Harold Meij resigns as NJPW president/CEO

[cero2k]

SRC: https://www.f4wonline.com/new-japan-new ... ceo-321291

NJPW announced today that President and CEO Harold Meij will be departing the company next month.

In their statement announcing the news, it was revealed that Takami Ohbari, who is the current CEO of NJPW of America, will become new president/CEO of NJPW on October 23.

NJPW's full statement is available below:

At a meeting of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s parent company Bushiroad’s board of directors today September 29, 2020, a change was announced in NJPW’s directorship. This change will take effect at the beginning of NJPW’s 50th year of trading on October 23rd.

Outgoing President/CEO

Harold Meij

New NJPW President/CEO (as of October 23)

Takami Ohbari (current NJPW of America CEO)

Meij wrote a blog on NJPW’s Japanese website about his experiences with the company both prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also apologized for announcing his resignation during the ongoing G1 Climax 30 event.

Meij was appointed president of NJPW in May of 2018. Prior to his appointment, he served as senior vice president of Coca-Cola Japan and had also been COO of toy company Tomy.

[Big Red Machine]

Okay... so who will be the new CEO of NJPW USA?

[cero2k]

Okay... so who will be the new CEO of NJPW USA?

I kinda take it that NJPW may be pulling back a bit from the US, at least until they can properly come back to the country with actual New Japan names. The way it is, it's really just the LA dojo working right now and for that matter, Romero, Shibata (if he's still in the US), and KK could be more than enough to run the friday shows.

[Big Red Machine]

Okay... so who will be the new CEO of NJPW USA?

I kinda take it that NJPW may be pulling back a bit from the US, at least until they can properly come back to the country with actual New Japan names. The way it is, it's really just the LA dojo working right now and for that matter, Romero, Shibata (if he's still in the US), and KK could be more than enough to run the friday shows.

That sounds like a good plan.