Dragon Gate revealed as part of their Rainbow Gate 2023 Day 1 event on Thursday that current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi will be appearing for the promotion as part of their July 2nd event in Kobe, Japan.

During Thursday’s event, the lights went out in the arena, which saw a video airing featuring Takahashi, with a match between himself and YAMATO confirmed for July 2nd.

Takahashi will be defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Master Wato as part of the NJPW Dominion event this Sunday.