THE GREEN GUIDE TO THE PRO WRESTLING NOAH ROSTER (APRIL 2020)
Hello and welcome to "The Green Guide to the Pro Wrestling Noah Roster (April 2020)".
I hope this guide will give newer fans an idea of who is who and who does what and who came from where, and for the older fans it may either serve as a refresher, an update should they be coming back to Noah after a period of time and may not recognize new faces, or just as a simple read.
I want to concentrate more on who is who on the roster, so I have left out any mention of current feuds or past or present title holders.
Note about the generations of Noah which can be a grey era especially when the Misawa\Golden & Mid generation overlap. I have included some of the roster into this, although they were not in Noah at that time to show where they fit in concerning its generations.
- Veteran generation (those who wrestled in New Japan or All Japan during the 80s and 90s. Usually debuted from the early 80s to the early to mid 1990s)
- Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (usually those who walked out of All Japan with Mitsuharu Misawa having debuted in the late 90s, and\or debuted in and\or wrestled in Noah from 2000-2004)
- Mid generation (usually in their early to mid thirties and debuted c.2004 - 2011)
- New generation (those who didn't know Misawa, but have come to Noah from about 2013 onwards, sometimes called "The last generation at Differ" or "the children of the Turbulent Era")
Terminology
"Noah Born": someone who trained at and debuted in Noah, regardless of whether or not they stayed with the promotion.
"Older brother": term usually used for someone who was trained by the same person, but who is the senior student. Does not mean a biological relationship.
"Junior": term used for cruiserweight or light heavyweight. Has nothing to do with age.
"Noah Wrestlers Association"
Roster
Era: Veteran Generation (debuted December 20th 1990, Pioneer Senshi)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Cars, swimming, drinking, cats
Affilitation: Anti Wrestlers Association with Masao Inoue (who he teases mercilessly)
Finisher: Deathbrand, Suicludees
Era: Mid generation (debuted April 29th 2005, Osaka Pro)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Running, tomato juice, spinach
Affiliation: Formerly STINGER, Kotaro Suzuki and Chris Ridgeway
Finishers: Killswitch
Other: In a calm period at the moment but was the manic "Revolutionary Cape Hero" last year, left the heavyweights and much to Daisuke Harada's fury returned to the juniors in late 2019.
Era: Mid generation (debuted August 5th 2006, Osaka Pro)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: croquettes from the family business, "Harada Butcher Shop" in his hometown of Osaka (the shop has been in the family for something like thirty years), not to fond of his older brother, Akio, who he has Twitter squabbles with and usually accuses him of copying him. Likes Ice cream (which he will eat in the middle of winter in sub zero temperatures) and milkshakes
Affiliation: RATELS. Runs the "Harada Boot Camp", which the Noah bus driver, Orange, sometimes joins in with.
Finishers: Katayama German Suplex, Diving Elbow Drop
Other: Leader of RATELS, known as "Boss" (still known in Noah sometimes as "Young Master", which comes from his days in Osaka Pro).
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Go Shiozaki
Era: Mid generation (debuted July 24th 2004, Noah)Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Meat, the idol group "King & Prince"
Affiliation: AXIZ with Katsuhiko Nakajima
Finishers: Go Flasher, lariat, machine gun chops
Other: Head of the Noah Wrestlers Association, was dorm leader in his trainee days. Kenta Kobashi's younger student, which makes KENTA his older brother. Noah born.
Era: Mid Generation (Debuted May 13th 2004, Toryumon)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: French toast, Cinnamon Sugar Toast, cooking
Afilitation: None
Finishers: Mui Bien
Other: Graduated High School as an adult pupil in 2020, has entered university. Trained chef.
Era: Mid generation (debuted October 22nd 2005, SUPER CREW)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Curry, iced coffee, Pachinko
Affiliation: Kongoh
Finishers: Firebird splash
Other: Signed with Noah after leaving from 2AW in December 2019.
HAYATA
Era: Mid generation (debuted July 30th 2006, Wrestlegate)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Cigarettes, Super Mario Maker, Basketball, Skateboarding, Takoyaki
Affiliation: RATELS
Finishers: Headache
Other: Doesn't like to speak, and when he does he's usually prodded into it by YO-HEY, comment is always "Same!". Called by YO-HEY "Wife" (as they go everywhere together)
Era: New generation (debuted February 9th 2013, Noah)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Dogs
Affiliation: AXIZ (when they team together they are "Kumaxiz")
Finishers: Argentina Backbreaker, Bear Bottom
Other: On hiatus from wrestling since Spring 2020 due to a worsening eye condition. Noah born.
