Kengo Mashimo
After a year-long reign, Hino and Inematsu lost the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship to Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine on March 20, 2011. On April 17 at "evolution9", Hino made his third successful defense of the Strongest-K Championship, defeating Canadian Quiet Storm. On May 5, Hino also successfully defended the title against previous champion, Kazma, in a rematch of their match of the year. After a 307-day reign, Hino lost the Strongest-K Championship to Kengo Mashimo on June 18. On September 17, Hino, Bambi and Ricky Fuji defeated Hiro Tonai, Shiori Asahi and Yuki Sato to win the Chiba 6 Man Tag Team Championship. After three successful title defenses, they lost the title to Daigoro Kashiwa, Kaji Tomato and Marines Mask II on December 18. At the end of the year, Hino was awarded his third Match of the Year accolade for his Strongest-K Championship match against Kengo Mashimo. In early 2012, Hino began once again teaming regularly with Saburo Inematsu, which led to the two defeating Kengo Mashimo and Taka Michinoku on May 6 to win the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship for the third time. They went on to lose the title to Hiro Tonai and Shiori Asahi on June 17. On July 8, Hino wrestled in a special main event, where he was defeated by freelancer Daisuke Sekimoto.