Omega’s feud with Cornette may be the first thing fans think of when they think of “Kenny Omega’s real life enemies.” But over the past few years, Rossy Ogawa, the former booker for World Wonder Ring Stardom turned promoter for Dream Star Fighting Marigold, has become a more popular target for Omega. While the issues between the two have appeared to exist for quite awhile, they didn’t come into focus until 2024, when Ogawa left Stardom. While this officially revealed Ogawa’s plans to recreate Marigold and steal as many Stardom talents for it as possible, it also opened the floodgates in other regards, such as AEW owner Tony Khan’s insinuations that Ogawa had been a hold up in AEW and Stardom working together. But that took a backseat quickly, when Omega, doing Twitch streams from home while recovering from diverticulitis, seemed to imply that there was a darker side to Ogawa that no one knew about.

While Omega seemed reluctant to elaborate on these points, many believed he was referring to Marigold’s practice of trying to hire unmarried women between 13 and 30 years old, opening the door past criticism Ogawa had received for such practices in Stardom. Omega also noted that he stood by former tag partner and WWE star Asuka, who in the past had stated that Stardom, under Ogawa, had been “created to defeat me.” Upon being asked about Omega’s comments, Ogawa accused Omega of “defamation,” and stated what he had said was untrue. After a year of no barbs between them, Omega was critical of Ogawa again in May after Ogawa was accused of bodyshaming one of his top stars, Utami Hayashishita. While Omega played coy once again, he reminded fans of his past comments about Ogawa, and stated that the promoter “does a good job of revealing himself to the world on his own, , and soon enough, whether he goes full mask-off on his own…the writing will be on the wall.”