Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) is a Japanese-based promotion, based around the 'ultraviolent' style of professional wrestling. Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagasaki, during the boom period for "deathmatch" wrestling in Japan. Kendo Nagasaki left in 1999; Shinya Kojika is still president of the company to date. BJW is credited for being one of the founding promotions of "deathmatch" wrestling.