Joe Doering
On the May 20, 2021 edition of "Impact!", a video package aired promoting Kojima arriving to Impact Wrestling as part of a partnership between Impact and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. On the following week's "Impact!", Kojima made his debut confronting Violent by Design where he challenged VBD member Joe Doering to a match at Against All Odds. At the event, Kojima lost to Doering. On the June 24 edition of "Impact!", he teamed up with Eddie Edwards to face VBD members Deaner and Doering for the Impact World Tag Team Championship, but failed to win.