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Atsushi Kotoge (小峠 篤司 Kotōge Atsushi) (born October 18, 1985)[1][2] is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he is a former eleven-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, a former three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time GHC Tag Team Champion and between Noah and IPW:UK's relationship, Kotoge is a former one-time IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Champion. As part of a working relationship between NOAH and Dragon Gate (DG), he is a former one-time Open The Triangle Gate Champion.

He is also known for his time in Osaka Pro Wrestling, where he was part of the tag team Momo no Seishun (桃の青春タッグ Momo no Seishun, "Peach of Youth")  with Daisuke Harada.[3] Kotoge and Harada are former three-time Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions and have also worked together for various other promotions across Japan and for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–based Chikara in the United States.

Professional wrestling career[]

Kotoge made his debut for Osaka Pro Wrestling on April 29, 2005, at the promotion's sixth anniversary show, facing Kabuto Beetle in a losing effort.[4] After a rocky first year, which saw Kotoge feuding with La Uchida, without much success, the summer of 2006 saw him starting a new feud with Daisuke Harada, during which he also began picking up victories and showing improvement in his in–ring work.[5][6] In November 2006, Kotoge and Harada ended their feud and decided to partner up instead.[5][6] After working as a tag team for over a year, Kotoge and Harada were finally granted a shot at the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship on January 5, 2008, but were unsuccessful in their attempt at dethroning the defending champions Bad Force (GAINA and Zero).[7] Just a month later on February 11, the team came to an abrupt end, when Kotoge turned heel and joined the Bad Force stable, which, beside GAINA and Zero, also included Condor, Hideyoshi, Kazushi and Masamune.[1][8] Meanwhile, Harada formed rival group Blood & Guts with Zeus and Tadasuke.[9] The feud between Bad Force and Blood & Guts would last for the next three months, before Bad Force was dissolved, when Condor, GAINA and Zero jumped to splinter promotion Okinawa Pro Wrestling, after which Kotoge reunited with Harada by joining his stable.[10][1][5] In June, Blood & Guts sent two teams into the 2008 Osaka Tag Festival, with Kotoge teaming with Tadasuke and Harada with Zeus.[7] Both teams made it to the finals, where Harada and Zeus were victorious.[7] Kotoge spent the rest of the year teaming with Harada and on November 15, the two unsuccessfully challenged Black Buffalo and Tigers Mask for the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship.[7]

In March 2009, Kotoge entered the Indie Junior Challenger Determination tournament, defeating tag team partner Daisuke Harada in his first round match.[11] The finals of the tournament on April 4 was a three–way match between stablemates Kotoge, Harada and Tadasuke, with Harada once again being victorious.[11] On June 6, 2009, Tadasuke, considered the lowest ranking member of Blood & Guts, turned on the stable and joined rival group LOV (Legion of Violence).[12] The turn built to a Hair vs. Hair match on July 25, where Kotoge was defeated by Tadasuke.[13] With Zeus out of Osaka Pro, Kotoge and Harada disbanded the Blood & Guts stable, renamed their tag team Momo no Seishun Tag and concentrated on chasing the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship. On January 16, 2010, Kotoge and Harada defeated Orochi and Tadasuke to become the number one contenders to the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship and finally, on February 11, defeated Hideyoshi and Masamune to win the Tag Team Championship for the first time.[1][5][14][15] On May 9, Kotoge and Harada teamed with Takoyakida to defeat Tokyo Gurentai (FUJITA, MAZADA and NOSAWA Rongai) for the UWA World Trios Championship.[1][14][16] They would hold the Trios Championship for a month, before losing it to Ebessan, Kanjyouro Matsuyama and Kuishinbo Kamen.[14][16][17] On July 17, Momo no Seishun Tag lost the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship to Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki, representing rival promotion Dragon Gate.[14][15]

