Report Last Updated - 3/06 (Winter)
Real Name - Yuji Nagata
Birthdate - 4/24/68
5'9" 238 lbs. - Togane City, Chiba, Japan

Aliases - none

Athletic background - Wrestling (Nihon University)

Teachers - (New Japan Dojo)

Professional background - New Japan(`92-), WCW(`97)

Groups - Fighting Club G-Eggs, Team JAPAN

Career Highlights -
- Fights Scott Norton to receive his first IWGP Heavyweight title shot
- Forms G-Eggs that includes: Nakanishi, Fukuda, Yoshie, and Johnston
- Along with Nakanishi defends the Tag titles against UFO's Naoya Ogawa & Kazunari Murakami
- Defeats Keiji Muto to win the 2001 G-1 Climax tournament
- Finally captures the IWGP Heavyweight title from Tadao Yasuda

Finisher(s) -
- Nagata Lock III (Double-Arm Crossface Hold)
- Nagata Lock II (Crossface Hold)
- Wrist-clutch Exploder
- Nagata Lock (Reverse Figure-Four)
- Pinning Back Suplex

Favorites -
- Exploder Suplex
- Implant DDT
- Enzugiri
- Spin Wheel Kick
- Front Kick

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 10
science - 8
aerial - 2
power - 9
strikes - 10

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 7
selling - 10
bumping - 8
heat - 7
carrying - 10
push - 8
potential - 4

Outlook - Yuji Nagata seems a lot like New Japan's answer to Toshiaki Kawada. He is the most talented, but politics have worked him out of the heavyweight title situation for so long its hurt the fans' faith in him. They've tried since to make him their top star and pushed him as hard as anyone not named Antonio Inoki, but it's a different era and Nagata just is not a big draw. He remains the company's most versitile, if not best, worker and time will tell whether or not the fans can forget the years of near-misses and losses in shoot fights and accept "Mr. New Japan" as a major star. Recent years have been kind to him, but he's aging and might not be at his best when he reaches that level.