2025 NOAH N-1 Victory winner Masa Kitamiya no longer leads this year’s B Block following an upset loss this morning.

Kouge scored the biggest win of his career thus far this morning, earning a pinfall win over Kitamiya as part of a show in Tokushima. Kouga overcame distraction tactics from Team 2000X and kicked out of a late piledriver from Kitamiya, allowing him to later catch the heel by surprise with a rollup pin attempt.

The result was Kouga’s first singles win since returning to NOAH from excursion earlier this month. The 26-year-old had lost his three prior appearances in this year’s N-1.

Kitamiya now shares first place in a three-way tie with Tetsuya Endo and OZAWA, who picked up wins earlier in the night.

The co-main event saw Tetsuya Endo pick up his third win of the tournament, connecting with a Shooting Star Press to put away Manabu Soya via pinfall.

OZAWA scored his third win of the tournament earlier in the night, putting away Titus Alexander with a Phoenix Splash. It was a match where Alexander came close to finishing OZAWA on multiple occasions, but had his success slowed by referee distractions and interference from Yoshitatsu at ringside.

The main event saw Kenoh score his first-ever singles win over KENTA, submitting him following 23 minutes of action. After getting a near fall with a top-rope double stomp to the chest, the Kenoh Special submission forced an end to the bout.

Kenoh and KENTA had faced off in one-on-one action three times prior to Monday, including in a 28-minute GHC Heavyweight Championship bout last year. KENTA has yet to score his first win of the tour.

NOAH’s N-1 Victory tour has six events to go, all of which will be streaming on Wrestle Universe. They’ll be back tomorrow with a show focused on the A Block, which is currently led by former GHG Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya.

A Block

1. Kaito Kiyomiya (7)
2. Alpha Wolf (6)
3. Yoshiki Inamura (5)
4. Takashi Sugiura (4)
5. Shane Haste (4)
6. Chen (4)
7. Kazuyuki Fujita (2)
8. Yuki Iino (0)

B Block

1. Tetsuya Endo (6)
2. OZAWA (6)
3. Masa Kitamiya (6)
4. Kenoh (4)
5. Manabu Soya (4)
6. Titus Alexander (4)
7. Kouga (2)
8. KENTA (0)

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