Round 1 Match: Togi Makabe v. Yota Tsuji
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Notes:
• This will be Togi Makabe’s first singles match since last year’s New Japan Cup.
• This will be Yota Tsuji’s first New Japan Cup
• This will be Togi Makabe’s 11th New Japan Cup and his 27th New Japan Cup Match. Makabe only trails
Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Toru Yano for the most New Japan Cup Matches All-Time.
• Makabe hasn’t reached the second round since 2015 when he lost in the semi-finals to Hirooki Goto.
• Togi Makabe has been to two New Japan Cup Finals (2007, 2010). He lost Both.
• Makabe and Tsuji have never faced each other in a singles match. Including tag team and multi-person
matches, Makabe leads the series against Tsuji 5-1.
Round 1 Match: Tomohiro Ishii v. El Desperado
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Notes:
- This will be Ishii’s 12th New Japan Cup and his 20th New Japan Cup Match.
- Ishii’s 4:50:26 of ring time ranks him fourth in New Japan Cup History behind only Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, and Yuji Nagata.
- Over the last 365 days, El Desperado has participated in 20 matches (1 singles), Ishii has participated in 83 matches (12 singles)
- Ishii has never faced El Desperado in a singles match, though he has faced El Desperado’s previous identity, Kyosuke Mikami. Ishii is 6-0 vs. Mikami and they haven’t wrestled each other since 2011.
Round 1 Match: Toru Yano v. Jado
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Notes:
- This will be Jado’s first singles match on record since July of 2016.
- This is Toru Yano’s 15th straight New Japan Cup. Yano has appeared in every New Japan Cup since 2006.
- Yano’s 27 New Japan Cup Matches put him third on the all time list, only behind Hirooki Goto and Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Yano’s New Japan Cup average match length of 6:21 is the shortest of all competitors with more than three New Japan Cup matches.
Round 1 Match: Hiromu Takahashi v. Tomoaki Honma
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Notes:
- Tomoaki Honma has the most New Japan Cup apperances without ever getting through the first round. This will be Tomoaki Honma’s 8th New Japan Cup. He is 0-7 and has never gotten out of the first round.
- Hiromu Takahashi’s +12 Fall Differential is best in New Japan in 2020. Honma’s -8 is fourth worst, ahead of only Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura, Gabrial Kidd, and DOUKI.