#shuhei taniguchi

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Match Card Changes for NOAH Events on June 18th and 22nd

Due to the injury Junta Miyawaki sustained at "All Together Again" last week and due to Shuhei Taniguchi's defection to REAL; match cards for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Osaka" and "Star Navigation 2023 in Korakuen" have been changed.

Here are the original match cards for both events:

Now, here's the revised match cards for both events. Starting off with "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Osaka" taking place tomorrow (June 18, 2023).

Opening Match has been changed from a 8-man tag to a standard tag match as it'll be Stallion Rogers and Kai Fujimura facing Mohammed Yone and Super Crazy

Match #4 has been changed as Alejandro replaces Atsushi Kotoge to team up with Dante Leon to face the team of HAYATA and Eita.

Match #5 has been changed as Shuhei Taniguchi and Daiki Inaba have been added to what is now a 8-man tag-team match. It'll be all four members of REAL facing off against Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, and Daiki Inaba. And note about Kaito Kiyomiya. This 8-man tag match will be one of his last matches with Pro Wrestling NOAH before he heads over to NJPW to compete in G1 Climax 33 starting on July 15th. As of this typing, his final NOAH event before the G1 will be on July 9th in Hachioji. He is expected to return to the NOAH ring on September 3rd in Osaka.

And the main event has been changed as Atsushi Kotoge replaces Junta Miyawaki to team up with Takashi Sugiura and Naomichi Marufuji to face GLG members Jake Lee, Jack Morris, and Tadasuke.

Now...here's the changed match card for "Star Navigation 2023: Kenoh vs. Go Shiozaki" taking place on June 22nd in Korakuen Hall. Note that this card is not yet finalized. That finalization will come pending on what happens in Osaka on June 18th.

Originally slated for nine matches, match card for the event has been decreased to 8 as the original match #2 (Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Stallion Rogers) has been combined with the original match #3 (REAL+Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba, and Mohammed Yone) to become one whole match.

Also, Atsushi Kotoge replaces Junta Miyawaki in 6-man tag action. He was originally not booked to compete in this event.

With that said, here's the new match lineup for June 22 which again is subject to change pending on what happens tomorrow in Osaka:

Opening Match: Manabu Soya and Hajime Ohara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Seiki Yoshioka

NEW Match #2: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba, Stallion Rogers, and Mohammed Yone vs. Timothy Thatcher, Saxon Huxley, Hideaki Suzuki, Shuhei Taniguchi, and Kazuyuki Fujita

NEW Match #3 (Originally Match #4): Takashi Sugiura and Sean Legacy vs. Jake Lee and Jack Morris

NEW Match #4 (Originally Match #5): Yoshinari Ogawa, LEONA, and Kai Fujimura vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Eita, and HAYATA

NEW Match #5 (Originally Match #6): Hiroki vs. Shuji Kondo

NEW Match #6 (Originally Match #7): Naomichi Marufuji, AMAKUSA, and Atsushi Kotoge vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Dante Leon, and Ninja Mack

Semi-Main Event: GHC Junior Tag Team Championship: Chris Ridgeway and Daga (Challenger Team) vs. YO-HEY and Tadasuke (Champion Team)

Main Event: Kenoh vs. Go Shiozaki

Also...N-1 Victory 2023 participants are expected to be announced and as of right now, only Jake Lee has been announced as a participant. Find out on Thursday who will join him in what is considered one of the most grueling tournaments of the summer.

"Sunny Voyage 2023 in Osaka" takes place on June 18th with the video of the event to air on Wrestle Universe on June 21st at 5:00 AM Eastern.

"Star Navigation 2023 Episode 5: Kenoh vs. Go Shiozaki" airs on ABEMA in Japanese and Wrestle Universe in English on June 22nd at 6:30 PM Local Time/5:30 AM Eastern/4:30 AM Central/2:30 AM Pacific. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you're currently living in to find the start time in your area.

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The New Year 2023

I still don't follow Pro Wrestling Noah but they're doing they're biggest show of the year, so I caved in and signed up for Wrestle Universe. (It's 900 yen for a month, which works out to $6.86 US, so that seems like a good deal.) The show starts at 2am EST tonight, with English commentary, so after Americans ring in the new year they can stay up late watching wrestling.

