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born July 17, 1996 is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is former and three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He also makes appearances for partner promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Kiyomiya would remain winless until March 17, when he teamed with Masa Kitamiya and Hitoshi Kumano to defeat Kyu Mogami, Ayato Yoshida and Shu Asakawa at a Taka and Taichi Produce show for his first professional win. On that same show, Kiyomiya participated in a battle royal, which was eventually won by Takashi Iizuka. On March 27, at We Are Suzuki-Gun 2, Kiyomiya teamed with Hitoshi Kumano to defeat NJPW's Teruaki Kanemitsu and Hirai Kawato. On May 19, Kiyomiya debuted for NJPW at Lion's Gate Project 2, defeating Kawato once again, this time in a singles match. The first big win of Kiyomiya's career would come at We Are Suzuki-Gun 3 on June 18, where he outlasted eleven other wrestlers to win Minoru Suzuki's 48th Birthday Anniversary Royal Rumble Match, awarding him the right to a match against Suzuki. The two wrestled to a no-contest on July 16.
Kiyomiya debuted for the Kaientai Dojo promotion on July 23, teaming with Go Asakawa in a loss to Taishi Takizawa and Kotaro Yoshino. Kiyomiya teamed with the ace of Pro Wrestling Noah, Naomichi Marufuji on August 24, defeating Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura. Kiyomiya wrestled again for NJPW on September 1 at Lion's Gate Project 3, representing Noah alongside Masa Kitamiya, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Maybach Taniguchi, and Go Shiozaki in a ten-man tag team match where they were defeated by NJPW's Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi and Katsuyori Shibata. Kiyomiya was defeated in a rematch against Minoru Suzuki on October 23. Kiyomiya entered the 2016 Global League, finishing last in his block with zero wins and zero points.
On June 5, 2017, it was announced by Kiyomiya that he would be going to Canada on a learning excursion. His last match before leaving took place on June 25, where he was defeated by Kenoh. Kaito travelled to Windsor, Ontario, Canada in a talent exchange with Border City Wrestling, where he was trained by Scott D'Amore at the Can-Am Wrestling School (BCW's Sheldon Jean went to NOAH in exchange). During his time in Canada, he worked in the Southwestern Ontario independent circuit with the likes of Smash Wrestling, Destiny Wrestling, BattleArts, and D'Amore's own Border City Wrestling. In November 2017, he took part in TV tapings for IMPACT Wrestling in Ottawa, Ontario, appearing in three matches for IMPACT Xplosion.
Kiyomiya returned from his excursion on December 22, 2017, confronting and challenging Kenoh after he had defeated Eddie Edwards to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Afterwards, Kiyomiya was named as Kenoh's first challenger for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Kiyomiya lost by knockout on January 6, 2018. After the match, Kenoh and Takashi Sugiura turned their back on Kiyomiya, attacking him, but he was saved by the whole NOAH roster, specifically Go Shiozaki, who helped him to the back, turning Kiyomiya face in the process. On April 11, Kiyomiya and Shiozaki defeated Kenoh and Takashi Sugiura to win the 2018 Global Tag League. A few weeks later on April 29, the two defeated The Aggression (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship, but lost the titles back to them exactly one month later on May 29.
On December 16, Kiyomiya challenged and defeated Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career, making him the youngest ever champion in the process at the age of 22. Kiyomiya made his first defense against Kenoh, on January 6. Masa Kitamiya won a Number One Contender match against Atsushi Kotoge on January 20, but was defeated by the Heavyweight Champion on February 1. After the match, Naomichi Marufuji came to the ring and challenged Kaito Kiyomiya, and the champion accepted. The match happened on March 10, in the new ring, and Kiyomiya successfully defended his title. Kenoh appeared after the match and invited Kiyomiya to be his tag team partner to Global Tag League, and the champion accepted. Kiyomiya and Kenoh finished third in the tournament with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses, earning them 9 points. Kiyomiya successfully defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Sugiura on June 9. He would successfully defend his title two more times, once against Kenoh at Noah The Best 2019 in the Ryogoku Kokugikan on November 2. At New Sunrise on January 4, 2020, Kiyomiya would finally lose the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Go Shiozaki, ending his reign after 384 days. Kiyomiya's reign was the second-longest for a first-time title holder, second only to Kenta Kobashi at 735 days.
