Kengo Mashimo
In February 2005, Hino and his now regular tag team partner Hi69 made it to the semifinals of the Strongest-K Tag Team Tournament, before unsuccessfully challenging Kengo Mashimo and Kazma for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship on April 3. During the summer of 2005, Hino made it to the finals of the 2005 Strongest-K Tournament, where, on August 14, he was defeated by Kengo Mashimo. Following the tournament, Hino left Hi69 to form the New Standard stable with Saburo Inematsu, Super-X and Yuu Yamagata. On July 8, 2006, Hino received his first shot at the Strongest-K Championship, but was defeated by Joe. On January 7, 2007, Hino won his first title, when he and stablemate Saburo Inematsu defeated Joe and Yasu Urano for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship. After two successful title defenses, Hino and Inematsu lost the title to Miyawaki and Yoshiya on May 6.