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Promotions | Pro Wrestling Noah |
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First event | 2009 |
Signature matches | Singles matches |
The Global Junior Heavyweight League is a professional wrestling round-robin tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. The purpose of the tournament is to determine the promotion's top junior heavyweight wrestler. It was originally designed to be an annual event starting in 2009, but the second tournament did not take place until 2015. The tournament is a two-block round-robin tournament, much like New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament, in which each block's two highest scorers face off in the semifinals. A victory is worth two points, a draw was worth one, and a loss zero; each match has a thirty-minute time limit. Being a professional wrestling tournament, the outcome of the matches and the tournament itself are not determined through pure athletic competition but through pre-determined outcomes to matches. [1]
The first tournament, named simply Junior Heavyweight League, was held from October 15 to October 31 over nine shows, and featured two blocks of five. Foreign participation included Delirious from Ring of Honor and Jyushin Thunder Liger from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The winner, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, also won the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Delirious was awarded place in the semifinal because original block A runner-up Kotaro Suzuki had to withdraw with a flu.
Block A | Block B | ||
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Katsuhiko Nakajima | 6 | Jyushin Thunder Liger | 5 |
Kotaro Suzuki | 5 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 4 |
Delirious | 4 | Atsushi Aoki | 3 |
Kenta | 3 | Taiji Ishimori | 2 |
Ricky Marvin | 2 | Genba Hirayanagi | 0 |
Block A | Delirious | Katsuhiko Nakajima | Kenta | Kotaro Suzuki | Ricky Marvin |
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Delirious | — | Nakajima (15:05) | Delirious (18:54) | Suzuki (13:52) | Delirious (14:20) |
Katsuhiko Nakajima | Nakajima (15:05) | — | Draw (30:00) | Draw (30:00) | Nakajima (12:07) |
Kenta | Delirious (18:54) | Draw (30:00) | — | Suzuki (17:28) | Kenta (1:59) |
Kotaro Suzuki | Suzuki (13:52) | Draw (30:00) | Suzuki (17:28) | — | Marvin (9:04) |
Ricky Marvin | Delirious (14:20) | Nakajima(12:07) | Kenta (1:59) | Marvin (9:04) | — |
Block B | Atsushi Aoki | Genba Hirayanagi | Jyushin Thunder Liger | Taiji Ishimori | Yoshinobu Kanemaru |
Atsushi Aoki | — | Aoki (13:11) | Draw (30:00) | Ishimori (13:54) | Kanemaru (17:32) |
Genba Hirayanagi | Aoki (13:11) | — | Double countout (9:19) | Double countout (7:09) | Double countout (7:45) |
