Masao Inoue
In 2000 Asako wrestled his first match for NOAH in a 6-man tag team match with Takao Omori &amp; Yoshihiro Takayama but was defeated by Daisuke Ikeda, Masahito Kakihara &amp; Yoshinari Ogawa. As a singles wrestler Asako improved his wrestling ability in a last few years of his career and even showing great progress in his singles matches including the Junior Heavyweight Division, In 2001 he was qualify for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Tournament, as he defeated Matt Murphy on the first night but lost Juventud Guerrera. In 2002 of July 26, Asako announce his retirement as he wrestled his last match in a 6-man tag team match with his partners Kobashi and Misawa picking up the victory by defeating Akira Taue, Makoto Hashi &amp; Masao Inoue.