(NOAH) Kenoh's Reason for Reevaluating Naomichi Marufuji: He Wants to Take the GHC Tag Team Title and "Suppress the root of darkness"

21st October 2025

Tokyo Sports

Can we believe it? Noah's "Mr. Annoying," Kenoh (40), has confessed his feelings for Naomichi Marufuji (46).

Kenoh has long been at odds with Marufuji, but his attitude changed completely when they teamed up at the Ryōgoku event on the 11th. Eager to continue their tag team, Kenoh won a six-man tag team match at Korakuen Hall on the 16th, and declared that he would aim to challenge with Marufuji, for the GHC Heavyweight Tag Titles. 

Kenoh explained the reason for this change, saying, "We'd always been at odds, but when we fought normally, it didn't feel strange at all. Before, I was always thinking about beating my allies, but when it came to just my opponents, it felt natural." He continued, "Our rhythms match...or maybe he matches his rhythm with mine. I think Marufuji is truly The Genius of the Ark in the pro wrestling ring."

First of all, what was it about Marufuji that he disliked up until now? 

In response to this question, he smoothly replied, "He doesn't do his job, even though he's the vice president. He doesn't even compete in N-1, and he just takes the easy parts". 

However, this year, he said he noticed a change in his attitude, as he participated in the singles league, the "N-1 VICTORY" for the first time in five years. "This year, we had the N-1 and new faces making their debut. I think the "darkness of the Noah dojo" is the "darkness that Naomichi Marufuji carried." In other words, Marufuji was the source of the darkness, but he neutralized that, and now we have a lot of young wrestlers, so I thought I might take another look at him."

Kenoh was all seriousness as he said this, emphasizing, "emphasized his main goal in teaming up, saying, "I really want to suppress the root of darkness. In order to improve Noah, I have to suppress the darkness in Naomichi Marufuji. That's why I want to take on the GHC Tag titles." 

Finally, he said, "I think pro wrestling is also fun when it comes to tag teams, so I want to show that."

Will he be able to reach the GHC Tag Team Championship as he hopes?

 

Translated from Tokyo Sports

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