After 8 months in a trainee period, he made his debut as a Junior Heavyweight on December 14 losing to Kento Miyahara in Korakuen Hall.

At the World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2015 Aoyagi and Naoya Nomura finished with 2 points by only defeating Kenso and Osamu Nishimura.

On May 4, AJPW president Jun Akiyama made a surprise appearance for Wrestle-1, facing off with Keiji Mutoh with the two agreeing to a tag team match against each other on August 11.

From November 12 to 17, Aoyagi participated at the 2016 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory with the reigning World Junior Heavyweight Champion Soma Takao.

In the World's Strongest Tag Determination League, Aoyagi and Nomura tied in fourth place with two points with their only win being over Super Tiger and Sato.

[3] From February 17 to 26, Aoyagi participated in the 2017 Jr. Battle of Glory where he finished in last place of his block with 3 points where he scored a win over Yohei Nakajima and went to a draw with Atsushi Maruyama.

On December 7, 2020, Aoyagi along with Kento Miyahara would beat the team of Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto, to win the 2020 AJPW World's Strongest Tag Determination League.

On January 2, 2021, Aoyagi & Miyahara would beat the AJPW World Tag Team Champions, Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama to win the titles, in Korakuen Hall.