On October 15, 2010, Kotoge and Harada made their debuts for Pro Wrestling Noah to take part in the 2010 Nippon TV Jr. Heavyweight Tag League.[18] After one victory and three losses, Kotoge and Harada finished last in their block.[19][20][21] Upon their return to Osaka Pro, Momo no Seishun defeated Fujii and Mochizuki on October 31 to regain the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship.[14][15] Their second reign would last less than two months as thet lost the title to JOKER (Kuuga and Orochi) on November 28.[14][15] On January 15, 2011, Kotoge and Harada returned to Noah to unsuccessfully challenge Atsushi Aoki and Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[22] On March 6, Momo no Seishun wrestled JOKER representatives Orochi and Tadasuke to a draw in an Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship number one contenders' match and afterwards agreed to a three–way match for the title.[23] The title match took place on March 19, when Orochi and Tadasuke defeated Momo no Seishun and previous champions, Big Guns (Zeus and The Bodyguard) to become the new Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions.[15][24] On April 21 Momo no Seishun returned to Noah, where they defeated GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Kotaro Suzuki and Shane Haste in a tag team match.[25] On July 18 Momo no Seishun defeated the teams of JOKER (Orochi and Tadasuke) and Takoyakida and Ultimate Spider Jr. in a three–way match to win the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship for the third time.[26] Four days later Kotoge and Harada returned to Pro Wrestling Noah to take part in the 2011 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League. After two victories and two losses, Kotoge and Harada finished third in their block, missing the finals of the tournament.[27] On October 30, Momo no Seishun lost the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship to the JOKER team of HAYATA and Kuuga.[28] On November 27, the members of Momo no Seishun faced off in the first round of the 2011 Tenno-zan tournament, with Harada eliminating Kotoge and advancing to the second round, eventually going on to win the entire tournament.[29][30] On December 18, Momo no Seishun returned to Pro Wrestling Noah, where they teamed with Shane Haste to defeat Atsushi Aoki, Kotaro Suzuki and Taiji Ishimori in a six-man tag team match, afterwards challenging Aoki and Suzuki to a match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[30] On January 22, 2012, Momo no Seishun failed to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Aoki and Suzuki.[31] On April 7, Kotoge announced that he would be leaving Osaka Pro at the end of the month.[32] Momo no Seishun wrestled their final match together on April 21, when they battled Hideyoshi and Masamune to a thirty-minute draw.[33] On April 29, Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Tadasuke defeated Billyken Kid, Black Buffalo and Tigers Mask in Kotoge's final Osaka Pro match.[34] Following the match, Kotoge announced Pro Wrestling Noah as his new home promotion.[35]

Chikara (2010–2011)[]

In April 2010, Kotoge along with Harada and their former Blood & Guts partner Tadasuke traveled to the United States to represent Osaka Pro in Chikara's 2010 King of Trios tournament. In their first round match in the tournament on April 23, Team Osaka Pro defeated The UnStable (Colin Delaney, STIGMA and Vin Gerard).[36] While Kotoge and Harada worked the tour as faces, Tadasuke worked as a heel, and in the following day's quarterfinal match, used his heel antics to eliminate the reigning King of Trios, F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor, Gran Akuma and Icarus), from the tournament by pinning Taylor, while holding his tights, thus sending Team Osaka Pro to the semifinals of the tournament.[37] On April 25, Team Osaka Pro was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by The Colony (Fire Ant, Green Ant and Soldier Ant).[38] Despite failing to win the tournament, Team Osaka Pro's strong showing had made them instant crowd favorites in Chikara.[37]