All I really know about the show is the main event: the Great Muta vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. Muta (aka Keiji Mutoh) is a living legend in Japan and he's winding down his retirement tour. WWE has given Nakamura special permission to come in for one of Muta's final matches. It's not exactly like Shinsuke returning to New Japan, but it's about as close as we're going to get anytime soon. Mutoh is 60 years old so I'm not expecting a five-star classic, but the fact this matchup seemed impossible a couple of months ago should fill it with drama.

Here's the rest of the card:

GHC heavyweight champion Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Kenoh

GHC junior tag champions YO-HEY & Kzy vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Eita

GHC heavyweight tag champions Takashi Sugiura & Satoshi Kojima vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA

GHC junior champion AMAKUSA vs. Junta Miyawaki

Timothy Thatcher vs. Jack Morris

Masakatsu Funaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara vs. Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin & Rongai NOSAWA & ?

Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioki vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr.

Ninja Mack & Dante Leon & Alejandro vs. Shuji Kondo & Tadasuke & HIROKI

Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito & Shuhei Taniguchi

Yasutaka Yano vs. Taishi Ozawa

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noah made a separate special poster for the budokan show that features everyone who was there the last time they were at budokan. ogawa got front spot bc he’s the most senior 😭

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Pro Wrestling NOAH | Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, & Shuhei Taniguchi vs Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, & Yoshiki Inamura

October 24, 2020

Leading up to their title match on November 22, Go Shiozaki gets caught up in staring at his former tag partner Katsuhiko Nakajima.

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Status Post #8047: Super Sentai 101-200

Row 1 - Carranger (Yellow, Pink and Blue) [Yellow Racer: Natsumi Shinohara (Yuka Motohashi), Pink Racer: Yoko Yagami (Atsuko Kurusu) and Extra Hero (Blue): Signalman (Yoshinori Okamoto and Kenji Takechi in some episodes, voiced by Hochu Otsuka)], Megaranger [Mega Red: Kenta Date (Hayato Oshiba), Mega Black: Kouichirou Endou (Atsushi Ehara), Mega Blue: Shun Namaki (Masaya Matsukaze), Mega Yellow: Chisato Jougasaki (Eri Tanaka), Mega Pink: Miku Imamura (Mami Higshiyama) and Mega Silver: Yuusaku Hayakawa (Shigeru Kanai)] and Gingaman (Red) [Ginga Red: Ryouma (Kazuki Maehara)]

Row 2 - Gingaman (Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Black) [Ginga Green: Hayate (Koji Sueyoshi), Ginga Blue: Gouki (Shoei), Ginga Yellow: Hikaru (Nobuaki Takahashi), Ginga Pink: Saya (Juri Miyazawa) and Black Knight: Hyuuga (Teruaki Ogawa)] and GoGoV [Go Red: Matoi Tatsumi (Ryuichiro Nishioka), Go Blue: Nagare Tatsumi (Kenji Taniguchi), Go Green: Shou Tatsumi (Atsushi Harada), Go Yellow: Daimon Tatsumi (Kenji Shibata) and Go Pink: Matsuri Tatsumi (Kayoko Shibata)]

Row 3 - Timeranger [Time Red: Tatsuya Asami (Masaru Nagai), Time Pink: Yuri (Mika Katsumura), Time Blue: Ayame (Yuji Kido), Time Yellow: Domon (Shuhei Izumi), Time Green: Sion (Masahiro Kuranuki) and Time Fire: Naoto Takizawa (Shinji Kasahara)] and Gaoranger (Red, Yellow, Blue and Black) [Gao Red: Kakeru Shishi (Noboru Kaneko), Gao Yellow: Gaku Washio (Kei Horie), Gao Blue: Kai Samezu (Takeru Shibaki) and Gao Black: Soutaru Ushigome (Kazuyoshi Sakai)]

Row 4 - Gaoranger (White and Silver) [Gao White: Sae Taiga (Mio Takeuchi) and Gao Silver: Tsukumaro Ogami (Tetsuji Tamayama)], Hurricaneger [Hurricane Red: Yousuke Shiina (Shun Shiyoa), Hurricane Blue: Nanami Nono (Nao Nagasawa) and Hurricane Yellow: Kouta Bitou (Kohei Yamamoto)], Gouraiger [Kabuto Raiger (Crimson): Ikkou Kasumi (Yujiro Shirakawa) and Kuwaga Raiger (Navy): Isshu Kasumi (Nobuo Kyo)], Hurricanger (Green) [Shurikenger (Green): Asuka Kagura (Koji Kimura, voiced by Taiki Matsuno in suit, hence Matsuno's pic represents what Asuka would've looked like prior to renouncing his name and face, which forced him to remain in his costumed form permanently)] and Abaranger (Red and Blue) [Aba Red: Ryouga Hakua (Koichiro Nishi) and Abare Blue: Yukito Sanjyou (Shou Tomita)]

