On April 19, 2012, Watanabe would become the third incarnation of Super Shenlong (三代目超神龍, Sandaime Sūpā Shenron), he would also form -akatsuki- along Chihiro Tominaga, Shingo Takagi and Yamato.

[4] Super Shenlong teamed up with Takagi and Yamato to participate in 2012's Summer Adventure Tag League with their only win going against Mad Blankey's Cyber Kong, Kzy and Mondai Ryu.

No longer wanting to hide his true feelings, Watanabe joined the Millennials and renamed herself Yosuke ♡ Santa Maria (after the Japanese actor Yūsuke Santamaria), stating that she now used feminine pronouns.

In keeping with the Millennials lucha libre style, Santa Maria is an exótico, a person who fights in drag, incorporating dancing, feminine costumes and outrageous moves such as Sky Love and Zona Rosa.

[10] On November 2, Santa Maria teamed with the unaffiliated "Mr. High Tension" Kotoka and Yuga Hayashi to defeat Don Fujii, Stalker Ichikawa and Super Shisa, teasing their eventual joining.

[12] Following Flamita vacating the Open the Brave Gate Championship and abandoning the Millennials, Santa Maria entered a tournament to crown a new winner but on January 1, 2015, she lost to Dr.

On February 4, Santa Maria defeated Jimmy Kanda and via fan support won the Open the Owarai Gate Championship, his first professional wrestling title.