Takashi Sugiura
The 2020 N-1 Victory tournament took place from September 18 to October 11. 12 wrestlers competed in 2 blocks of 6. Unlike the previous year, the reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion competed. Dragon Gate's Masaaki Mochizuki competed in the tournament for the second straight year. Also competing was freelancer Kazushi Sakuraba, who was one half of the GHC Tag Team Champions at the time (along with fellow entrant Takashi Sugiura).