Era: New generation (debuted August 12th 2017, Noah)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Eating (lists his favorite food and drink as "anything"), 70s punk (especially The Clash)
Affiliation: None, and he's been told by Takashi Sugiura that he is not allowed to join Kongoh
Finishers: Dropkick, arm submission technique
Other: Background in High School Judo. Noah born.
Era: New generation (debuted December 9th 2015, Noah)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Jazz, Tomatoes, computer games, Chinese food
Affiliation: Unchained with Shuhei Taniguchi
Finishers: Tiger Suplex
Other: Mitsuharu Misawa is his hero, often called Kenoh's "Younger Brother", although they were not trained by the same people, their relationship is more along the lines of siblings, especially since Kenoh wants The Budokan, and Kiyomiya the Tokyo Dome (Kiyomiya will probably get his own way first, which will lead Kenoh to scream favoritism). Noah born.
Era: Mid generation (debuted January 5th 2004, Kensuke Office)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Kicking people, smirking, being smug and sarcastic, protein
Affiliation: AXIZ with Go Shiozaki
Finishers & Special Techniques: Vertical spike, soccer ball kick
Other: Background in Karate, enjoys statistics, keeps Goldfish
Era: Mid generation (debuted March 2nd 2008, Michinoku Pro)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Snorkeling, the sea, Okinawa, Orion beer, yelling, swearing
Affiliation: KONGOH
Finishers & Special Techniques: Double Foot Stamp, ankle lock
Other: Goal is to return Noah to the Budokan, and to finally face Kiyoshi Tamura one day, although Tamura is not interested and Noah's president, Sanshiro Takagi, has told him to stop going on about it.
Era: New generation (debuted December 7th 2018, Noah)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Anime
Affiliation: Katsuhiko Nakajima (but not AXIZ)
Finishers & Special Techniques: Learning kick techniques from Nakajima
Other: Formerly Sugiura Army, now has struck out on his own. Noah born.
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (debuted December 24th 2001, Noah)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Obsessed with Gundam Wing, winding the Noah juniors up
Affiliation: Formerly STINGER, but still allied with Atsushi Kotoge and Chris Ridgeway
Finishers & Special Techniques: Tiger Driver, Endless Waltz, Blue Destiny, Excalibur
Other: Pupil of Mitsuharu Misawa, younger brother to Naomichi Marufuji as a result. Noah's first born, and very special to Mitsuharu Misawa as a result.
Era: Mid generation (debuted September 25th 2011, Kensuke Office)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Eating (in particular steak and beer)
Affiliation: Kongoh, THE TOUGH with Yoshiki Inamura
Finishers & Special Techniques: Prison Lock, Side Suplex
Other: Trainer in Noah's dojo, mentor to Yoshiki Inamura, said to have inherited the spirit of his mentor, Masa Saito
Era: Veteran generation (debuted April 4th 1991, All Japan)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Lotto 7, Bingo, Bowling, reading, very good friend with fellow Noah bookworm, Tadasuke
Affiliation: The Anti Wrestlers Alliance
Finishers & Special Techniques: Million Dollar Buster, Blockbuster, Lariat, eye rake, Argentine backbreaker
Other: Comedy wrestler, usually the butt of jokes in Noah and the constant victim of Takashi Sugiura's camera (gets photographed at the urinal)
Era: Veteran generation (debuted January 24th 1991, Fujiwara Gumi*)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: GOLDS Gym, soup curry, visiting hot springs, sushi
Affiliation: None
Finishers & Special Techniques: Minoru Special, Fireball Splash, Heat Clutch
Other: Known as "The Belt Collector" as he never met a belt he didn't want to challenge for if he could.
*Later BattleArts.
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (debuted 18th August 1995, Fujiwara Gumi)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Cooking, disco, Grilling meat, telling stories when drunk, Kamkam Lemon *Candy)
Affiliation: None
Finishers & Special Techniques: Funky Buster Bomb, Kinmeat Buster
Other: Noah Wrestlers Association treasurer, runs "Yoneya" (restaurant) and is the host of "Satoko's Room". Name comes in tribute to Mohammed Ali.
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (debuted August 28th 1998, All Japan)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Drawing, Shiranui Curry (his own brand of curry)
Affiliation: MochiMaru (tag with Masaaki Mochizuki), DisasterBox (DDT)
Finishers & Special Techniques: Shiranui, Perfect Key Lock, Tiger Knee
Other: Vice President of Noah, backstage wrestlers manager, usual object of Kenoh's paranoia, Mitsuharu Misawa's senior pupil
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (although he was not in Noah until 2016, and therefore did not ever know Mitsuharu Misawa or wrestle in Noah during it's "Golden Era"), made his debut in November 19th 2000 in Michinoku Pro.