On March 1, 2011, Chikara announced that Kotoge and Harada would be returning to the promotion for the 2011 King of Trios, this time teaming with the reigning Osaka Pro Wrestling Battle Royal Champion Ultimate Spider Jr.[39] On April 15, Team Osaka Pro defeated the Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Matt Classic and Sugar Dunkerton) in their first round match.[40] However, the following day, Team Osaka Pro was eliminated from the tournament by F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor, Icarus and Johnny Gargano), when Taylor pinned Spider Jr., while grabbing a hold of his tights, much like how Tadasuke had pinned him in the tournament the previous year.[41] On April 17, the final day of the tournament, Kotoge and Harada entered a ten tag team gauntlet match. They entered the match as the eighth team, facing the Roughnecks (Brodie Lee and Grizzly Redwood), whom they eliminated when Kotoge pinned Redwood. After Kotoge also scored the pinfall, which eliminated team number nine, 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews), he and Harada faced off with representatives from rival promotion Dragon Gate, KAGETORA and Super Shisa. In the end, Kotoge was able to score his third pinfall of the day, winning the match for Momo no Seishun, while also earning the team their third point, which guaranteed them a shot at the Campeonatos de Parejas, which was at the time held by Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush.[42][43] On August 25, Chikara announced that Momo no Seishun would return to cash their points on October 7, challenging brand new Campeones de Parejas, F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano), in a rubber match.[44][45] On October 7 in Burlington, North Carolina, Momo no Seishun failed to capture the Campeonatos de Parejas as they were defeated by Taylor and Gargano two falls to one, following interference from Icarus.[46] The following day, Kotoge and Harada were defeated by Fire Ant and Soldier Ant at a show in Kingsport, Tennessee.[47]

Pro Wrestling NOAH (2012–present)[]

Junior heavyweight (2012–2016)[]

On May 1, 2012, Kotoge appeared at a press conference, where he was officially presented as Pro Wrestling Noah's newest signee.[48] Kotoge wrestled his first match under a Noah contract on May 6, when he was defeated by Go Shiozaki.[49] On May 13, Kotoge pinned GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru in a tag team main event, where he teamed with GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima and Kanemaru withMaybach Taniguchi.[50] The following day, Kotoge was named the number one contender to Kanemaru's title.[51] Kotoge received his title shot on June 3, but was defeated by Kanemaru.[52] On July 22, Kotoge wrestled one of the biggest matches of his career, when he was defeated by Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) representative Kota Ibushi in a singles match.[53] After losing to Muhammad Yone on July 29, Kotoge was accepted into the Brave stable, which in addition to Yone also included leader Naomichi Marufuji, Ricky Marvin, Takashi Sugiura, Takeshi Morishima and Taiji Ishimori, who agreed to team with Kotoge in the upcoming 2012 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League.[54] On August 9, Kotoge wrestled another big match, where he was defeated by the recently returned Kenta.[55] At the end of the two-week-long NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, Kotoge and Ishimori won their round-robin block with three wins and one loss, advancing to the finals, where, on September 22, they defeated Daichi Hashimoto and Ikuto Hidaka to win the tournament and become the number one contenders to the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[56][57] Kotoge and Ishimori received their title shot on October 8, but were defeated by the defending champions, Ricky Marvin and Super Crazy.[58] On December 16, Kotoge made a special return to Osaka Pro, teaming with Ishimori, Billyken Kid, Tigers Mask and Tsubasa in a ten-man tag team match, where they defeated the Joker team of Hideyoshi, Masamune, Orochi, Quiet Storm and Spider J, with Kotoge pinning Spider J for the win.[59] On January 27, 2013, Kotoge represented Noah in an interpromotional match with New Japan Pro Wrestling, teaming with Yoshinari Ogawa in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask.[60] On March 10, Kotoge received another shot at the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Taiji Ishimori.[61] In April, Kotoge got to take part in his first Global Tag League, when he replaced an injured Naomichi Marufuji and became Takashi Sugiura's new partner for the tournament.[62] While the tournament was still ongoing, Kotoge and Ishimori received another shot at the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on April 21, but were defeated by the defending champions, Genba Hirayanagi and Suwa.[63] Kotoge and Sugiura finished the Global Tag League on April 28 with a record of two wins and two losses.[64] Despite failing to make the finals, they were awarded the Technique award.[65]

