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Who are some of the people you are watching out for the most in this year’s BOSJ?

  • April 18, 2025

It’s my favorite time of the year. I absolutely love the BOSJ. My personal favorite NJPW tournament. It’s my favorite parts of the G1 with the added benefit that normally anyone can make a fun and be a finalist. Looking at the field who are some people that standout for you?

Me personally the person I’m most interested in is Kevin Knight. Been a fan for him for years and I think he’s prime to be a future star. With him being fairly established in NJ, getting a solid push in AEW, freshly reupped in some capacity with NJ, and with an upcoming jump to heavyweight could be in line for a big tournament with a lot of wins. Could see him winning, making finals and if faces Despy at least see him winning to set up a challenge regardless.

Fujita like Knight I could see doing all the above. I think he’s the clear future of this division.

Clark Connors is prime for a major push with Drilla going to heavyweight.

Mao and Nick Wayne as the outer promotion debut guys who I’m definitely hope have good showings and we see more of.

by YoungSenseiLeFox

20 comments

  2. For me, it’s Fujita, Connors, Knight, MAO And Akira. I think the finals this year will be a combination of Connors/Knight/Wato/Akira but I could see Ishimori being thrown there as well.

  3. Clark, Nick Wayne (straight to the top), Fujita (my tied for second favorite member of TMDK) and Ishimori (my 5th favorite War Dog but the order changes daily for me. Rn my fave is Clark for that war he put on against Despe, next week it might be Gabe depending on how this Mance Warner match I plan to watch goes, week after could be Drilla, and week after could be David. Stacked faction imo

  4. I’m actually going to the BOSJ show on June 1st in Japan. I know to do some homework on these new super juniors. Haven’t watched properly since maybe 2016/17

  6. MAO and Dragon Dia. Hopefully, Dia gets booked a lot better than he did in last years BOSJ, especially considering he won King of Gate.

  11. Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Clark Connors, Dragon Dia, Ishimori, Despy and Nick Wayne.

  12. Fujita, nick wayne, knight, Connor’s, Akira and mao ion really watch a lot of ddt so I’m excited to see what he’s about after watching him on jr genesis

  13. Fujita is someone to keep an eye on obviously but also this might be the year for Akira as a solo guy to really show off himself as a future Junior champ.

  15. Guest spots wise, very hoping to see Dragon Dia getting booked stronger this time around. MAO is so good and I can really see him doing well. I do have some hope in Nick Wayne having a good showing.

    Now for the NJPW guys, I feel this is the year for Akira to really step it up, Connors too. And even then, there’s also Wato, Knight, and Fujita. Not to forget the obvious favorites like Hiromu and Despy.

    All in all I think we’re so set for a really great BoSJ tournament tour

  16. I’ll be watching for my usual guys again this year:
    YOH (hopefully being weird and silly), Kanemaru (for his heel psychology), Taguchi (for his ass psychology), WATO (to watch the future Jr ace continue to evolve)

  20. Always Robbie Eagles. Will he win? Nope but he’s always one of the tournament MVPs

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