada and Nosawa wrestled regularly for Wrestle-1,^[35][36] where they formed alliances withHub and Yoshihiro Takayama and feuded with the promotion's rookies as well asHiroshi Yamato.^[37][38] In October, Tokyo Gurentai entered a storyline, where Yamato, despite being turned down by Nosawa, attempted to force himself into Tokyo Gurentai.^[39] Mazada and Nosawa were forced into teaming with Yamato, but refused to accept him as an official member of their stable.^[40][41][42] On December 4, Tokyo Gurentai producedTokyo Dream 2013 inKorakuen Hall. In the main event, Mazada and Nosawa lost the Tokyo World Tag Team Championship to Mexican veteran wrestlersDos Caras andMil Máscaras.^[43][44] After Caras and Máscaras left Japan with the Tokyo World Tag Team Championship, the Tokyo Gurentai created a new title, the Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, to take the old title's place.^[45] Mazada and Hub became the first champions, after defeatingHikaru Sato andMasaaki Mochizuki atTokyo Love IV: Classic Events on April 7, 2014.^[46] They lost the title to Sato and Mochizuki on July 7 atTokyo Starrcade in a three-way elimination match, which also included Nosawa andDr. Wagner Jr.^[47] On December 11, Tokyo Gurentai presentedTokyo Dream 2014, during which Mazada defeated Fujita to become the fourth Tokyo World Heavyweight Champion, ending Fujita's near two-year reign at his sixth title defense.^[48]

In November 2014, Mazada and Nosawa represented Tokyo Gurentai in Wrestle-1's First Tag League Greatest, a tournament which was used to determine the inauguralWrestle-1 Tag Team Champions. Losing all four of their matches in the tournament, they finished last in theirround-robin block.^[49] They finally earned their first shot at the title by defeating Ikemen Samurai (Jiro Kuroshio andMasakatsu Funaki) and new Wild order (Akira andManabu Soya) in a three-way match on May 5, 2015.^[50][51] The title match took place on May 23 and saw Tokyo Gurentai being defeated by the defending champions, Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi andShuji Kondo).^[52][53] On July 15, Tokyo Gurentai heldTokyo Love 5, which featured Mazada successfully defending the Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship against Nosawa in the main event.^[54][55] On December 1 atTokyo Dream 2015, Mazada lost the title to Masaaki Mochizuki.^[56] On September 27, 2017, Fujita and Mazada defeatedDick Togo andShiryu to win the Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.^[57]

• All Japan Pro Wrestling
  • AJPW Junior Tag League (2006) – Mazada and Nosawa^[1]
• Apache Pro-Wrestling Army
  • WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Mazada and Nosawa^[73]
• DDT Pro-Wrestling
  • UWA World Trios Championship (2 times) – Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa^[1][74]
• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Mazada and Nosawa^[1]
  • IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship (1 time) – Mazada, Nosawa and Takemura^[1]
• Mobius
  • Apex of Triangle Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Mazada, Nosawa and Takemura^[1]
• Tokyo Gurentai
  • Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Mazada andHub (1),^[46] and Fujita and Mazada (1)^[57]
  • Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Nosawa (1) and Fujita (1)^[22][29]
  • Tokyo World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Mazada and Nosawa^[29]
• Wrestle-1
  • Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship (1 time) – Mazada^[75]
  • UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – Fujita, Mazada and Nosawa

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