Atsushi Aoki
The 2019 Junior Tag League took place over eight shows between July 17 and 28. Atsushi Aoki was announced to team with Hikaru Sato, while Yusuke Okada was supposed to team with Akira Francesco. After Aoki was killed in a motorcycle accident on June 3, Okada eventually requested to replace him as Sato's partner which was later granted while Hokuto Omori replaced Okada as Francesco's partner.