Megumi Yabushita
On July 21, 2008, Hotta made an appearance for JWP Joshi Puroresu, when she and Manami Toyota entered a tournament to determine the inaugural Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champions, defeating Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato in their first round match. On August 3, they were defeated in the finals of the tournament by Harukura (Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki). On September 23, Hotta also unsuccessfully challenged Haruyama for the JWP Openweight Championship. At the end of the year, the match was named JWP's Match of the Year. On January 25, 2009, Hotta and Keito defeated Uematsu☆Ran (Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu) to win the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships. After a successful title defense against Arisa Nakajima and Toujyuki Leon on February 21, Hotta and Keito lost the titles to Command Bolshoi and Megumi Yabushita in their second defense on April 12.