Masaaki Mochizuki
Duprée made his Pro Wrestling Noah debut as part of Takashi Sugiura's Sugiura-gun stable. He made his in-ring debut teaming with fellow Sugiura-gun member, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. to defeat Kenoh and Masa Kitayima. He and Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. would enter in the Global Tag League, where they won by defeating AXIZ in the finals. One later, they defeated Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki to win the GHC Tag Team Championship.