He defeated last year’s tournament winner Kosei Fujita in a rematch of last year’s final on Sunday in Ota City.
After the match, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI made his way to the ring. As YOH and DOUKI were staring each other down, SHO attacked YOH from behind. DOUKI joined in the attack but YOH gave them both low blows and cleared the ring.
YOH then brought out Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Toru Yano to celebrate with him as the show came to a close.
YOH’s BOSJ 33 win is his first singles tournament or championship win in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
He is a six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, having held the titles five times with SHO and once with Master Wato. YOH and SHO also won the Super Junior Tag Tournament three years in a row from 2017 to 2019, and YOH is a two-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion as well.
A hard-fought victory over Kosei Fujita in the BOSJ 33 Final sees YOH finally capture the Best of the Super Jr. trophy in Ota!#BOSJFinal report:https://t.co/8BzwGKIXm8
Five B Block matches took place in the Best of the Super Juniors 33 in Toyama on Saturday.
In the first tournament match of the show, Jakob Austin Young kept his chances of advancing alive by picking up a win over Hyo. The finish saw him grab the tights on a pinning combination.
In the second tournament match, Yoshinobu Kanemaru worked on YOH’s injured shoulder, but the finish saw a ref bump and Kanemaru attempt a whiskey spray, only for YOH to counter with a whiskey spray of his own and roll his opponent up in a small package for the three count.
Robbie Eagles made Daisuke Sasaki tap to the Ron Miller Special to improve his record to four wins and three losses. Sasaki dropped to three wins and four losses.
In the semi-main event of the evening, El Desperado became the first wrestler in the block to reach 10 points when he defeated KUSHIDA in a match that involved a lot of submissions, but ultimately saw Desperado pick up the win with a Tiger Suplex into Pinche Loco.
In the main event of the evening, Taiji Ishimori picked up some help from Unbound Company to defeat SHO and improve his record to four wins and three losses.
NJPW BOSJ 33 May 30, 2026 results:
B Block: Taiji Ishimori defeated SHO.
B Block: El Desperado defeated KUSHIDA.
B Block: Robbie Eagles defeated Daisuke Sasaki.
B Block: YOH defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
B Block: Jakob Austin Young defeated Hyo.
Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita defeated Gedo & Titán.
Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Zane Jay & Francesco Akira.
Valiente Jr. & Nick Wayne defeated Masatora Yasuda & Tiger Mask.
