(NOAH) Kenoh "strips" Kaito Kiyomiya on "YouTube". Reveals the "narrow forehead shaved head" again and looks at "cute photos"...singles match at Korakuen on April 11th

4th April 2024

Hochi News

Pro Wrestling Noah's Kenoh live-streamed his YouTube channel, "The Kenoh Channel" on the 3rd April and revealed a new "narrow forehead shaved head" photo of Kaito Kiyomiya, ahead of their one on one match at Korakuen Hall on April 11th.

Kenoh teamed up with Yu Owada to compete against Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa on March 31st at Korakuen Hall. Owada put up a great fight, but lost the match. In the ring, Kenoh mocked Kiyomiya's appearance when he was a trainee, saying, "You had a really narrow forehead, and really thick eyebrows, but I've doted on you since you were a boy with a shaved head!". In response, Kiyomiya said, "You're a pain in the ass!" and "I don't want to have anything to do with you. At the next Korakuen on April 11th, fight me one-on-one! I'll be done with you then!" Kenoh accepted the one on one fight with the theme of "breaking off". 

This will be Kenoh's first singles showdown with Kiyomiya in one year and three months since the Nippon Budokan on New Year's Day in 2023. On his YouTube on the 4th, by hand Kenoh created a "Kaito Kiyomiya Chronology", in his "Chronology" series which reveals the past of his opponents, which is customary on his videos. He explained Kiyomiya's history from his birth on July 17th 1996 until the present. Next to the chronology, past photos such as Kiyomiya with a shaved head from when he was a trainee, which he had already shown on YouTube, were pasted on the wall. "We have to strip him completely and push him mentally" he said with a smile, revealing that this was meant to be a "pre match" for the singles match on April 11th. 

While making his chronology, he explained that Kiyomiya's parents home was close to the Noah Dojo in Saitama City, and that he felt that "Kiyomiya's career is amazing. I have to admit, he has been fighting with Noah in mind ever since his was young". Kenoh shared an anecdote about how he admired Misawa and wanted to become a professional wrestler. On the other hand, he also revealed a past that wished to be forgotten, during the kindergarten interview when he was refused admission...

At the end of the video, just like in the previous update, he slowly took out his iPad and presented the official image of the one-on-one match at Korakuen Hall, but for some reason when he tapped on it he said, "Oh! I made a mistake! I made a mistake! I made a mistake!". While saying this, he released a photo of Kiyomiya with a shaved head. In the previous video he had also revealed a picture of Kiyomiya with a shaved head from when he was a trainee, but this time, "This is mostly around when he joined and made his debut". He expressed his "love" for Kiyomiya bu revealing the second round of "narrow forehead shaven head" photos, which where shown on the screen for about 23 seconds saying, "Look, I want you to see this cute picture too."

In this video, he looked back at the time right after Kiyomiya's debut in December 2015, and announced that the next video will be distributed next week. With that in mind, he was looking ahead to Korakuen on April 11th, saying, "I have fought with Kiyomiya in the past for the GHC, but this is rare, because it's a non-title fight. It's going to be really tough physically, but we both have a strong desire to win, so it's going to be interesting".   

Translated from Noah.co.jp

Picture credit: Noah.co.jp