In 2009, Fujita left Dragon Gate due to an animal abuse scandal, and took an extended hiatus from professional wrestling until he returned in 2011 for Smash.

In mid 2009, an animal abuse scandal was causing an uproar in Dragon Gate surrounding the pet monkey, Cora.

This led to a feud for the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships between XX (Ishimori and Hi69) and Hayata and Yo-Hey.

On February 18, he and Hayata failed to capture the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, losing to Hi69 and Ishimori.

[3] On August 26, Yo-Hey and Hayata defeated XX in a rematch to become the new GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

[5] Yo-Hey and Tadasuke regained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on January 2, 2024 at Noah The New Year by defeating Los Golpeadores (Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane) and Ninja Mack and Alejandro in a three-way match.

[6] On September 1, Yo-Hey and Hayata defeated Eita and Shuji Kondo to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the third time.