Jyushin Thunder Liger | Draw (30:00) | Double countout (9:19) | — | Liger (13:08) | Liger (14:45) |
Taiji Ishimori | Ishimori (13:54) | Double countout (7:09) | Liger (13:08) | — | Kanemaru (15:56) |
Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Kanemaru (17:32) | Double countout (7:45) | Liger (14:45) | Kanemaru (15:56) | — |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
A1 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | Pin | |||||||
B2 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 10:17 | |||||||
B2 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Pin | |||||||
B1 | Jyushin Thunder Liger | 18:53 | |||||||
B1 | Jyushin Thunder Liger | Pin | |||||||
A2 | Delirious | 10:45 |
The second tournament, now named Global Junior Heavyweight League, took place from July 18 to August 5, 2015. [1]
Block A | Block B | ||
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Daisuke Harada | 10 | Atsushi Kotoge | 8 |
El Desperado | 8 | Taiji Ishimori | 8 |
Kenoh | 8 | Bengala | 6 |
Zack Sabre Jr. | 8 | Hajime Ohara | 6 |
Yoshinari Ogawa | 6 | Super Crazy | 6 |
Sho Tanaka | 2 | Taka Michinoku | 6 |
Hitoshi Kumano | 0 | Genba Hirayanagi | 2 |
Block A | Daisuke Harada | El Desperado | Hitoshi Kumano | Kenoh | Sho Tanaka | Yoshinari Ogawa | Zack Sabre Jr. |
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Daisuke Harada | — | Harada (5:23) | Harada (10:06) | Harada (13:29) | Harada (8:33) | Harada (11:58) | Sabre (12:12) |
El Desperado | Harada (5:23) | — | Desperado (7:53) | Desperado (13:31) | Desperado (10:19) | Ogawa (1:05) | Desperado (11:06) |
Hitoshi Kumano | Harada (10:06) | Desperado (7:53) | — | Kenoh (9:03) | Tanaka (9:01) | Ogawa (8:41) | Sabre (9:47) |
Kenoh | Harada (13:29) | Desperado (13:31) | Kenoh (9:03) | — | Kenoh (13:50) | Kenoh (13:28) | Kenoh (7:33) |
Sho Tanaka | Harada (8:33) | Desperado (10:19) | Tanaka (9:01) | Kenoh (13:50) | — | Ogawa (3:32) | Sabre (10:07) |
Yoshinari Ogawa | Harada (11:58) | Ogawa (1:05) | Ogawa (8:41) | Kenoh (13:28) | Ogawa (3:32) | — | Sabre (11:46) |
Zack Sabre Jr. | Sabre (12:12) | Desperado (11:06) | Sabre (9:47) | Kenoh (7:33) | Sabre (10:07) | Sabre (11:46) | — |
Block B | Atsushi Kotoge | Bengala | Genba Hirayanagi | Hajime Ohara | Super Crazy | Taiji Ishimori | Taka Michinoku |
Atsushi Kotoge | — | Kotoge (8:49) | Kotoge (8:36) | Ohara (12:41) | Crazy (11:05) | Kotoge (14:58) | Kotoge (10:44) |
Bengala | Kotoge (8:49) | — | Hirayanagi (6:22) | Bengala (6:15) | Bengala (3:24) | Ishimori (10:48) | Bengala (7:40) |
Genba Hirayanagi | Kotoge (8:36) | Hirayanagi (6:22) | — | Ohara (8:29) | Crazy (5:29) | Ishimori (7:44) | Michinoku (7:33) |
Hajime Ohara | Ohara (12:41) | Bengala (6:15) | Ohara (8:29) | — | Crazy (10:16) | Ishimori (7:15) | Ohara (11:31) |
Super Crazy | Crazy (11:05) | Bengala (3:24) | Crazy (5:29) | Crazy (10:16) | — | Ishimori (12:27) | Michinoku (8:26) |
