We present the results of near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the $K$-band selected candidate galaxies in the protocluster at $z=3.09$ in the SSA22 field. We observed 67 candidates with $K_{rm AB}<24$ and confirmed redshifts of the 39 galaxies at $2.0< z_{rm spec}< 3.4$. Of the 67 candidates, 24 are certainly protocluster members with $3.04leq z_{rm spec}leq 3.12$, which are massive red galaxies those have been unidentified in previous optical observations of the SSA22 protocluster. Many distant red galaxies (DRGs; $J-K_{rm AB}>1.4$), hyper extremely red objects (HEROs; $J-K_{rm AB}>2.1$), {it Spitzer} MIPS 24 $mu$m sources, active galactic nuclei (AGNs) as well as the counterparts of Ly$alpha$ blobs and the AzTEC/ASTE 1.1-mm sources in the SSA22 field are also found to be the protocluster members. The mass of the SSA22 protocluster is estimated to be $sim2-5times10^{14}~M_{odot}$ and this system is plausibly a progenitor of the most massive clusters of galaxies in the current Universe. The reddest ($J-K_{rm AB}geq 2.4$) protocluster galaxies are massive galaxies with $M_{rm star}sim10^{11}~M_{odot}$ showing quiescent star formation activities and plausibly dominated by old stellar populations. Most of these massive quiescent galaxies host moderately luminous AGNs detected by X-ray. There are no significant differences in the [O{footnotesize III}] $lambda$5007/H$beta$ emission line ratios, and [O{footnotesize III}] $lambda$5007 line widths and spatial extents of the protocluster galaxies from those of massive galaxies at $zsim2-3$ in the general field.
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