Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/10/09/yuya-uemura-returns-to-njpw-joins-just-five-guys/
Yuya Uemura made his return to NJPW on Monday’s Destruction in Ryogoku event.
Uemura was revealed as the newest member of Just Five Guys, taking the spot of Yoshinobu Kanemaru, who defected to House of Torture.
X is @Im_YuyaUemura!Yuya Uemura is back in NJPW!
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— njpwworld (@njpwworld) October 9, 2023
Teaming with DOUKI and Taka Michinoku, Uemura scored the fall in the six-man tag against Kanemaru, SHO & Yujiro.
The 28-year-old last wrestled in Japan in August 2021, losing to Kazuchika Okada.
He spent the last two years primarily wrestling for IMPACT Wrestling along with NJPW STRONG and several U.S. independents.