Row 5 - Abaranger (Yellow, Black and White) [Abare Yellow: Ranru Itsuki (Aiko Ito), Abare Black: Asuka (Kaoru Abe) and Abare Killer (White): Mikoto Nakadai (Kotaro Tanaka)] and Dekaranger (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White and Black) [Deka Red: Banban Akaza (Ryuji Sainei), Deka Blue: Houji Tomasu (Tsuyoshi Hayashi), Deka Green: Sen'ichi Enari (Yousuke Itou), Deka Yellow: Marika Reimon (Ayumi Kinoshida), Deka Pink: Koume Kodou (Mika Kikuchi), Deka Break (White): Tekkan Aira (Tomozaku Yoshida) and Deka Master (Black): Doggie Kruger (Hideaki Kusaka, voiced by Tetsu Inada)]

Row 6 - Dekaranger (Orange/White) [Deka Swan (Orange/White): Swan Shiratori (Mako Ishino)], Magiranger [Magi Red: Kai Ozu (Atsushi Hashimoto), Magi Yellow: Tsubasa Ozu (Hiroya Matsumoto), Magi Blue: Urara Ozu (Asami Kai), Magi Pink: Houka Ozu (Ayumi Beppu), Magi Green: Makito Ozu (Yuuki Ito), Magi Shine (Gold): Hikaru / Sungel (Yousuke Ichikawa), Magi Mother (White): Miyuki Ozu (Azusa Watanabe) and Wolzard Fire: Isamu Ozu / Blagel (Tsutomu Isobe)] and Boukenger (Red) [Bouken Red: Satoru Akashi (Mitsuomi Takahashi)]

Row 7 - Boukenger (Black, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Silver and Gold) [Bouken Black: Masumi Ino (Yasuka Saitou), Bouken Blue: Souta Mogami (Masahi Mikami), Bouken Yellow: Natsuki Mamiya (Chise Nakamura), Bouken Pink: Sakura Nishihori (Haruka Suenaga), Bouken Silver: Eiji Takaoka (Masayuki Deai) and Extra Hero (Gold): Zubaan (Riichi Seike, voiced by Hideyuki Hori)], Super Sentai Generations [Aka Red (Keizo Yabe, voiced by Toru Furuya)] and Gekiranger (Red, Yellow and Blue) [Geki Red: Jan Kandou (Hiroki Suzuki), Geki Yellow: Ran Uzaki (Mina Fukui) and Geki Blue: Retsu Fukami (Manpei Tagaki)]

Row 8 - Gekiranger (Violet, White, Black and Green) [Geki Violet: Gou Fukami (Riki Miura), Geki Chopper (White): Ken Hisatsu (Sotaro Yasuda), Black Lion: Rio (Hirofumi Araki) and Green Chameleon: Mele (Yuka Hirata)] and Go-onger (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Black and Gold) [Go-on Red: Sosuke Esumi (Yasuhisa Furuhara), Go-on Blue: Renn Kousaka (Shinwa Kataoka), Go-on Yellow: Saki Rouyama (Rina Aizawa), Go-on Green: Hant Jou (Masahiro Usui), Go-on Black: Gunpei Ishihara (Kenji Ebisawa) and Go-on Gold: Hiroto Sutou (Hidenoki Tokuyama)]

Row 9 - Go-onger (Silver) [Go-on Silver: Miu Sutou (Yumi Sugimoto)] and Shinkenger [Shinken Red: Takeru Shiba (Tori Matsuzaka), Shinken Blue: Ryunosuke Ikenami (Hiroki Aiba), Shinken Pink: Mako Shiraishi (Rin Takanashi), Shinken Green: Chiaki Tani (Shogo Suzuki), Shinken Yellow: Kotoha Hanaori (Suzuka Morita), Shinken Gold: Genta Umemori (Keisuke Sohma) and Princess Shinken Red: Kaoru Shiba (Runa Natsui)] and Goseiger (Red and Pink) [Gosei Red: Alata (Yudai Chiba) and Gosei Pink: Eri (Rika Satoh)]