In March 2021 at NOAH Great Voyage In Fukuoka, Kiyomiya challenged Keiji Muto for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated. In July, Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima and Manabu Soya to win the GHC Tag Team Championships. In September, Kiyomiya entered the 2021 N-1 Victory, competing in the A Block once again. Kiyomiya finished at the top of his block, thus advancing to the semi-finals. In the semi-final round, Kiyomiya was eliminated by Kenoh. In November at Demolition stage in Yokohama, Kiyomiya and Kitamiya lost the GHC Tag Team titles to Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji, ending their reign at 114 days.
Kiyomiya started out 2022 by challenging Kenoh for the GHC National Championship at Noah The New Year 2022, in a losing effort. In March, Kiyomiya competed in a tournament to crown the new GHC Tag Team Champions, after the belts were vacated. Kiyomiya teamed with Daiki Inaba, defeating Masaaki Mochizuki and Naomichi Marufuji in the semi-finals, but losing to Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura in the finals. On April 30 at Noah Majestic 2022, Kiyomiya faced Go Shiozaki for the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship but was defeated. On June 12 at CyberFight Festival 2022, Kiyomiya teamed with Daisuke Harada and Yo-Hey against Stinger (Yoshinari Ogawa and Hayata) and Rob Van Dam, in a losing effort. In August, Kiyomiya entered the N-1 Victory once again, participating in the B Block. Kiyomiya topped the block with 10 points, advancing to the tournament finals. In the finals, Kiyomiya defeated Hideki Suzuki to win his 2nd N-1 Victory. At Noah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022, Kiyomiya defeated Kenoh to win his 2nd GHC Heavyweight Championship. On October 30 at Noah Ariake Triumph 2022, Kiyomiya made his first title defence, defeating Kazuyuki Fujita. The following month at Noah Global Honored Crown 2022, Kiyomiya successfully defended the title against Timothy Thatcher.
In the new year, Kiyomiya defeated Kenoh in a rematch, to make his third successful title defence at Noah The New Year 2023 on January 1. On February 12, following another successful GHC Heavyweight Championship defence against Jack Morris, Kazuchika Okada attacked Kiyomiya, further escalating their rivalry that stems from a tag match at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 17. The match between the two champions took place at Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love, where Okada defeated Kiyomiya.
On March 19 at Noah Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023, Kiyomiya lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Jake Lee, ending his second reign at 175 days. On June 9, Kiyomiya wrestled at , which was a joint show between Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), in tribute to the late Antonio Inoki, who had recently passed away. Kiyomiya wrestled in the main event, teaming with Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW) and Kento Miyahara (AJPW), in a losing effort to Kenoh (NOAH), Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW) and Kazuchika Okada (NJPW).
On January 1 at Noah The New Year 2025, Kiyomiya lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Taishi Ozawa, ending his third reign at 242 days.
Kiyomiya made another NJPW Wrestle Kingdom appearance, on Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 17, teaming with Yoshiki Inamura in a tag-team match against IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and
In July, Kiyomiya was announced to be participating in NJPW's 2023 G1 Climax tournament representing NOAH, instead of competing in NOAH's N-1 Victory. Kiyomiya competed in the A-Block, finishing with 6 points, thus failing to advance to the quarterfinals. Kiyomiya participated in the 2023 World Tag League, teaming with Ryohei Oiwa in the A-Block, the duo finished with 4 points, thus failing to advance to the semi-finals.
On January 4, 2024 at Wrestle Kingdom 18, Kiyomiya teamed with Shota Umino, in a losing effort against House of Torture (Evil and Ren Narita).
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