| Just 5 Guys | |
|---|---|
 Logo ofJust 5 Guys | |
| Stable | |
| Members | See below |
| Name(s) | Just 4 Guys Just 5 Guys |
| Debut | January 5, 2023 |
| Disbanded | June 15, 2025 |
| Years active | 2023–2025 |
Just 5 Guys (J5G) was aprofessional wrestling stable inNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). At the time of its disbandment, its membership consisted ofTaka Michinoku,Taichi, andYuya Uemura.
The stable formed in January 2023 as Just 4 Guys, consisting of Taichi, Taka Michinoku, Douki, andYoshinobu Kanemaru following the disbandment of their previous stableSuzuki-gun. Two months later, the stable addedSanada and took the name Just 5 Guys. The group alternated between names through membership changes.
Taichi and Michinoku first interacted in December in 2010 as part of Kojima-gun,[1] which morphed into Suzuki-gun after they turned onSatoshi Kojima and appointedMinoru Suzuki as their new leader.[2] Within Suzuki-gun, Michinoku and Taichi teamed up in NJPW's junior heavyweight tag team division in which they held theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, before Taichi moved up to the heavyweight division in March 2018. Meanwhile, inPro Wrestling NOAH, Kanemaru would join Suzuki-gun in February 2016, as part of the stable's invasion storyline, before moving to NJPW with them in January 2017. Douki joined Suzuki-gun in May 2019, having been introduced to the stable by Taichi. All four wrestlers remained members of Suzuki-gun until the stable disbanded in December 2022.[3][4]
On January 5, 2023, atNew Year Dash, Michinoku, Taichi, Douki, and Kanemaru formed Just 4 Guys with the aim of reaching the top of New Japan.[5][6] On February 4, atThe New Beginning in Sapporo, Taichi lost toWill Ospreay in a singles match. On the same event, Douki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru challenged forCatch 2/2 (Francesco Akira andTJP) for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but lost.[7][8]
In March, Sanada, then a member ofLos Ingobernables de Japon, entered theNew Japan Cup. After he defeated LIJ stablemate and leaderTetsuya Naito in the quarter-finals, he left Los Ingobernables de Japón and joined the stable, changing the name to Just 5 Guys.[9][10] Sanada defeatedDavid Finlay in the finals of the tournament and, one month later, defeatedKazuchika Okada for theIWGP World Heavyweight Championship atSakura Genesis.[11][12][13] Following Sanada winning the title, he was confronted by former stablemate Hiromu Takahashi, who sought a shot at the world title. Sanada accepted, however only on the basis that Kanemaru was granted a title shot at Takahashi'sIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, which Takahashi accepted. On April 27, Kanemaru lost to Takahashi.[14] Two days later, at Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni, Taichi defeated Takagi to win theKOPW championship.[15]
Following Takahashi retaining the title against Kanemaru, he faced Sanada atWrestling Dontaku, where Sanada retained the World title.[16] Following the match, Sanada and the remainder of Just 5 Guys were attacked by the returning and new member of LIJYota Tsuji, who challenged Sanada for his title.[17][18] The day after at the event, Sanada retained his title against Tsuji.[19] Through NJPW's partnership withAll Elite Wrestling (AEW), Douki made his AEW debut on the June 23 episode ofAEW Rampage, losing to"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry.[20] Sanada made his third title defense two days later atForbidden Door, defeating Perry.[21][22] On September 24, atDestruction in Kobe, Kanemaru betrayed the stable and joinedHouse of Torture. On October 1, Sanada revealed that a new member will be added atDestruction in Ryogoku to maintain the stable’s current name instead reverting themselves back to Just 4 Guys. On October 9,Yuya Uemura was revealed as the newest member of Just 5 Guys, teaming with Taichi and Douki to beatSho,Yujiro Takahashi and Kanemaru.[23]
AtWrestle Kingdom 18 Sanada lost hisIWGP World Heavyweight Championship toG1 Climax 33 winnerTetsuya Naito
AtPower Struggle Sanada turned on Taichi by helpingDavid Finlay retain hisIWGP Global Heavyweight Championship and left the stable to joinBullet Club's War Dogs faction, reverting the group back to Just 4 Guys.[24]
AtDominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall, Douki left the group to joinHouse of Torture, and Taichi won theIWGP Tag Team Championship with non-J4G partnerTomohiro Ishii. At a press conference afterward, Taichi and Uemura confirmed they were moving to NJPW's main unit, thereby disbanding the group.[25]
| * | Founding member |
|---|---|
| L | Leader |
| Member | Joined | Left | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taichi | * | January 5, 2023 | June 15, 2025 |
| Taka Michinoku | * | ||
| Douki | * | ||
| Yoshinobu Kanemaru | * | September 24, 2023 | |
| Sanada | L | March 17, 2023 | November 4, 2024 |
| Yuya Uemura | October 9, 2023 | June 15, 2025 | |
