Yuya Uemura

Just 5 Guys / Just 4 Guys (2023–2025)

On October 9, 2023, at Destruction, Uemura made his return to NJPW, teaming with Taichi and Douki against House of Torture, thus becoming the newest member of Just 5 Guys. In November later that year, Uemura teamed with Taichi, in the World Tag League. The duo finished the tournament with 8 points, failing to advance to the semi-finals. Following the tournament's conclusion, Uemura began a feud with former Young Lion Dojo stablemate Yota Tsuji, who had also returned from his excursion and had since joined Los Ingobernables de Japon. The feud began when Uemura pinned Tsuji in a tag-team match. Due to this a singles match between the two men was set for Wrestle Kingdom 18. On January 4, 2024, at Wrestle Kingdom, Uemura defeated Tsuji. On February 24 at The New Beginning in Sapporo, Uemura was defeated by Tsuji in a Hair vs. Hair match. Uemura then participated in his first G1 Climax tournament, where he was placed in B-block. However, Uemura suffered an injury during the tournament, forcing him to withdraw.

On February 11, 2025, at The New Beginning in Osaka, Uemura returned from injury, coming to the aid of Taichi from an attack by former Just 5 Guys member Sanada. Uemura would go on to defeat Sanada twice, first time in the New Japan Cup in March and second time at Sakura Genesis in April.

Singles competition (2025–present) At Dominion 6.15 in Osaka-jo Hall, Uemura was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi. In his post-match comments, Uemura and Taichi announced that Just 4 Guys would be disbanding after Douki joined House of Torture that same night. From July to August in the G1 Climax, Uemura was placed in A-block, where he finished with 10 points but would not make it to the playoff stage due to losing the tiebreaker to Yota Tsuji. In November 2025, Uemura formed a tag team with Shota Umino and the duo entered the 2025 World Tag League, where they were placed in A-Block. The duo finished the tournament with 8 points and failed to advance to the playoff stage.

In March 2026, Uemura competed in New Japan Cup and made it to the grand finals, but lost to Callum Newman. From July 11 till August 16, Uemura participated in G1 Climax (B block) and finished with 12 points (6–3) to qualify for the semis; he went on to defeat the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji in the semifinals before losing to Ryohei Oiwa.

Impact Wrestling (2022–2023) In August 2022, Uemura defeated Kenny King in his Impact Wrestling debut. After being assaulted by Bully Ray and his enforcers, The Good Hands, in March 2023, Uemura joined forces with Tommy Dreamer and went on to defeat Team Bully as part of Team Dreamer at Rebellion.

Uemura teamed with Joe Hendry briefly in August as JOYA, complete with a new team theme and entrance akin to Hendry's. He would later reflect in an NJPW website interview how the pairing "broadened [his] horizons" about how wrestling can be presented in different ways. On the September 14, 2023 episode of Impact, Uemura competed in a Feast or Fired match, where he secured one of the four briefcases. The following week's episode revealed that he had the briefcase containing a pink slip, meaning he was fired.

Championships and accomplishments Collegiate wrestling West Japan Collegiate Wrestling League 71 kg Greco-Roman championship (2016)

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesYota Tsuji (hair)Yuya Uemura (hair)Sapporo, JapanThe New Beginning in Sapporo: Night 2February 24, 2024