Yuya Uemura
Born November 18, 1994 · Imabari, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
Yuya Uemura is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted on April 10, 2018, after signing with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the Young Lion system. In 2022, he went on excursion to the United States, where he competed for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Impact Wrestling (TNA), Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), and various American independent promotions. After his return to Japan, he won the NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Championship in 2024, made his G1 Climax debut, and was ranked No. 143 on the PWI 500 that same year.
Notable Appearances
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 9
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 8
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 7
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 5
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima 2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 9
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 9
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 8
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 11
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 10
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 15
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 17 (Final)
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 8
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 7
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 1
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 6
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3
Unreleased
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 15
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 4
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 2
Unreleased
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 2
NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
Unreleased
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 16
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 6
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 5
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 16
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 12
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 14
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
Unreleased
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 17
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
Ric Flair's Last Match: Preshow
NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
NJPW Dominion 6.15 In Osaka-Jo Hall
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
NJPW New Japan Soul 2025 - Day 8
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 9
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 1
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
NJPW STRONG Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 8
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
NJPW Resurgence 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 1
NJPW Capital Collision 2022
NJPW Windy City Riot 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
NJPW Tanahashi Jam
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
IMPACT Wrestling: Over Drive 2022
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 2
IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2022
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 6
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 8
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022: The Buy-In
IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 14
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025
NJPW Resurgence 2021
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 7
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 18
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 17
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 3
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 5
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2023
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 12
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 - Zero Hour
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2023
NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 4
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 4
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 15
NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi ~ Final Homecoming
NJPW Music City Mayhem
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 5
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 10
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 13
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 1
RevPro 13 Year Anniversary Show - Day 1: Global Wars UK
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 3
NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
GCW Scene of the Crime
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 3
NJPW Road to King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 - Day 1
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 10
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 8
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 11
GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9
DPW Carolina Classic
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13