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Drinking into a stupor (which got him into trouble in 2017), grilled meat, sake, snap peas, roasted and raw meat
Affiliation: Kongoh
Finishers & Special Techniques: Stuka Splash, Michinoku Driver β, Trance Rave
Other: Loves pandas, dressed as one for a Christmas show using tights and face paint that he bought last moment, and was laughed at by Takashi Sugiura who asked him what he was meant to be.
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (although he did not debut in Noah, he debuted on December 27th 1995 in Pro Wrestling Crusade, he is one of the few who knew Misawa having appeared in Noah in 2006 and January 2009, after that he was in Noah in three other occasions afterwards in late 2009 and early to mid 2010, before coming back in March 2019)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Dogs, drinking
Affiliation: The Sugiura Army, Tokyo Gurentai (lit "Tokyo Thugs")
Finishers & Special Techniques: La Magistral
Other: Noah's booker
Seiya Morohashi
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (although he did not come to Noah until 2017, he debuted on May 17th 1991)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Amino Acid Protein Powder
Affiliation: None
Finishers & Special Techniques: Kuraru bomber, Kuraru driver
Other: Not usually seen in the ring, but he does a lot of work at ringside and can always be counted on to step in last moment. I felt that he deserved to be put on this list for that alone.
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (debuted December 24th 2005, Noah)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Sushi, drinking alone at bars, grilled meat and pancakes
Affiliation: Unchained with Kaito Kiyomiya
Finishers & Special Techniques: Zwei bomb, big splash
Other: Noah born. Known for being quiet and somewhat taciturn, gets teased by the roster. Noah born.
Era: Mid generation (debuted April 29th 2007, Osaka Pro)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Unsurprisingly he likes drinking, another hobby is reading, and he is good friends with Masao Inoue (they are Noah's bookworms). His favorite food is curry and rice.
Affiliation: RATELS
Finishers & Special Techniques: Outcast, 2PAC
Other: Known for being out of control when drunk and doing things such as vehicular damage, putting hot sauce around his eyes, and often passing out. One drunken Dove morning, YO-HEY said everyone woke up to two things - a hangover and a missing Tadasuke, who had apparently gone missing the night before. Known as "Okasan" ("mother") with RATELS. "Crazy Tadasuke" when in the ring.
Era: Misawa generation\Golden Era generation (debuted December 23rd 2000, Noah)
Class: Heavyweight
Likes: Erotic magazines, R&B, dogs
Affiliation: The Sugiura Army
Finishers & Special Techniques: Olympic Slam, Ankle Lock
Other: On the "Noah Wrestler's Association" board, known for winding up reporters by telling them erotic stories (for example he was exiled to the Noah dojo when the family moved house and couldn't bring his porno collection, plus there was no TV to watch it on, said he had a "midnight explosion" after a title match, and told someone who didn't recognise him but said he had a great body that he was a porn star, so unsurprisingly they call him "King Shame"), and teasing those who are bald, with gout, or are named Masao Inoue. Considers himself Noah born as he made his debut for Noah, but this is a grey area as he trained in the All Japan Dojo, but it's probably best to agree with a man who is built like a cyborg.
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| "Husband" with "Wife" |
Era: Mid generation (debuted December 22nd 2008, DragonGate)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Sleeping while listening to scary stories (says he does it seven days a week), Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles)
Affiliation: RATELS
Finishers & Special Techniques: Bamboo Dragonfly, Gamen G, Super Facial G, dropkick
Other: Known for his brightly dyed hair and loud and colorful style, use of the word "peron" (which has no English equivalent), and amazing aerial attacks, he says "he demonstrates an individual personality". Calls himself "Husband" in relation to HAYATA, was once asked by some young family members if he and HAYATA were married!
Era: New generation (debuted September 2nd 2018, Noah)
Class: Ultra Heavyweight
Likes: Fried rice, lizards, Akira, Beat Takeshi, Punk music
Affiliation: Kongoh
Finishers & Special Techniques: Splash mountain,
Other: Holds the record of shortest time from debut to title challenge. Noah born. Up and coming young wrestler who has already competed in Big Japan's strong league, made a title challenge, and has two feuds (Kaito Kiyomiya and Kinya Okada) simmering away for Noah's future.
Era: Veteran generation (September 3rd 1985, All Japan)
Class: Junior Heavyweight
Likes: Fish, watching films
Affiliation: None
Finishers & Special Techniques: Backdrop hold, Many nasty submission holds (Ogawa has an internal scanner which means he knows where a vulnerable point on somewhere is, even if you don't know)
Other: Most respected man on the roster, teaches the dojo lessons in the technique, and the veterans still go to him for advice (even KENTA still does). Can sometimes be seen holding classes in the ring before events begin for the younger roster members.
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