He stopped wrestling to focus on college and returned on IGF's December 31, 2013 show in another time limit draw.

[4][5] On October 2, 2016, he and Tomohiko Hashimoto, captured Apache Pro's WEW World Tag Team Championship.

The team held the titles until December 25, 2016, when they were defeated by Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda.

[7] He captured the Open the Brave Gate Championship on November 3, 2020 by defeating Kaito Ishida.

[1][8][9][10] Okuda made his return to MMA, facing kickboxer Hiroaki Suzuki on October 10, 2021 at Rizin Landmark Vol.1.