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In March 2021 at NOAH Great Voyage In Fukuoka, Kiyomiya challenged [[Keiji Muto]] for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated. In July, Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima and [[Manabu Soya]] to win the GHC Tag Team Championships. In September, Kiyomiya entered the 2021 [[N-1 Victory#2021|N-1 Victory]], competing in the A Block once again. Kiyomiya finished at the top of his block, thus advancing to the semi-finals. In the semi-final round, Kiyomiya was eliminated by Kenoh. In November at Demolition stage in Yokohama, Kiyomiya and Kitamiya lost the GHC Tag Team titles to Keiji Muto and Naomichi Marufuji, ending their reign at 114 days.
Kiyomiya started out 2022 by challenging Kenoh for the GHC National Championship at [[Noah The New Year 2022]], in a losing effort. In March, Kiyomiya competed in a tournament to crown the new GHC Tag Team Champions, after the belts were vacated. Kiyomiya teamed with [[Daiki Inaba]], defeating [[Masaaki Mochizuki]] and [[Naomichi Marufuji]] in the semi-finals, but losing to [[Hideki Suzuki]] and Takashi Sugiura in the finals. On April 30 at [[Noah Majestic 2022]], Kiyomiya faced Go Shiozaki for the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship but was defeated.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-30 |title=NOAH Results: Majestic 2022 Day 2 – Tokyo, Japan (4/30) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/noah-majestic-2022-day-2-results/185566/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}</ref> On June 12 at [[CyberFight Festival 2022]], Kiyomiya teamed with [[Daisuke Harada]] and [[Yo-Hey]] against [[Stinger (professional wrestling)|Stinger]] ([[Yoshinari Ogawa]] and [[Hayata (wrestler)|Hayata]]) and [[Rob Van Dam]], in a losing effort.<ref name=":0" /> In August, Kiyomiya entered the [[N-1 Victory#2022|N-1 Victory]] once again, participating in the B Block. Kiyomiya topped the block with 10 points, advancing to the tournament finals. In the finals, Kiyomiya defeated [[Hideki Suzuki]] to win his 2nd N-1 Victory. At [[Noah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022]], Kiyomiya defeated Kenoh to win his 2nd [[GHC Heavyweight Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=NOAH Results: Grand Ship In Nagoya – Nagoya, Japan (9/25) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/noah-grand-ship-in-nagoya-2022-results/192794/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}</ref> On October 30 at [[Noah Ariake Triumph 2022]], Kiyomiya made his first title defence, defeating [[Kazuyuki Fujita]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-30 |title=NOAH Results: Ariake Triumph – The Return ~ Pro Wrestling Love Forever 3 – Tokyo, Japan (10/30) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/noah-ariake-triumph-the-return-pro-wrestling-love-forever-3-results/194900/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}</ref> The following month at [[Noah Global Honored Crown 2022]], Kiyomiya successfully defended the title against [[Timothy Thatcher]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=NOAH Results: Global Honored Crown – Tokyo, Japan (11/10) |url=https://www.wrestling-news.net/noah-global-honored-crown-2022-results/195503/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.wrestling-news.net |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In the new year, Kiyomiya defeated Kenoh in a rematch, to make his third successful title defence at [[Noah The New Year 2023]] on January 1.<ref>https://www.wrestling-news.net/noah-the-new-year-2023-results/197915/#:~:text=The%20event%20took%20place%20on,Nippon%20Budokan%20in%20Tokyo%2C%20Japan.&text=Yasutaka%20Yano%20defeated%20Taishi%20Ozawa.&text=Yoshiki%20Inamura%2C%20Daiki%20Inaba%20%26%20Masa,Shuhei%20Taniguchi%20%26%20Mohammed%20Yone).</ref> On February 12, following another successful GHC Heavyweight Championship defence against [[Jack Morris (wrestler)|Jack Morris]], Kazuchika Okada attacked Kiyomiya, further escalating their rivalry that stems from a tag match at NJPW's Wrestle Kingom 17.<ref>https://www.pwmania.com/pro-wrestling-noah-great-voyage-in-osaka-results-february-12-2023</ref> The match between the two champions took place at [[Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love]], where Okada defeated Kiyomiya.<ref>https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/keiji-muto-grand-final-pro-wrestling-last-love-results-22123-keiji-muto-officially-retires</ref>
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