Latest Japan Pro Wrestling officially has a brand new owner.
For 14 years, the Japanese entertainment company, Bushiroad Inc., has been the owner of NJPW, but on Wednesday, the corporate officially announced in a press release that it has transferred all of its shares in NJPW to the tv network TV Asahi, and the media conglomerate CyberAgent. Along with NJPW now functioning as a consolidated subsidiary of TV Asahi with joint ownership of CyberAgent, Bushiroad expects to record an “extraordinary” gain on the sale of the shares in its financial results for the top of the fiscal yr in June 2026.
Based on Bushiroad, the most important reason for the transfer is because of the worth of video content assets and diversified monetization through distribution platforms in skilled wrestling, as the corporate believes that TV Asahi and CyberAgent are higher options to raise NJPW’s video and digital strategy. Together with remaining a robust broadcasting and video business platform, TV Asahi has been NJPW’s long-standing broadcast partner since 1973, while CyberAgent has an extended history of experience in digital media operations and owns other Japanese wrestling corporations like DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH. Furthermore, Bushiroad feels that they’ve fulfilled their role in growing the company value of NJPW.
Before the transfer, Bushiroad held 10,500,400 shares in NJPW, all of which were sold for 3,597 million yen. Presently, 3,550,200 shares are expected to be transferred to TV Asahi, while 6,950,200 shares will go to CyberAgent. As for the worth, TV Asahi can pay roughly 1,216 million yen, and CyberAgent can pay roughly 2,380 million yen to take ownership.
Although NJPW will probably be completely excluded from Bushiroad’s consolidation, the corporate foresee’s a financial gain of JPY 1,616 million, the akin to 10.1 million USD. The official date of execution of the share transfer is predicted to happen on Tuesday, June 30.