Row 10 - Goseiger (Black, Yellow, Blue and Silver) [Gosei Black: Agri (Kyousuke Hamao), Gosei Yellow: Moune (Mikiho Niwa), Gosei Blue: Hyde (Kento Ono) and Gosei Knight (Silver): Groundion (Jiro Okamoto, voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi)] and Gokaiger [Gokai Red: Captain Marvelous (Ryota Ozawa), Gokai Blue: Joe Gibken (Yuki Yamada), Gokai Yellow: Luka Millfy (Mao Ichimichi), Gokai Green: Don Dogoier (Kazuki Shimizu), Gokai Pink: Ahim de Famille (Yui Koike) and Gokai Silver: Gai Ikari (Junya Ikeda)]

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List of every artist featured on VGDensetsu, Part 2

Part 1: A-M Naohisa Yamaguchi / 山口 直久, AKA NaoQ Naoyuki Katoh / 加藤 直之 Naoyuki Onda / 恩田 尚之 Nobuteru Yuuki / 結城信輝 Nobuyuki Kuroki / 黒木信幸 Nona / ノナ Norio Shioyama / 塩山 紀生 Noriyoshi Ohrai / 生頼 範義 Noriyuki Moto / もとのりゆき Noriyuki Yokoki & Kenji Okamoto Oliver Barrett Osamu Muto / 武藤 修 Peter Chan Philip Howe Philippe Dessoly Rampty / ランプテイ Range Murata / 村田 蓮爾 Rieko Kodama / 小玉 理恵子, AKA Phoenix Rie Roger Loveless Roger Motzkus Ron Villani Ryō Hirata / ヒラタリョウ Ryo Kudou / 工藤 稜 Ryō Nakamura / 中村 亮 Ryouji Minagawa / 皆川亮二 Ryota-H Ryuichi Makino / 牧野 竜一 Ryūichirō Kutsuzawa / 沓澤 龍一郎 Ryūji Higurashi / 日暮竜二 Sachiko Kamimura / 神村 幸子 Sachiko Wada / ワダサチコ Satoru Yamashita / 山下智 Satoshi Nakai / 仲井さとし (formerly 中井 覺 / 中井 覚) Satoshi Urushihara / うるし原 智志 Satoshi Yoshioka / ヨシオカサトシ Seijin Tomobe Senno Aki / せんのあき, AKA Tonko Senri Kita / 北千里 Shigenori Soejima / 副島 成記 Shigeo Koike / 小池繁雄 Shigeru Komatsuzaki / 小松崎 茂 Shigeru Miyamoto / 宮本 茂 Shinichi Morioka / 森岡 慎一 / もりおかしんいち Shinichi Ōnishi / 大西伸一 Shinnosuke Hino / 日野 慎之助 Shintarō Majima / 眞島 真太郎 Shinya Edaki / 枝木真也, AKA Edayan / えだやん Shōji Kawamori / 河森 正治 Shuhei Matsumoto / 松本州平 Shujiro Hamakawa / 濱川 修二郎, AKA Shuzilow HA Shunichi Taniguchi / 谷口 俊一 Shusei Nagaoka / 長岡秀星 Sohhei Oshiba / 大柴 宗平 Steve Peringer Susumu Matsushita / 松下進 Syd Mead / シド・ミード Taisuke Kanasaki / 金崎 泰輔 Takamasa Shimaura / 島浦孝全 Takami Akai / 赤井 孝美 Takao