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NJPW New Japan Cup

2005 · 2 seasons

A live sports broadcast feel, with the tension of single-elimination stakes and the physical spectacle of the ring.

Starring
Katsuya Murashima, Daiki Nagai, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Overview
The NJPW New Japan Cup is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) since 2005. It is considered the second most prominent heavyweight tournament in NJPW, after the G1 Climax which follows a round-robin format.

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Starring
Katsuya Murashima, Daiki Nagai, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • sport
    • ambition
    • survival
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action7
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Starring
    Katsuya Murashima, Daiki Nagai, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Satoshi Kojima, Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Yuji Nagata, Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi
    Length
    2 seasons, 13 episodes

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