Taiji Ishimori | Kotoge (14:58) | Ishimori (10:48) | Ishimori (7:44) | Ishimori (7:15) | Ishimori (12:27) | — | Michinoku (9:07) |
Taka Michinoku | Kotoge (10:44) | Bengala (7:40) | Michinoku (7:33) | Ohara (11:31) | Michinoku (8:26) | Michinoku (9:07) | — |
Final | ||||
A1 | Daisuke Harada | Pin | ||
B1 | Atsushi Kotoge | 16:35 |
The third tournament took place from September 8 to October 4, 2018. [2]
Block A | Block B | ||
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Kotaro Suzuki | 8 | Yo-Hey | 8 |
Daisuke Harada | 6 | Ikuto Hidaka | 7 |
Hitoshi Kumano | 6 | Hi69 | 6 |
Tadasuke | 6 | Minoru Tanaka | 6 |
Seiya Morohashi | 2 | Hayata | 3 |
Hajime Ohara | 2 | Junta Miyawaki | 0 |
Block A | Daisuke Harada | Hajime Ohara | Hitoshi Kumano | Kotaro Suzuki | Seiya Morohashi | Tadasuke |
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Daisuke Harada | — | Harada (19:04) | Harada (12:06) | Suzuki (16:31) | Harada (8:47) | Tadasuke (15:31) |
Hajime Ohara | Harada (19:04) | — | Kumano (12:24) | Ohara (10:11) | Morohashi (10:05) | Tadasuke (6:54) |
Hitoshi Kumano | Harada (12:06) | Kumano (12:24) | — | Suzuki (14:33) | Kumano (11:52) | Kumano (9:59) |
Kotaro Suzuki | Suzuki (16:31) | Ohara (10:11) | Suzuki (14:33) | — | Suzuki (9:19) | Suzuki (10:18) |
Seiya Morohashi | Harada (8:47) | Morohashi (10:05) | Kumano (11:52) | Suzuki (9:19) | — | Tadasuke (9:53) |
Tadasuke | Tadasuke (15:31) | Tadasuke (6:54) | Kumano (9:59) | Suzuki (10:18) | Tadasuke (9:53) | — |
Block B | Hayata | Hi69 | Ikuto Hidaka | Junta Miyawaki | Minoru Tanaka | Yo-Hey |
Hayata | — | Hi69 (9:35) | Hidaka (11:11) | Hayata (4:45) | Tanaka (11:33) | Draw (12:36) |
Hi69 | Hi69 (9:35) | — | Hidaka (14:47) | Hi69 (2:49) | Hi69 (19:41) | Yo-Hey (13:11) |
Ikuto Hidaka | Hidaka (11:11) | Hidaka (14:47) | — | Hidaka (8:03) | Tanaka (12:38) | Draw (30:00) |
Junta Miyawaki | Hayata (4:45) | Hi69 (2:49) | Hidaka (8:03) | — | Tanaka (5:55) | Yo-Hey (8:02) |
Minoru Tanaka | Tanaka (11:33) | Hi69 (19:41) | Tanaka (12:38) | Tanaka (5:55) | — | Yo-Hey (14:57) |
Yo-Hey | Draw (12:36) | Yo-Hey (13:11) | Draw (30:00) | Yo-Hey (8:02) | Yo-Hey (14:57) | — |
Final | ||||
A1 | Kotaro Suzuki | Pin | ||
B1 | Yo-Hey | 17:00 |
The fourth Global Junior Heavyweight League took place from June 27 to July 27, 2019. [3]
Block A | Block B | ||
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Tadasuke | 8 | Hayata | 7 |
Yo-Hey | 6 | Kotaro Suzuki | 7 |
Yoshinari Ogawa | 6 | Chris Ridgeway | 6 |
Daisuke Harada | 5 | Hajime Ohara | 4 |
Minoru Tanaka | 5 | Hi69 | 4 |
Junta Miyawaki | 0 | Hitoshi Kumano | 2 |
Block A | Daisuke Harada | Junta Miyawaki | Minoru Tanaka | Tadasuke | Yo-Hey | Yoshinari Ogawa |
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Daisuke Harada | — | Harada (6:52) | Draw (30:00) | Tadasuke (15:01) | Harada (15:20) | Ogawa (9:47) |
