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was a Japanese professional wrestling
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, based in the Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotion. It was founded and led by Kenoh between 2019 and 2023.


History


Formation

On the finals night of the 2019 edition of the Global Tag League from May 4, Kenoh,
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, Atsushi Kotoge and Yoshiki Inamura allegedly founded the unit after they protested against
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's new ownership under Lidet Entertainment.


Under Kenoh's leadership (2019–2023)

At ''Noah Kawasaki Go'' on August 30, 2020, after he alongside "AXIZ" tag team partner Go Shiozaki dropped the
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to Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki, Katsuhiko Nakajima betrayed Shiozaki and aligned himself with Kongo after shaking hands with Kenoh. At Noah The Glory 2021 on April 29, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Nio defeated Akitoshi Saito and Junta Miyawaki in tag team competition, and Masa Kitamiya unsuccessfully challenged Keiji Muto for the
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. At Noah Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial 2021 on May 31, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Nio and Tadasuke defeated Junta Miyawaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura in eight-man tag team action, and Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya successfully defended the
GHC Tag Team Championship The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...
aginast Funky Express (Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi). At
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on June 6, Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke teamed up in a losing effort against Team DDT ( Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Kazusada Higuchi,
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, Naomi Yoshimura and Yukio Naya) in five-way tag team competition. At Noah Cross Over in Sendai 2021 on July 11, Hao and Tadasuke unsuccessfully challenged Hao and Tadasuke for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. At Noah Cross Over in Hiroshima 2021 on August 1, Aleja, Kenoh and Tadasuke defeated Daiki Inaba, Junta Miyawaki and Masa Kitamiya in six-man tag team action, and Hao, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Nio fell short to Sugiura-gun (Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura) in the same type of bout. At Noah Grand Square 2021 on October 10, Hao, Nio and Tadasuke fell short to Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone) in six-man tag team action, Aleja and Manabu Soya defeated Junta Miyawaki and Masa Kitamiya in tag team action, Kenoh teamed up with Kaito Kiyomiya to defeat Kazushi Sakuraba and Keiji Muto, and Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Naomichi Marufuji to win the
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. At Noah Demolition Stage 2021 on November 13, Hao, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Nio defeated Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada), Daiki Inaba and Kinya Okada in eight-man tag team action, and Kenoh defeated Masaaki Mochizuki to win the GHC National Championship. At Noah The Best 2021 on November 28, Aleja, Hao, Manabu Soya, Nio and Tadasuke fell short to Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada), Hajime Ohara, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yasutaka Yano in ten-man tag team action, and Kenoh drew against Katsuhiko Nakajima in a winner takes all bout disputed for both Kenoh's GHC National Championship and Nakajima's
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. At Noah The New Year 2022 on January 1, Manabu Soya, Nio and Tadasuke fell short to Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone), Aleja and Hao defeated Stinger (Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu), and Kenoh successfully defended the GHC National Championship against Kaito Kiyomiya. At
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on January 16, Haoh turned on the stable, and Kenoh and Manabu Soya unsuccessfully challenged M's Alliance ( Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji) for the
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. At Noah Higher Ground 2022 on January 22, Hao went into a time-limit draw against former tag team partner Nio after betraying the stable. In the main event, leader Kenoh dropped the GHC National Championship to Masakatsu Funaki. At
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on February 23, Aleja, Hajime Ohara and Tadasuke defeated Hao,
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and Kai Fujimura. Aleja began showing compassion towards real life brother Kai Fujimura, after stopping Tadasuke's attack on him. Two days later at "Noah Step Forwrard", after growing unsatisfied with Tadasuke's actions, Aleja decided to turn on Tadasuke, and left Kongo, defecting to "Noah Juniors", before reverting to his previous ring name "Alejandro". At
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on March 21, (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Masakatsu Funaki teamed up in a losing effort against Sugiura-gun ( Hideki Suzuki, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura). On the first night of the
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event from April 29, Hajime Ohara, Tadasuke and Shuji Kondo fell short to
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, Nosawa Rongai and
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) and Nio fell short to Hao. On the second night from April 30, Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Tadasuke defeated Funky Express (
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, King Tany and
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), Masakatsu Funaki successfully retained the GHC National Championship against Simon Gotch, and Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh unsuccessfully challenged Sugiura-gun (Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura) for the
GHC Tag Team Championship The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...
. At Noah Dream On Final 2022 on May 21, Hajime Ohara, Hi69, Tadasuke and Shuji Kondo defeated Momo No Seishun Tag ( Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada), Hao and Yo-Hey, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masakatsu Funaki fell short to Sugiura-gun (Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura) and Masaaki Mochizuki, and Kenoh defeated Simon Gotch. At
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on June 12, Katsuhiko Nakajima teamed up with Atsushi Kotoge and Yoshiki Inamura to defeat
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( Tetsuya Endo and Jun Akiyama) and Kazusada Higuchi, and Kenoh defeated Daisuke Sasaki. At Noah Destination 2022 on July 16, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masakatsu Funaki fell short to Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita and Takashi Sugiura, and Kenoh defeated Satoshi Kojima to win the
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. At Noah Departure 2022 on August 5, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Manabu Soya defeated Anthony Greene and Stallion Rogers, and Hajime Ohara, Hi69, Kenoh and Tadasuke fell short to Alejandro, El Hijo del Santo,
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and Último Dragón. At Noah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022 on September 25, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Tadasuke fell short to Alejandro,
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and
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, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masakatsu Funaki fell short to Kazuyuki Fujita and Keiji Muto, and Kenoh dropped the
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to Kaito Kiyomiya. At Noah Ariake Triumph 2022 on October 30, Hajime Ohara, Manabu Soya and Shuji Kondo defeated Alejandro, Extreme Tiger and Shuhei Taniguchi, Hi69 and Tadasuke unsuccessfully challenged Stinger ( Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka) for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Masakatsu Funaki defended the GHC National Championship against Kazushi Sakuraba, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh unsuccessfully challenged TakaKoji (Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura) for the
GHC Tag Team Championship The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...
. At Noah Global Honored Crown 2022 on November 10, Hajime Ohara and Shuji Kondo defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and Masakatsu Funaki dropped the GHC National Championship to El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. At Noah The Best 2022 on November 23, Hi69 and Tadasuke fell short to Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito and Mohammed Yone), Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya fell short to Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya and Satoshi Kojima, and Hajime Ohara and Shuji Kondo dropped the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka. At N Innovation 2022 on December 23, Hi69 fell short to Shoki Kitamura, and Hajime Ohara, Shuji Kondo and Tadasuke fell short to Alejandro, Andy Wu and Ninja Mack. At
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on January 1, Hi69, Shuji Kondo and Tadasuke fell short to Alejandro, Dante Leon and Ninja Mack, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki, Manabu Soya and Hajime Ohara got outmatched by Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin, Nosawa Rongai and
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, and Kenoh unsuccessfully challenged Kaito Kiyomiya for the
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. At The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" on January 22, Hajime Ohara and Hi69 defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka, and Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki and Manabu Soya fell short to Sugiura-gun (El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Takashi Sugiura), Kaito Kiyomiya and Satoshi Kojima. At ''Kenoh's Debut 15th Anniversary Show'' from June 24, 2023, the leader himself announced that Kongo have split amically during a backstage interview.


