OZAWA Retains At STAR NAVIGATION 2025, Kaito Kiyomiya Comments On Defeat, New Challengers Emerge Plus Full Results

By: Lewis Carlan

On May 18th, Pro Wrestling NOAH held its latest event STAR NAVIGATION 2025 at Korakuen Hall with over 1,500 fans in attendance. The main event was a highly anticipated rematch for the GHC Heavyweight Championship as the current titleholder OZAWA defended it against the man he beat for the belt in January, Kaito Kiyomiya.

After a thrilling match that saw Kiyomiya very nearly regain NOAH’s top belt for his fourth reign, it was OZAWA who emerged victorious and remained the champion. This was OZAWA’s fifth successful title defense since becoming champion back in Jan. 2025.

After his victory, OZAWA took to x and posted that he is “NOAH’s light” and “justice will always prevail.”.

Kiyomiya also took to X and posted a message following his defeat to OZAWA indicating that there are no excuses for his loss and that he will be back:

“It was a complete defeat. There are no excuses. But now, this is the first time I’ve ever encountered an opponent that has made me feel so emotionally unstable and that I want to defeat them so much! OZAWA, thank you. I’m burning like crazy, I’ll definitely get back in front of him!

Following OZAWA’s win, Tetsuya Endo, who left TEAM 2000X earlier on the event, and Takashi Sugiura appeared in the ring and confronted the GHC Heavyweight Champion. When all was said and done, we had new challengers for OZAWA and a triple threat title match was made official for June 3rd.

Here are the full results for NOAH STAR NAVIGATION 2025 for May 18th courtesy of purolove.com:

• Mohammed Yone & Shuhei Taniguchi defeat Shuji Kondo & Daiki Odashima (6:17) after a muscle buster by Yone against Odashima.
• Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara defeat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura (8:17) after a dolphin clutch from Kotoge against Fujimura.
• Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Masa Kitamiya defeat Tetsuya Endo, Daga & Owadasan (10:29) after an Olympic Slam by Sugiura against Owadasan.
• 4 Way Match: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf defeat AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki and Eita & Super Crazy and HAYATA & Yuto Kikuchi (8:28) after Wolf’s Wolf Driver vs. Kikuchi
• Daiki Inaba Return Match: Kenoh, KENTA & Ulka Sasaki defeat Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & Daiki Inaba (14:09) after Kenoh Special against Inaba
• GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title: YO-HEY (c) defeats Tadasuke (10:52) with the Super Gamen G (1st defense).
• GHC Heavyweight Title: OZAWA (c) defeats Kaito Kiyomiya (23:31) with the Real Rebel (5th defense).