Kōzai / 香西 隆男 Takashi Akaishizawa / 赤石沢 貴士 Takashi Amasaka / 天坂隆志, AKA Daikichi Takashi Kinoshita / 木下崇 Takashi Yuda / 湯田 高志 Takayuki Takeya / 竹谷隆之 Takehiko Itō / 伊東岳彦, AKA Hiroyuki Hataike / 幡池裕行 Taku Engawa / エンガワ卓 Taku Makino / 牧野卓 Takuhito Kusanagi / 草彅 琢仁 / 草なぎ 琢仁 Takuro Fuse / 布施拓郎 Tamio / たみお Tatsuji Kajita / 梶田 達二 Tatsuya Ishikawa / 石川達也 Tatsuya Yoshikawa / 吉川達哉 Tatsuyuki Tanaka / 田中達之 Tetsuhiko Kikuchi / 菊地徹彦, AKA HAN / はん Tetsuya Nomura / 野村哲也 Tim & Greg Hildebrandt Tōichirō Yanagida / 柳田東一郎 Tom Chantrell Tom duBois Tomō Yamane / 山根ともお Tomoharu Saitō / 斎藤智晴 Tomomi Kobayashi / 小林 智美 Tomomi Sasaki / 佐々木知美, AKA Sasatomo Tomoyoshi Yamane / 山根知美 Tony DeZuniga Tony Taka Toru Yoshida / 吉田 徹, AKA Yoshibon Toshiaki Mori / 森気楼, AKA Shinkiro Toshihiro Kawamoto / 川元 利浩 Toshimi Sato / 佐藤敏巳 Toshinobu Kondo / 近藤敏信 Toshio Yamamoto / 山本 利雄 Toshiyuki Kubooka / 窪岡俊之 Toyo Ozaki / 尾崎豊中 Tsukasa Jun / 司淳 Tsukasa Kotobuki / ことぶき つかさ Tsuyoshi Nagano / 長野剛 Victor Gadino Viktor Antonov Yasumitsu Okuda / 奥田泰光 Yasuo Fujita / 藤田 泰男 Yasushi Ishizu / 石津泰志 Yasushi Nirasawa / 韮沢靖 Yasushi Nozaki / 野崎泰 Yasushi Torisawa / 酉澤安施 Yasushi Suzuki / 鈴木康士 Yasushi Yamaguchi / 山口恭史, AKA Judy Totoya Yoh Yoshinari / 吉成 曜 Yōichi Amano / 天野洋一 Yoichi Kotabe / 小田部 羊一 Yoshiaki Yoneshima / 米島義明 Yoshihiko Umakoshi / 馬越嘉彦 Yoshihiro Takaiwa / 高岩 ヨシヒロ Yoshihisa Aran / 亜蘭 善久 Yoshikazu Yasuhiko / 安彦 良和 Yoshimiru / よしみる Yoshitaka Amano / 天野 喜孝 Yoshitaka Tamaki / 玉木美孝 Yoshiteru Tsujino / 辻野 芳輝, AKA Torajiro Tsujino / 辻野寅次郎 Yoshitoh Asari / 浅利 義遠 /  あさりよしとお Yoshitoshi Abe / 安倍 吉俊 Yoshitsugu Satō / 佐藤 由紹 Yoshiyuki Takani / 高荷 義之 Youshi Kanoe / カノエユウシ Yū Kinutani / 衣谷 遊 Yūichi Nakatani / 中谷祐一, AKA Violetche Nakamoto Yūichirō Shinozaki / 篠崎雄一郎 Yūji Ishihara / 石原雄二 Yuji Kaida / 開田裕治 Yukihisa Fujita / 藤田幸久 / ふじたゆきひさ Yukiko Hirai / 平井 有紀子 Yukio Kitta / 橘田幸雄 Yukito Kishiro / 木城ゆきと Yuri Kataiwa / 片岩ゆり Yusuke Murata / 村田 雄介 Yusuke Nakamura / 中村佑介 Yusuke Naora / 直良有祐 Yutaka Izubuchi / 出渕裕 Zavier Leslie Cabarga Zennosuke / 禅之助

