Noah "Destiny 2005": Where are they now?


As of November 11th 2017:

Masashi Aoyagi: Retired on 30th April 2015

SUWA: Originally retired in 2007, returned in 2013 but was forced to retire by a cervical spine injury.

Takashi Sugiura: Recently returned from inactivity due to heart issues, still with Pro Wrestling Noah.

Katsuhiko Nakajima: Currently competing in Pro Wrestling Noah's Global League

Mitsuo Momota: Left Noah in 2009 over a management dispute, still a semi active wrestler

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi: Works as a freelancer

Mohammed Yone: Still with Pro Wrestling Noah and competing in the Global Tag League

Takeshi Morishima: Diagnosed with possible diabetes in 2015 he retired on doctors advice. He holds a position on Noah's board of directors. Very rarely seen on Noah television these days.

Go Shiozaki: Still with Pro Wrestling Noah (after a spell working in All Japan after refusing to resign with Noah after the firing of Kenta Kobashi and later as freelancer) and competing in the Global Tag League. Appointed chairman of Noah's Wrestlers Association in August 2016.

Tamon Honda: Decided not to renew his contract with Noah in 2010 and became a freelancer.

Akira Taue: Following the death of Mitsuharu Misawa in 2009, Taue was appointed the president of Pro Wrestling Noah. A role which turned him into an old man overnight. He stepped down when the company was sold to IT Development company Estbee. He still works for Noah as an adviser and also runs a restaurant.

Haruka Eigen: Eigen and then Noah manager Ryu Nakada, where stripped of their posts (Nakada was general manager and Eigen on the board of directors) following their involvement with a Yazuka ticket scandal and demoted to general employees. Eigen suffered a heart attack and died on November 28th 2016 at seventy years old.

Jun Izumida: Tragically Izumida was found dead in his home on January 31st 2016 in Kanagawa, his body had lain there for six days. It was determined he had died of a heart attack.

Takuma Sano: Became a freelancer in 2012

Akitoshi Saito: Still with Pro Wrestling Noah and competing in the Global League

Kishin Kawabata: Currently working as a freelancer

Masao Inoue: Freelancer but spends a lot of time with Pro Wrestling Noah (the returning Takashi Sugiura refused to wrestle him on his return to the ring saying he was "degenerate"), has bought out a CD

Shiro Koshinaka: Has been a freelancer since 2003

Black Mask (Ricky Marvin): Currently working as a freelancer

Mushiking Terry (Kotaro Suzuki): Sided with Kenta Kobashi (who was fired from Noah in 2012) and refused to resign with the promotion, worked for All Japan but left the promotion over contract issues and became a freelancer in 2016.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru: Sided with Suzuki and Shiozaki over the firing of Kenta Kobashi, worked for All Japan, returned to Noah in 2016 as part of the Suzuki Gun invasion angle, and has been in New Japan since 2017.

KENTA: Left Noah in 2014 (no acrimony) and has been in NXT ever since. Rumors suggest he may not resign and return to Japan.

Minoru Suzuki: Returned to Noah in 2015 as part of an invasion angle, but relations between the two promotions soured, he has since returned to New Japan and made his first appearance in the United States for 25 years working for ROH.

Naomichi Marufuji: Still with Pro-Wrestling Noah (he famously said that "each morning my first thought is of the survival of Noah") and competeing in the Global League, current DDT tag champion and restaurantaur. Following the death of Mitsuharu Misawa in 2009, he was appointed as per Misawa's will to Misawa's positon of Vice-President, he served this on and off due to internal forces, but was reinstated in September 2011.

Jun Akiyama: Quit Noah in 2012 due to the firing of Kenta Kobashi and has worked for All Japan since early 2013.

Makoto Hashi: Retired from professional wrestling due to a neck injury in June 2012 and has worked in physical therapy ever since.

Takeshi Rikio: Due to both neck injuries and liver problems (probably caused by his former life as a sumo), Riko retired in November 2011. In 2013 he opened a ramen restaurant in Niigata, in 2014 he competed in the Tokyo Ramen Show.

Hiroshi Tanahashi: Still an active professional wrestler for New Japan, Dave Meltzer has credited him with being "the leading star in New Japan Pro Wrestling's comeback from being in terrible shape a few years back to being the No. 2 pro wrestling company in the world"

Genichiro Tenryu: In February 2015 Tenryu announced his retirement, although he didn't do this until November and after he had been on a retirement tour which was multipromotional. Since then he has hosted various shows and made his debut as an actor.

Yoshinari Ogawa: Still an active wresler for Pro Wrestling Noah.

Kensuke Sasaki: Retired from wrestling in February 13th 2014, his promotion Diamond Ring (formerly Kensuke Office) closed its doors in 2014.

Kenta Kobashi: Diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2006 (currently in remission) he retired from wrestling in 2013 and currently runs FortuneKK (plus other activities such as lecture tours, and fitness classes for adults and children). In 2012 Kobashi stepped down from his position as Executive Vice President and was fired by Noah. Like a repeat of the All Japan exodus (but in reverse) Kobashi and five others left for All Japan. Things have seemingly been patched up with Noah since as he returned in 2015, albeit in a non wrestling role. Kobashi had his dearest wish fulfilled in 2010 when he married his girlfriend of fourteen years, and now has a two year old daughter (he had been talking about getting married for years)

Mitsuharu Misawa: Tragically was killed in the ring due to an accident in 2009; his widow Mayumi remains a stakeholder in Noah.

Toshiaki Kawada: After Misawa died in 2009, Kawada admitted that his passion for wrestling had diminished. Although never formally retired, he now runs a ramen restaurant. Refused to wrestle at the retirement shows of his former rivals, Kobashi and Taue, he did nevertheless appear at the shows.

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