Captain Noah (wrestler)

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Captain Noah is a Japanese masked professional wrestling character in Pro Wrestling Noah, portrayed by two wrestlers:

Pro Wrestling Noah Japanese professional wrestling promotion

Pro Wrestling Noah is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) legend Mitsuharu Misawa.

Satoshi Yoneyama, better known by his ring name Muhammad Yone, is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a multi-time GHC Tag Team Champion, a one time GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion and winner of the Global Tag League in 2012 with Naomichi Marufuji. He is known for his trademark afro hairstyle, which earned him the nickname "Mr. Afro".

Jado Japanese professional wrestler

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History

Captain Noah first surfaced at All Together 2 on February 19, 2012, in a six-man tag team match portrayed by Muhammad Yone alongside "Captain All Japan" (Ryota Hama) and Captain New Japan. They lost to Tencozy (Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan) and Kentaro Shiga. The character then went three years without another appearance, until it once again resurfaced on February 22, 2015, now portrayed by Jado. He aided Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano in their match against Suzukigun (Takashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki), and was accepted as part of the Noah roster by Marufuji. Jado portrayed Captain Noah until November 2016, and the character has not been seen since.

All Together (professional wrestling) Professional wrestling events

All Together was a series of two professional wrestling events organized together by Japan's three biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah, in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The first event was held in Tokyo on August 27, 2011, and the second in Sendai on February 19, 2012. All proceeds from the events were donated to Japanese Red Cross. The events featured no storylines or championship matches, instead they were booked as "supercards", putting together combinations of wrestlers from the three promotions that fans would normally not see.

Ryota Hama sumo wrestler and professional wrestler

Ryota Hama is a retired Japanese sumo wrestler and current professional wrestler, signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Strong BJ division.

Captain New Japan Japanese professional wrestler

Mitsuhide Hirasawa is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for working in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under his masked persona, Captain New Japan. He has also worked under another mask as Bone Soldier, and unmasked under his real name, as well as the ring name Hideo Saito.

See also

Captain Noah and His Magical Ark was a television program for children and was generally broadcast around the Philadelphia area. The series aired from 1967 to 1994. It was filmed and produced at the WPVI-TV, Channel 6 studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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