He competed in several of the promotion's signature events such as the DDT Judgement series in which he made his first appearance at the 2018 edition from March 25, where he teamed up with Gran MilliMeters (Daiki Shimomura and Nobuhiro Shimatani), Mizuki Watase and Rekka in a losing effort against Cherry, Gota Ihashi, Hoshitango, Mad Paulie and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a dark match.
[8] Another branch of events in which he competed was the DDT Ultimate Party, making his first appearance at the 2019 edition from November 3, where he alongside Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano successfully defended the UWA World Trios Championship against Damnation (Tetsuya Endo, Mad Paulie and Nobuhiro Shimatani) and Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari and Miss Mongol in a three-way match.
Nakano is a former UWA World Trios Champion, title which he won with Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano by defeating Sento Minzoku (Daiki Shimomura, Isami Kodaka and Ryuichi Sekine) at DDT Basara 105: The 2nd Fox Prince on September 14, 2019.
His most recent performance took place at the 2022 edition of the event where he defeated Sagat in the first rounds but fell short to tag team partner Masato Kamino in the second ones.
He made his first appearance at the 2021 edition of the AJPW Junior Tag League where he teamed up with Masato Kamino in a losing effort against Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama) in the first rounds.