NJPW’s young lions pose for a photo outside the dojo, circa 1974

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1. Squatting, left to right: Daigoro Oshiro, Tatsumi Fujinami, Seiei Kimura (Kengo Kimura). Standing, left to right: Masanobu Kurisu, Mr. Takahashi (referee), Kuniaki Kobayashi, Makoto Arakawa (Don Arakawa), Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kosuke Hashimoto, Masashi Ozawa (Killer Khan), Motoyuki Kitazawa (Shoji Kai, not a young lion), and Hiroaki Hamada (Gran Hamada).

   I just wrote a massive post on 19 of the first young lions, as part of an early NJPW history thread [here](https://forums.prowrestlingonly.com/topic/54719-naoki-otsuka-and-the-early-years-of-njpw/#comment-5993394).