El Samurai
In June 1995, Honaga took part in another TOSJ tournament, which had since changed its name to the Best of the Super Juniors tournament; he placed dead last with four points. A year later, he took part in another BOSJ tournament; he placed dead last at four points on Block B. Days later, he teamed with El Samurai to win the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka, but failed. In November 1996, he teamed with Junji Hirata for a one-night tag team tournament; they lost to Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata in the first round. After eighteen years in the ring, Honaga decided to retire from the ring in April 1998. His first retirement match was a loss to Jyushin Thunder Liger; later that night, he and Liger teamed with El Samurai for his second retirement match and defeated Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa.