is a Japanese

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currently working for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Twin Gate Champion and

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Professional wrestling career

Dragon Gate (2018–present)

Minoura made his

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debut in Dragon Gate on June 11, 2018, on the eleventh night of the ''Rainbow Gate 2018'' where he teamed up with Natural Vibes (

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and Yasshi) in a losing effort against MaxiMuM (

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, Jason Lee and Masato Yoshino) as a result of a

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. Being mainly a tag team wrestler, Minoura began chasing various tag titles, and won his first one, the

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alongside his "Team Dragon Gate" tag partner Jason Lee at ''Memorial Gate In Wakayama'' on August 2, 2020, by defeating R.E.D. (BxB Hulk and Kazma Sakamoto). He joined his first faction, the now-defunct stable of "Masquerade" where he succeeded in winning

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for the first time in his career by teaming up with stablemates Jason Lee and Shun Skywalker and defeating R.E.D. ( Eita,

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and

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) at ''Fantastic Gate 2021'' of January 12. Minoura switched factions at the beginning of 2022 by joining the newly created unit of "Gold Class", succeeding in winning the triangle titles for the second time, alongside Naruki Doi and Kaito Ishida by defeating Natural Vibes (Kzy, U-T and Jacky Kamei) at ''Champion Gate in Osaka'' on March 5. Minoura is known fro competing in various of the promotion's signature events, such as the

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tournament, making first appearance at the 2021 edition where he won the "A Block" with a total of ten points after competing against BxB Hulk, Diamante,

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, Naruki Doi and

. He then moved to the semifinals where he defeated Yamato but unfortunately fell short to

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in the finals from June 3. Next year at the 2022 edition, Minoura made it to the finals again where he fell short to

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. Minoura preponderantly competed in the Gate of Destiny series of pay-per-views, which is considered to be the promotion's top yearly event. He made his first appearance at the 2018 edition of the event where he teamed up with Tribe Vanguard ( Kagetora, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria) in a losing effort against Daga and R.E.D. ( Eita,

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and

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Independent circuit (2018–present)

Minoura rarely competed for several promotions from the Japanese independent scene. One of them was the ''NPH Legacy II'', an independent event produced on October 10, 2022, where he teamed up with

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and Shiro Koshinaka to defeat Hideki Suzuki, Madoka Kikuta and

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. He once competed in an event produced by

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on December 17, 2019, the ''AJPW AJP Prime Night'' where he teamed up with Tribe Vanguard ( Kai,

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and Yosuke Santa Maria) to defeat

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, Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto and

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Championships and accomplishments

* Dragon Gate **

( 1 time) – with

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(

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) – with

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and Jason Lee (1);

and Naruki Doi (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minoura, Kota 1998 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers People from Gifu Prefecture Sportspeople from Gifu Prefecture 21st-century professional wrestlers