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Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru Anime Film Trailer Previews First Part of Trilogy

  The first part of the Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ anime film trilogy is set to open in Japan on May 20, ushering in "Yuki no Maki" ("Chapter Snow") under the direction of Takashi Naoya, who returns from helming the first season of the TV anime. In the meantime, a new trailer is here to show action-packed footage from the inaugural chapter along with a preview of the voice cast's "Hanamaru-tayori no Mau Koro ni" opening theme song, composed and arranged by Shuhei Mutsuki with lyrics by eNu.

    There's also a new key visual:

    Following two seasons of the Touken Ranbu - Hanamaru TV anime in 2016 and 2018, the film project was announced in February 2021. Throughout the three chapters, 24 new sword boys will be introduced, for a total of 86 sword boys.

  After the first chapter, the second—"Tsuki no Maki (Chapter Moon)"—directed by Tomoaki Koshida (TV series second season director) and the third—"Hana no Maki (Chapter Flower)"—directed by Sumie Noro (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle assistant director) will follow on July 8 and September 1, respectively. Junichiro Taniguchi, who has worked on all of the previous series, again serves as character designer and chief animation director. Doga Kobo works on anime production.  

  Source: Official Twitter

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

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Sunny Voyage 2023 + Dominion 2023 Match Predictions

Checking at my clock and right now it's about 3:30 in the morning meaning I have about two hours to do all these predictions so here we go with predictions for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" and "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall".

Let's start off with "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" which is headlined by an intense main event that could result in KO or too many kicks to count. Anyway, here we go with the predictions for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE"

Opening Match: Taishi Ozawa vs. Manabu Soya Prediction: Too easy of a win here. Going with Manabu Soya for the win

Match #2: Shuji Kondo, Hiroki, and Hajime Ohara vs. Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway, and Daga Prediction: Based on all that's been going on lately, I'm sensing another win for Stinger most likely in dominant fashion.

Match #3: Stallion Rogers vs. Sean Legacy Prediction: Sean has so far impressed me. He's got that potential. Stallion Rogers is okay but have yet to sense the potential I've been sensing in Sean Legacy so going with Legacy for the win.

Match #4: Dante Leon and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA and Eita Prediction: Intriguing match here as we saw something we didn't expect, HAYATA and Eita teaming up. This is their biggest test but with them facing Dante Leon, it'll be a tall order. Most new teams don't win their first match together but based on the build here, I could sense HAYATA and Eita winning. Either that or Dante shows us all he'll do whatever it takes to become GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion once again.

Match #5: Akitoshi Saito, Shuhei Taniguchi, Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji, and Takashi Sugiura vs. Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya, Kaito Kiyomiya, and Go Shiozaki. Prediction: Crazy match that is just thrown together. Barely a storyline or build going into this match. So my prediction is a wild a crazy one. Got two predictions here. Sugiura will get the win by pinning Inaba but will get attacked by Jake Lee afterwards. Or Kiyomiya will get the win by pinning Mohammed Yone sending a clear message to Kazuchika Okada who has problems with not just Kiyomiya but with those in his own company that are all around the same age as him (Ren Narita and Shota Umino)

Semi-Final Match: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Atsushi Kotoge/Seiki Yoshioka (Challenger Team) vs. Tadasuke/YO-HEY (Champion Team) Prediction: I originally predicted the challengers to win but based on the fact NJPW did a retweet of this match alone and the fact that neither GLG or Just 5 Guys have been booked yet for "All Together Again" I expect the champions to retain and a surprise confrontation post-match.

Main Event Match: Special Singles Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh Prediction: This will be the third match of Nakajima/Kenoh I get to see live. First one was the N1 Victory 2021 finals where Nakajima won with a new move that has barely been seen since that victory. Last one was an intense 60-minute draw which turned out to be the first one I saw in any wrestling format since June 11, 2017 when Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada went the full distance. So...here, feel like and I've been saying this since the match has been made. Nakajima has to win. While with AXIZ, the two matches both him and Kenoh had ended with KO declaring Kenoh the winner. When he joined Kongo in August 2020, Nakajima unleashed a vicious side of himself and dominated against Kenoh to win their N1 Victory 2020 Block Match. Now that he's back with AXIZ, he has to prove that he made the right choice. If Nakajima cannot beat Kenoh as an AXIZ member, many people will be asking questions so in this main event, I'm going with Katsuhiko Nakajima for the win.

With the match predictions for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" done, it's now time to turn over to "Dominion 2023 in Osaka-Jo Hall" taking place this Sunday June 4, 2023.

Opening Match: Special Singles Match: Lance Archer vs. Will Ospreay Prediction: Winner here will get a shot at the IWGP United States Championship most likely at "The Forbidden Door". And with the way things are going, I see Will Ospreay emerging victorious but at what cost remains to be seen.

Match #2: Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, and Titan vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI, and Taka Michinoku Prediction: As we await the status of a possible new LIJ member in Yota Tsuji, 4 of the 5 current LIJ members face 4 of the 5 Just 5 Guys members and to me, this one is too easy. I see a LIJ win with Tetsuya Naito most likely pinning Taka Michinoku

Match #3: IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship: Francesco Akira/TJP (Challenger Team) vs. Kevin Knight/KUSHIDA (Champion Team) Prediction: I'm sensing this to be a big night for the United Empire so going with new champions in Catch 2/2.

