[10] On March 13, Haruhi made her debut for NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, losing to Ichii in a "Gatokunyan Showcase" match.

[10] After leaving Gatokunyan, Haruhi remained inactive from in-ring competition for over a year, while she underwent further training under veteran wrestler Toshie Uematsu.

[16] During the following months, Haruhi lost what were billed as "Idol Wave" matches against the likes of Arisa Nakajima,[17] Ran Yu-Yu,[18] Tomoka Nakagawa,[19] Misaki Ohata,[20] Kana,[21] Yumi Ohka,[22] Gami,[23] and fellow Gatokunyan alum Ray,[24] while also producing her own birthday event on October 8, which saw her lose to Tomoko Morii in the opener and to Misae Genki in the main event.

[32] On April 4, Haruhi won a nine-woman battle royal to capture DDT Pro-Wrestling's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Bullfight Sora.

[34] On April 29, Haruhi and Nakagawa were defeated in the finals of the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship tournament by the Shirai sisters.

[37] In her two remaining Catch the Wave matches on June 28 and July 5, Haruhi was defeated by Ayumi Kurihara and Ryo Mizunami, respectively, leading to her being eliminated from the tournament.

[41][42] Afterwards, the two wrestlers formed a partnership,[43][44] which eventually led to them defeating the Shirai sisters for the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship on December 23.

[46] On February 13 at Wave's hundredth event, Haruhi defeated Shuu Shibutani and Cherry in a four-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural Garter Match Champion.

[52] During the tournament on July 4, Haruhi and Ohata lost the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship to Bambi and Basara.

[56] On January 4, 2011, Haruhi was pinned by Ohata in an eight-woman tag team match, where she, Ayumi Kurihara, Cherry and Ryo Mizunami faced the entire Black Dahlia stable.

[66] On April 8, 2012, Haruhi was defeated in a singles match by her surprise opponent, Wrestling New Classic (WNC) representative and former Gatokunyan training partner Makoto.

[71] On August 7, Haruhi defeated Mio Shirai for the first successful defense of the Garter Match Championship, nearly two and a half years after she had won the title.

[80][81][82] On December 24, Haruhi made her debut for JWP, taking part in an eleven-woman Santa Cosplay Battle Royal, which was won by Nana Kawasa.

[83][84] On June 10, 2013, Haruhi made her debut for Wrestling New Classic, teaming with Gami in a "Wave offer match", where they defeated Shuu Shibutani and Yuu Yamagata.

Despite opening with a win over Mio Shirai and later drawing with JWP Openweight Champion Arisa Nakajima,[86][87][88] Haruhi lost her other four matches in the tournament and finished last in her round-robin block.

[90] Though the team managed to pick up big wins over Kana and Yumi Ohka,[90] and Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata,[91] they were eliminated per pre-tournament stipulations after suffering their third loss in their fifth match on September 29 and not allowed to finish the tournament.

[97][98][99] After being denied, the man, during the following months, went on to send hundreds of e-mails and text messages to Haruhi, threatening to kill her, leading to her hiring a security team to keep her safe at events.