Junta Miyawaki | Harada (6:52) | — | Tanaka (8:43) | Tadasuke (8:57) | Yo-Hey (8:57) | Ogawa (9:54) |
Minoru Tanaka | Draw (30:00) | Tanaka (8:43) | — | Tadasuke (10:14) | Yo-Hey (12:40) | Tanaka (11:33) |
Tadasuke | Tadasuke (15:01) | Tadasuke (8:57) | Tadasuke (10:14) | — | Tadasuke (10:41) | Ogawa (13:19) |
Yo-Hey | Harada (15:20) | Yo-Hey (8:57) | Yo-Hey (12:40) | Tadasuke (10:41) | — | Yo-Hey (14:14) |
Yoshinari Ogawa | Ogawa (9:47) | Ogawa (9:54) | Tanaka (11:33) | Ogawa (13:19) | Yo-Hey (14:14) | — |
Block B | Chris Ridgeway | Hajime Ohara | Hayata | Hi69 | Hitoshi Kumano | Kotaro Suzuki |
Chris Ridgeway | — | Ohara (9:20) | Hayata (14:30) | Ridgeway (13:08) | Ridgeway (10:01) | Ridgeway (8:38) |
Hajime Ohara | Ohara (9:20) | — | Hayata (15:59) | Ohara (10:20) | Kumano (13:35) | Suzuki (10:09) |
Hayata | Hayata (14:30) | Hayata (15:59) | — | Hi69 (11:27) | Hayata (11:01) | Draw (30:00) |
Hi69 | Ridgeway (13:08) | Ohara (10:20) | Hi69 (11:27) | — | Hi69 (9:39) | Suzuki (8:59) |
Hitoshi Kumano | Ridgeway (10:01) | Kumano (13:35) | Hayata (11:01) | Hi69 (9:39) | — | Suzuki (10:32) |
Kotaro Suzuki | Ridgeway (8:38) | Suzuki (10:09) | Draw (30:00) | Suzuki (8:59) | Suzuki (10:32) | — |
Block B Decision | Final | ||||||||
A1 | Tadasuke | Pin | |||||||
B1 | Hayata | Pin | B1 | Hayata | 19:12 | ||||
B2 | Kotaro Suzuki | 3:13 |
The 2020 Global Junior Heavyweight League, featuring 4 blocks took place between January 10 and January 30. [4]
Block A | Block B | Block C | Block D | ||||
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Yoshinari Ogawa | 4 | Dick Togo | 4 | Hajime Ohara | 4 | Daisuke Harada | 4 |
Hayata | 2 | Kotaro Suzuki | 4 | Atsushi Kotoge | 4 | Minoru Tanaka | 3 |
Nosawa Rongai | 2 | Tadasuke | 2 | Yo-Hey | 2 | Nio | 3 |
Junta Miyawaki | 0 | Hao | 2 | Hitoshi Kumano | 2 | Chris Ridgeway | 2 |
Block A | Hayata | Yoshinari Ogawa | Nosawa Rongai | Junta Miyawaki |
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Hayata | — | Ogawa (18:33) | Double Countout (6:43) | Hayata (9:48) |
Yoshinari Ogawa | Ogawa (18:33) | — | Double Countout (10:29) | Ogawa (8:08) |
Nosawa Rongai | Double Countout (6:43) | Double Countout (10:29) | — | Nosawa (9:23) |
Junta Miyawaki | Hayata (9:48) | Ogawa (8:08) | Nosawa (9:23) | — |
Block B | Kotaro Suzuki | Tadasuke | Hao | Dick Togo |
Kotaro Suzuki | — | Suzuki (7:39) | Suzuki (9:20) | Togo (15:09) |
Tadasuke | Suzuki (7:39) | — | Tadasuke (7:49) | Tadasuke (12:46) |
Hao | Suzuki (9:20) | Tadasuke (7:49) | — | Togo (9:21) |
Dick Togo | Togo (15:09) | Tadasuke (12:46) | Togo (9:21) | — |
Block C | Atsushi Kotoge | Yo-Hey | Hajime Ohara | Hitoshi Kumano |
Atsushi Kotoge | — | Kotoge (15:41) | Ohara (14:20) | Kotoge (10:56) |
Yo-Hey | Kotoge (15:41) | — | Ohara (13:49) | Yo-Hey (13:53) |
