Atsushi Aoki
On November 18, 2013, Go Shiozaki announced forming a new group in Xceed with Kenso being the first member to the group. On November 21 at the first show of the "2013 Oudou Renaissance" tour, Kenso teamed with Shiozaki in a losing effort against D-Lo Brown and Bambi Killer after Kenso betrayed Shiozaki and refused to tag in. Afterwards, Kenso announced he'd been with Brown and Bambi all along with the three eventually being chased out of the ring by new Xceed members Kotaro Suzuki, Kento Miyahara, and Atsushi Aoki. In a press conference, Kenso claimed that Brown and Bambi Killer were his family, they were going for the belts, and he was targeting the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for himself. For the remainder of the November tour, Kenso and his group would feud with Xceed with both groups trading wins. On November 24, Masahiro Chono joined the group for one match to defeat Shiozaki, Miyahara, and Aoki. On November 27, the group hit a setback when Bambi Killer suffered a neck injury during his match with Joe Doering which forced him out for several months. The following day, Kenso officially announced his stable to be "Dark Kingdom". It was also announced that Kenso would replace Bambi Killer and team with Brown in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League. At the 2013 World Strongest Tag League, Kenso and Brown teamed up to represent Dark Kingdom where they finished 7th place with 2 points. They're only win was against All Asia Tag Team Champions Kotaro Suzuki and Atsushi Aoki. Aside from that, the team had a chaotic run losing a few of their tournament matches by disqualification and went a double countout with Takao Omori and Jun Akiyama. Following this tour, Brown was no longer booked by All Japan which left Kenso as the only member left in Dark Kingdom.