On May 12, Kotoge wrestled in a singles match, where he defeated former tag team partner Daisuke Harada, who had just joined Noah from Osaka Pro.[66][67] From July 11 to 28, Kotoge and Ishimori took part in the 2013 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, contested for the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, where they made it all the way to the finals, before losing to Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask.[68][69] On August 24, Kotoge returned to the ring with Daisuke Harada, when he was pinned by his former partner in a tag team match, where he and Ishimori faced Harada and Hitoshi Kumano.[70] After Harada and Kumano had failed to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Liger and Tiger Mask, Kotoge and Ishimori received another shot at the title on October 5, but were again defeated by the New Japan representatives.[71] Kotoge and Ishimori finally won the title on March 21, 2014, when they defeated Yoshinari Ogawa and Zack Sabre Jr.[72] Afterwards, Kotoge announced he was planning on becoming a double junior heavyweight champion, challenging GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, former partner Daisuke Harada.[73] Kotoge and Ishimori's reign as GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions lasted only 22 days, before they lost the title back to Ogawa and Sabre in their first defense on April 12.[74][75] On April 19, Kotoge also failed in his attempt to capture the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship from Harada.[76] On July 5, Kotoge and Ishimori regained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Ogawa and Sabre.[77] They lost the title to Hajime Ohara and Kenoh on October 12.[78]

On December 6, Kotoge won his first singles title, when he defeated former partner Daisuke Harada for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[79][80] He made his first successful title defense in a rematch with Harada on January 24, 2015.[81] He lost the title to Taichi in his second defense on March 15, following repeated outside interference from Taichi's Suzuki-gun stablemates El Desperado and Taka Michinoku.[82][83] Kotoge received a rematch for the title on May 10, but was again defeated following outside interference from El Desperado and a steel chair shot from Taichi.[84][85] On May 24, Kotoge represented Noah in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Lucha Libre World Cup in Mexico City. Team Noah, made up of Kotoge, Taiji Ishimori and Yoshihiro Takayama was defeated in the first round of the tournament by the Dream Team (Myzteziz, El Patrón Alberto and Rey Mysterio Jr.).[86] Back in Noah, Kotoge made it to the finals of the 2015 Global Junior Heavyweight League, but was defeated there on August 5 by Daisuke Harada.[87][88] On August 22, Kotoge and Harada announced they were reuniting for the 2015 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League,[89] which would mark their first matches together as a tag team in four years.[90] On September 22, Kotoge and Harada finished their round-robin block in the tournament with a record of three wins and one loss, winning their block and advancing to the finals.[91] Later that same day, they defeated the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions El Desperado and Taka Michinoku in the finals to win the tournament.[92][93] This led to a match on October 4, where Kotoge and Harada defeated El Desperado and Taka Michinoku to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, becoming the first Noah wrestlers to reclaim one of the four GHC titles from the Suzuki-gun stable.[94][95] Afterwards, Kotoge and Harada continued feuding with Suzuki-gun by successfully defending their title against members of the stable; first defeating El Desperado and Michinoku in a rematch on December 23,[96] then defeating Taichi and Michinoku on January 31, 2016,[97] and finally defeating Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru on February 19.[98][99] On March 19, Kotoge and Harada lost the title to Hajime Ohara and Kenoh.[100] Kotoge and Harada regained the title in a rematch on April 5.[101][102] They then went back to defending the title against Suzuki-gun, defeating El Desperado and Taka Michinoku for their first successful defense on April 30,[103] before defeating Ohara and Kenoh in a title rematch on May 28.[104] On June 12, Kotoge and Harada won a three-way match, defeating the Suzuki-gun team of Michinoku and Taichi as well as Gedo and Jado, to make their third successful title defense.[105][106] The following month, Kotoge and Harada made it to the finals of the 2016 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League, but were defeated there by ACH and Taiji Ishimori.[107][108] This led to a title match on August 21 at a NJPW show, where Kotoge and Harada defeated ACH and Ishimori for their fourth successful title defense, afterwards nominating Gedo and Jado as their next challengers.[109][110]

