Kengo Mashimo
On July 8, Hino turned on the New Standard and joined the villainous Omega stable by helping its members Miyawaki and Yoshiya successfully defend the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship against Kazma and Ryota Chikuzen. Omega also included Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi. On August 12, Hino made it to the finals of his second Strongest-K Tournament, but was again defeated there, this time by Taka Michinoku. On October 14, Hino, Asahi and Oishi won the Taj Mahal Cup Scramble 1-Day 6 Person Tag Team Tournament. Having recently gained several kilograms of muscle, Hino finally received a main event push as a member of Omega. On April 13, 2008, at "ev.7", Kaientai Dojo's largest annual event, Hino defeated Kengo Mashimo in the main event to win the Strongest-K Championship for the first time. Hino made his first successful title defense on May 6, defeating former Omega stablemate Yoshiya, which was followed by another successful defense on June 12 against Madoka. On August 9, Hino lost the title back to Kengo Mashimo in his third title defense, ending his reign at 118 days. At the end of the year, the August 9 match was named Kaientai Dojo's 2008 Match of the Year. In February 2009, Hino and Saburo Inematsu made it to the finals of the Kaientai Dojo Tag League, but were there defeated by Hiro Tonai and Taishi Takizawa. On June 19, Hino defeated Kengo Mashimo and Shiori Asahi in the finals to win the 1-Day 3-Way Tournament. On November 14, Hino received a rematch for the Strongest-K Championship, but was unable to dethrone the defending champion, Kazma.