Match #4: NJPW World TV Championship: Jeff Cobb (Challenger) vs. Zac Sabre Jr. (Champion) Prediction: Last match, these two went the full distance (15 minutes) so there has to be a winner here within that 15-minute frame. Like I said, sensing a big night for the United Empire so...going with Jeff Cobb for the win here.

Match #5: Match to determine the 99th IWGP Tag Team Champions and the 4th NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions: Great O-Khan and Aaron Henare vs. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI Prediction: Very hard one to predict. Originally had predict Aussie Open to retain but when they pulled out, went with Bishamon but with YOSHI-HASHI's recent comments, have this wild prediction. Bishamon will win only if Hirooki Goto gets the winning pin. Other than that, United Empire will complete the sweep and leave Osaka with gold all over.

Match #6: NEVER Openweight Championship Match: El Phantasmo (Challenger) vs. David Finlay (Champion) Prediction: This match alone may reach Nakajima/Kenoh levels or something darker. Though I'll be rooting for El Phantasmo, I sadly see David Finlay retaining and how he retains could be worse than how he beat Tama Tonga for the title at "Wrestling Dontaku 2023"

Match #8: NEVER 6-man Tag Team Championship: Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Shota Umino (Challenger Team) vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hiroshi Tanahashi (Champion Team) Prediction: Kazuchika Okada can easily handle Kaito Kiyomiya (who's looking to avenge his loss on June 9th in Ryogoku). Okada can handle Ren Narita easily. But...when it comes to Shota Umino. I said this on social media this past weekend and saying it here again...everytime Okada is under the impression that he can handle Shota Umino easily, seems like Umino is one or two steps ahead of him and I feel like that 6-man tag in Long Beach, CA changed Umino to the man we're seeing now. So...my prediction for this match is we're getting new champions. BCC going to take the 6-man titles hostage.

Semi-Main Event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Master Wato (Challenger/BOSJ 30 Winner) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (Champion) Prediction: A hard one to predict but right now going with Master Wato for the win. It's his hometown and most times, the hometown hero always wins.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (Challenger) vs. SANADA (Champion) Prediction: Hardest title match to predict in a long time even if this will be Tsuji's first match back from excursion. My prediction on this main event will shock you. I'm going with the time-limit draw. We'll most likely see our first 60-minute draw in 6 years.

So...there you have it. My predictions for today's "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" which starts about a hour from now (5:30 AM Eastern) and my predictions for Sunday's "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall".

Tune in for "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" today (May 31, 2023) at 5:30 AM Eastern/4:30 AM Central/2:30 AM Pacific. Pro Wrestling NOAH's English Twitter account has all the start times for the event. In the case you can't find your start time, go to timeanddate.com, type in the city you live in to find the start time in your area.

"Dominion 2023 in Osaka-Jo Hall" (aka Dominion 6.4) comes Sunday June 4th at 4 PM Local Time/3 AM Eastern/2 AM Central/Midnight Pacific. If your start time is not list, like I said about "Sunny Voyage 2023 in Shinjuku FACE" go to timeanddate.com, type in the city you live in to find the start time in your area for "Dominion".

Enjoy both these shows coming later on today (for Sunny Voyage) and this Sunday (Dominion) respectively.

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~NOAH R-village PARTY ~ BATTLE LIVE SP ~, 10/17/2019 [Thu] Kanagawa – Kawasaki Club Citta

1. 50 Funky Powers (Muhammed Yone & Quiet Storm) vs Sugiura Army (Hajime Ohara & Kinya Okada) Winners: 50 Funky Powers (11:41) Muhammed Yone pinned Kinya Okada with a Funky Buster Bomb.

2. RATEL’S (HAYATA, Daisuke Harada, Tadasuke & YO-HEY) vs Hi69, Hitoshi Kumano, Junta Miyawaki & Sonico Winners: RATEL'S (14:58) HAYATA pinned Junta Miyawaki with a Moonsault Press.

3. Kaito Kiyomiya, Naomichi Marufuji & Shuhei Taniguchi vs Kengoh (Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura) Winners: Kiyomiya, Marufuji & Taniguchi (16:29) Kaito Kiyomiya pinned Yoshiki Inamura with a Tiger Suplex Hold.

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Blunt Force Trauma - Vengeance for Nothing

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