On September 23 he the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champioship for the second time by defeating Yoshinobu Kanemaru. On October 8, Kotoge and Harada lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Gedo and Jado. On December 24, Kotoge and Harada regained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Gedo and Jado.[111] Following the win, Kotoge stated he wanted to join the heavyweight division in 2017.[112] On December 26, Noah held a press conference to officially announce Kotoge's transition into the heavyweight division, resulting in him relinquishing both the GHC Junior Heavyweight and GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships.[113]

Heavyweight (2017–2019)[]

Kotoge's heavyweight debut took place on January 7, 2017, when he and Naomichi Marufuji unsuccessfully challenged Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi for the GHC Tag Team Championship.[114][115] The following day, Kotoge defeated Rionne Fujiwara for his first win as an heavyweight.[116] Momo no Seishun formally disbanded on February 14, after Kotoge defeated Harada in a singles match.[117] In May, Kotoge and Go Shiozaki advanced to the finals of the 2017 Global Tag League, after finishing their block with a record of five wins and two losses.[118] On May 4, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by reigning GHC Tag Team Champions Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji.[119] On June 4, Kotoge defeated Kenoh to become the number one contender to the GHC Heavyweight Championship. On June 25 Kotoge unsuccessfully challenged Katsuhiko Nakajima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. On August 26 Kotoge and Go Shiozaki defeated Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Muhammad Yone and Quiet Storm on October 1.

On February 16, 2018, Kotoge and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Takashi Sugiura and Kenoh in a tag team match, with Kotoge pinning Sugiura. On March 11 at Great Voyage in Yokohama, after Sugiura won the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time, Kotoge challenged Suguira into a title match and proceeded to attack him. On March 31 during the Global Tag League, Kotoge and Marufuji faced Kenoh and Sugiura for a second time, with Kotoge pinning again Sugiura. On April 29, at Great Voyage in Niigata, Kotoge unsuccessfully challenged Sugiura for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. In November, Kotoge took part in the 2018 Global League, where he finished the tournament with three wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. During the tournament, Kotoge picked up a major win over Sugiura.

On May 4, 2019, Kotoge formed a stable named "KONGOH" with Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Kenoh as a way of protest against NOAH's owner LIDET Entertainment. On July 27, Kotoge announced he would be leaving the stable, in order to return to the junior heavyweight division.

Return to the Junior Heavyweight division (2019–Present)[]

On August 3, Kotoge and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Daisuke Harada and Tadasuke in Kotoge's return match to the junior heavyweight division. Afterwards, Harada tried to attack Kotoge, but he was held back by Tadasuke and Ogawa, who announced Kotoge as the newest member of Stinger, who was feuding with Harada's RATEL'S stable. On August 25, after Harada successfully defended the IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Championship against Kotoge's Stinger stablemate Chris Ridgeway, Kotoge challenged Harada to a title match. On September 16, Kotoge defeated Harada to win IPW:UK Junior Heavyweight Championship. He lost the back title to Harada on November 16. On November 26, Kotoge and Kotaro Suzuki defeated Harada and Tadasuke to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. In January 2020, Kotoge took part in the 2020 Global Junior League, finishing the tournament with a record of two wins and two losses, same as block winner Hajime Ohara, but failed to advance to the finals due to losing to Ohara in their head-to-head match. On March 29, Kotoge and Suzuki lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to RATEL'S members HAYATA and YO-HEY. Later that night, Stinger was disbanded after Suzuki turned on Ogawa.

On May 10, Kotoge turned on Suzuki, due to Stinger being reformed without his knowledge and also due to HAYATA, being part of it. Afterwards, Kotoge asked whether he could join the Sugiura-gun, leading Nosawa Rongai to refuse. Afterwards, Seiki Yoshioka turned on Rongai, and the two were joined by Hajime Ohara forming a new stable named "Full Throttle". Afterwards, Kotoge began proclaiming himself as the leader of the stable, causing a disagreement with Yoshioka and Ohara. Shortly after, Kotoge took part in the All Four Sides, a tournament to determine the next challenger to the GHC National Championship, having the ambition of winning the title for Ohara and Yoshioka to acknowledge as the leader of Full Throttle. Kotoge was eliminated by eventual finalist Masa Kitamiya in the second round of the tournament. The dispute over the leadership culminated on August 1, Kotoge defeating Ohara and Yoshioka in a three-way elimination match to become the leader of the stable.

