He returned in March 2009, and in only his second match back captured the GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship alongside Bungee Takada and his trainer, Guts Ishijima.

[11] Beginning in late 2015, Yoshino's appearances in Guts World became more sporadic, and he wrestled his last match in the promotion to date on December 3, 2016, losing to Ishijima.

[14] From August 25 to September 24, 2018, the Party Boys participated in their first Saikyo Tag League as part of the Strong block; they failed to progress to the semi-finals[15] but picked up an impressive victory over Daisuke Sekimoto and Hideki Suzuki.

[17] Following his marriage in November 2018, Yoshino has almost exclusively performed on taped and pay-per-view shows, allowing him time to focus on his career as a personal trainer to provide for his growing family.

[23] After his tag team partner Sekifuda won the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship on July 22, Yoshino was nominated as his first title defence.

[24] Outside of professional wrestling, Kimura is a fully qualified personal trainer, and teaches exercise classes for adults at the Tokyo Fitness Club, and for children at the Asuka Culture School.