Hajime Ohara | Ohara (14:20) | Ohara (13:49) | — | Kumano (13:39) |
Hitoshi Kumano | Kotoge (10:56) | Yo-Hey (13:53) | Kumano (13:39) | — |
Block D | Daisuke Harada | Chris Ridgeway | Minoru Tanaka | Nio |
Daisuke Harada | — | Harada (10:56) | Draw (30:00) | Draw (30:00) |
Chris Ridgeway | Harada (10:56) | — | Tanaka (11:34) | Ridgeway (13:39) |
Minoru Tanaka | Draw (30:00) | Tanaka (11:34) | — | Nio (14:24) |
Nio | Draw (30:00) | Ridgeway (13:39) | Nio (14:24) | — |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
A1 | Yoshinari Ogawa | Sub | |||||||
B1 | Dick Togo | 8:31 | |||||||
B1 | Dick Togo | Pin | |||||||
D1 | Daisuke Harada | 19:43 | |||||||
C1 | Hajime Ohara | Pin | |||||||
D1 | Daisuke Harada | 15:45 |
After the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Heavyweight League was replaced with an annual Junior Rumble. The first edition was on 4 October as part of an N-1 Victory 2020 show at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyō, Tokyo and contained 14 participants. They entered strictly every 30 seconds. The winner of this rumble did not receive a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship shot and the reigning champion, Kotaro Suzuki, participated. [5]
Entry | Wrestler | Unit | Order | Eliminated by | Method | Time of elimination |
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1 | Daisuke Harada | Momo no Seishun | 11/12 | Hayata | Over The Top Rope | 22:00 |
2 | Yo-Hey | Full Throttle | 11/12 | Hayata | Over The Top Rope | 22:00 |
3 | Tadasuke | Kongo | 7 | Nioh | Over The Top Rope | 16:22 |
4 | Hayata | Stinger | 13 | Atsushi Kotoge | Pinfall | 24:32 |
5 | Nosawa Rongai | Sugiura-gun | 5 | Atsushi Kotoge | Pinfall | 14:59 |
6 | Junta Miyawaki | Momo no Seishun | 6 | Tadasuke | Pinfall | 15:33 |
7 | Yoshinari Ogawa | Stinger | 1 | Himself | Abandoned the match. | 5:49 |
8 | Seiki Yoshioka | Full Throttle | 4 | Nosawa Rongai | Pinfall | 12:59 |
9 | Kaz Hayashi | Sugiura-gun | 3 | Seiki Yoshioka | Over The Top Rope | 12:35 |
10 | Haoh | Kongo | 9 | Hayata | Pinfall | 18:18 |
11 | Nioh | Kongo | 10 | Daisuke Harada | Pinfall | 19:47 |
12 | Hajime Ohara | Full Throttle | 2 | Kaz Hayashi | Pinfall | 12:14 |
13 | Kotaro Suzuki | Stinger | 8 | Haoh | Pinfall | 17:29 |
14 | Atsushi Kotoge | Momo no Seishun | - | WINNER | - | - |
Winner: | Atsushi Kotoge |
The 2021 Noah Junior Rumble was held in an empty Club Citta, Kawasaki, Kanagawa on 26 June, one month before the Noah Jr. Team Game 2021. [6] It was part of Noah Cage War 2021. The Rumble had 15 participants, 1 more than the previous year. The winner, Hayata, successfully defeated Atsushi Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship the next night.
Haoh, Tadasuke and Nioh all entered at the same time. Hayata & Yoshinari Ogawa entered unofficially and were allowed entry by the referee.