On September 23, YO-HEY turned on his partner Daisuke Harada. Afterwards, Full Throttle went to help, with only Kotoge getting in the ring to help him, while Ohara and Yoshioka were at ringside. This led to Kotoge reforming Momo no Seishun with Harada, which in turn led Kotoge to be kicked out of the stable and replaced by YO-HEY. Kotoge and Harada then challenged Stinger's HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa to a title match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. This led to on October 11, Kotoge and Harada defeating HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the record breaking fourth time. They lost the titles back to HAYATA and Ogawa on November 22 at NOAH The Chronicle Vol. 4. On March 14, 2021 at Great Voyage in Fukuoka, Kotoge defeated Seiki Yoshioka to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the third time. On June 27 at Muta The World, Kotoge lost the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship to HAYATA. On September 12, Kotoge and Hajime Ohara defeated Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu to win GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, They lost the titles to Eita and Nosawa Rongai on October 10. On November 26, in a press conference, Kotoge and Daisuke Harada announced the creation of N Innovation, a new brand exclusive for NOAH's junior heavyweight division.

On February 11, 2022, Kotoge saved YO-HEY from an attack by Los Perros del Mal de Japon, after the latter turned on him, leading YO-HEY to join NOAH's Juniors. Shortly after, in a backstage interview, YO-HEY ask Kotoge to team with him to challenge for the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On February 23 at Gain Control In Nagoya, Kotoge and YO-HEY defeated HAYATA and Yuya Susumu to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa on April 29 at Majestic. On June 8, Kotoge, YO-HEY and Harada defeated Stinger's Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu to win Dragon Gate's Open The Triangle Gate Championship. They vacated the titles on June 23, after Harada registered a fever. Harada was replaced by Extreme Tiger in a match to crown the new champions, where they lost to Eita, Nosawa Rongai and Kotaro Suzuki for the vacate titles. On September 25 at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka defeated Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Hajime Ohara and Shuji Kondo on November 10 at Global Honored Crown, before regaining them on November 23 at Noah the Best. They lost the titles to YO-HEY and Kzy on December 23. On August 11, 2023, Kotoge and Hi69 defeated YO-HEY and Tadasuke to become the number one contenders to the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, which they failed to win on September 3, losing to Daga and Chris Ridgeway.

On January 2, 2024 at NOAH The New Year, Kotoge, Go Shiozaki, Hi69, Muhammad Yone, and Akitoshi Saito formed "Team NOAH". From February 24 to March 10, Kotoge and Shiozaki took part in the 2024 Victory Challenge Tag League. After finishing the tournament with a record of three wins, three losses and a draw, they were defeated in the final day of the tournament by Kaito Kiyomiya and Ryohei Oiwa and thus were eliminated from the finals.

In wrestling[]

  • Finishing moves
  • Signature moves
    • Bull Dogging Headlock (Bulldog) – adopted from Billy Ken Kid
    • Death Penalty (Inverted DDT) – adopted from Orochi
    • Diving elbow drop[10]
    • Dropkick,[17] sometimes while springboarding[5]
    • Headbutt[123][124]
    • Leg lariat[5][17]
    • Moonsault[5]
    • Onsoku Leg Shot (Running leg lariat to a seated opponent)[5]
    • Side Effect (Sitout side slam)
    • Thrust kick[5]
  • Nicknames
    • "The Skywalker"[3]
    • "Momoiro Nekkutsu Seinen"[125] (Japanese for "Pink Hot-Blooded Young Man")
  • Entrance themes
    • "Bad Japanese" by Fireball[1][3]

Championships and accomplishments[]

Luchas de Apuestas record[]

Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Tadasuke (hair) Atsushi Kotoge (hair) Osaka, Japan Saturday Night Story July 25, 2009 [13]

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