Sanshiro Takagi
On June 3, 2012, Hoshitango had a third brief Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship reign. On July 8, he formed the Monster Army stable with members Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki Masa Takanashi, Yasu Urano and Yuji Hino. At Budokan Peter Pan, Hoshitango competed in a "5 vs. 5 Soccer match" as part of "Tonkatsu SC". The match consisted of two halves of 5 minutes each where each team tried to score the most pins by pinfall (two counts) or submission. The match ended in a 2–2 draw and was decided by an actual penalty shoot-out which saw "Tonkatsu SC" win 2–0. On June 23, 2013, Hoshitango, Honda and Hino won the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi on July 21. On January 26, 2014, Hoshitango briefly won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for a forth time. On February 23, after Hoshitango, Honda and Sasaki were defeated by Mikami, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi in a six-man tag team match, Honda announced that the Monster Army had decided to disband. At Judgement 2014, Monster Army wrestled their final match together, where Hoshitango, Hino, Honda and Sasaki defeated Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi.