The writing has been on the wall for a while, but now it is official courtesy of New Japan. After many years with the company following a move from BattlARTS, Minoru has decided to leave New Japan. Minoru became one of New Japan’s most successful juniors this decade, but in recent times his position has lessened quite a lot and he has spent much of his time mentoring Prince Devitt in the junior tag division.

Minoru will wrestle his last match for the company opposite young lion Nobuo Yoshihashi on the 1/31 Korakuen Hall show. His future plans after that aren’t known, but he plans to address the crowd on the 1/30 Korakuen show.