[22][23] Nakanoue began making regular appearances for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in April 2016 after forming a tag team with Yuji Okabayashi.

[30] From September 6 and October 15, Nakanoue and Hama participated in the 2017 Saikyo Tag League as part of the Strong Block; they failed to advance to the semi-finals with only four points.

[31][32] On December 17, Hama, Nakanoue and Okamoto lost the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kohei Sato.

[34] Nakanoue entered the 2018 Ikkitousen Strong Climb on March 8 and finished the group stages runner up; in the semifinals he lost to eventual winner Hideki Suzuki.

[35] On April 21, Nakanoue, Hama and Yoshihisa Uto won the Yokohama Shopping Street Six Man Tag Team Championship from Sekimoto, Kamitani and Sato.

[36] From May 22 to June 20, they lost and regained the Championship on three occasions,[37] before losing the titles permanently to the 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda) on July 24.

[39] They dominated the Strong Block, gaining ten points from five wins, and defeated Abdullah Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Uto in the semi-finals on October 16.

[42] At Ryogokutan 2018, on November 11, they successfully defended their titles against Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda,[43] but lost the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship to the 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers six days later.

[46] After a relatively quiet year for Nakanoue, he started 2021 off with a bang, winning the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship from Yuji Okabayashi on January 2.