Welcome back to the largest online database of Japanese Pro-Wrestling collectibles on the
web. Here you will find thousands of product photos, stories and the historical significance
behind the items posted here.
Whenever possible, I try to provide entire figure lists from just about every series I cover
in this blog. Though, it's not always easy.
Unlike your typical Classic Superstars or Bone Crushing Action figure lines, Japanese figures,
for the most part, don't include lists of figures to collect on the back of most packaging.
Today's blog covers one of Japan's most common figure series. Blog #163 glosses over
Toukon Shop's Super Star Figure Collection line.
A majority of boxed examples from the Super Star Figure Collection Line.
The Toukon Shop Super Star Figure Collection (I wonder if NJPW was inspired by the WWF's
use of the term "Superstars" at the time?) line originally ran from 1997 to 2002 with deluxe figures being produced into 2004.
Typically, the packaging for every figure in Toukon Shop's Super Star Figure Collection
line contains a photo of the Wrestler depicted along with the Wrestler's stats in-ring
accomplishments.
Features like group photos of the figures to collect from a particular line aren't present
in Toukon Shop's figures making it harder to keep track of them.
Though, one helpful feature Toukon Shop did include is a numbering system included
on every figure after Riki Choshu.
In the above example, Great Muta is #3; being the third figure created in the Super Star
Figure Collection line.
In the below list, I've broken down the entire line by year (to give some semblance of
a series). I've also included Toukon Shop's various subsets including the Official Bronze
Figures, Deluxe line and special two packs.
Super Star Figure Collection
Known in Japan as "スーパースター・フィギュア ・コレクション".
1997
1. Riki Choshu
2. Masahiro Chono - The first figure in the line to contain the "Hyper Heroes"
logo on the packaging.
3. Great Muta (White Paint)
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1998
4. Kensuke Sasaki
5. Shinya Hashimoto
6. Antonio Inoki (Red Towel)
6. Antonio Inoki (Blue Towel)
7. Great Muta (Red Paint)
8. Great Muta (NWO)
9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
10. Jushin Thunder Liger
10. Jushin Thunder Liger (Clear Red)
10. Jushin Thunder Liger (Clear White)
11. Tatsumi Fujinami
12. Koji Kanemoto
13. Shinjiro Ohtani
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1999
14. Kendo Kashin
15. Kazuo Yamazaki
16. El Samurai
17. Manabu Nakanishi
18. Satoshi Kojima
19. Masa Saitoh
20. Yuji Nagata
21. Keiji Mutoh
22. Hiro Saitoh
23. Antonio Inoki (NWF Belt)
24. Antonio Inoki (Red gown)
25. Seiji Sakaguchi
26. Akira - This would be the last figure in the line to contain the "Hyper Heroes"
on the packaging.
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2000
27. Jushin Thunder Liger (Black)
28. Shiro Koshinaka (White Pants)
28. Shiro Koshinaka (Black Pants)
29. Riki Choshu (Black Shirt)
30. Antonio Inoki (White Gown)
31. Junji Hirata
32. Tatsuhito Taikawa
33. Tatsumi Fujinami (Belt)
34. Kazuyuki Fujita
35. Tadao Yasuda
36. Masahiro Chono (Tracksuit)
37. Takashi Iizuka
38. Osamu Kido
39. Hidekazu Tanaka
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2001
40. Tatsutoshi Gotoh
41. Michiyoshi Ohara
42. Osamu Nishimura
43. Minoru Tanaka
44. Yuji Nagata (Blue Trunks)
44. Yuji Nagata (Blue and White "Ambitious" Trunks)
45. Keiji Mutoh (Bald with shirt)
46. Antonio Inoki (Homeless)
47. Kokushi Muso
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2002
48. Antonio Inoki (Red Towel - 30th Anniversary Packaging)
48. Antonio Inoki (Blue Towel - 30th Anniversary Packaging)
49. Jushin Thunder Liger (Silver and White)
49. Jushin Thunder Liger (Clear Blue)
50. Masahiro Chono (Overcoat - Re-Release)
51. Antonio Inoki (Orange Gown)
52. Antonio Inoki (Yellow Tights)
53. Antonio Inoki (Announcer)
54. Kensuke Sasaki (Shaved Head)
55. Masahiro Chono (Short Top)
55. Hiroshi Tanahashi (Both Chono and Tanahashi have the same volume number.
I assume it was a typo.)
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Official Bronze Type Figure
Known in Japan as "オフィシャル・ブロンズ・タイプ・フィギア".
1998
Antonio Inoki (Gown)
Antonio Inoki (with NWF Belt)
Keiji Mutoh
Masahiro Chono
Jushin Thunder Liger
Masa Saitoh
Kensuke Sasaki
Shinya Hashimoto
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Deluxe Figure Collection (DX) Series
Known in Japan as "新日・デラックス・フィギュア・コレクション"
1999
1. Great Muta (Dragon)
2. Power Warrior
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2000
3. Great Muta (Cyber - Silver Paint)
3. Great Muta (Cyber - White paint)
4. Kendo Kashin (With Belt)
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2001
5. Satoshi Kojima (Entrance Vest)
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Purple Entrance attire)
7. Don Frye
8. Kazuyuki Fujita (With IWGP Belts)
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2002
9. Jushin Thunder Liger (With Entrance Cape)
Great Khali vs Giant Silva
Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono
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2003
10. Antonio Inoki (Enzuigiri)
11. Yoshihiro Takayama
12. Kantaro Hoshino
13. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Mecha Tenzan)
14. Manabu Nakanishi (MMA Attire)
15. Tiger Mask IV
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2004
16. Shinsuke Nakamura
17. Josh Barnett
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Special Figure Two packs
1998
Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono
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2000
Great Muta vs Great Nita
Break Bunny Figure set with Junior IWGP Belts
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2001
Antonio Inoki vs Masa Saitoh
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2002
Antonio Inoki vs Karl Gotch - the only two pack with the 30th anniversary logo.
Around 1999, Toukon Shop began creating figures for Wrestling promotions other
than New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Since Toukon Shop is also the name of New Japan's
official merchandise stores, Toukon Shop decided to create a separate figure manufacturer
name as "Charapro" (later "Character Product").
Character Product would begin making licensed figures for Wrestlers such as:
Genichiro Tenryu (who was competing under the WAR promotion at the time),
Atsushi Onita (who was working special matches for NJPW),
The Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro-Wrestling),
Masakatsu Funaki (PANCRASE),
Tiger Mask (Freelance)
and Akira Maeda (RINGS) among other notable Japanese talent.
By 2003, Character Product had made an exclusive deal to produce figures for
All Japan Pro-Wrestling. A deal that lasted until 2007 with the last official wave
of Pro-Kaku Heroes Mini Big Head figures.
Since then, with All Japan Pro-Wrestling long past it's former glory, and with
licensed Wrestlers from other promotions splintering off, it is believed that
Character Product morphed back into Toukon Shop, New Japan Pro-Wrestling's
in-house figure maker by 2008.
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