Ten random people who were in or associated with Noah (Part 1)


Norifuki Yoshida
Noah born trainee in 2004 (probably round about the same class as Go Shiozaki), his debut was delayed in 2006 by a spell of injury. He started working as a freelancer in 2009, and appeared in Noah in 2018 when they visited Sapporo.

Jun Nishikawa
Kensuke Office trainee, made three appearances in Noah in 2010, before retiring in 2011.

Octagoncito
AAA Mexican Luchadore appeared in a co-promoted show between both promotions called TripleSEM in September 2007. It was the only co-promoted show between Noah and AAA. SEM no longer exists in 2018, having to shut its doors during Noah's dark years.

Richard Slinger
Slinger had been with All Japan since 1988, and he started working with Noah in 2000. An unsung part of Noah's early years, he worked with the promotion until 2005 before quitely retiring.

Martin Stone
Appeared on an FWA NOAH Limits show on 18th June 2005. Never actually appeared in Japan on a Noah show. Currently in WWE developmental.

Yasufumi Nakanoue
Representing All Japan, Nakanoue appeared alongside Noah wrestlers in the Destroyer Cup Contest for the ALL TOGETHER "Battle Royale".

Genba Hirayanagi
Joined the Noah dojo in 2004, where he was trained by Akira Taue. He debuted in August 2005, and spent his entire career with Pro Wrestling Noah (he also went on excursion to the UK for IPW and the USA for ROH). A flamboyant character (whose wife and daughter complained he once embarrassed them by going on a kids teeter totter in a playground), he only ever held a single Noah championship (GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag with Maybach Taniguchi). Behind the scenes, Genba was the chairman of the Noah Wrestler's Association, which he handed to Go Shiozaki upon his retirement in September 2016.
Now runs a restaurant, and still appears from time to time socially with Noah wrestlers, although has been dark on Twitter for a number of months now.

Namazu Man ("Catfish Man")
Ring name of Takuya Sugi, which he used in 2007. After this date it was used by another wrestler who appeared in Diamond Ring\Kensuke office, on shows that Noah participated in (Takuya Sugi only appeared in SEM as "El Blazer")

Matt Striker
Appeared in Noah in July & August 2014 for Noah's "NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League" where he teamed with Super Crazy. Former WWE, currently is the English language commentator for Lucha Underground.

Satoru Asako
All Japan born (who made his debut with the aforementioned Richard Slinger), he walked out of All Japan with Mitsuharu Misawa to Noah. He stayed in an active role with Noah until 2002 when he retired in July. He appears to have stayed with Noah after retirement working as a trainer in the dojo, as a road agent (someone who helps wrestlers plan matches, storylines and middlemen for the bookers, wrestlers and management) and as a judoka instructor.

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