A series of (imido)vanadium(V)-alkylidene complexes containing pentachlorophenoxy ligand of type, V(CHSiMe 3 )-(N-2,6-R 2 C 6 H 3 )(OC 6 Cl 5 )(PMe 3 ) 2 [R = H, Cl, F, CH 3 ], have been prepared, and the structure of V(CHSiMe 3 )(N-2,6-Me 2 C 6 H 3 )-(OC 6 Cl 5 )(PMe 3 ) 2 was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of cyclic olefins such as norbornene (NBE), cyclopentene (CPE), cycloheptene (CHPE), and cis-cyclooctene (COE) using these alkylidene catalysts have been explored, and V(CHSiMe 3 )(N-2,6-Cl 2 C 6 H 3 )(OC 6 Cl 5 )(PMe 3 ) 2 showed higher activities in the ROMP of CPE, CHPE, and COE than those of the reported V(CHSiMe 3 )(N-2,6-Cl 2 C 6 H 3 )(OC 6 F 5 )(PMe 3 ) 2 . The activity in the ROMP of COE increased at high temperature until 120 °C, and the ROMPs of CHPE and COE proceeded without chain-transfer or termination (nor catalyst decomposition); the (quasi) living nature thus maintained even at 80 °C. The activities in the ROMPs of CHPE and COE (at 25 °C) increased upon addition of 1.0 equiv of B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 , whereas the activity in the ROMP of NBE became negligible upon the addition. The order in the activity in the ROMP of cyclic olefins displayed as COE ≪ CHPE < CPE ≪ NBE, which is different from not only that in the ring strain energy but also that reported in the ROMPs using ruthenium−carbene catalysts.