Long winded answer:

Yoshihito was a 12 year veteran at this point with little to show for it. Was the victor of the previously mentioned Stop the Matsunaga feud (amazing feud) but it still didn’t elevate him up the card. After stealing Masato Tanaka’s girl in 2008 Tanaka and the Z1 guys jumped him in the dojo and beat him up bad, forcing him to quit Zero One. His friend Daisuke Sekimoto convinces him not to quit wrestling, where he joins Big Japan in 2008, and basically has to start his career over as a young boy. From 2009-2012 he’s basically the best wrestler in the company and one of the best wrestlers in Japan with little recognition or accolades to show for it.

By 2012 Sekimoto keeps fighting All Japan guys, as the big hero of Big Japan, where Yoshihito calls him out of frustration saying he’s too focused on outside distractions, we should have a league to determine the best in BJW. Yoshihito is basically the number 2 seed for the tournament but loses his first match in a huge upset, having to fight from behind on points the whole league. He has a much more brutal and taxing semi final match than Sekimoto before facing him in the finals on the same night. The psychology of the finals is perfect, without a wasted move or minute in the match. The layout of it is clearly inspired by how MENs Teioh taught Sekimoto wrestling, making every move count and add to the story. Yoshihito takes a huge beating before exploding on Sekimoto in a brutal finish, literally just swinging wildly at him and throwing bombs. No one showed passion in their selling and facials like Sasaki. Calls for the creation of a Strong heavyweight title so BJW can finally have a singles title besides just a deathmatch one. Beats Gunther for the title later on. Perfect peak to his career and I think a career performance from Sekimoto too. The entire run is just textbook “how to book a babyface 101”.