New Japan Pro Wrestling (2022–2023)

Due to Pro Wrestling Noah sharing a business partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling, various members of the stable participated in the latter's biggest yearly event, the Wrestle Kingdom, usually on the second or third night dedicated to inter-promotional prizeless matches. At Wrestle Kingdom 16 on January 8, 2022, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke, and Aleja fell short to ''
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'' ( Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Sanada, Bushi, and Hiromu Takahashi). At Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 21, Tadasuke defeated Bushi, Manabu Soya defeated Sanada, Katsuhiko Nakajima fell short to Shingo Takagi and Kenoh to Tetsuya Naito.


Members


Former members


Associates


Sub-groups


Timeline


Championships and accomplishments

* All Japan Pro Wrestling **
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( 1 time) – Kenoh and Soya * Dragon Gate ** Open the Twin Gate Championship ( 1 time) – Kenoh and Kondo * Pro-Wrestling Basara ** UWA World Trios Championship ( 1 time, current) – Kondo with '' Takuya Sugawara'' and '' Toru Owashi'' * Pro Wrestling Noah **
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) – Nakajima and Kenoh ** GHC National Championship ( 3 times) – Kenoh (2) and Funaki **
GHC Tag Team Championship The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...
( 1 time) – Kitamiya and Nakajima ** GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – Ohara and Kondo **
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***(2019) – Kenoh ***(2020, 2021) – Nakajima ** Jr. Team Game (2021) – Tadasuke, Aleja, Haoh & Nioh * '' Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' **Ranked Katsuhiko Nakajima No. 32 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2022 **Ranked Kenoh No. 118 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2022 **Ranked Masakatsu Funaki No. 223 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2022 **Ranked
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No. 322 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2019


See also

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Los Perros del Mal de Japón ( Spanish for "The Evil Dogs of Japan" and often spelled without the accent as ''Los Perros del Mal de Japon'' in English-speaking countries), was a Japanese professional wrestling stable that primarily appeared in the Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) ...
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Stinger (professional wrestling) (often stylized in all uppercase as STINGER) is a Japanese villanous professional wrestling Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable, based in the Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) Professional wrestling promotion, promotion formed in 201 ...
* Sugiura-gun *
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* Good Looking Guys


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