 Morishima appeared on the TV Drama in Japan, "Hesitation I Come" during his time off due to a foot injury.However, on November 23, during (Noah Winter Navigation 2010 - Day 4), Morishima returned to Noah teaming with Kensuke Sasaki and defeating Shuhei Taniguchi and Takashi Sugiura.On January 22, 2012, Morishima defeated Go Shiozaki to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the second time.