(NOAH) Noah's new president Sanshiro Takagi, "returning the favor" to Misawa, the former president of Noah, who once saved DDT

29th January 2020
Tokyo Sports

CyberAgent Co Ltd, held a press conference in Tokyo on the 29th, and announced that Pro Wrestling Noah has joined the group. In addition to CyberAgent's President Susumu Fujita (46), was DDT'S President Sanshiro Takagi (50), who has become the new President of Noah, Arihiro Takeda, Executive Officer (48) and Naomichi Marufuji (40), who will become Vice President, also attended. It was announced that 100% of the shares of Noah Global Entertainment have been transferred to CyberAgent, and they have now become a wholly owned subsidiary.

At the beginning of the conference, President Takeda said, "I think that Noah made huge strides in the ring in 2019, but the business situation was difficult." Therefore, as a result of the proposal by President Fujita of CyberAgent through President Takagi, it came in the form of salvation.

Takagi commented that the late Mitsuharu Misawa (46) and the late Ryu Nakata (51), gave DDT wrestlers a chance to participate in Noah in the early days. Takeda stressed, "DDT was a promotion without sunshine. We went to the next step, and we had the sun."
He added, "I talked to President Fujita, and I would like to thank him for supporting the idea of saving Pro Wrestling Noah, which will lead to further development of the industry and make a decision to join the group. Thank you for taking this opportunity".
President Fujita said, "My position will continue to be logistical support and backup. I want DDT and Noah to grow as promotions, loved by fans."

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Picture credit: Tokyo Sports (FYI from left: Vice President Naomichi Marufuji, Executive Office Akihiro Takeda, President Sanshiro Takagi, CyberAgent President Susumu Fujita)