Entry | Wrestler | Unit | Order | Eliminated by | Method | Time of elimination |
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1 | Daisuke Harada | Seiki gun / Momo no Seishun | 2 | Hayata | Over The Top Rope | 17:26 |
2 | Nosawa Rongai | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 1 | Yoshinari Ogawa | Over The Top Rope | 17:26 |
3 | Eita | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 8 | Yoshinari Ogawa | Over The Top Rope | 23:55 |
4 | Seiki Yoshioka | Stinger | 11 | Yo-Hey | Over The Top Rope | 25:25 |
5 | Junta Miyawaki | Seiki-gun | 7 | Eita | Pinfall | 23:13 |
6 | Yo-Hey | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 14 | Hayata | Pinfall | 35:00 |
7-9 | Haoh | Kongo | 4 | Junta Miyawaki | Pinfall | 21:11 |
Tadasuke | Kongo | 10 | Seiki Yoshioka | Pinfall | 24:51 | |
Nioh | Kongo | 5 | Junta Miyawaki | Over The Top Rope | 21:41 | |
10 | Hajime Ohara | Seiki-gun | 3 | Haoh | Pinfall | 20:26 |
11 | Yuya Susumu | Stinger | 9 | Tadasuke | Pinfall | 24:20 |
12 | Ikuto Hidaka | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 6 | Yuya Susumu | Pinfall | 22:26 |
13 | Kotaro Suzuki | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 13 | Hayata | Pinfall | 26:52 |
14-15 | Hayata | Stinger | - | WINNER | - | - |
Yoshinari Ogawa | Stinger | 12 | Kotaro Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai & Yo-Hey | Over The Top Rope | 26:01 | |
Winner: | Hayata (2) |
The 2022 Noah Junior Rumble was part of the N Innovation U-Cup. It was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama on 6 January. Daisuke Harada, the winner, successfully defeated Hayata for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship the next night. [7]
Entry | Wrestler | Unit | Order | Eliminated by | Method | Time of elimination |
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1 | Atsushi Kotoge | Seiki-gun | 9 | Yo-Hey | Pinfall | 16:49 |
2 | Alejandro | Kongo | 6 | Hajime Ohara | Pinfall | 14:54 |
3 | Yuya Susumu | Stinger | 4 | Atsushi Kotoge | Pinfall | 11:13 |
4 | Yo-Hey | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 12 | Seiki Yoshioka | Over The Top Rope | 20:00 |
5 | Seiki Yoshioka | Stinger | 13 | Kotaro Suzuki | Pinfall | 20:20 |
6 | Tadasuke | Kongo | 5 | Junta Miyawaki | Over The Top Rope | 11:59 |
7 | Junta Miyawaki | Seiki-gun | 8 | Haoh | Pinfall | 16:20 |
8 | Nosawa Rongai | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 2 | Yoshinari Ogawa | Over The Top Rope | 6:51 |
9 | Yoshinari Ogawa | Stinger | 3 | Nosawa Rongai | Over The Top Rope | 7:42 |
10 | Eita | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 1 | Nosawa Rongai | Over The Top Rope | 6:49 |
11 | Daisuke Harada | Seiki-gun | - | WINNER | - | - |
12 | Kotaro Suzuki | Los Perros del Mal de Japón | 14 | Daisuke Harada | Pinfall | 24:30 |
13 | Haoh | Kongo | 11 | Daisuke Harada | Over The Top Rope | 18:18 |
14 | Nioh | Kongo | 7 | Junta Miyawaki | Pinfall | 14:59 |
15 | Hajime Ohara | Seiki-gun | 10 | Seiki Yoshioka | Pinfall | 17:33 |
Winner: | Daisuke Harada (3) |
The 2024 edition of the tournament premiered under the "N Innovation" banner and took place between October 30 and November 6.
Round 1 | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Dragon Bane | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kai Fujimura | 13:11 [8] | |||||||||||||
Dragon Bane | Pin | |||||||||||||
Yuto Kikuchi | 11:22 [8] | |||||||||||||
Yu Owada | 6:37 [8] | |||||||||||||
Yuto Kikuchi | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dragon Bane | Pin | |||||||||||||
Junta Miyawaki | 16:20 [8] | |||||||||||||
Amakusa | Pin | |||||||||||||
Tadasuke | 8:44 [8] | |||||||||||||
Amakusa | 3:18 [8] | |||||||||||||
Junta Miyawaki | Pin | |||||||||||||
Yo-Hey | 13:55 [8] | |||||||||||||
Junta Miyawaki | Pin |
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Junta Miyawaki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.
Yoshiki Inamura is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah and Progress Wrestling under the name Yoichi (与一).
NOAH Star Navigation 2023 was a two-night professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on February 5 and March 9, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The event aired CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.