AKIRA

"Une "gueule" et un style in-ring bien a lui, une connexion avec le public et pourtant ...Il n'a jamais eu la reconnaissance d'autres Juniors Heavywheights de sa génération. Durant la période des années deux milles il aura pourtant était un élément clé de cette catégorie avec de grands matchs avec les Liger , Kaz ou Minoru."

[10.0] "The puro squirrel! Nogami is pretty much part of the forgotten portion of juniors that even though they won the IWGP Jr. belt, still struggled to overcome their peers success, but I can't blame him being in the same era of an anime superhero though, so he carried on anyway. With that aside, being a lifelong junior, Nogami managed to shock the world many times by making upsets in huge matches, and by being from the old guard of young lions (the same one Hashimoto, Chono, Mutoh, Funaki, Iizuka and Samurai were part of), I extend my huge respect for his loyalty for 30+ years. Skillful competitor and also pretty charismatic during his Team 2000 days."

[9.0] "One of the most under rated wrestlers of his generation. I think most of his low rating comes from the fact he was over shadowed by Liger & Kanemoto as well as being a part time wrestler during the majority of his prime with his acting career. When he was wrestling, he showed athleticism, charisma and great technique. Matches with guys like Minoru Tanaka and Koji Kanemoto in his prime, as well as with Liger and Norio Honaga in his early days. In his later years, he obviously lost a step, but still shows his brilliance (see vs Kaz Hayashi in AJPW as an example). More people should check out his stuff, an incredible, unappreciated wrestler!"